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The Effects of the Use of Interactive Whiteboards on Student Achievement
Karen Swan; Jason Schenker; Annette Kratcoski
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 3290–3297
The purpose of the research reported in this paper was to investigate whether the use of interactive whiteboards in English language arts and/or mathematics lessons improved student learning in those areas as measured by student scores on state...
Topics: Achievement, Mathematics, Elementary Education, Educational Technology, English Language Arts
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Course Design Factors Influencing the Success of Online Learning
Karen Swan; Peter Shea; Eric Fredericksen; Alexandra Pickett; Greg Maher
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 2000 (2000) pp. 513–518
This paper looks at factors affecting the success of asynchronous online learning through an investigation of relationships between student perceptions and course design factors in one of the largest asynchronous learning networks in the country....
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The Impact of Asynchronous Audio Feedback on Teaching and Social Presence: A Survey of Current Research
Phil Ice; Karen Swan; Lori Kupczynski; Jennifer Richardson
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 5646–5649
A nested mixed methods design was utilized to assess the impact of asynchronous audio feedback in an online course. Data analysis revealed that 1. students perceived audio feedback to be more effective than text-based feedback for conveying nuance,...
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Researching Online Communities of Inquiry: New CoI Survey Instrument
Karen Swan; Jennifer Richardson; Philip Ice; Peter Shea; Martha Cleveland-Innes; Sebastian Diaz; Randy Garrison
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 5812–5820
The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework developed by Garrison, Anderson and Archer (2000) provides a theoretical model of online learning processes that has been used by many scholars in the field of online education. However, research utilizing...
Topics: Educational Technology, Distance Education, Community, Instructional Design, Networking Technologies
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Scaffolding Learning through Multimedia Development
Yi-Mei Lin; Karen Swan; Annette Kratcoski
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 17, No. 3 (July 2008) pp. 363–385
This paper reports on a third grade class's use of technology during a science unit on forces and motion. The investigation documents the unique ways in which children can construct knowledge and create multimedia representations of their learning...
Topics: Computers, Instructional Design, Elementary Education, Educational Technology, Multimedia, Children, Collaboration, Creativity, Human Computer Interaction, Students
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Situated Professional Development and Technology Integration: The Capital Area Technology and Inquiry in Education (CATIE) Mentoring Program
Aliya Holmes; Juan D. Vargas; Karen Swan; Sybillyn Jennings; Ellen Meier; Lester Rubenfeld
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 10, No. 2 (2002) pp. 169–190
This article explores the theoretical basis for a mentoring model of professional development concerned with the integration of computing technologies into classroom teaching and learning. It describes seven factors that affect professional...
Topics: Integration, Educational Technology, Professional Development, Mentoring, Classrooms
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BUILDING AFFECTIVE LEARNING COMMUNITY: SOCIAL PRESENCE & LEARNING ENGAGEMENT
Linda Polhemus; Li-Fang Shih; Karen Swan; Jennifer Richardson
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 2000 (2000) pp. 800–802
The purpose of this study is to develop and implement a coding scheme for analyzing an online discussion for social presence indicators and levels of learning engagement involved in the discussion. Specifically, the coding scheme for affective...
Topics: Social Studies, Languages
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Technology and Literacy Learning: A National Survey
Robert Bangert-Drowns; Joseph Baltrus; Annie Moore-Cox; Ron Dugan; Karen Swan
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1921–1923
This presentation will report on the Technology Integration Project's work to date documenting the use of technology in middle school English language arts classrooms. The purpose of this ongoing national study is to explore the ways in ...
Topics: Integration, Languages, Middle School Education, English Language Arts, Classrooms
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The Effectiveness of Online Learning: A Review of the Literature
Karen Swan
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 2225–2232
This paper reviews the literature on the learning effectiveness of asynchronous online environments. It attempts to look beyond the commonly accepted findings of no significant differences in learning outcomes between online and traditional courses ...
Topics: Interaction, Educational Technology, Learning Outcomes, Virtual Environments
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Technology Support for Whole Class Engagement in Learning
Karen Swan; Annette Kratcoski; Jason Schenker; Deborah Miller; Mark van 't Hooft
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 3310–3319
This research explores how the use of student response systems (SRS) effects elementary and middle school students' engagement in and learning from classroom lessons. A pilot study, which compared third graders' engagement in lessons involving the...
Topics: Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Schools, Students, Middle School Education
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The Changing Nature of Teaching and Learning in a Ubiquitous Computing Classroom
Karen Swan; Annette Kratcoski; Mark van 't Hooft; Jason Schenker; Yi Mei Lin
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 3336–3343
This paper reports on preliminary findings from an ongoing study of teaching and learning in a ubiquitous computing classroom which employs multiple measures and mixed methods to document changes in teaching and learning therein. It particularly...
Topics: Classrooms, Teaching Methods, Change, Educational Technology
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Shaping Online Discussion: Assessment Matters
Karen Swan; Jason Schenker; Stephen Arnold; Chia-Ling Kuo
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 2649–2656
The purpose of this study was to empirically test the common-sense notion that the quality of online course discussions can be shaped by how discussion is assessed. A quasi-experimental design was used to compare discussion activity among 8 sections ...
Topics: Educational Technology
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Situated Collaborative Learning in Ubiquitous Computing Environments: A Case Study
Yimei Lin; Karen Swan; Annette Kratcoski
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1474–1479
This paper describes a case study that examined how technology was integrated to a situated collaborative learning activity in a ubiquitous computing classroom. The students' task was to produce an animated movie to demonstrate Newton's Laws of...
Topics: Students, Educational Technology, Integration
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The Development of Perceptions of Social Presence in Online Course Discussions
Karen Swan; Li Fang Shih
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 836–843
This mixed methods study explores how social presence is developed in online course discussions. The study combines quantitative analyses of survey results from students enrolled in four online graduate courses, and qualitative comparisons of...
Topics: Educational Technology, Social Studies, Students
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Virtual Teacher Education: Affordances and Constraints of Teaching Teachers Online
Joseph E. Bowman, Jr.; Aliya Holmes; Karen Swan
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 278–283
This paper draws from both an examination of the formal characteristics of online environments and the authors' experiences offering educational technology courses within such environments to discuss the potential of asynchronous distance education...
Topics: Professional Development, Educational Technology, Distance Education
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Teacher Technology Mentors
Karen Swan; Patricia Mazzer; Annette Kratcoski
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 379–384
This paper reports on a situative professional development project that utilizes classroom teachers as technology mentors to their building peers. Case study findings of participating teacher teams will be shared to demonstrate project effectiveness ...
Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Professional Development
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Student Roles in Online Learning Communities: Navigating Threaded Discussions
Karen Swan; Linda Polhemus
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 2039–2042
This paper discusses navigation strategies affecting the interactivity of a graduate level course's asynchronous online discussion with a focus on the development of a learning community and knowledge building. This qualitative analysis reports on...
Topics: Interaction, Students
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The Role of Social Presence in Online Courses: How Does it Relate to Students’ Perceived Learning and Satisfaction?
Jennifer Richardson; Karen Swan
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 1545–1546
Research has demonstrated that social presence not only affects outcomes but also student, and possibly instructor, satisfaction with a course (Moore, Masterson, Christophel, and Shea, 1996). Teacher immediacy behaviors and the presence of others...
Topics: Social Studies, Learning Outcomes, Students
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Professional Development Situated in a Ubiquitous Computing Classroom
Karen Swan; Pat Mazzer; Annette Kratcoski; Jason Schenker; Yi Mei Lin
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 2712–2719
This paper describes an ongoing situated professional development program in which teachers bring their intact classes for an extended stay in a ubiquitous computing environment equipped with a variety of state-of-the-art computing devices. The...
Topics: Teachers, Integration, Professional Development, Educational Technology
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Diffusion, Technology Planning, Professional Development, for In-Service K-12 School Teachers
Joseph Bowman, Jr.; Karen Swan; Marc Callender; S. Neal Currie; Aliya Holmes; Jennifer Richardson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 617–622
Diffusion and adoption of educational technology into schools around the country remains a critical issue. If technology is to be for instruction, in-service training and curriculum activities must be developed for teachers. This study uses the...
Topics: Training, Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Schools
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Situated Professional Development: The CATIE Model
Karen Swan; Sybillyn Jennings Jennings; Lester Rubenfeld
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1915–1920
This presentation will describe a qualitative study investigating the CATIE model of situated professional development for technology integration in schools. We call the CATIE model "situated" because it places educational technology experts in...
Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Teaching Methods, Professional Development
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Learning through online discussion: Where's the beef?
Karen Swan
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1910–1914
This panel will explore issues of learning through online discussion. It will ask the questions "Can students learn from online discussions, and if so under what conditions?" and "What might count as evidence of learning through online discussion?
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Technology Integration and Professional Development: A Mentoring Model
Karen Swan; Aliya Holmes; Juan Vargas; Sybillyn Jennings
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 1107–1111
This paper describes the development and exploration of a model for professional development concerned with the integration of computing technologies into classroom teaching and learning. Grounded in situative theories of knowledge and learning, the ...
Topics: Teachers, Professional Development
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How to Make the Most of Online Interaction
Jennifer Richardson; Karen Swan
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 1488–1489
The educational community is finding itself on the edge of a new era, online learning. Online learning has been shown to be more cost-effective and convenient than traditional educational environments as well as providing opportunity for more...
Topics: Interaction, Communication, Classrooms
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Electronic Literacy Standards for the 21 st Century
Karen Swan
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 1112–1117
This paper explores the notion that the desired outcome of current technology initiatives is technology integration across the curriculum. It argues that technology integration across the curriculum can best be understood in terms of an expanded...
Topics: Integration, Literacy, Curriculum
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Online Learning Forum: An RPInteractive Professional Development Model
Linda Polhemus; Karen Swan; Michael Danchak; Lester Rubenfeld
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 2035–2038
This paper will describe the Online Learning Forum (OLF), a k-12 professional development program. This RPInteractive professional development model provides teachers with the opportunity to learn new technologies, work collaboratively, communicate...
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Linking online course design and implementation to learning outcomes: A design experiment
Karen Swan; Daniel Matthews; Leonard Bogle; Emily Boles; Scott Day
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 15, No. 2 (March 2012) pp. 81–88
This paper reports on preliminary findings from ongoing design-based research being conducted in the fully online Master of Arts in Teacher Leadership (MTL) program at a small, Midwest public university. Researchers are using the Quality Matters (QM)...
Language: English
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Palm Education Pioneers: Examining the Potential of the Handheld Computer
susan andrews; Karen Swan
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 716–717
Palm Education Pioneers: Examining the Potential of the Handheld Computer is a CD-ROM produced by the Research Center for Educational Technology at Kent State University in Ohio. Discover the value of this tool that highlights three veteran...
Topics: Educational Technology
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Evaluating Software for the New Millenium: An Example from Project Links
Jennifer Richardson; Karen Swan; Dianna Newman
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 1486–1487
This paper reviews the design, implementation, and testing of Project Links' WWW- based modules developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to support the integration of mathematics, science and engineering concepts in undergraduate...
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Examining the extent and nature of online learning in American K-12 Education: The research initiatives of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Anthony G. Picciano; Jeff Seaman; Peter Shea; Karen Swan
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 15, No. 2 (March 2012) pp. 127–135
In 1992, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation began its
Language: English
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Assessing MOOC Pedagogies
Karen Swan; Leonard Bogle; Scott Day; Traci van Prooyen; Jennifer Richardson
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 1018–1026
The purpose of this paper is to report on ongoing research to design and validate an instrument that characterizes the pedagogical approaches taken in MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses), and to use that instrument to characterize and distinguish...
Topics: pedagogical issues, Design of Distance Learning Systems, Design Principles
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Evaluating online conversation in an asynchronous learning environment: An application of Grice's cooperative principle
Chia-Huan Ho; Karen Swan
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 10, No. 1 (2007) pp. 3–14
This study goes beyond student perceptions of online learning experiences, satisfaction, and attitudes, to examine the actual participation and dynamics that occur in online discussions and their relationship to student learning outcomes. A content...
Language: English
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Student ratings of the importance of survey items, multiplicative factor analysis, and the validity of the community of inquiry survey
Sebastián R. Díaz; Karen Swan; Philip Ice; Lori Kupczynski
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 13, No. 1 (January 2010) pp. 22–30
This research builds upon prior validation studies of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) survey by utilizing multiple rating measures to validate the survey's tripartite structure (teaching presence, social presence, and cognitive presence). In prior...
Language: English
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An Analysis of Students' Perceptions of the Value and Efficacy of Instructors' Auditory and Text-Based Feedback Modalities across Multiple Conceptual Levels
Phil Ice; Karen Swan; Sebastian Diaz; Lori Kupczynski; Allison Swan-Dagen
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 43, No. 1 (2010) pp. 113–134
This article used work from the writing assessment literature to develop a framework for assessing the impact and perceived value of written, audio, and combined written and audio feedback strategies across four global and 22 discrete dimensions of...
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An Exploration of the Relationship between Indicators of the Community of Inquiry Framework and Retention in Online Programs
Wally Boston; Sebastian R. Diaz; Angela M. Gibson; Phil Ice; Jennifer Richardson; Karen Swan
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 14, No. 1 (March 2010) pp. 3–19
As the growth of online programs continues to rapidly accelerate, concern over retention is increasing. Models for understanding student persistence in the face-to-face environment are well established, however, the many of the variables in these...
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Virtual Interaction: Design Factors Affecting Student Satisfaction and Perceived Learning in Asynchronous Online Courses
Karen Swan
Distance Education Vol. 22, No. 2 (2001) pp. 306–31
Reports an empirical investigation that explored relationships between student perceptions and course design factors in 73 SUNY Learning Network courses in the Spring 1999 semester. Findings indicated that clarity of design, interaction with...
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The PAR Framework Proof of Concept: Initial Findings from a Multi-Institutional Analysis of Federated Postsecondary Data
Phil Ice; Sebastian Diaz; Karen Swan; Melissa Burgess; Mike Sharkey; Jonathan Sherrill; Dan Huston; Hae Okimoto
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 16, No. 3 (June 2012) pp. 63–86
Despite high enrollment numbers, postsecondary completion rates have generally remained unchanged for the past 30 years and half of these students do not attain a degree within six years of initial enrollment. Although online learning has provided...
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Examining the Potential of Handheld Computers: Findings from the Ohio PEP Project
Mark van 't Hooft; Sebastian Diaz; Karen Swan
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 30, No. 4 (Apr 01, 2004) pp. 295–311
Handheld devices have the potential to make a large impact on K-12 educational settings, due to their relative low cost, high mobility, and interactive learning capabilities. This article, the outcome of a large-scale project examining the use of...
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A Response to the Review of the Community of Inquiry Framework
Zehra Akyol; J Ben Arbaugh; Marti Cleveland-Innes; D Randy Garrison; Phil Ice; Jennifer C. Richardson; Karen Swan
The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 23, No. 2 (2009) pp. 123–135
The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework has become a prominent model of teaching and learning in online and blended learning environments. Considerable research has been conducted which employs the framework with promising results, resulting in...
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An Exploration of the Relationship between Indicators of the Community of Inquiry Framework and Retention in Online Programs
Wally Boston; Sebastian R. Diaz; Angela M. Gibson; Phil Ice; Jennifer Richardson; Karen Swan
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 13, No. 3 (October 2009) pp. 67–83
As the growth of online programs continues to rapidly accelerate, concern over retention is increasing. Models for understanding student persistence in the face-to-face environment are well established, however, the many of the variables in these...
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Bringing Mohamed to the Mountain: Situated Professional Development in a Ubiquitous Computing Classroom
Karen Swan; Annette Kratcoski; Pat Mazzer; Jason Schenker
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 32, No. 4 (2005) pp. 353–365
This article describes an ongoing situated professional development program in which teachers bring their intact classes for an extended stay in a ubiquitous computing environment equipped with a variety of state-of-the-art computing devices. The...
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Building Knowledge Building Communities: Consistency, Contact and Communication in the Virtual Classroom
Karen Swan; Peter Shea; Eric Fredericksen; Alexandra Pickett; William Pelz; Greg Maher
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 23, No. 4 (2000) pp. 359–83
Examines factors affecting the success of asynchronous online learning both through a review of the research and through an empirical investigation of student perceptions and course design factors in one of the largest asynchronous learning networks ...
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Community of Inquiry Framework: Validation and instrument development
Ben Arbaugh; Marti Cleveland-Innes; Sebastian Diaz; Randy Garrison; Phil Ice; Jennifer Richardson; Peter Shea; Karen Swan
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 9, No. 2 (Jun 30, 2008)
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Ubiquitous Computing and Changing Pedagogical Possibilities: Representations, Conceptualizations and Uses of Knowledge
Karen Swan; Mark Van 'T Hooft; Annette Kratcoski; Jason Schenker
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 36, No. 4 (2007) pp. 481–515
This article reports on preliminary findings from an ongoing study of teaching and learning in a ubiquitous computing classroom. The research employed mixed methods and multiple measures to document changes in teaching and learning that result when...
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Uses and Effects of Mobile Computing Devices in K-8 Classrooms
Karen Swan; Mark van't Hooft; Annette Kratcoski; Darlene Unger
Journal of Research on Technology in Education Vol. 38, No. 1 (2005) pp. 99–112
This preliminary study employed mixed methodologies to explore students' use of mobile computing devices and its effects on their motivation to learn, engagement in learning activities, and support for learning processes. Data collected from...
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An Investigation into the Efficacy of the Studio Model at the High School Level
Salvatore Faro; Karen Swan
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 35, No. 1 (2006) pp. 45–59
The Studio Model was developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to improve teaching and learning in introductory science classes. The study reported in this article explored the efficacy of the Studio Model at the high school level. The...
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Placing Computer Learning in Context
Marco Mitrani; Karen Swan
The context of learning with computers is different from that of more traditional educational media because the computer is a new medium whose interactivity supports dynamic, evident, and malleable representations of abstract ideas. The model...
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Logo Programming, Problem Solving, and Knowledge-Based Instruction
Karen Swan; John B. Black
The research reported in this paper was designed to investigate the hypothesis that computer programming may support the teaching and learning of problem solving, but that to do so, problem solving must be explicitly taught. Three studies involved...
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Roles for Multimedia in the Response-Based Literature Classroom
Carla Meskill; Karen Swan
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 15, No. 3 (1996) pp. 217–39
Discusses multimedia products for literature in elementary and secondary school response-based classrooms and describes results of a study that developed criteria with which to examine these products. Findings indicate that their pedagogical...
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Response-Based Multimedia and the Culture of the Classroom: A Pilot Study of "Kid's Space" in Four Elementary Classrooms
Carla Meskill; Karen Swan
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 18, No. 4 (1998) pp. 339–67
Examines how software designed to complement resource-based approaches to reading and writing ("Kid's Space") fared in four elementary classrooms. Results of the pilot study indicate that given the right conditions, children write creatively in...