School Technology Implementations & Results Research Project

Walter Heinecke; Elaine Bartley; Natalie Bordelon Milman; Kara Dawson; Laura Blasi

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1308–1312

This study investigated the conditions, processes and consequences of instructional computer use by teachers in three elementary schools and compared and contrasted these across sites. A cross-case analysis grounded in symbolic interactionism and an ...

Topics: Professional Development, Educational Technology, Teachers, Computers

Diffusion of Educational Technology: Teaching and Collaborative Education

Dorothy Vasquez-Levy; Laura Blasi; Walter Heinecke

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1618–1623

A new classroom is emerging as teaching styles influence the use of instructional technology across a distance. In a panel along with Jerry Willis and Rhea Walker from Iowa State University, we will discuss interactive technology from the instructor'...

Topics: Evaluation, Curriculum, Instructional Design

Diffusion of Educational Technology: Student Perspectives on Collaborative Education

Lori Howard; Lisa Washington; Laura Blasi

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1624–1627

Participants in the Diffusion of Technology: Policy and Practice explored the nature of the to educationaltechnology policy process in two states, enriched by voices and experiences across a span of a thousand miles. This presentation by graduate...

Topics: Collaboration, Educational Technology

New Directions in the Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Educational Technology

Walter F. Heinecke; Natalie B. Milman; Lisa A. Washington; Laura Blasi

Computers in the Schools Vol. 18, No. 2 (Jun 24, 2002) pp. 97–110

Drawing from work by Shadish, Cook, and Leviton (1991) on social program evaluation, the authors discuss recent changes in evaluation theory and practices, and they connect these changes to technology and student learning. Concluding with a list of...

From the Quill to the Keyboard: Technology and Literacy as Seen through the Declaration of Independence (Part II)

Laura Blasi; John K. Lee

English Journal Vol. 90, No. 6 (2001) pp. 111–14

Considers how new technologies might serve to help educators to teach in ways that were not possible without them. Considers "the unspoken responsibilities English teachers are asked to assume" as students pursue their desire to become ...

Learning through Web-Based Multistoryline Case Studies: A Design-Based Research

Rui Zeng; Laura Blasi

Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 11, No. 3 (2010) pp. 175–182

This article describes a design-based research in an undergraduate measurement and evaluation course. The study employed web-based multistoryline case studies grounded on Spiro's cognitive flexibility theory to improve students' comprehension of...

Increasing the Transfer of Simulation Technology from R&D into School Settings: An Approach to Evaluation from Overarching Vision to Individual Artifact in Education

Laura Blasi; Berta Alfonso

Simulation & Gaming Vol. 37, No. 2 (June 2006) pp. 245–267

Building and evaluating artifacts specifically for K-12 education, technologists committed to design sciences are needed along with an approach to evaluation increasing the systemic transfer from research and development into school settings. The...

From the Quill to the Keyboard: Technology and Literacy as Seen through the Declaration of Independence

Laura Blasi; John K. Lee

English Journal Vol. 90, No. 5 (2001) pp. 123–26

Gathers some of the ways the authors used online resources to teach the Declaration of Independence. Discusses critically reading historical documents online and approaching the Declaration through an analysis of genre. Notes that the techniques can ...