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Evaluating Web-based Environments for Teacher Professional Development on Technology Integration
Christine Greenhow; Eric Riedel; Sara Dexter
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1573–1577
Quality professional development for technology integration is especially needed. Online delivery methods offer much promise for anytime, anywhere teacher learning. Evaluation tools and methods can help designers of technology integration TPD sites...
Topics: Evaluation, Teachers, Integration, Professional Development
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Why Improving Preservice Teacher Educational Technology Preparation Must Go beyond the College's Walls
Sara Dexter; Eric Riedel
Journal of Teacher Education Vol. 54, No. 4 (2003) pp. 334–46
Surveyed preservice teachers regarding important factors in predicting their professional uses of technology and having K-12 students use technology in the classroom. Results found that setting high expectations for designing and delivering...
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Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Automated Essay Scoring in Teacher Education Cases
Eric Riedel; Sara L. Dexter; Cassandra Scharber; Aaron Doering
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 35, No. 3 (2006) pp. 267–287
Research on computer-based writing evaluation has only recently focused on the potential for providing formative feedback rather than summative assessment. This study tests the impact of an automated essay scorer (AES) that provides formative...
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Methods for Evaluating Online, Resource-Based Learning Environments for Teachers
Christine Greenhow; Sara Dexter; Eric Riedel
Journal of Computing in Teacher Education Vol. 23, No. 1 (2006) pp. 21–28
Online delivery methods offer much promise for anytime, anywhere adult learning. As a method of outreach, and to provide support for just-in-time learning, teacher educators are increasingly deciding to design Web sites that are online, resource...
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Students' Experiences with an Automated Essay Scorer
Cassandra Scharber; Sara Dexter; Eric Riedel
Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment Vol. 7, No. 1 (September 2008)
The purpose of this research is to analyze preservice teachers' use of and reactions to an automated essay scorer used within an online, case-based learning environment called ETIPS. Data analyzed include post-assignment surveys, a user log of...
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Intersections, Tensions, and Disconnections between Designers' Visions and Users' Realities
Sara Dexter; David Gibson; Eric Riedel; Cassandra Scharber
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2560–2563
The ETIPS online learning environment was designed for preservice teachers to practice instructional decision making about technology integration and implementation through multimedia cases with embedded assessments. A full year of implementation...
Topics: Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Technology, Assessment, Instructional Design, Students
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ETIPS: Using Cases with Virtual Schools to Prepare for, Extend, and Deepen Preservice Teachers' Field Experiences
Sara L. Dexter; Eric Riedel; Cassandra Scharber
Journal of Computing in Teacher Education Vol. 24, No. 3 (2008) pp. 77–84
Field experiences are identified as an important component in the preparation of new teachers. As such, methods to supplement field experiences with pre- and post-activities that ready preservice teachers to effectively learn from them warrant...
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Content Area Specific Technology Integration: A Model For Educating Teachers
Sara Dexter; Aaron H. Doering; Eric Riedel
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 14, No. 2 (April 2006) pp. 325–345
In this article we present a model of content-area specific technology preparation. This approach was premised on the fact that even if preservice teachers know how to operate technology, they need help to understand how to flexibly incorporate ...
Topics: Technology integration, Integration, Preservice Teacher Education, teacher preparation, teacher training, faculty development, Inclusive Education