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Teresa Franklin
Ohio University
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The Instructional, Technical, and Psychological Perspectives of Faculty Building Online Courses in Cohort Settings
Teresa Franklin
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 1, No. 1 (2002)
Discusses changing traditional higher education courses to a Web-based environment, focusing on faculty workload, and describes the development of online courses at Ohio University by a cohort of faculty from the College of Education and College of...
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Seeking the Perfect Electronic Portfolio Solution: A Case Study
Teresa Franklin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 84–87
Abstract: A phenomenological case study is used to examine the experiences of preservice teachers, faculty, administrators and graduate students when working with three different nationally recognized brands of electronic portfolio software. The...
Topics: Software, Portfolios
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Preparing Technology Proficient Teachers in Jordan
Teresa Franklin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 2223–2230
This paper examines the development, implementation and evaluation of an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) program in teacher education at the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. The Information and Communication Technology in...
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Predictors of Ohio K-4 Student Competencies on the National Educational Technology Standards
Teresa Franklin
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2000 (April 2000)
Beginning in 1994, the Ohio SchoolNet Program has worked to place computers in the Ohio Public Schools, and the SchoolNet Plus Initiative has provided at least one interactive computer workstation for every five children enrolled in grades K-4. This ...
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Mobile Learning: At the Tipping Point
Teresa Franklin
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 10, No. 4 (October 2011) pp. 261–275
Mobile technologies are interfacing with all aspects of our lives including Web 2.0 tools and applications, immersive virtual world environments, and online environments to present educational opportunities for 24/7 learning at the learner's...
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“You got to be follow-worthy or I will unfollow you!” Students’ Voices on Twitter integration into classroom settings
Tian Luo; Teresa Franklin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 3685–3688
This research centers on a case study where twitter was integrated in an undergraduate level course. Under the instructor’s specific guidance and ongoing feedback, students actively participate in the course both in and outside of classroom. They...
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Teacher computer access, student computer access, years of teaching experience, and professional development as predictors of competency of K-4 Ohio public school students on the National Educational Technology Standards
Teresa J. Franklin
(1999) pp. 1–112
This study examines the combined characteristics of teacher computer access, student computer access, years of teaching experience and professional development as predictors of competency on the NETS by students in grades K–4 in Ohio Public Schools. ...
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PREFACE Special Issue: Digital Games and Simulations in Teacher Preparation
Teresa Franklin; Len Annetta
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 19, No. 3 (October 2011) pp. 239–242
Today’s pre-service teachers have grown up with ubiquitous access to computers and the Internet, which has changed how they learn and how they will teach (Prensky, 2001 ). Virtual worlds, games and simulations are not new to pre-service teachers and ...
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Teaching Digital Natives: 3-D Virtual Science Lab in the Middle School Science Classroom
Teresa J. Franklin
Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 4, No. 4 (2008) pp. 39–47
This paper presents the development of a 3-D virtual environment in Second Life for the delivery of standards-based science content for middle school students in the rural Appalachian region of Southeast Ohio. A mixed method approach in which...
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Student Technology integration at Ohio University College of Education
Albert Akyeampong; Teresa Franklin
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1737–1740
In the College of Education at Ohio University, technology is an integral part of the teacher education preservice program. Technology is being used to train prospective teachers as a resource to integrate into the curriculum. Integration of...
Topics: Students, Educational Technology, Integration, Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Preparing Technology Proficient Teachers
Bonnie Beach; Teresa Franklin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2302–2305
As the United States enters the 21st Century, teacher preparation programs across the nation are assessing their capacity to adequately prepare new teachers to embrace the use of technology in the education of young people who will live in a global, ...
Topics: Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Health, Science, Preservice Teacher Education
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The Relationship of Technology Use to Perception of Instructional Quality
Albert Akyeampong; Teresa Franklin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1682–1689
This study examined student’s perceptions of different forms of technology use for instruction purposes by faculty and whether these different forms of technology can predict instructional quality. The study sought to explore whether different forms ...
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Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions towards Web 2.0 Applications
YuFang Chiou; Teresa Franklin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3891–3898
In the twenty-first century, preparing students to be a multiliterate person in order to be successful in a technology-driven society and workplace has become an issue for educators to think about. Web 2.0 learning, which engages students in an...
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Web 2.0 Tools in Schools
Selma Vonderwell; Teresa Franklin
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 3229–3231
Web 2.0 is shifting and challenging authorship, culture, community, media and the business world. Educators need to understand this shift and how the new Internet can influence education, learning, potential benefits and perils of issues that may...
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Together and Alone: The Instructional, Technical, and Psychological Outcomes of Faculty Building Online Courses
Teresa Franklin; Joseph Blankson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 659–664
This paper seeks to report the findings of a study concerning online course development at a midwestern university. The study examined the use of a cohort model for online course development and the typical individual online course development to...
Topics: Faculty
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The Disconnect in Reconnecting Scientist, Teacher, Fellow and Student: A Teaching Partnership
Thomas Haskell; Teresa Franklin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 945–951
Grants are a growing aspect of the funding cycle in higher education and often within the grant structure there is a requirement to partner with K-12 classrooms or school districts in order to meet the funding requirements for the grant. This paper ...
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Web 2.0 Tools in Schools
Selma Vonderwell; Teresa Franklin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2998–3000
Abstract: Web 2.0 is shifting and challenging authorship, culture, community, media and business. Educators need to understand this shift and how the new Internet can influence education, learning, potential benefits and perils of issues that may...
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Cooperative Game-based Learning in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom
Niamboue Bado; Teresa Franklin
Issues and Trends in Educational Technology Vol. 2, No. 2 (Dec 09, 2014)
Cooperative learning has been used in various settings across disciplines and has been shown to contribute to improving learning outcomes. With the recent development of new information and communication technologies there is a need to understand...
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Technology and Pedagogy: Changing Roles of Pedagogy in a Project-based Constructivist Environment
Teresa Franklin; Ahmed Ali
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 933–936
Abstract: This paper reports on the findings of a study conducted in a project-based, student-centered learning program started two years ago at a Midwestern University. With the widespread use and promotion of technology in the program, the role of ...
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Use of Asynchronous and Synchronous Conferencing Tools: Implications for Teacher Practice
Selma Vonderwell; Teresa Franklin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 155–159
Teacher practice in careful planning and incorporation of instructional strategies plays a significant role in online learning success. It is important to understand implications of design, development, implementation and evaluation of online...
Topics: Instructional Design, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Technology, Planning, Students
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Libraries in Online Elementary Schools: A Mixed-Methods Study
Laura Hibbard; Teresa Franklin
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 59, No. 3 (May 2015) pp. 85–91
School libraries serve an important role; however, elementary students who attend schools online typically do not have a school library. This study followed an online school's inaugural year in instituting a library. A mixed methods approach...
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Faculty Use of Handhelds in Higher Education: Three Years of Study
Teresa Franklin; Colleen Sexton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2201–2206
Ohio has embarked on a statewide initiative to support Colleges of Arts and Sciences as well as Education faculty in the use of handheld technology. Data was collected through field observations, faculty journals, and emails; analyzed for recurring...
Topics: Educational Technology, Faculty, Science
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Technology Integration at Ohio University College of Education
Albert Akyeampong; Teresa Franklin
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 242–247
In the College of Education at Ohio University, technology is an integral part of the teacher education preservice program. Technology is being used to train prospective teachers as a resource to integrate into the curriculum. Integration of...
Topics: Preservice Teacher Education, Teachers, Educational Technology, Integration, Students
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High School Principals' Use and Perceptions of Online Learning in Ohio's Appalachian Region
Scott Robison; Teresa Franklin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 487–492
Abstract: This paper is a report on the findings of a study conducted on high school principals in Appalachian Ohio regarding their use and perceptions of online learning. All 134 high school principals in the Appalachian region were invited to...
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Tweeting and Blogging: Moving towards Education 2.0
Tian Luo; Teresa Franklin
International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 14, No. 2 (2015) pp. 235–258
"** Invited as a paper from SITE 2012 **" This paper reports on an exploratory study that employed Twitter and blogs as instructional Web 2.0 tools to support student learning in an undergraduate-level class. Case study methodology entailing a usage ...
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A Qualitative Study Examining the Electronic Portfolio
Teresa Franklin; Shuyan Wang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 202–205
Master of Education students, majoring in Computer Education and Technology in the College of Education at a Midwestern University, have the option of 1) assembling an electronic portfolio as their graduation assessment, 2) writing a seminar...
Topics: Portfolios, Research Methods, Educational Technology, Students
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Second Life Learners: An Exploration of Teaching and Learning in a Virtual Environment
Teresa J. Franklin
Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 5, No. 3 (2008) pp. 31–39
Higher education and in particular Colleges of Education are viewed as falling behind in the use of technology for teaching and learning (Lederman & Niess, 2000). With today's student population identified as digital natives and the evening news ...
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Teacher’s Self-efficacy and the Integration of Web 2.0 Tool/Applications in K-12 Schools
Shu-Chien Pan; Teresa Franklin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 2830–2837
Web 2.0 tools/ applications are available online and have become prevalent telecommunication tools among the digital generations or so called Digital Natives (Prensky, 2001). American youth grow up embracing electronic communication devices and...
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Mobile Math: Math Educators and Students Engage in Mobile Learning
Teresa Franklin; Li-Wei Peng
Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 20, No. 2 (November 2008) pp. 69–80
The public and educational communities are aware of the continuing crisis in math education in our middle schools and the convergence of technologies for teaching and learning. This paper presents a case study in which iPod Touch[R] was used to help ...
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In-Service Teachers' Self-Efficacy, Professional Development, and Web 2.0 Tools for Integration
Shu Chien Pan; Teresa Franklin
New Horizons in Education Vol. 59, No. 3 (December 2011) pp. 28–40
Background: The implementation and integration of computer technologies in K-12 education has seen nearly constant growth since the early 1980s (Culp, Honey, Mandinach & Bailey, 2003), in part because this trend has become synonymous with skills...
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Student Occupational Expectations: A Geolocative Study
Jamie Smith; Ryan Straight; Teresa Franklin
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 2522–2526
Expectation of future occupational achievement is a powerful determining factor of student self-perception. Likewise, location and socio-economic status influence both expectations and self-perception. The current study seeks to use an innovative...
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A Technology Partnership: Lessons Learned by Mentors
Mumbi Kariuki; Teresa Franklin; Mesut Duran
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 9, No. 3 (2001) pp. 407–417
Mentoring has been shown to provide support for the development of skills and knowledge in many professions. Journalism, law, and medicine, using the mentoring process, place student apprentices in real world, clinical situations early in their...
Topics: Elementary Education, Educational Technology, Professional Development, Mentoring, Students
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Examining Freshmen Believe Concerning ICT Usage in K-12 and University Settings
Mubin Kiyici; Fatime Balkan Kiyici; Teresa Franklin
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 11, No. 4 (October 2012) pp. 427–431
Information and communication technology usage in school settings has increased significantly. Most of the teacher education colleges realized this situation and change their education programs and give technology and educational technology classes...
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Improving Physics Understanding through Haptics-Augmented Physics Tutorial
Xingxi Xi; Teresa Franklin; Shuyan Wang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3080–3081
This study seeks to show how joysticks can help high school and college students learn about Physics through the development of software. The goal of the Haptics-augmented Physics Tutorial was to develop software that uses a joystick to help...
Topics: Software
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Using Wikis to Support Peer Assessment Activities in Higher Education
Yanyan Sun; Teresa Franklin; Tian Luo
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3388–3392
This study explored the effectiveness of using wikis as an environment to support peer-assessment in higher education settings. The participants of this study were nineteen per-serviced teachers who enrolled in an undergraduate. In the study, the...
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The Information Technology Challenge in Teaching Senior High School Geography in Ghana
Samuel Antwi; Abednego Bansah; Teresa Franklin
Issues and Trends in Educational Technology Vol. 6, No. 1 (Apr 30, 2018)
The use of information technologies in the field of geography, an important discipline in social sciences, contributes to rendering abstract phenomena and concepts concrete, thereby increasing high school education students\u2019 interest in...
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Building a Community of Practice
Selma Vonderwell; Teresa Franklin; Sajit Zachariah
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 1720–1722
This presentation will describe three projects and the process of building a community from the catalystOhio Technology Committee (cTC). These projects are Online Learning, training of faculty in using and integrating Palm Handheld Computers in...
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Web 2.0 and Implications on Authorship, Culture, Community and Education
Selma Vonderwell; Sajit Zachariah; Teresa Franklin
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 6085–6086
Web 2.0 is shifting and challenging authorship, culture, community, media and business. Educators need to understand this shift and how the new Internet can influence education, learning, potential benefits and perils of issues that may emerge. This ...
Topics: Community, Educational Technology, Internet, Business, Networking Technologies
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Mentoring Overcomes Barriers to Technology Integration
Teresa Franklin; Mesut Duran; Mumbi Kariuki
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 848–849
This paper examines the use of Instructional Technology graduate students as mentors to K-6 elementary teachers in a rural community in the use of technology and the integration of technology into the daily curriculum. Mentors were able to support ...
Topics: Students, Teachers, Integration, Professional Development, Mentoring
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Learning outside of classroom: Exploring the active part of an informal online English learning community in China
Yanyan Sun; Teresa Franklin; Fei Gao
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 48, No. 1 (January 2017) pp. 57–70
This study explored how the GRE Analytical Writing Section Discussion Forum, an informal online language learning community in China, functioned to support its members to improve their English writing proficiency. The Community of Inquiry (CoI)...
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Freshmen's Beliefs About ICT Usage in K-12 and College Education
Mubin Kiyici; Fatime Balkan Kiyici; Teresa Franklin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2911–2916
Abstract: Information and communication technologies affect our lives gradually. Individual’s professional life like their daily life are affected by technology, also educational settings are affected by ICT’s. Defining freshmen’s beliefs about ICT ...
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Middle-school Achievement through Technology-Rich Interventions (MATRIX)
Teresa Franklin; Tim Best; Lisa Washington
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 3236–3239
This poster is a report on continuing research in the Middle-school Achievement Through Technology-Rich Interventions (MATRIX). The MATRIX Project seeks to improve middle school reading and mathematics achievement of students in urban and rural...
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Pre-Service Teachers’ Intention in Using Technology in Their Future Classrooms
Kun Li; Jamie Smith; Teresa Franklin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1367–1369
Abstract: Pre-service teachers’ intention in using technology in their future classrooms is critical to their actual technology usage according to the Theory of Planned Behavior. Based on the theory and literature, whether pre-service teachers’...
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Technology and Teacher Education: Student Evaluation of Faculty Instructional Quality
Jared Keengwe; Albert Akyeampong; Teresa Franklin
International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education Vol. 6, No. 2 (April 2010) pp. 1–10
This study explored one primary question: To what extent do student perceptions of various forms of instructional technology tools predict instructional quality? Participants for the study were drawn from a teacher education program in a large...
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Embracing a Technologically Enhanced Environment: Teachers’ Experience Educating Students in an Always-on and Connected BYOD Classroom
Alexander Murray; Tian Luo; Teresa Franklin
International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 18, No. 1 (January 2019) pp. 53–78
This study explored the lived experiences of teachers educating students in a bring your own device (BYOD) middle school setting, by which students’ have access to and use always-on and connected personal technology in class. The participants...
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Changing Roles in a Mobile Flipped Pedagogical Model in Higher Education
Teresa Franklin; Yanyan Sun; Nick Yinger; Jeffrey Anderson; Eugene Geist
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3702–3707
This paper examines the implementation of HTC tablet devices, a flipped classroom model and the changing roles of the faculty instructor and leaners when using this device in an undergraduate business management course in a business college and a...
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An Overview of First Generation STEAMiE Learning Objects
Chad Mourning; Scott Nykl; David Chelberg; Teresa Franklin; Chang Liu
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 3748–3757
Today’s educational games are often associated with specific stigmas connoting boring and uneventful game play. When compared with today’s most popular recreational games, these prejudices may appear justified. Current educational software needs to...
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Weather Challenge: A Case Study in Using Second Life to Create Educational Science Games for Middle School Classrooms
Tessa Cooper; Chang Liu; Teresa Franklin; David Chelberg
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1422–1429
Weather Challenge is an educational video game created inside Second Life and is intended to teach meteorology concepts to middle school science students. The game was created as part of the STEAM project at Ohio University. Through this project,...
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The Virtual Boat: Design Team Issues in the Development of a Virtual Simulations for High School Science
Teresa Franklin; Sertac Ozercan; Chang Liu; Nathan Andre
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2278–2285
This paper examines the design process when computer science programmers and non-programmers (engineers) must work as a team to design a 3-D virtual simulation called the Virtual Boat. The challenges of design and ‘team’ will be discussed to provide ...
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Science Career Exploration in an Appalachian Middle School: A Case Study
William Young; Juan Flores; Teresa Franklin; David Chelberg; Liu Chang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 279–288
STEAMiE is an educational game engine developed by Ohio University for an NSF-GK-12 program called STEAM (Science and Technology Enhancement for Appalachian Middle-schoolers). The engine is designed to allow developers to create a variety of...