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Dianne Chambers
The University of Melbourne
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Using Problem Based Learning to Prepare Students for IT Leadership Positions in Schools
Dianne Chambers
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1259–1263
Teachers take on a wide range of roles in a school, yet most teacher education courses prepare students for only the role of classroom teacher. A problem based learning approach to teaching and learning and IT-based resources in a technology-rich...
Topics: Leadership, Schools, Students, Educational Technology, Teachers
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From Recruitment to Graduation: A Whole-of-Institution Approach to Supporting Online Students
Dianne P. Chambers
Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration Vol. 7, No. 4 (2004)
Many universities and colleges are moving from traditional on-campus teaching to also teaching online courses to distant students. Institutions face many challenges in supporting their distant students and need a holistic view of the support that...
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Beyond test accuracy: Benefits of measuring response time in computerised testing
Eugene Gvozdenko; Dianne Chambers
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 23, No. 4 (Jan 01, 2007) pp. 542–558
This paper investigates how monitoring the time spent on a question in a test of basic mathematics skills can provide insights into learning processes, the quality of test takers' knowledge, and cognitive demands and performance of test items that...
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Digital Technologies: A new curriculum implementation
Nicholas Reynolds; Dianne Chambers
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2541–2549
The release of a brand new curriculum containing, for the first time, a subject dedicated to Digital Technologies, provided the impetus for a small project that investigated school and teacher readiness for such a new initiative and the capacity of...
Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technology Education, Computational Thinking, Curriculum
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Development of a Mobile-Optimised Website to Support Students with Special Needs Transitioning from Primary to Secondary Settings
Dianne Chambers; Anne Coffey
Australasian Journal of Special Education Vol. 37 (July 2013)
With an increasing number of students with special needs being included in regular classroom environments, consideration of, and planning for, a smooth transition between different school settings is important for parents, classroom teachers and...
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Doing IT Down Under: Uses of Information Technologies in an Australian Degree for K-6 Teachers
Dianne Chambers; Calvin Tromp
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1232–1239
This paper discusses the Information Technology (IT) skills that are developed in the Bachelor of Education (Primary) degree at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Students graduating from this degree will be K-6 (also known as primary or ...
Topics: Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Students
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Supporting the Development of IT Skills of Education Faculty Staff: An Australian Case Study
Dianne Chambers; Richard Holbeach
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 641–646
This paper will explore the ways one Faculty of Education has approached the challenge of increasing the uses, in particular the more advanced uses, of information technology (IT) to support teaching through the professional development (PD) of...
Topics: Educational Technology, Faculty, Professional Development
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Who's Talking?: An Investigation of Gender in an Online Education Discussion Forum
Elizabeth Lloyd; Dianne Chambers
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 713–721
Early proponents of computer-mediated communication (CMC) argued that equitable forms of communication could be achieved using online learning environments. However, subsequent feminist research into the use of CMC suggested that the same gender...
Topics: Communication, Gender, Social Studies, Research Methods
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Using ‘No Tech’ Activities to Teach about Technology and Issues of the Online World
Michael O'Brien; Dianne Chambers
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 35–37
Whole class or large group activities using learning technologies can be difficult when IT resources are scarce or in high demand. In response to this challenge creative 'no tech' teaching activities are used that powerfully explore concepts and...
Topics: Students
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Beyond test accuracy: Benefits of measuring response time in computerised testing
Eugene Gvozdenko; Dianne Chambers
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 23, No. 4 (Jan 01, 2007)
This paper investigates how monitoring the time spent on a question in a test of basic mathematics skills can provide insights into learning processes, the quality of test takers' knowledge, and cognitive demands and performance of test items that...
Language: English
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Using Technology Effectively in the K-6 Classroom: Professional Development for Teachers
Dianne P. Chambers; Kaye Stacey
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1046–1051
There are many sources of professional development for K-6 teachers that help them learn how to use computers, but much less is available on how to use computers in classrooms to enhance learning. Members of the Department of Science and ...
Topics: Mathematics, Computers, Professional Development, Computer Sciences, Classrooms
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Teacher Professional Learning in an Online Community: The Experiences of the National Quality Schooling Framework Pilot Project
Nicky Carr; Dianne P. Chambers
Technology, Pedagogy and Education Vol. 15, No. 2 (July 2006) pp. 143–157
Educational authorities in many developed countries are funding the development of online environments that aim to facilitate teacher professional learning through collegial, reflective sharing of practice. But is this a case of "if we build it they ...
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Information Technologies (IT): Competency Requirements and Development of IT Skills in an Australian Degree for K-6 Teachers
Dianne P. Chambers; Calvin Tromp
Australian Educational Computing Vol. 17, No. 2 (November 2002) pp. 15–20
Developing Information Technology (IT) skills in pre-service teachers and identifying IT competencies required of practising teachers is an issue challenging most developed nations. This paper looks at IT capabilities required by a number of...
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Authentic Tasks for Authentic Learning: Modes of Interactivity in Multimedia for Undergraduate Teacher Education
Dianne P. Chambers; Kaye Stacey
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 12–17
Members of the Department of Science and Mathematics Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia have developed a range of multimedia resources for undergraduate education students that allow the students to participate in authentic tasks ...
Topics: Multimedia, Mathematics, Classrooms, Students
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Making Educational Research Findings Accessible for Teacher Education: From Research Project to Multimedia Resource
Kaye Stacey; Vicki Steinle; Dianne Chambers
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2865–2872
The rich educational resource Teaching & Learning about Decimals has been developed as a CD-ROM to support pre-service teacher education and teacher professional development. This educational resource is one outcome of cutting edge mathematics...
Topics: Mathematics, Teachers, Professional Development, Learning Outcomes
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Developing and using multimedia effectively for undergraduate teacher education
Dianne Chambers; Kaye Stacey; Kaye Stacey
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 21, No. 2 (Jan 01, 2005)
Members of the Department of Science and Mathematics Education at the University of Melbourne have developed a range of multimedia resources for undergraduate education students, that allow the students to participate in authentic tasks that would...
Language: English
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Establishing an Online Community of Inquiry at the Distance Education Centre, Victoria
Luke C. Jackson; Alun C. Jackson; Dianne Chambers
Distance Education Vol. 34, No. 3 (2013) pp. 353–367
This pilot intervention focused on three courses that were redesigned to utilize the online environment to establish an online community of inquiry (CoI). The setting for this research study was the Distance Education Centre, Victoria (DECV), an...
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Understanding the reasons academics use – and don’t use – endorsed and unendorsed learning technologies
Gregor Kennedy; Deb Jones; Dianne Chambers; Jon Peacock
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 688–701
Educational researchers have a longstanding interest in the reasons why academic staff use technologies in their teaching. The investigation presented in this paper considered drivers and barriers to the use of technology in a higher education...
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Response Time and Learning Progress: Teaching Perspective
Eugene Gvozdenko; Dianne Chambers; Kaye Stacey; Vicki Steinle
Global Learn 2011 (Mar 28, 2011) pp. 400–408
The study analysed the utility of data from logging response times of students on a computerised basic mathematics test to monitor cognitive progress of a group of pre-service teacher education students over a semester. The results suggest that the...