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Donna Morrow
Christchurch College of Education
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Information and Communication Technology in the Teaching and Learning Process: Does Online Professional Development Make a Difference?
Donna Morrow
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1392–1396
This study is an ongoing examination of the effectiveness of an online professional development course designed to examine the connection between learning theory and technology used to support learning in the classroom. The course is taught by...
Topics: Educational Technology, Classrooms, Instructional Materials, Professional Development
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An Examination of the Effectiveness of Types of Learner Interactivity in an Online Professsional Development Course
Donna Morrow
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 871–875
Abstract A professional development course, designed to examine the connection between learning theory and ICT (information and communication technologies) and taught by three methodologies was examined for learner interactivity. The course was...
Topics: Interaction, Internet, Professional Development, Instructional Materials, Information Communication Technologies
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Developing a collaborative constructivist framework for a mandatory preservice course in information and communication technology
Donna Morrow; Ann McGrath
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 3327–3330
The impact of imposed organisational change, incremental growth of new web-based technologies and changing abilities and needs of students created a lack of clarity for lecturers of an ICT (Information and Communications Technology) course for...
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Designing online PD for 100,000 teachers: Resolving the tension between maximizing reach and optimizing interaction.
Geetanjali Soni; Morrow Donna
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2971–2973
As a recipient of a federal Race to the Top (RttT) grant in 2010, the state of North Carolina identified one initiative of the grant as providing professional development to the approximately 100,000 teachers in the state. Part of this initiative...
Topics: K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related, Distance/Flexible Education, Workforce Education
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Taking teachers into the 21st century: A New Zealand initiative in online professional development in ICT
Annelise Kachelhoffer; Donna Morrow
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 452–453
The Diploma in Information and Communication Technology in Education, a qualification offered from the Christchurch College of Education, is one of the first programs for advanced study in New Zealand that is offered fully online. This qualification ...
Topics: Educational Technology, Communication, Information Communication Technologies
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A look back as we look ahead: An analysis of a statewide online professional development initiative
Donna Morrow; Geetanjali Soni
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 813–818
As a recipient of a federal Race to the Top (RttT) grant in 2010, the state of North Carolina is focused on providing professional development to the approximately 100,000 teachers in the state. Along with other professional development initiatives,...
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Synergy between Information and Communications Technologies and Educational Action Research and Collaborative Construction of Our Active Identities
Niki Davis; Donna Morrow
Educational Action Research Vol. 18, No. 1 (March 2010) pp. 89–101
Bridget Somekh's contributions to the debate on the theory and practice of action research and associated methodologies have often been gained through leadership of innovative action and research with computers in education. A review of her work...
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Comparison of Online and Face-to-Face Peer Review of Writing
Ruie Jane Pritchard; Donna Morrow
Computers and Composition Vol. 46, No. 1 (December 2017) pp. 87–103
Peer response has been shown to be an effective strategy for improving writing. The social nature of collaboration as peers give and receive feedback can broaden perspectives about audience and what good writing is and also help motivate writers to...
Language: English
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Pre-Service Teachers’ Experience with ICT Integration in Secondary Schools: A Case Study of One New Zealand Context.
Hasniza Nordin; Donna Morrow; Niki Davis
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3915–3920
This research focuses on the field experience of secondary pre-service students, and examines the development of the trainee teachers’ information and communication skills (ICT) asking ‘do pre-service teachers use their field experience to develop...
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A Case Study of ICT Integration during Field Experience in Malaysian Secondary School.
Hasniza Nordin; Donna Morrow; Niki Davis
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 4275–4280
Abstract: This research focuses on the field experience of secondary pre-service students, and examines the development of the trainee teachers’ information and communication skills (ICT) asking ‘do pre-service teachers use their field experience to ...
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A Proposed Theory Seeded Methodology for Design Based Research into Effective use of MUVEs in Vocational Education Contexts
Todd Cochrane; Niki Davis; Donna Morrow
International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments Vol. 4, No. 2 (April 2013) pp. 50–64
A methodology for design based research (DBR) into effective development and use of Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVE) in vocational education is proposed. It blends software development with DBR with two theories selected to inform the...
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Enhancing digital capability through self-directed learning for initial teacher education and beyond
Julie Mackey; Niki Davis; Morrow Donna; Joyce Gikandi; Nicki Dabner
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 4745–4750
There is an expectation that students entering teacher education will be confident, competent users of digital technologies and that they will possess the skills and knowledge to employ technologies effectively, safely and responsibly. The reality...
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Blending online and on-site spaces and communities: Developing effective practices
Niki Davis; Julie Mackey; Ann Mcgrath; Donna Morrow; Lawrence Walker; Nicki Dabner
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 2696–2698
A panel of speakers who have been developing and researching best practices in online teaching and learning and the development of innovative teaching spaces on campus that blend with flexible learning opportunities in other places including homes,...
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Walking to the future stages of the Higher Education: Blended learning strategies empirically proved
Olatz López-Fernández; Niki Davis; Anne-Marie Hunt; Donna Morrow; Hasbiza Nordin; Julie Mackey
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 591–594
What will higher education “look like” for to 2020? This is a question internationally treated in different countries, as New Zealand, Malaysia or Spain. A worldwide point of view is useful to frame the issues currently discussed, as the blended...
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Converging Offerings of Teacher Education in Times of Austerity: Transforming Spaces, Places and Roles.
Niki Davis; Nicky Dabner; Julie Mackey; Lawrence Walker; Anne-Marie Hunt; Des Breeze; Donna. Morrow; Chris Astall; Jackie Cowan
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 224–229
This panel debates effective strategies in web-enhanced and online teaching and learning in 2010 adopted by the University of Canterbury degree programme to prepare teachers for primary schools in our bi-cultural nation of Aotearoa New Zealand at a...