Changing relationship: Who is the learner and who is the teacher in the online educational landscape?

Dorit Maor; Dorit Maor

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 24, No. 5 (Jan 01, 2008)

This article focuses on the special role of students as discussion leaders and their engagement in the facilitation of online discussion in relation to the teacher's role. The methodology combined quantitative data of students' frequency behaviour...

Language: English

Examining cognitive attributes in student-teacher and student-student online interactions

Dorit Maor

Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 4247–4252

This paper explores whether the source for cognitive attributes is in teacher-student interactions or student-student interactions. Quantitative data analysis suggests that there is no conclusive answer. However, there was a higher-level of...

Video Analysis: Adding Another Dimension to Qualitative Research?

Dorit Maor

Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2000 (April 2000)

This study explored the use of an inquiry-based interactive multimedia program to identify the process by which students' higher order thinking skills developed in a science classroom. Videotapes of students' interactions with computers were...

University Lecturers as a Community of Learners: A Journey Between Pedagogy and Technology.

Dorit Maor

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 3642–3649

The use of online pedagogy within universities is increasing. However, this expansion is not accompanied by an associated an increase in investment in lecturers' pedagogy to assist them in the transition. At present, lecturers lack the tools to...

Topics: Educational Technology

The cognitive and social processes of university students' online learning

Dorit Maor

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2007 (2007) pp. 611–623

Using reflective diagrams in professional development with university lecturers: A developmental tool in online teaching

Dorit Maor

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 9, No. 2 (2006) pp. 133–145

The use of online technology within universities is increasing. However, this expansion is not accompanied by an associated increase in investment in lecturers' pedagogical knowledge to assist them in the transition. The major challenge now is to...

Language: English

The Teacher's Role in Developing Interaction and Reflection in an Online Learning Community

Dorit Maor

Educational Media International Vol. 40, No. 1 (2003) pp. 127–37

Discusses the lecturer's role as facilitator in a higher education online unit using computer mediated communication that was designed for science and mathematics teachers who were geographically and socially isolated. The goal was to create a...

Development and Formative Evaluation of a Multimedia Program Using Interpretive Research Methodology

Dorit Maor

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 20, No. 1 (2001) pp. 75–97

This article describes how formative evaluation provided by students and teachers interacting with a multimedia program led to the modification of the program design. The program was developed by a team at Curtin University in Western Australia. ...

Development of Student Inquiry Skills: A Constructivist Approach in a Computerized Classroom Environment

Dorit Maor

A study investigated the extent to which students' inquiry skills can be facilitated through the use of a computerized science database (Birds of the Antarctica) and specially designed curriculum materials. Much attention was given in the program to ...

Peer-Led Discussion: Who is the Learner and Who is the Teacher in the Online Learning Environment?

Dorit Maor

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 2958–2963

In this paper I focused on the special role of discussion leaders and their engagement in the facilitation of online discussions in comparison to the online teacher. The methodology combined quantitative data of students’ frequency behaviour with...

A Teacher Professional Development Program on Using a Constructivist Multimedia Learning Environment

Dorit Maor

Learning Environments Research Vol. 2, No. 3 (1999) pp. 307–30

Describes a professional development program using interactive multimedia workshops to develop teachers' understanding of a constructivist epistemology in science education. Discusses teachers' perceptions; how they changed their classroom practices;...

Does the use of the TPACK model enhance digital pedagogies: We don’t understand the present so how can we imagine the future?

Dorit Maor

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2013 (2013) pp. 531–540

This paper reflects on the use of the TPACK model in e -learning courses to enhance students’ ability to use technology in their learning and later in their professions and to introduce the concept of digital pedagogies. To maximize students’...

Implementation of the eLearning Lifecycle Model to Develop Reflection in Pre-Service Teachers

Pauline Roberts; Dorit Maor

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2012 (November 2012)

This paper outlines the planned research into the use of an ePortfolio Environment to support the development of reflection in pre-service teachers. Reflection is a key skill for teachers to possess as they continue to learn into the future. It is a ...

Understanding the Quality of Students’ Interactions through Computer Conferencing in Higher Education from the Social Constructivist Perspective

Veronica Hendriks; Dorit Maor

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 730–735

This paper discusses the processes of interactions among learners in higher education through computer conferencing, and provides information regarding the quality of their learning experience. In order to investigate this phenomena, the social...

Topics: Interaction, Computers, Educational Technology, Research Methods

Engagement in Professional Online Learning: A Situative Analysis of Media Professionals Who Did Not Make It

Dorit Maor; Simone Volet

International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 6, No. 1 (January 2007) pp. 95–117

This article discusses the multi-faceted challenges experienced by professionals embarking on professional development online. It is argued that the barriers to successful completion identified in the literature reflect the complex, overlapping, and ...

Topics: online learning, Distance Education, education, e-learning, Professional Development

Quality of Students’ Communicative Strategies Delivered Through Computer-Mediated Communications

Veronica Hendriks; Dorit Maor

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 15, No. 1 (2004) pp. 5–32

This article discusses the processes of interaction among learners in higher education using a model of content analysis to examine their social construction of knowledge through computer-mediated communications. We examined students' conference...

Topics: Learning Outcomes, Communication, Students, Social Studies, Interaction

Pipe dreams or digital dreams: Technology, pedagogy and content knowledge in the vocational educational and training sector

Teresa O’Brien; Dorit Maor

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2013 (2013) pp. 647–651

Regional Australia provides fertile ground for the integration of online technologies to support the vocational education and training (VET) sector. This paper examines teachers’ beliefs about teaching with technology in a regional VET institute....

Professional development communities as a model for staff development online

Dorit Maor; Catherine McLoughlin

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 914–919

In traditional approaches to professional development, much effort has been devoted to enhancement of the use of technology. However, the challenge now is to encourage the use of pedagogically-sound technologies. In this paper we discuss models of...

Quality of Students' Communicative Strategies Delivered Through Computer-Mediated Communications

Veronica Hendriks; Dorit Maor

Journal of Interactive Learning Research

This paper discusses the processes of interaction among learners in higher education using a model of content analysis to examine their social construction of knowledge through computer-mediated communications. Using qualitative content analysis...

A critical overview of instruments and approaches for assessing the effectiveness of online teaching

Catherine McLoughlin; Dorit Maor

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 1662–1668

The paper seeks to explore and critically evaluate extant research on effective e-learning and to ask whether it is aligned to what we know about good teaching. Several online evaluation instruments are investigated by examining the criteria they...

Topics: Evaluation

Online professional development for e-learning: A critical overview of models and approaches

McLoughlin Catherine; Dorit Maor

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 2606–2610

Can professional development be achieved online using a web-based technologies and what are the design challenges? In this paper we review a range of approaches and models to create a taxonomy of types of professional development for tertiary...

Topics: Professional Development

ePortfolios to Scaffold the Development of Reflective Practice in Bachelor of Education Students

Pauline Roberts; Dorit Maor

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012 (Oct 09, 2012) pp. 1274–1279

ePortfolios are increasingly used throughout all levels of education around the world. To date, this is primarily as an assessment tool. Many of the open source and commercially available platforms, provide the opportunity for educators within these ...

Qualitative Methods in Evaluating the Quality of Online Learning

Veronica Hendriks; Dorit Maor

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 2586–2593

This paper proposes qualitative methods for evaluating the quality and process of online learning. We argue that in order to adequately evaluate and understand how students share multiple perspectives, negotiate meaning and construct new...

Topics: Evaluation, Students

Examining E-Learning in Environmental Technology Management Websites

Dorit Maor; Dora Marinova

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 1393–1398

The paper examines the role of online resources for environmental technology management (ETM) learning by examining major influential websites, such as that of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the International Institute...

Does the TPACK framework help to design a more engaging learning environment?

Dorit Maor; Pauline Roberts

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 3498–3504

This paper describes an attempt to design an e-learning course within a framework that combines theoretical underpinnings with pedagogy and content knowledge. It focuses on how a university lecturer can facilitate learning that integrates...

An Evaluation of an Inquiry-Based Computer-Assisted Learning Environment

Dorit Maor; Barry Fraser

Australian Science Teachers Journal Vol. 40, No. 4 (1994) pp. 65–70

This study focused on students' development of inquiry skills in a computerized learning environment. Seven Year-11 classes (n=120) interacted with a computerized database, "Birds of Antarctica," and curriculum materials while the teacher used an...

An Online Questionnaire for Evaluating Students' and Teachers' Perceptions of Constructivist Multimedia Learning Environments

Dorit Maor; Barry J. Fraser

Research in Science Education Vol. 35, No. 2 (September 2005) pp. 221–244

The purpose of this article is to describe the development, validation and use of the "Constructivist Multimedia Learning Environment Survey" (CMLES). This questionnaire assesses teachers' and students' perceptions of the learning environment when...

Teacher Epistemology and Scientific Inquiry in Computerized Classroom Environments

Dorit Maor; Peter Charles Taylor

Journal of Research in Science Teaching Vol. 32, No. 8 (1995) pp. 839–54

Interactions with a scientific database of 2 classes of grade 11 students were monitored and teachers' epistemologies were examined. Results suggest that the computer itself does not facilitate inquiry learning; the teacher's epistemology is a key...

Mobile technology in hospital schools: What are teachers? professional learning needs?

Aidan McCarthy; Dorit Maor; Andrew McConney

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 25, No. 1 (January 2017) pp. 61–89

Hospitalised students cannot attend their regular schools and as a result their educational progress and development can suffer. In an attempt to address this, hospital schools provide learning support, including teachers, that assists students to...

Navigating the challenges of delivering secondary school courses by videoconference

Nicole Rehn; Dorit Maor; Andrew McConney

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 48, No. 3 (May 2017) pp. 802–813

The purpose of this research is to unpack and learn from the experiences of teachers who deliver courses to remote secondary school students by videoconference. School districts are using videoconferencing to connect students and teachers who are...

Interactivity in professional online learning: A review of research based studies

Dorit Maor; Simone Volet; Simone Volet

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 23, No. 2 (Jan 01, 2007)

Over the last few years, the higher education and the vocational education and training sectors have increased the number of online learning courses available for professionals. Yet, research on e-learning opportunities for professionals has not...

Language: English

Scaffolding Students’ Reflection in an ePortfolio-based Learning Environment: Interaction with the Technology

Pauline Roberts; Dorit Maor; Jan Herrington

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 1339–1348

e-Portfolios have the potential not only to act as repositories for student artefacts, but to provide a powerful tool for reflection in learning. This paper details a study within a doctoral project that investigated the use of an ePortfolio to...

Topics: Instructional Design, Evaluation, Implementation Examples & Issues

Investigating Teacher Presence in Courses Using Synchronous Videoconferencing

Nicole Rehn; Dorit Maor; Andrew McConney

Distance Education Vol. 37, No. 3 (2016) pp. 302–316

This research examines teacher presence in high school distance courses that are delivered by synchronous videoconference. In rural and remote areas, many school districts are using videoconferencing as way to reach dispersed students. This...

Authentic Online Learning: Aligning Learner Needs, Pedagogy and Technology

Jenni Parker; Dorit Maor; Jan Herrington

Issues in Educational Research Vol. 23, No. 2 (2013) pp. 227–241

Over the past few decades there has been a substantial swing among higher education practitioners towards a more constructivist approach to learning. Nevertheless, it is still evident that many instructivist models are widely used in both classroom...

Learning analytics and study behaviour: A pilot study

Rob Phillips; Dorit Maor; Wendy Cumming-Potvin

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 997–1007

The analysis of student access to learning management systems and web-based lecture capture systems is a growing area of interest for teachers in higher education wishing to improve the student learning experience. The data trails left by students...

The Effectiveness of Assistive Technologies for Children with Special Needs: A Review of Research-Based Studies

Dorit Maor; Jan Currie; Rachel Drewry

European Journal of Special Needs Education Vol. 26, No. 3 (2011) pp. 283–298

Assistive technologies are often promoted to schools, parents and educators as tools to assist students with special needs by providing a compensatory value, to remediate learning problems and to promote personal independence. These technologies...

ePortfolio-Based Learning Environments: Recommendations for Effective Scaffolding of Reflective Thinking in Higher Education

Pauline Roberts; Dorit Maor; Jan Herrington

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 4 (2016) pp. 22–33

In addition to providing a useful repository for learning products, ePortfolios provide enhanced opportunities for the development of advanced learning skills. It can be argued, however, that ePortfolios are not being implemented effectively towards ...

Transforming Mobile Learning and Digital Pedagogies: An Investigation of a Customized Professional Development Program for Teachers in a Hospital School

Aidan McCarthy; Dorit Maor; Andrew McConney

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 19, No. 3 (September 2019) pp. 498–528

In an initiative to improve learning experiences and outcomes for students, the leaders of a school located in a hospital in Australia implemented a new digital strategy with mobile technologies and relevant digital pedagogies. This study examines...

Exploring Learning Analytics as Indicators of Study Behaviour

Rob Phillips; Dorit Maor; Greg Preston; Wendy Cumming-Potvin

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 2861–2867

In this paper we describe the use of learning analytics to provide indicators of students’ behaviour in technology-enhanced learning environments. We first provide an overview of the emerging field of learning analytics, and then describe a learning-...

Doctoral Supervision in Virtual Spaces: A Review of Research of Web-Based Tools to Develop Collaborative Supervision

Dorit Maor; Jason D. Ensor; Barry J. Fraser

Higher Education Research and Development Vol. 35, No. 1 (2016) pp. 172–188

Supervision of doctoral students needs to be improved to increase completion rates, reduce attrition rates (estimated to be at 25% or more) and improve quality of research. The current literature review aimed to explore the contribution that...