Search results for author:"John Carroll"
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Creating Minimalist Instruction
John Carroll
International Journal of Designs for Learning Vol. 5, No. 2 (Nov 03, 2014)
The early 1980s were disruptive for computing. In many countries, the set of persons who regularly used computing expanded rapidly from a tiny and homogeneous set of data processing professionals to include nearly everyone. The dawn of the “new user”...
Language: English
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Drama, Digital Pre-Text and Social Media
John Carroll; David Cameron
Research in Drama Education Vol. 14, No. 2 (May 2009) pp. 295–312
This article presents a case study of Australian secondary school students as co-creators of a dramatic pre-text, using online and mobile media to develop an improvisation-based drama that introduces a textual study. Integrating recognised dramatic...
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Evaluating coursework in computer games degrees: Students and assessors as virtual characters
Barry Ip; Martin Capey; Andrew Baker; John Carroll; John Carroll
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 25, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2009)
This paper explores a relatively new area in the design and development of assessment procedures for the evaluation of coursework and student performance on computer and video games degrees. Emphasis is placed on an assessment which involves the...
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The Role of Technology in the Development of Teachers’ Professional Learning Communities
Hansa Sinha; Mary Beth Rosson; John Carroll
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2127–2131
Due to increasing access to internet in the schools as well as homes of school teachers, information technology is breaking down the barriers of time and space. This heralds a great opportunity for teachers to overcome their traditional isolation...
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A Diagnostic Method for Analysis of Teachers’ Technology Education
Hansa Sinha; Mary Beth Rosson; John Carroll
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1283–1290
This paper reports on findings from a qualitative research study that investigated the professional development practices of public high school teachers as they learn how to use information technology. In this study, the Activity Theory framework...
Topics: Workforce Education, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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Making use visible: an activity oriented study of information technology use among high school teachers
Hansa Sinha; Mary Beth Rosson; Shawn Clark; John Carroll
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 3067–3074
Abstract: This article reports on findings from a qualitative research study that investigated the use of information technology among high school teachers. In this particular paper the focus is on teachers’ activities outside of the classroom. This ...
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Toward a Professional Development Community for Teachers
Hansa Sinha; Mary Beth Rosson; John Carroll; Honglu Du
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 2390–2397
Abstract: The dawn of computer networks have brought forth extensive experimentation in bring-ing together otherwise isolated communities of practice across geographic boundaries. Although teachers in a school are co-located they are traditionally...
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wConnect: Cultivating a Landscape of Online Places for a Developmental Learning Community
Mary Beth Rosson; Hansa Sinha; Dejin Zhao; John Carroll; Craig Ganoe; Jan Mahar
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 12, No. 4 (2009) pp. 87–97
We describe our work on seeding and building a developmental learning community for recruiting and retaining women in educational programs and careers related to computing and information science (CIS). Our approach is explicitly participatory: we...