K-12 Global Partnerships: Uniting Learners Around the World

John Wedman

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 1375–1380

This paper discusses reflections focused on global partnerships between the University of Missouri, a Carnegie Research 1 institution, 4 Missouri K-12 schools, and 3 K-12 schools in Taiwan. The partners in Missouri include Hannibal Schools ...

Making Software More Useful

John F. Wedman

Computing Teacher Vol. 14, No. 3 (1986) pp. 11–14

Suggests computer assisted instruction software that doesn't provide all necessary components of a lesson can be useful if the teacher identifies instructional functions (Gagne's Events of Instruction) provided by the program and supplies those that ...

Connecting the Dots: Uniting Education Around the World

John Wedman; Laura Diggs

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) p. 1419

This paper describes a current and ongoing effort to increase global awareness by providing a unique use of Internet2 and video for English instruction, professional development for teachers, cultural exchanges, and use of technology between schools ...

Topics: Video, Schools, Professional Development, Culture

Citation Patterns in the Computer-Based Instruction Literature

John F. Wedman

Journal of Computer-Based Instruction Vol. 14, No. 3 (1987) pp. 91–95

This study examined indirect communication patterns among professionals in the computer-based instruction field by analyzing citations from the Journal of Computer-Based Instruction. The patterns found provide the basis for identifying invisible...

Missouri/Taiwan High Tech-High Touch Excursion

Laura Diggs; John Wedman

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 2384–2385

The University of Missouri has facilitated a high-tech partnership with high school students & teachers in Missouri & Taiwan. Students from Taiwan will visit Missouri to collaborate in lessons & activities with Boeing Corporation and the St. Louis...

Topics: Students, Video

Changes in Teachers' Concerns about Educational Computing

John F. Wedman

Computers in the Schools Vol. 3, No. 2 (1986) pp. 63–71

This study identified teachers' attitudes about educational computing and investigated the effects of a university-offered inservice teacher education course on these concerns. Affective changes in teachers enrolled in the course were measured using ...

Educational Computing Inservice Design: Implications from Teachers' Concerns Research

John F. Wedman

Implementation of educational computing in schools is dependent upon teachers' attitudes toward computers as well as their expertise. Most inservice activities focus on increasing teacher expertise, while paying little attention to teachers'...

Increasing the Use of Instructional Media in the Schools

John F. Wedman

Educational Technology Vol. 28, No. 10 (1988) pp. 26–31

Describes a model for identifying factors affecting teachers' use of instructional media and suggests methods to increase teachers' expertise with instructional media. The instructional performance engineering model is explained, teacher inservice...

Knowledge Management in Higher Education: A Knowledge Repository Approach

John Wedman; Feng-Kwei Wang

Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 17, No. 1 (September 2005) pp. 116–138

One might expect higher education, where the discovery and dissemination of new and useful knowledge is vital, to be among the first to implement knowledge management practices. Surprisingly, higher education has been slow to implement knowledge...

Students' Motivational Reaction Toward Self-Study Text

Benjaport Hotrabhavananda; John F. Wedman

International Journal of Instructional Media Vol. 20, No. 1 (1993) pp. 1–9

Examined whether students' motivational reaction toward self-study text could be influenced by the inclusion of additional instructional materials (nonprint media). Participants were 969 students enrolled in an independent study course. Results...

Designing and Evaluating a Web-based Lesson Planning System

Feng-Kwei Wang; John Wedman

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1875–1880

Lesson planning is considered a critical but complex task to attain effective instruction. The traditional paper-based approach was found to be cumbersome and consequently detrimental in the willingness and effectiveness of teachers' lesson planning....

Topics: Planning, Instructional Design, Teachers, Evaluation

Computer Literacy for Teacher Educators: A Prerequisite for the 21st Century

John Wedman; Marlene I. Strathe

The Faculty Development in Computers Project (FDIC) at the University of Northern Iowa creates an on-going support structure for faculty involved in the process of incorporating computer technology into their personal and professional activities....

A Case-based Reasoning Knowledge Repository to Support the Technology Integration Community

Feng-Kwei Wang; John Wedman

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 156–159

The Knowledge Innovation for Technology in Education (KITE) project involves a consortium of 8 university partners collaborating to create and disseminate technology integration experiences through a knowledge repository. It responds the need to...

Topics: Educational Technology, Integration

Scouting Internet Resources for Teachers Using Technology

Feng-Kwei Wang; John Wedman

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 1989–1993

For teachers using Internet resources, weeding through a morass of Web sites, separating relevant from irrelevant, and ultimately locating useful resources that they can integrate in their instruction were such a daunting and time-consuming task....

Topics: Internet, Teachers, Integration, Databases

eThemes: An Internet Instructional Resource Service

Feng-Kwei Wang; John Wedman

Information Technology and Libraries Vol. 20, No. 4 (2001) pp. 179–84

Describes eThemes, a project in Missouri that supports teachers in integrating Internet resources into the instructional process with a more constructivist approach. Explains the process that accepts requests from teachers, finds Web sites that meet ...

Enhancing the Appeal of Teletraining

Steven W. Graham; John F. Wedman

Journal of Instructional Psychology Vol. 16, No. 4 (1989) pp. 183–91

Discusses teletraining as an instructional delivery system and provides recommendations for making it more effective. Topics discussed include distance education; research on teletraining; instructional effectiveness; motivational factors;...

A Technology Infrastructure for Teacher Education

James M. Laffey; Dale Musser; John Wedman

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 77–81

Today’s colleges of education and systems of teacher development do not adequately prepare teachers to use technol ogy in their teaching or in their own professional development. The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA, 1995) reported on technology ...

Instructional Design Project Success Factors: An Empirical Basis

Aimee K. Kimczak; John F. Wedman

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 45, No. 2 (1997) pp. 75–83

A study of four stakeholder groups identified 23 instructional design and development (ID) project success factors and grouped them into four categories: tangible resources, curriculum development, training strategies, and implementation support....

Building Cross Cultural Partnerships Through the Internet: What Works and What Doesn't

Wei-Hsin Lu; Laura Diggs; John Wedman

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 4782–4786

Abstract: This study examines the efficacy of a global project designed to facilitate partnerships between US and international K-12 classrooms via telecommunications technology. The project is based on a conceptual framework linking three...

Topics: Learning Outcomes

Developing a Network Community for Teachers to Share Technology Integration Ideas

Jane Howland; John Wedman; Joi L. Moore

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) p. 1525

Isolation serves as a barrier to the growth of the teaching profession as a whole by restricting the information exchange needed to advance practice. Teachers are isolated from each other by design (i.e. one teacher for every classroom) rather...

Topics: Teachers

Lessons Relearned: Another Faulty Implementation of an Educational Innovation

Hsun-Fung Kao; John Wedman; Peggy Placier

International Journal of Instructional Media Vol. 22, No. 3 (1995) pp. 201–15

Examines the process of implementing an educational technology innovation in a senior high school. Data was collected through participant observation, interviews, and artifact collection. While the implementation was unsuccessful, results underscore ...

Guidelines for Computer-Based Testing of Student Learning of Concepts, Principles, and Procedures

John F. Wedman; Greg P. Stefanich

Educational Technology Vol. 24, No. 6 (1984) pp. 23–28

Offers guidelines for designing computer-based testing which demands high-level cognitive functioning of students using computer-assisted instruction as a learning mode. Examples of conceptual, principle, and procedural learning evaluation...

Future Issues of Computer-Mediated Communication: The Results of a Delphi Study

Michael C. Holden; John F. Wedman

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 41, No. 4 (1993) pp. 5–24

Discussion of computer-mediated communication (CMC) focuses on an international electronic Delphi study that was conducted to predict the prevalent instructional CMC applications that will be used in colleges and universities in the near future....

A Knowledge Management Framework of Building a Technology Integration Community of Practice

John Wedman; Ch-Ren Shyu; Feng-Kwei Wang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 2007–2008

Building upon a knowledge management framework manifested in the Nonaka's knowledge creation model, the Knowledge Innovation for Technology in Education (KITE) project, funded by US Department of Education, seeks to build a technology integration...

Topics: Integration, Teachers, Community, Educational Technology

A Computer-Mediated Support System for Project-Based Learning

James Laffey; Thomas Tupper; John Wedman; Dale Musser

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 46, No. 1 (1998) pp. 73–86

Describes a computer-mediated learning-support system designed as a suite of integrated, Internet-based client-server tools to provide: (1) intelligent support both for the processes of doing a project and for learning from doing a project, and (2)...

Looking Beyond the Valley: A Five-Year Case Study of Course Innovation

Gary K. Allen; John F. Wedman; Lillian C. Folk

Innovative Higher Education Vol. 26, No. 2 (2001) pp. 103–19

Examined longitudinal changes in student course evaluations throughout the process of implementing information technology-enhanced delivery of a veterinary immunology course. Found that student ratings of almost all aspects of the course and...

Developing a Case-Based Reasoning Knowledge Repository To Support a Learning Community--An Example from the Technology Integration Community

Feng-Kwei Wang; Joi L. Moore; John Wedman; Chi-Ren Shyu

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 52, No. 3 (2003) pp. 45–62

Describes the design and development of a case-based reasoning (CBR) knowledge repository, including its case library and the search engine to support the technology integration community. The process and results of ormative evaluation following the ...

Learning to Integrate Technology in the Classroom: A Case-Based Reasoning Approach

Dan Cernusca; John Wedman; Chi-Ren Shyu; Joi Moore; Wu He; Jaturon Harnsomburana; Tawnya Means; Hui-Chuan Hsieh; Johannes Strobel; Feng-Kwei Wang; David H. Jonassen

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1878–1879

This paper offers a new perspective in teachers' education regarding the effective technology integration. The core theoretical background is Case based Reasoning. We develop a knowledge repository filled by indexed stories collected directly from...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers