Faculty adoption of computer technology for instruction in the North Carolina Community College System

Karen Hill Less

Faculty adoption of computer technology for instruction in the North@Carolina@Community@College@System (2003) pp. 1–125

Computer technology has become an integral part of instruction at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels. Some instructors have enthusiastically adopted technological innovations in their classrooms, often expending their own funds for...

Is it a benefit? Supplementing service education partnerships

Karen S. Hill

Teaching and Learning in Nursing Vol. 2, No. 3 pp. 85–87

Entering the job market as a newly graduated nurse can be daunting. Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, has developed a unique approach to supplement the relationship between service and education. The education of nursing students...

Language: English

Developing Collaborative Technology-Enhanced Programs To Create Learning Communities

Nancy Wyatt; George Franz; Karen Hill; Matthew Bodek; Susan Ware

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 1559–1560

Encouraging effective collaborative learning supported by computer technology requires coordination among faculty, administrators, technical and instructional support staff, and library staff. This paper describes the roles of each of these...

Topics: Instructional Design, Computers, Collaboration

USeIT and the Logic Model

Shelby Morge; Karen Hill; Gene Tagliarini; Narayan Sridhar

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4249–4255

In order for funded projects to demonstrate good performance, the evaluation process needs to be a part of the planning process. Additionally, every step of these processes should be documented and connected. This paper provides a brief description ...

Creating Virtual Laboratories Using Squeak Etoys

Shelby Morge; Karen Hill; Sridhar Narayan; Gene Tagliarini

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3813–3815

Since effective instruction requires student engagement in experimental processes, educators need to identify safe environments that support reasonably realistic experiments. For example, investigating the actual propagation of a virus is well...

Integrating the Vernier LabPro™ with Squeak Etoys

Daniel Heywood; Wesley Williams; Elizabeth Snead; Shelby Morge; Sridhar Narayan; Karen Hill; Gene Tagliarini

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3762–3764

The Vernier LabProTM equipped with various sensor probes is commonly used in many middle and high school science classes. Using these devices, students can measure and record a wide variety of physical parameters such as temperature, light intensity,...

Using Squeak Etoys to Integrate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Wesley Williams; Elizabeth Snead; Shelby Morge; Sridhar Narayan; Gene Tagliarini; Mahnaz Moallem; Karen Hill

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 3650–3656

Information technology (IT) skills consistent with the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S) are often not well integrated with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) course content. As a result, students...

Interactive Online Tools for Enhancing Student Learning Experiences in Remote Sensing

Karen E. Joyce; Bopelo Boitshwarelo; Stuart R. Phinn; Greg J. E. Hill; Gail D. Kelly

Journal of Geography in Higher Education Vol. 38, No. 3 (2014) pp. 431–439

The rapid growth in Information and Communications Technologies usage in higher education has provided immense opportunities to foster effective student learning experiences in geography. In particular, remote sensing lends itself to the creative...

The ITEST Experience: Combining Cutting Edge Technology and Pedagogy for Teacher Professional Development, Part 1

Ruth Kermish-Allen; Shey Conover; Robert Snyder; Hope Rowan; Nancy Carter; Henrik Kibak; Steven J. McGriff; Robertta Barba; Simona Bartl; Shelby Morge; Karen Hill; Sridhar Narayan; Gene Tagliarini; Caroline Parker; Cathlyn Stylinski; Marjorie Darrah; Preeti Gupta; Bercem Akbayin; Carla McAuliffe

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4073–4080

The Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program was established in 2003 by the National Science Foundation to address the looming shortage of technology workers in the United States. The ITEST experience—including...

Topics: Mathematics, Educational Technology, Professional Development, Middle School Education, Networking Technologies

The ITEST Experience: Combining Cutting Edge Technology and Pedagogy for Teacher Professional Development, Part 2

Ruth Kermish-Allen; Shey Conover; Robert Snyder; Hope Rowan; Nancy Carter; Henrik Kibak; Steven J. McGriff; Robertta Barba; Simona Bartl; Shelby Morge; Karen Hill; Sridhar Narayan; Gene Tagliarini; Caroline Parker; Cathlyn Stylinski; Marjorie Darrah; Preeti Gupta; Bercem Akbayin; Carla McAuliffe

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4159–4166

The Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program was established in 2003 by the National Science Foundation to address the looming shortage of technology workers in the United States. The ITEST experience—including...

Topics: Networking Technologies, Middle School Education, Professional Development, Educational Technology, Mathematics