Tips for Course Conversion to the Web

Kay A. Persichitte

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 237–239

There is a virtual explosion occurring in the number of faculty at all levels who are converting courses or creating new courses for delivery via the World Wide Web. Some faculty are fortunate enough to have professional instructional design...

Topics: Instructional Design, Faculty

Redesigning Preservice Teacher Technology Training

Kay A. Persichitte

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 207–208

Today we are faced with a challenge.The needs of the rapidly changing instructional environment for K-12 educa tion are placing new demands on the preparation of our future teachers. In an attempt to meet these new demands, many teacher preparation...

Change Theory for Schools: Some Basic Principles

Kay A. Persichitte

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1677–1682

There are tremendous pressures on K-12 schools to adapt to a wide variety of expectations (e.g., state and organizational content standards, professional standards, sitebased management, technology utilization and integration) that are all related ...

Topics: Change, Standards, Schools

Conducting Research on the Internet: Strategies for Electronic Interviewing

Kay A. Persichitte

Selected Research and Development Presentations at the 1996 National Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology 1997 (1997)

This study provides guidelines for using electronic mail for data collection and sheds light on some of the substantive issues related to research via this medium. Researchers creating electronic interview situations for the study stressed that the...

Redesigning Preservice Teacher Technology Training

Kay A. Persichitte

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 207–208

Today we are faced with a challenge.The needs of the rapidly changing instructional environment for K-12 educa tion are placing new demands on the preparation of our future teachers. In an attempt to meet these new demands, many teacher preparation...

Differential Skills and Competencies Required of Faculty Teaching Distance Education Courses

Regina Schoenfeld-Tacher; Kay A. Persichitte

International Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 2, No. 1 (2000) pp. 1–16

Analyzes the differential skills and competencies required of faculty teaching distance education courses via the World Wide Web. The faculty perceptions of needed skills and competencies varied greatly and were found to be primarily influenced by...

Blood, Sweat, and TEARS: 50 Years of Technology Implementation Obstacles

Wesley P. Leggett; Kay A. Persichitte

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 43, No. 3 (1998) pp. 33–36

Discusses five categories of obstacles to successful technology integration in the classroom: Time, Expertise, Access, Resources, and Support (TEARS). A chart outlines the obstacles and possible solutions. Similarity of obstacles to usage of film in ...

Distance Learning and the Visually Impaired: A Success Story

Kay A. Ferrell; Nathan Lowell; Kay A. Persichitte

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 1, No. 1 (2000) pp. 200–208

This article describes a U.S. Department of Education grant funded project to develop and deliver a distance master's degree program in blindness and visual impairment to students in the 14 states of the Western Governor's Region. A small proportion ...

Topics: Distance Education

The Evolution of a Distance Delivery System that Supports Content, Students, and Pedagogy

Kay Alicyn Ferrell; Kay A. Persichitte; Nathan Lowell; Stephanie Roberts

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness Vol. 95, No. 10 (2001) pp. 597–608

This article discusses the design, development, and implementation of a distance-delivered master's degree program leading to licensure as a teacher of students with visual impairments. The evolution of the program, based on improvements in...

Relation of Student Characteristics to Learning of Basic Biochemistry Concepts from a Multimedia Goal-Based Scenario

Regina Schoenfeld-Tacher; Kay A. Persichitte; Loretta L. Jones

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

This study sought to answer the question, Do all students benefit equally from the use of a hypermedia Goal-Based Scenario (GBS)? GBS is a subcategory of anchored instruction. The correlation between the demographic variables and achievement and...

A Continuing Journey toward Technology Infusion within Teacher Preparation

Kay A. Persichitte; Edward P. Caffarella; Donna Ferguson-Pabst

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 47, No. 2 (2003) pp. 12–14

Describes the evolution of preservice teacher technology courses at the University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, CO). Highlights include technology integration; student teaching requirements; student attitudes about technology; revised curricula...

Differential Effects of a Multimedia Goal-based Scenario To Teach Introductory Biochemistry--Who Benefits Most?

Regina Schoenfeld-Tacher; Loretta L. Jones; Kay A. Persichitte

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 10, No. 4 (2001) pp. 305–17

Investigates the relationship of cognitive and demographic variables to learning outcomes from a multimedia Goal-Based Scenario (GBS) lesson on DNA. Focuses on gender, ethnicity, prior science coursework in college and high school, final score in...

Pre-Service Teacher Preparation and Interactive Information Technologies Critical Mass

Kay A. Persichitte; Donald D. Tharp; Edward P. Caffarella

Selected Research and Development Presentations at the National Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Sponsored by the Research and Theory Division 1998 (February 1998)

This paper reports on a study which examined critical mass for the use of information technologies (i.e., electronic mail and World Wide Web applications) in schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs) by faculty, students, and faculty...

Preparing Teachers for Online Instruction with a Graduate Certificate Program

Craig E. Shepherd; Doris U. Bolliger; Tonia A. Dousay; Kay Persichitte

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 60, No. 1 (2016) pp. 41–47

Online education for K-12 students has grown rapidly over the past decade. Approximately four million K-12 students enroll in one or more online courses each year. Because online learning is expanding into K-12 settings, teacher education programs...

Web-Based Menus: Font Size and Line Spacing Preferences

Janice Pacheco; Barbara Taylor Day; Susan Cribelli; John Jordan; Brandon Murry; Kay A. Persichitte

Selected Research and Development Papers Presented at the National Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology [AECT] 1999 (February 1999)

The study investigated the elements of font size and line spacing in World Wide Web menus for both a scrolled and not scrolled condition with a sample of undergraduate university students. Subjects were 185 students enrolled in 13 section of...