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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
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...