"A Dance with the Butterflies:" A Metamorphosis of Teaching and Learning through Technology

Sarah McPherson

Early Childhood Education Journal Vol. 37, No. 3 (December 2009) pp. 229–236

This paper describes a web-based collaborative project called "A Dance with the Butterflies" that applied the brain-based research of the Center for Applied Special Technologies (CAST) and principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to Pre-K-4 ...

Inclusive Participatory Learning with Social Media in the Curriculum

Sarah McPherson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 2301–2306

In meeting the challenges of pedagogy for ALL students, we are facing the need for a paradigm shift to ‘participatory’ learning (Poore, M. 2016). For students with disabilities, this may be ‘equal access to opportunities, experiences, skills, and...

Topics: special education, Social Media

University E-Press for Knowledge Management and Building an Academic Learning Community

Sarah McPherson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 529–533

A higher education institution in partnership with a corporate knowledge management firm has launched a unique digital publication solution to meet the changing landscape of the traditional academic publication process. The project has embarked on...

Strategies and Resources for Preparing Teachers for STEM Teaching and Learning

Sarah McPherson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1927–1939

This presentation will address the frameworks, principles and standards constructs that can be applied to STEM education for hands-on, inquiry, and project-based learning to meet the goal of preparing students for pursuing STEM related fields in...

Topics: special education, Graduate Education & Faculty Development, Engineering Education

Globalization Project in Online Instructional Technology

Sarah McPherson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) p. 261

Many higher education institutions are incorporating globalization curriculum in their teacher and leadership preparation programs to meet national standards. In spring 2010, two professors in teacher education instructional technology programs in...

Global Connections 2010: Globalization, STEM and ICTs

Sarah McPherson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) pp. 2654–2656

Teacher education programs must demonstrate how they are addressing standards to increase global awareness. Many instructional technology programs are modeling global awareness using digital media and web 2.0 tools for collaboration with educators...

Technology for Educators: A Graduate Program for Research and Practice

Sarah McPherson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1995 (1995) pp. 892–893

In 1982 the Division of Education at Johns Hopkins University offered elective courses in computer programming to teachers enrolled in graduate education programs. The initial programming courses included BASIC, PAS-

Using Web 2.0 Tools to Develop New Literacies in Teacher Education

Sarah McPherson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2369–2382

Classroom teachers are responsible for preparing K-12 students for the future in both traditional literacy instruction - reading, writing, listening, and communicating, as well new literacies which is the use of technology to expand literacy skills...

Instructional Technology Tools for Core Curriculum Literacy Instruction

Sarah McPherson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 2615–2616

Technology affords many opportunities to enrich the language arts curriculum and instruction that prepares students to be literate citizens of the 21st century. As the American classroom becomes more and more diverse with struggling readers and...

Developing Online Programs Today to Prepare Educators for Tomorrow

Sarah McPherson; Randy Hansen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 463–465

Two universities describe their strategic planning process to launch online programs for advanced teacher education degrees in instructional technology. The process considered instructional technology standards, the accreditation process, capacity...

Web 2.0 for Global Connections of Educators

Sarah McPherson; John Castellani

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 1061–1066

The purpose of the project is to develop guidelines for cross-national communities using web 2.0 tools. Using a ning called Global Connections 2008, www.globalconnections2008.ning.com for spring 2008 semester coursework activities, pre-service and...

ISTE’s Higher Education Recognition Program

Sarah McPherson; Carolyn Sykora

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 1357–1361

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is launching a program called ISTE Recognition for Higher Education Programs to recognize and celebrate pre-service and advanced degree programs that provide high quality learning...

Topics: Assessment and E-Folios, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

The Implementation of the Electronic Portfolio System in the Master of Science in Insructional Technology program

Michael Uttendorfer; Sarah McPherson; Shiang-Kwei Wang

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 1143–1148

More and more teacher education and educational technology programs are adopting electronic portfolio systems to provide students opportunities to collect digital artifacts to demonstrate skills and knowledge to meet program standards. The Master of ...

Using Blogs to Facilitate Online Discussion

Shiangkwei Wang; Hui-Yin Hsu; Sarah McPherson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 998–1001

Originally, blogs served as personal journaling tools. Recently blogs are more often applied to form online communities and thus expanded to more extensive uses in education. Little has been learned about the learners' perceptions of using blog to...

Topics: Educational Technology, Collaboration

New Literacy Instruction in Teacher Education

Sarah McPherson; Hui-Yin Hsu; Shaingkwei Wang; MengPing Tsuei

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 752–756

Pre- and in-service teacher education courses at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) are developing curriculum to address the knowledge and skills in undergraduate reading courses, and graduate courses for integrating technology into language...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Curriculum

New Literacies Instruction in Teacher Education

Sarah McPherson; Shiang-Kwei Wang; Hui-Yin Hsu; Mengping Tsuei

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 51, No. 5 (October 2007) pp. 24–31

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are transforming the priorities of the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) to focus on preparing for the "new literacies." According to the...

Enhance Teachers’ Global Awareness through Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Hui-Yin Hsu; Sarah McPherson; Mengping Tsuei; Shiang-Kwei Wang

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 590–592

This project uses information and communication technologies (ICT) which includes wikis, blog and email to facilitate knowledge exchange between pre/in-service teachers in New York City and Taipei to increase their awareness of globalization.

Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Educational Technology

Using an Electronic Portfolio System for Performance Assessment

Sarah McPherson; Michael Uttendorfer; Deniz Palak; Shiangkwei Wang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 133–136

Teacher education programs are adopting electronic portfolio systems for assessing their candidates' knowledge and skills against national, state and program standards. A thorough and systematic assessment process applying an e-portfolio system...

New Literacies and Teacher Education

Hui-Yin Hsu; Sarah McPherson; Shiang-Kwei Wang

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) pp. 2552–2554

New literacies are sets of knowledge and skills pre-service and in-service teachers need in order to prepare their K-12 students to succeed in remaining years of the 21st century. This symposium will provide a comprehensive overview of the new...

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) to develop teachers’ global awareness

Shiang-Kwei Wang; Sarah McPherson; Hui-YIn Hsu; Mengping Tsuei

International Journal of Education and Development using ICT Vol. 4, No. 2 (Jul 05, 2008) pp. 89–104

This project explored uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as wikis, blogs, and e-mail to facilitate knowledge exchange between pre or in-service teachers in New York City and pre or in-service teachers in Taipei, Taiwan....

Engaging, Accessible, and Memorable: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Applications in Online and Blended Higher Education Courses

Susie Gronseth; Elizabeth Dalton; Debra Bauder; Sarah McPherson; Ajay Singh; Mark Viner

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 2169–2174

This interactive panel presentation and discussion offers insights and conversation around applications of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework to online and blended higher education courses Panelists will explore how the UDL principles ...

Topics: Assistive Technology, Distance/Flexible Education, Universal Design for Learning

Improving Students' Interpersonal Skills through Experiential Small Group Learning

Kay Lesley Skinner; Sarah J. Hyde; Kerstin B. A. McPherson; Maree D. Simpson

Journal of Learning Design Vol. 9, No. 1 (2016) pp. 21–36

Health professional students must be equipped with the skills necessary to interact with patients. Effective interpersonal skills are difficult to both learn and teach, requiring development, practise and evaluation in both educational and clinical...

Using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Teacher Education for Increasing Global Awareness

Sarah McPherson; Shiang-Kwei Wang; Hui-Yin Hsu; Mengping Tsuei; Ruth Wood

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 1112–1116

Abstract. Educators need to prepare students for citizenship in a global society by creating an environment in which global awareness and attitudes can be learned. This study examined the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to...