Redefining a "Virtual Community of Learners."

Lorraine Sherry; Shelley H. Billig

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 46, No. 1 (2002) pp. 48–51

Describes the WEB Project that used multimedia and telecommunications to change teachers' instructional practices and form a learning community among schools and cooperating institutions in discussions of student work. Discusses online design...

The impact of instructional technology on student achievement

Lorraine Sherry; Shelley H. Billig

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2430–2434

For the evaluation of The WEB Project, a Technology Innovation Challenge Grant (TICG), RMC Research Corporation developed a conceptual framework to measure the impact of instructional technology on student achievement, based on an extension of...

Topics: Students, Achievement, Teachers

Good Online Conversation: Building on Research To Inform Practice

Lorraine Sherry; Shelley H. Billig; Fern Tavalin

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 11, No. 1 (2000) pp. 85–127

With the increase of Internet and World Wide Web (WWW) usage in the classroom, instructional activities are now being implemented that use online conversation for knowledge-building. Current research with The WEB Project, a Technology Innovation...

Topics: Students

Creating a WEB of Evidence of Student Performance in A Technology-Rich Learning Environment

Lorraine Sherry; Daniel Jesse; Shelley H. Billig

International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 1, No. 1 (2002) pp. 33–42

The literature is rife with research reports that show "no significant difference" between student performance in a technology-rich learning environment versus a traditional classroom environment. Why is this so? Traditional measures of student...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Achievement, Students, Learning Outcomes