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formerly Journal of Research on Computing in Education
JRTE, Volume 32, Number 4, Summer 2000.
The
Development of a Web-Based Literacy Learning Environment: A Dialogue
between Innovation
and Established Practices
Yong Zhao, Carol Sue Englert, Jing Chen, Su
Chin Jones,
and Richard E. Ferdig
Michigan State University
Abstract
This article describes the development of a
Web-based literacy
learning software application: Technology Enhanced
Learning
Environment on the Web (TELE-Web). TELE-Web was
developed
based on an existing literacy program for
elementary school
students. In describing the development of
TELE-Web, we
adopt an emerging perspective on technology and
established
practices in education and literacy. This
perspective also
explores how technology is affected by literacy
practices
in educational contexts, instead of concentrating
only on
the effects of technology. (Keywords:
computer-assisted
instruction, literacy, Web-based learning
environments.)
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Contributors
Yong Zhao is an assistant professor of technology
in teaching
and learning at the College of Education, Michigan
State
University. He is a researcher at the Center for
Improvement
of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA). His research
interests
include Web-based learning environments, language
learning,
and teacher adoption of technology.
Carol Sue Englert is a professor at Michigan
State University
in the Department of Counseling, Educational
Psychology,
and Special Education (CEPSE). Her research
interests include
literacy instruction for students at risk for
school failure
with a specific focus on the examination of
discourse in
literacy events, technology applications to
literacy instruction,
and the role of participation in a discourse
community in
the development of literacy knowledge and
performance.
Jing Chen is a graduate student in CEPSE at
Michigan State
University. She is interested in developing
Web-based collaborative
environments.
Su Chin Jones was a graduate student in CEPSE at
Michigan
State University.
Richard E. Ferdig is a doctoral candidate and
Spencer Fellow
at Michigan State University’s College of
Education
and a research associate with CIERA. His research
interests
include stories, storytelling, and the creation
and implementation
of Web and video-based learning environments.
Address: Dr. Yong Zhao, 346 Erickson Hall,
College of Education,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824;
zhaaoyo@pilot.msu.edu.
A PDF file of the full article is available. Contact: jrte@iste.org. Please specifiy Volume
and Issue number.
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