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Edited by
Dr. David J. Ayersman, Mary Washington College, and Dr. W.
Michael Reed,
New York University
Incoming editor: Dr. Lynne Schrum, University of Georgia
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| formerly Journal of Research on Computing in
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Volume 35 Number
1 Fall 2002
The
Regional
Educational Technology Assistance Program: Its
Effects on
Teaching Practices
Carmen Gonzales, Linda Pickett, Naomi Hupert, and
Wendy
Martin
The authors present findings that suggest that, as
a result
of their involvement in RETA’s ongoing,
peer-directed, constructivist-based
professional development workshops, teacher
participants
and teacher instructors have: (1) increased their
use of
technology in the classroom, (2) increased their
use of
certain constructivist practices in the classroom,
(3) increased
their collaboration with other teachers, and (4)
assumed
more leadership positions.
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more...
What
Do We
Do with These Computers? Reflections on Technology
in the
Classroom
Mark Goddard
Understanding how cutting-edge technologies have
entered
the classroom should be the first step teachers
take before
addressing the questions of how and why those
technologies
should be integrated with curriculum.
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more...
Computer Anxiety
and Attitudes toward Computers among Rural
Secondary School
Teachers: A Malaysian Perspective
Kian-Sam Hong and Chee-Kiat Koh
This study investigated the computer anxiety
levels and
attitudes of rural secondary school teachers
toward computers,
the relationship between anxiety and attitudes
toward computers,
and differences in anxiety levels and attitudes
based on
demographic characteristics.
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more...
Scholarly
Use of the Internet by Faculty Members: Factors
and Outcomes
of Change
Paul David Henry
A quantitative survey of faculty members in a
research university
setting examined how they are using the Internet
in their
scholarly work: contacting colleagues, gathering
support,
conducting research, disseminating knowledge, and
publishing
results.
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more...
Information
Technology Skills for a Pluralistic Society: Is
the Playing
Field Level?
Inés Márquez Chisholm and Jane Carey
Literature has shown that computer access and
integration
of computers into curricula have been
significantly lower
in student populations from ethnic minorities in
K12 public
schools. Studies have also shown that
ethnic-minority households
own computers at a lower rate than majority
households.
However, universities seldom stop to determine if
required
competencies exist uniformly across all
students.
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more...
BroadNet and
Change at the University of
Wolverhampton
John O’Donoghue, Mark Childs, and Steve
Molyneux
Schools within the University of Wolverhampton are
contributing
information technologybased study material to the
BroadNet
project, a technology-based network. This requires
the schools
to undergo change, which is in some cases
significant.
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more...
Practising
Information Systems Approach for Developing
Information
Technology Skills Used in Business
Syed J. Naqvi
The changing information technology (IT) skill
requirements
for business professionals in the new millennium
have forced
many universities to review their IT curriculum.
The concept
of a traditional approach to developing IT skills
to meet
the educational needs of all future business
professionals
is becoming obsolete, and other approaches are
needed.
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more...
Teachers’
Perceptions of a Professional Development Distance
Learning
Course: A Qualitative Case Study
Christel Broady-Ortmann
This study describes how practicing teachers
perceived their
participation in a distance learning course in
German language
pedagogy. Interviews, observations, and documents
were used
as data sources.
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more...
Undergraduate
Education Majors’ Discourse on an Electronic
Mailing List
Richard C. Overbaugh
Postings from distant, studio, and lab sections
were placed
in one of 18 categories derived from the postings’
content
and then discussed in terms of distribution among
the three
groups.
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more...
Bridging the
Distance: Responses to Preservice Teacher Postings
on a
Literacy and Technology Electronic Mailing
List
Carolyn Ann Walker
This study examines responses from participants in
a technology
and literacy electronic mailing list to postings
made by
preservice teachers as part of a class
assignment.
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more...
When
Technology
Meets Beliefs: Preservice Teachers’ Perception of
the Teacher’s
Role in the Classroom with Computers
Yu-Mei Wang
This study investigated preservice teachers’
perceptions
of the teacher’s role in classrooms with
computers. The
study findings show no significant difference
between preservice
teachers’ perceptions of teacher-centered roles
and their
perceptions of student-centered roles in
classrooms with
computers. Nevertheless, when tested on their
choice of
computer uses, preservice teachers shifted to
teacher-centered
computer uses.
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more...
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