Cases on Educational Technology Implementation for Facilitating Learning

Cases on Educational Technology Implementation for Facilitating Learning

Albert D. Ritzhaupt, Swapna Kumar

Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 505

ISBN13: 9781466636767|ISBN10: 1466636769|EISBN13: 9781466636774

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3676-7

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With constant explorative research on educational technologies, it remains important to have a detailed understanding of the implementation of these innovations.

Cases on Educational Technology Implementation for Facilitating Learning blends together vital research and advancements on educational technologies into one comprehensive collection; while structuring the information to make it accessible for implementation into the classroom. Academics, professors, and educators will find this casebook especially useful for integrating new aspects of technology into their programs.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

List of Reviewers

Preface

Chapters

Chapter 1

Integrating Learning Management Systems in K-12 Supplemental Religious Education (pages 1-22)

Dana C. Hackley, Mary Beth Leidman

The separation of church and state in the United States brought more reliance on congregations for religious education. As a result, there is a long history of supplemental education within the walls of churches, synagogues, and...

Chapter 2

Should Traditional Classrooms Have Formal Facebook Groups? (pages 23-44)

Mark Hart

As students, teachers, and school professionals work to determine boundaries between the classroom and social media, often implementation choices are being made between the lines of school technology policies. In response to formal...

Chapter 3

A Professional Development School Technology Integration and Research Plan (pages 45-68)

Neal Shambaugh

Technology diffusion in public schools has varied in scale from local and state initiatives to large-scale governmental-funded programs. Teachers’ use of technology, however, remains limited and still focuses on the tools rather than...

Chapter 4

Using an Observation Cycle for Helping Teachers Integrate Technology (pages 69-84)

Julia S. Fuller, Barry A. Bachenheimer

The purpose of this chapter is to present a simulated case study for class discussion about supporting teachers with technology integration. The study frames the authors’ definition of educational technology by focusing on...

Chapter 5

Preparing Beginning Teachers to Use Instructional Technology Effectively (pages 85-99)

Nanette I. Marcum-Dietrich, Oliver Dreon

In this case study, two education professors examine how an instructional technology course founded historically in an industrial model of teaching evolved to reflect and model the pedagogy needed in a 21st century classroom....

Chapter 6

Understanding the Role of Instructional Video in Higher Education Settings (pages 100-114)

William Sugar

An instructional designer, Susan Flanagan, who was recently hired (approximately three months ago) at Mount Lee Community College, helped the Social Sciences Division faculty members in creating online modules and classes for future...

Chapter 7

Implementing Educational Technology for Facilitating Non-Human Coaching or “E-Coaching” (pages 115-129)

Teri C. Warner, Darlene M. Van Tiem

HiTech Corporation (pseudonym) and its organizations are always looking for new methods of expanding its capabilities to help employees enhance competence and increase workplace satisfaction. While they would like to offer coaching...

Chapter 8

Resuscitating Team Roles within Wayburn Health System (pages 130-145)

Jill E. Stefaniak

Administrative leadership of Wayburn Health System decided to move forward with a training program to address communication between healthcare professionals within their emergency center. After a few sentinel events where errors had...

Chapter 9

Developing a Web Application for the Integration of Real-World, Scientific, Problem-Solving into the Secondary Classroom (pages 146-160)

Susan E. Gill, Nanette I. Marcum-Dietrich, John Fraser

In the 21st century, digital natives, born into a world of omnipresent technology, spend much of their lives online. However, many teachers still see the use of educational technologies as a challenge (e.g., Ertmer, 2005; Li, 2007)....

Chapter 10

Innovation in Patient Care and Medical Resident Education: Using Blended Instruction to Transform Nighttime Patient Care from a Service Model into an Educational Model (pages 161-176)

Nicole Paradise Black, H. Barrett Fromme, Jennifer Maniscalco, Cynthia Ferrell, Jessica Myers, Erin Augustine, Christine Skurkis, Lou Ann Cooper, Madelyn Kahana, Rebecca Blankenburg

Medical resident education changed dramatically on July 1, 2011 with the institution of new duty-hour work restrictions. The move to shift scheduling changed the notion of nighttime work from a time of service to one of education....

Chapter 11

Use of Apple iPads in K-6 Math and Science Classrooms (pages 177-192)

Tara Bennett, Florence Martin

In this chapter, the authors review how iPads were used in a middle grade math classroom of a technology magnet school. The school has received two mobile iPad carts in addition to the three they have. Ms. Martin, a science teacher...

Chapter 12

Learning and Teaching as Communicative Actions: Cases of Twitter as an Educational Tool (pages 193-213)

Scott J. Warren, Jenny S. Wakefield, Kim A. Knight, Metta Alsobrook

This chapter explains how Twitter was implemented into three higher education course modality designs: two face-to-face courses in Digital Textuality, one fully online course in Global Policy, and two hybrid courses in Instructional...

Chapter 13

It’s Not All Fun and Games: A Games-Based Learning Project with Interdisciplinary Teams (pages 214-238)

Hope Kelly, Margeaux C. Johnson

This chapter explores the design and development process for the iLOOK game, a grant-funded educational game about information literacy at a large public university. This case is presented through the eyes of Leslie Anderson, a young...

Chapter 14

Overcoming Barriers to Instructor Adoption of a Learning Management System: The Case of Regent University College in Ghana (pages 239-252)

Stephen Asunka

Following a realization that a Web-based Learning Management System (LMS) deployed by a University in Ghana remained largely unused by instructors, the university’s management intervened. The university wishes to expand access to its...

Chapter 15

Vision and Strategy for Developing a Successful Online Degree Program on a Shoestring Budget (pages 253-271)

Jeton McClinton, Michele D. Estes

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) are rich in history, culture, resources, and opportunities. This case study explains the thought processes of administrators and faculty at one HBCU as they respond to an...

Chapter 16

Like Someone You Know: Scenario-Based Simulation to Improve Academic and Life Skills (pages 272-294)

Peter Fadde, Lisa Peden

The director of a university tutoring center collaborates with an Instructional Design and Technology professor and his students to develop an interactive multimedia format that presents at-risk college students with stories of...

Chapter 17

They Can’t Fix What They Can’t Hear: Improving Pre-Service Teachers’ Spoken Grammar (pages 295-307)

Peter Fadde

The Grammar Case touches on aspects of instructional design that go beyond scope and sequence of content, including: 1) communicating with a client, 2) representing a learning problem from the perspectives of different learning...

Chapter 18

Web-Based Simulations for the Training of Mathematics Teachers (pages 308-340)

Maria Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Katerina Mavrou

A crucial step in learning to fly an airplane is to use a simulator, where the risks are minimized or even eliminated, and similar problems and hazards can be replayed and reflected upon time after time. A key aspect of this case...

Chapter 19

Electronic Portfolio Encouraging Active and Reflective Learning: A Case Study in Improving Academic Self-Regulation through Innovative Use of Educational Technologies (pages 341-376)

Vivek Venkatesh, Eva Bures, Ann-Louise Davidson, C. Anne Wade, Larysa Lysenko, Philip C. Abrami

At the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP) in Montréal, the authors have developed, tested, and disseminated to schools in the Canadian provinces of Québec and Alberta, without charge, an Electronic Portfolio...

Chapter 20

Developing a Teacher Training Technology Workshop Series (pages 377-394)

Paul Joseph Stengel

During the summer of 2010, a graduate school of education (GSE) at a leading research university launched a 14-month teacher residency program (TRP) aimed at producing high quality teachers for urban schools that need them the most....

Chapter 21

Work Integrated E-Learning in Public Administration: The Portuguese School Libraries Network Case Study (pages 395-422)

Jorge Tiago Martins, Rosa Maria Martins

This chapter describes the experience of the Portuguese School Libraries Network (SLN) – an agency of the Ministry of Education and Science – as a case study in the development of work integrated e-learning in Public Administration....

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