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Willis, Jerry; Baron, Josh; Lee, Reba-Anna; Gozza-Cohen, Mary; Currie, Amity – Computers in the Schools, 2010
This paper looks at the process of collaboratively creating and disseminating information resources, such as journals, books, papers, and multimedia resources in higher education. This process has been facilitated and encouraged by two relatively new movements, open-source and, especially, open access. The most definitive expression of the…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Higher Education, Social Support Groups, Textbooks
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Harmer, Andrea J.; Cates, Ward Mitchell – Computers in the Schools, 2007
Engaging middle-school students in scientific inquiry is typically recognized as important, but difficult. Designed to foster learner engagement, this method used an online, problem-based, science inquiry that investigated the West Nile virus during four weeks of collaborative classroom sessions. The inquiry prototype was authored in WISE, the…
Descriptors: Internet, Science Instruction, Science Education, Middle School Students
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Williams, Hilda Lee; Merideth, Eunice M. – Computers in the Schools, 1996
Reports on a study of 14 master's degree students' online communication patterns when their classroom environment had been expanded electronically through a public listserv for classroom interaction and private e-mail on the Internet. Student attitudes and reactions are described, based on results of questionnaires. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Mail, Graduate Students
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Beam, Bonnie J. – Computers in the Schools, 1996
WCU Micronet is a telecommunications network outreach program of Western Carolina University. What started as an aid to local high school science teachers has become a statewide K-12 multidisciplinary computer network with Internet listserv and Web capabilities. WCU Micronet also provides printed support and workshops for inservice and preservice…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computer Networks, Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Coombs, Steven J.; Rodd, Jillian – Computers in the Schools, 2001
Reviews the development and delivery of a higher education course module that was designed to provide remote learners in England with computer-supported solutions to access higher education as part of a technology-assisted distance education program. Highlights include use of a Web site; e-mail; videoconferencing; and student attrition rate.…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries
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Pelton, Leslee Francis; Pelton, Timothy W. – Computers in the Schools, 1998
Discusses the need to learn about computer technology in preservice teacher education and describes a course developed at Brigham Young University as a model for teaching mathematics using technology that was offered via the Internet. Discusses Web pages, e-mail, Usenet, student and teacher reactions, and applications to K-12 classrooms. (LRW)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Electronic Mail
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Gonzales, Carmen L.; De Montes, Laura Sujo – Computers in the Schools, 2002
Distance education is changing the landscape of higher education and many faculty are now developing Web-based courses. This paper describes the lessons learned by the authors' experiences and research and offers a specific set of pedagogical and assessment strategies that they have found to be successful in online settings. The authors have found…
Descriptors: Internet, Elementary Secondary Education, Distance Education, Computer Uses in Education
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Kahn, Jessica; Pred, Robert – Computers in the Schools, 2002
The design, implementation, and evaluation of the second phase in a two-year faculty development initiative by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium on Higher Education (SEPCHE) is presented. The initiative addressed instruction of SEPCHE faculty in the use of technology in college teaching. Six workshops were conducted for faculty in specific…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Workshops, Faculty Development, College Instruction