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Real Time with the Librarian: Using Web Conferencing Software to Connect to Distance Students
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Riedel, Tom; Betty, Paul – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2013
A pilot program to provide real-time library webcasts to Regis University distance students using Adobe Connect software was initiated in fall of 2011. Previously, most interaction between librarians and online students had been accomplished by asynchronous discussion threads in the Learning Management System. Library webcasts were offered in…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
One-to-One Laptops in K-12 Classrooms: Voices of Students
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Zheng, Binbin; Arada, Kathleen; Niiya, Melissa; Warschauer, Mark – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2014
In planning educational technology initiatives, the concerns of many stakeholders are typically taken into account, including the concerns of administrators, teachers, parents, and employers. The perspective of students are recognized as valuable, but not often queried or considered. This paper explores the opinions of K-12 students about a…
Descriptors: Laptop Computers, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Attitudes
The Tell-Tale Data: Virtual Whispering and Final Student Grades
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Cook, Susan; Germann, Clark – Online Submission, 2010
Online classroom management issues pose new problems for the online instructor and pose seductive communicative options for students. This exploratory group of studies examined Blackboard/WEBCT[TM] data as collected for the course designer of an online course as possible indicators of "whispering" or backchanneling between students with…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Grades (Scholastic), Course Content, Academic Achievement
Assessment Made Easy: Students Flourish in a One-to-One Laptop Program
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Zucker, Andrew A. – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2009
By all accounts, the Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) is a special school. It was the first public charter high school in Denver to become a one-to-one laptop school, thanks to a $1 million gift from Hewlett-Packard. Even though the school accepts applicants via a lottery system and its charter requires that 40% of its students come…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Low Income Groups, High Schools
A Consortial Approach to Distance Education Delivery and Management.
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Seehusen, Vicky – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2000
Describes the unique distance education consortium developed by the Colorado Community College and Occupational Education system. The consortium provides centralized management of faculty and curriculum, and decentralized management of student services. "CCCOnline" was developed in response to student desires for convenient learning…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Computer Managed Instruction
Integration of e-Management, e-Development and e-Learning Technologies for Blended Course Delivery
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Johnson, Lynn E.; Tang, Michael – AACE Journal, 2005
This paper describes and assesses a pre-engineering curriculum development project called Foundations of Engineering, Science and Technology (FEST). FEST integrates web-based technologies into an inter-connected system to enable delivery of a blended program at multiple institutions. Tools and systems described include 1) technologies to deliver…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Community Colleges, Universities, Engineering Education