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Educational Exchange: Investigation Of A Videoconference-Based Instructional Program For Educational Psychology Undergraduates And Fifth Graders, Allison G. Butler, Sandra Lenore, Jenifer Nunez

Applied Psychology Department Faculty Journal Articles

An innovative learning partnership took place between undergraduates in an educational psychology course and fifth graders at a local elementary school. The goals for the partnership were: (a) to use videoconferencing to provide educational psychology students with a window into a live classroom, thus allowing opportunities to see theories and principles in action; (b) to give fifth graders opportunities to experience videoconferencing, to practice presentation skills, and to observe a university environment; and (c) to create a model for a videoconference-based collaboration between a K-12 teacher and an educational psychology professor that could be replicated by others. Videoconferencing offers an …