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A Service Learning Model: Meeting Ncate Standards Through Educational Technology, Maria Lizano-Dimare
A Service Learning Model: Meeting Ncate Standards Through Educational Technology, Maria Lizano-Dimare
Education Faculty Publications
Service learning can be described as learning experiences that serve the needs of a specific community and enable students to draw meaningful connections between theory and practice. Through service learning, students observe and model the behaviors, attitudes, and emotional reactions of others. It is important that education programs are built upon NCATE standards in order to ensure quality. This service learning model is based on an undergraduate level educational technology course. Through their participation in Introduction to Computers in Education, future teachers gain practical experience in a school-based environment that prepares them in the use of educational technology for …
Conferencing: An Exploration Into Connectivity, Content, And Community, Marc Glassman, Michael K. Barbour
Conferencing: An Exploration Into Connectivity, Content, And Community, Marc Glassman, Michael K. Barbour
Education Faculty Publications
The electronic conference, Bits and Bytes: An Online Symposium on the Evolution of Technology in Education, was a joint initiative of the Faculty of Education at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the Centre for Advanced Placement Education at Discovery Collegiate. The format of this electronic conference (e-conference) was similar to that of an on-site conference, with a call for submissions, a peer-reviewed processing of these proposals, and a presentation of the accepted proposals. However, the participants of this e-conference never met in a specific locale in a synchronous time frame, as is the case with traditional conferences. The authors and …