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Facilitating Teachers’ Thinking About Pedagogy And Technology With An Online Curriculum Planning Tool, Kirsten R. Butcher, Heather Leary, James Foster, Holly Devaul
Facilitating Teachers’ Thinking About Pedagogy And Technology With An Online Curriculum Planning Tool, Kirsten R. Butcher, Heather Leary, James Foster, Holly Devaul
Heather Leary, Ph.D.
The current study analyzed the impact of a year-long adoption of an online curriculum planning tool on teachers’ thinking about content and pedagogy, as well as their use of technology in the classroom. The online planning tool was adopted district-wide following professional development training with the purpose of supporting teachers’ development of differentiated, student-centered instruction with digital resources. Structured interviews with high school science teachers were used to determine how teachers’ thinking about key concepts and instruction changed during the course of technology adoption. Verbal protocol analysis was used to code interviews, using comprehension theory and national reform approaches in …
School Librarians And Technology: Integrating Online Resources For Teaching, Linda Sellers, Heather Leary
School Librarians And Technology: Integrating Online Resources For Teaching, Linda Sellers, Heather Leary
Heather Leary, Ph.D.
No abstract provided.
Teaching Use Of Digital Primary Sources For K-12 Settings, Anne R. Diekema, Heather Leary, Sheri Haderlie, Cheryl D. Walters
Teaching Use Of Digital Primary Sources For K-12 Settings, Anne R. Diekema, Heather Leary, Sheri Haderlie, Cheryl D. Walters
Heather Leary, Ph.D.
This paper describes learning outcomes of a three-day workshop on integrating primary sources into K-12 teaching. The short curriculum — intended for teams of teachers and school librarians — combined visits to a museum and a library's special collections with an introduction to significant national and local digital collections of primary sources. The paper draws on focus group data, reflection papers, and a conference presentation by the workshop participants as well as curricular artifacts presented to the workshop instructors. Using their workshop experience, teachers integrated digitized primary sources into their curricula thereby creating quality instructional content that engaged students' interest. …
Modeling Teacher Ratings Of Online Resources: A Human-Machine Approach To Quality, Mimi Recker, Heather Leary, Andrew Walker, Anne Diekema, Philipp Wetzler, Tamara Sumner, James Martin
Modeling Teacher Ratings Of Online Resources: A Human-Machine Approach To Quality, Mimi Recker, Heather Leary, Andrew Walker, Anne Diekema, Philipp Wetzler, Tamara Sumner, James Martin
Heather Leary, Ph.D.
In education, the scalable deployment of media-rich online resources supports peer production in ways that promise to radically transform teaching and learning (CRA, 2005; Pea et al., 2008). Online educational repositories such as the Digital Library for Earth Systems Education (DLESE.org) and the National Science Digital Library (NSDL.org) collect and curate online learning resources created for a wide range of educational audiences and subject areas (McArthur & Zia, 2008). Through a simple, web-based authoring tool, called the Instructional Architect (IA.usu.edu) teachers locate and share educational resources and activities in an IA project. These IA projects can then be viewed, copied, …
Teacher As Designers Of Online And Open Educational Resources: An Empirical Examination Of Professional Development For Re-Use, M. Robertshaw, Kristy Bloxham, Andrew Walker, Heather Leary, Mimi Recker
Teacher As Designers Of Online And Open Educational Resources: An Empirical Examination Of Professional Development For Re-Use, M. Robertshaw, Kristy Bloxham, Andrew Walker, Heather Leary, Mimi Recker
Heather Leary, Ph.D.
No abstract provided.
Crossing Paths To Connect Educators And Learners With Online Resources, Heather Leary, M. Robertshaw, Andrew Walker, Kristy Bloxham
Crossing Paths To Connect Educators And Learners With Online Resources, Heather Leary, M. Robertshaw, Andrew Walker, Kristy Bloxham
Heather Leary, Ph.D.
No abstract provided.
Supporting Meaningful Learning With Online Resources: Developing A Review Process, Sarah Giersch, Heather Leary, Bart Palmer, Mimi Recker
Supporting Meaningful Learning With Online Resources: Developing A Review Process, Sarah Giersch, Heather Leary, Bart Palmer, Mimi Recker
Heather Leary, Ph.D.
No abstract provided.
What Web 2.0 Can Teach The Open Education Movement, Heather Leary, David Wiley
What Web 2.0 Can Teach The Open Education Movement, Heather Leary, David Wiley
Heather Leary, Ph.D.
No abstract provided.