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adam_text TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME I PREFACE XXIX SECTION I ISSUES IN NEW MEDIA LITERACY CHAPTER I LEARNING FOR THE FUTURE: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND SOCIAL PARTICIPATION 1 GUY MERCHANT, SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY, UK CHAPTER 11 TECHNOLOGY, UDL & LITERACY ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS 14 KEVIN M AYRES, THE UNIVERSITY OFGEORGIA, USA JOHN LANGONE, THE UNIVERSITY OFGEORGIA, USA KAREN DOUGLAS, THE UNIVERSITY OFGEORGIA, USA CHAPTER IU PEDAGOGIC POTENTIALS OF MU LTIMODAL LITERACY 32 MAUREEN WALSH, ACU NATIONAL, AUSTRALIA CHAPTER IV PEDAGOGICAL MASHUP: GEN Y, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND LEARNING IN THE DIGITAL AGE 48 DEREK E. BAIRD, YAHOO!, INC., USA MERCEDES FISHER, MILWAUKEE APPLIED TECHNICAL COLLEGE, USA CHAPTERV NEW MEDIA LITERACY AND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE 72 JOERG MUELLER, UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA, SPAIN JUANA M SANCHO, UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA, SPAIN FERNANDO HERNANDEZ, UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA, SPAIN CHAPTERVI TEACHING AND TECHNOLOGY: ISSUES, CAUTION AND CONCERNS 89 THOMAS G. RYAN, NIPISSING UNIVERSITY, CANADA CHAPTERVLI THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (LCT) COMPETENCE OFTHE YOUNG 101 LIISA LLOMAEKI, UNIVERSITY 0/ HELSINKI, FINLAND MARJA KANKAANRANTA, UNIVERSITY 0/ JYVAESKYLA, FINLAND CHAPTER VIII AN INTERACTIVE AND DIGITAL MEDIA LITERACY FRAMEWORK FOR THE 21 ST CENTURY 119 WEI-YING LIM, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE DAVID HUNG, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE HORN-MUN CHEAH, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE CHAPTER IX PROMOTING MEDIATED COLLABORATIVE INQUIRY IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCIENCE SETTINGS: SOCIOTECHNICAL PRESCRIPTIONS FOR AND CHALLENGES TO CURRICULAR REFORM 128 MICHAEL A. EVANS, VIRGINIA TECH, USA CHAPTER X RE-CULTURING BELIEFS IN TECHNOLOGY: ENRICHED CLASSROOMS 144 TAMAR LEVIN, TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, ISRAEL CHAPTERXI EFFECTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF LEARNING MULTIMEDIA 167 PIRET LUIK, UNIVERSITY 0/ TARTU, ESTONIA CHAPTER XII EMPOWERMENT RATIONALE FOR NEW MEDIA LITERACY 189 NANCY J. HADLEY, ANGELO STATE UNIVERSILY, USA CHAPTER XIII USING TECHNOLOGY IN PEDAGOGICALLY RESPONSIVE WAYS TO SUPPORT LITERACY LEARNERS 203 LISA KERVIN, UNIVERSITY 0/ WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA JESSICA MANTEI, UNIVERSILY 0/ WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA JAN HERRINGLON, MURDOCH UNIVERSITY, AUSLRALIA CHAPTERXIV SCAFFOLDING PROBLEM-SOLVING AND INQUIRY: FROM INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN TO A BRIDGE MODEL 216 ZVIA FUND, BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY, ISRAEL CHAPTER XV RECONCEPTUALISING SCAFFOLDING FOR NEW MEDIA CONTEXTS 243 NICOLA YELLAND, THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, HONG KONG JENNIFER MASTERS, LA TROBE UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA CHAPTERXVI NEW MEDIA LITERACY IN 3-D VIRTUAL LEAMING ENVIRONMENTS 257 YUFENG QIAN, ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY, USA CHAPTER XVII THE FACTORS AFFECTING MULTIMEDIA-BASED INQUIRY 270 MARGUS PEDASTE, UNIVERSITY OFTARTU, ESTONIA TAGO SARAPUU, UNIVERSITY OFTARTU, ESTONIA SECTION 11 ICTTOOLS CHAPTER XVIII USING VIDEO GAMES TO IMPROVE LITERACY LEVELS OFMALES 286 STEPHENIE HEWETT, THE CITADEL, USA CHAPTERXIX ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE AND NEW MEDIA LITERACY 300 ANDREA J HARMER, KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY AND LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, USA CHAPTERXX WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES AND SCIENCE EDUCATION 310 THIAM SENG KOH, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE KIM CHWEE DANIEL TAN, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE CHAPTERXXI MEASURING AND EVALUATING ICT USE: DEVELOPING AN INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING STUDENT ICT USE 326 ROMINA JAMIESON-PROCTOR, UNIVERSITY OFSOUTHERN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA GLENN FINGER, GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA CHAPTER XXII USING TALKING BOOKS TO SUPPORT EARLY READING DEVELOPMENT 340 CLARE WOOD, COVENTRY UNIVERSITY, UK KAREN LITTLETON, UNIVERSITY OF JYVAESKYLAE, FINLAND PAV CHERA, SUTHERLAND INSTITUTE, UK CHAPTER XXIII WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES AS COGNITIVE TOOLS OFTHE NEW MEDIA AGE 353 YU-CHANG HSU, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, USA YU-HUI CHING, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, USA BARBARA GRABMVSKI, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, USA CHAPTER XXIV IMPLEMENTING COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING WITH WEB 2.0 372 STEVEN C. MILLS, THE UNIVERSITY CENTER OFSOUTHERN OKLAHOMA, USA CHAPTERXXV USING ONLINE TOOLS TO SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN EDUCATION 389 JO TONDEUR, GHENT UNIVERSITY, BELGIUM ARNO COENDERS, STICHTING KENNISNET, NETHERLANDS JOHAN VAN BRAAK, GHENT UNIVERSITY, BELGIUM ALFONS TEN BRUMMELHUIS, STICHTING KENNISNET, NETHERLANDS RUBEN VANDERLINDE, GHENT UNIVERSITY, BELGIUM CHAPTER XXVI DEVELOPING DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS WITH WEBQUESTS AND WEB INQUIRY PROJECTS 403 SUSAN GIBSON, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, CANADA CHAPTER XXVII UNDERSTANDING FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LEARNING OBJECTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL C LASSROOITIS 419 ROBIN KAY, UNIVERSITY OFONTARIO INSTITUTE OFTEEHNOLOGY, CANADA CHAPTER XXVIII TAPPING INTO DIGITAL LITERACY WITH MOBILE DEVICES 436 MARK VAN T HOOJI, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, USA CHAPTER XXIX TOWARDS SAFER INTERNET FOR STUDENTS WITH THE AID OF A HYPERMEDIA FILTERING TOOL 457 FOTIS LAZARINIS, UNIVERSITY OFTEESSIDE, UK CHAPTERXXX WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES AND MULTIMEDIA LITERACIES 471 VIRGINIA E. GARLAND, THE UNIVERSITY OFNEW HAMPSHIRE, USA VOLUME 11 CHAPTER XXXI GOOD OLD POWERPOINT AND ITS UNREVEALED POTENTIAL 480 PAVEL SAMSONOV, UNIVERSITY 0/ LOUISIANA AL LA/AYETTE, USA CHAPTER XXXII CHILDREN S TEXT MESSAGING AND TRADITIONAL LITERACY 492 BEVERLY PLESTER, COVENTRY UNIVERSITY, UI:. CLARE WOOD, COVENTRY UNIVERSITY, UK SAMANTHA BOWYER, COVENLRY UNIVERSITY, UK CHAPTER XXXIII CONCEPT MAPPING AS A MEDIATOR OFCONSTRUCTIVIST LEARNING 505 GREGORY MACKINNON, ACADIA UNIVERSITY, CANADA CHAPTER XXXIV ELECTRONIC PERFORMANCE SUPPORT SYSTEM (EPSS) TOOLS TO ENHANCE SUCCESS IN SCHOOL FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS 529 KATHERINE MILCHEM, CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY 0/ PENNSYLVANIA, USA GAIL FILZGERALD, UNIVERSITY 0/ MISSOURI, USA KEVIN KOURY, CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY 0/ PENNSYLVANIA, USA SECTION III CASE STUDIES CHAPTER XXXV A CASE STUDY OFCONTRASTING APPROACHES TO INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO THE K-5 CLASSROOM 551 REBECCA BRENT, EDUCATION DESIGNS, INC., USA CATHERINE E. BRAWNER, RESEARCH TRIANGLE EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANTS, USA CHAPTER XXXVI USING A TECHNOLOGY GRANT TO MAKE REAL CHANGES 575 LYN C. HOWELL, MILLIGAN COLLEGE, USA CHAPTER XXXVII EMERGING E-PEDAGOGY IN AUSTRALIAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS 588 JENNIFER WAY, UNIVERSITY O/SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA CHAPTER XXXVIII PROMOTING NEW MEDIA LITERACY IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT... 607 AMY S. C. LEH, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN BERNARDINO, USA LEE GRAFTON, PALM SPRING UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, USA CHAPTER XXXIX K-20 TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS IN A RURAL COMMUNITY 620 LINDA R. LISOWSKI, ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY. USA CLAUDIA C. TWIFORD. ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY, USA JOSEPH A. LISOWSKI, ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY, USA QUINTIN Q. DAVIS. CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL. USA REBECCA F KIRTLEY, JC SAWYER ELEMEN!ARY SCHOOL, USA CHAPTER XL COMPUTER-MEDIATED DISCUSSIONS WITHIN A VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITY OF HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS 633 TAMARA L. JET/ON, CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, USA CHAPTERXLI SKILLFULLNTERNET READER IS METACOGNITIVELY COMPETENT 654 CARITA KIILI, UNIVERSITY OF JYVAESKYLAE, FINLAND LEENA LAURINEN, UNIVERSITY OF JYVAESKYLAE, FINLAND MIIKA MARTTUNEN. UNIVERSITY OF JYVAESKYLAE. FINLAND CHAPTER XLII RESEARCH METHODOLOGICALLSSUES WITH RESEARCHING THE LEARNER VOICE 669 GRAINNE CONOLE. THE OPEN UNIVERSITY, UK SECTION IV ASSESSMENT CHAPTER XLIII WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ASSESSING ONLINE LEARNING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS 684 ART W BANGERT. MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY. USA KERRY L. RICE, BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY. USA CHAPTER XLIV USAGE OF ELECTRONIC PORTFOL IOS FOR ASSESSMENT.. 702 YASEMIN GULBAHAR, BASKEN! UNIVERSITY, TURKEY CHAPTERXLV A FORMATIVE ANALYSIS OF INTERACTIVE CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS USED IN SECONDARY SCHOOL C LASSROOMS 720 ROBIN KAY, UNIVERSITY OFONTARIO INSTITUTE OFTECHNOLOGY, CANADA CHAPTER XLVI INTERNET-BASED PEER ASSESSMENT IN HIGH SCHOOL SETTINGS 743 CHIN-CHUNG TSAI, NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OFSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TAIWAN CHAPTER XLVII COURSE ASSESSMENT IN A TEACHER S LEARNING COMMUNITY 755 GIORGOS HLAPANIS, UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN, GREECE ANGEWQUE DIMITRACOPOULOU, UNIVERSITY OFTHE AEGEAN, GREECE CHAPTER XLVIII AUTOMATED ESSAY SCORING SYSTEMS 777 DOUGAL HUTCHISON, NATIONAL FOUNDATIONFOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, UK CHAPTER XLIX METACOGNITIVE FEEDBACK IN ONLINE MATHEMATICAL DISCUSSION 794 BRACHA KRAMARSKI, BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY, ISRAEL SEETION V PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER L MOODLING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING THAT WORKED 808 LEAUNDA S. HEMPHILL, WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, USA DONNA S. MCCAW, WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, USA CHAPTER LI TPACK DEVELOPMENT IN A TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM 823 NANCY WENTWORTH, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, USA CHARLES R. GRAHAM, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, USA EULA EWING MONROE, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, USA CHAPTER LU SELF-REGULATED LEARNING: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FOR INITIAL TEACHER TRAINING 839 MANUELA DELFINO, INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY - ITALIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, ITALY DONATELLA PERSICO, INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY - ITALIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, ITALY DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME I PREFACE XXIX SECTION I ISSUES IN NEW MEDIA LITERACY THE NEW MEDIA REPRESENTS AN ASSORTMENT OF LET TOOLS THAT ! PANA WIDE SPECTRUM 0/ USES. EACH O/THESE TECHNOLOGIES COMES WITH ITS OWN UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS TO SUPPORT LEARNING IN ! PECIFICCONTEXTS. THIS SECTION ADDRESS ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT S URRO UND THE USE 0/ NEW MEDIA IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS AND NOTES HOW THE DEFINITION 0/ NEW MEDIA LITERACY HAS NOT BEEN STATIC BUT HAS BEEN EVOLVING WITH THE MYRIAD OF APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE COME ON BOARD WITH THE FRUCTIFICATION OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS. MORE IMPORTANTLY. THE SOCIAL DIMENSION THAT IT ENGENDERS HAS IMPLICATIONSFOR TAPPING THE PREFERRED LEARNING STYLE, OF THE DIGITAL NATIVES, CHAPTER I LEARNING FOR THE FUTURE: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND SOCIAL PARTICIPATION 1 GUY MERCHANT, SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY, UK THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES HOW DIGITALLITERACIES THAT ARE GERMANE TO EVOLVING FORMS OF SOCIAL PRACTICE IN TODAY S SOCIETY CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO C1ASSROOM PRACTICE. WITH THE AFFORDABILITY OF DIGITAL CONNECTIONS, THE WEB 2.0 ENVIRONMENT PRESENTS A PLATFORM TO JUMP-START SOCIAL PARTICIPATION AND KNOWLEDGE CREATION BY STUDENTS. THE CHALLENGE IS TO SEE HOW COMMUNICATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE FRAMEWORKS CAN BE JUXTAPOSED WITH NEW INSIGHTS INTO LEARNING SO THAT THE POTENTIAL OF THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES CAN BE CAPITALIZED EF- FECTIVELY TO PROMOTE LEAMING. CHAPTER 11 TECHNOLOGY, UDL & LITERACY ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS 14 KEVIN M AYRES, THE UNIVERSITY OFGEORGIA, USA JOHN LANGONE. THE UNIVERSITY OFGEORGIA. USA KAREN DOUGLAS, THE UNIVERSITY OFGEORGIA, USA DIGITALLITERACY SKILLS HAVE BEEN FRAMED BY KEEPING IN MIND THE NEEDS OFNORMAL STUDENTS. WITH TECHNOL- OGY BEING AN ENABLING TOOL, STUDENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES CAN NOW INTERACT WITH ELECTRONIC TEXT TO MAKE GREATER MEANING OFTHE WORLD AROUND THEM. IN THIS CONTEXT, THE AUTHORS ARGUE FOR THE NEED FOR THE DEFINITION OF DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS TO EVOLVE SO THAT THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF SUCH STUDENTS CAN ALSO BE TAKEN CARE OF. CHAPTER 111 PEDAGOGIC POTENTIALS OF MU ITIMODAL LITERACY 32 MAUREEN WALSH, ACU NATIONAL, AUSTRALIA THE TRANSFORMATION OFTHE LITERACY LANDSCAPE FROM ONE BASED ON TRADITIONAL TEXT TO ONE BASED ON A RANGE OF ICT LITERACIES IS HERALDING A PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE WAY STUDENTS LEAM. RECONFIGURING PEDAGOGY TO MEET MULTIMODAL LITERACY NEEDS AFFORDS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRODUCING STUDENTS WHO ARE WEIL EQUIPPED TO THRIVE IN THE NEW EDUCATIONAL MILIEU. THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THIS STANDPOINT FURTHER AND ALSO REPORTS ON A STUDY IN WH ICH THE PEDAGOGY OF LITERACY IN E-IEAMING AND MULTIMODAL C1ASSROOM ENVIRONMENTS WAS REDESIGNED FOR C1ASSROOM PRACTICE. CHAPTERIV PEDAGOGICAL MASHUP: GEN Y, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND LEAMING IN THE DIGITAL AGE 48 DEREK E. BAIRD, YAHOO!, INC., USA MERCEDES FISHER, MILWAUKEE APPLIED TECHNICAL COLLEGE, USA THE DIGITAL CULTURE IN WHICH STUDENTS IN TODAY S SOCIETY ARE IMMERSED PROVIDES IMMENSE SCOPE FOR LE- VERAGING ON A MEDLEY OFTOOLS TO ENHANCE THEIR LEAMING EXPERIENCES IN THE C1ASSROOM. THESE NEW MEDIA AFFORD A PLATFORM FOR THE STUDENTS TO EXPLORE LEAMING BASED ON INTERACTIONS WITH OTHERS AND DEVELOPING IDEAS BY ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT, BOTH OFWHICH CAPITALIZE ON THEIR INNATE NEED TO BE PART OF A COMMUNITY. THE AUTHORS EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR INSTRUCTORS TO BE COGNIZANT OF SOCIAL TRENDS PROMOTED BY THE NEW MEDIA AND REITERATE THAT THESE NEED TO BE INTEGRATED INTO THE CURRICULUM SO AS TO TAP ON THE PREFERRED LEARNING STYLES OFTHE DIGITAL NATIVES. CHAPTERV NEW MEDIA LITERACY AND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE 72 JOERG MUELLER, UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA, SPAIN JUANA M SANCHO, UNIVERSITY 0/ BARCELONA, SPAIN FERNANDO HERNIMDEZ, UNIVERSITY 0/ BARCELONA, SPAIN THIS VARIOUS FORMS OF NEW MEDIA THAT HAVE COME UPSTREAM IN SOCIETY HAVE EXACERBATED THE DIVISIONS BETWEEN THOSE WHO ARE ICT-LITERATE AND THOSE WHO ARE DISENFRANCHISED FROM REAPING THEIR FUH BENEFITS. THESE EQUITY ISSUES RAISE SEVERAL CONCEMS WHICH THE AUTHORS EXPLORE FROM VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES. THEY ADVANCE SUGGESTIONS FOR BRIDGING THIS BINARY DIVIDE AND EMPHASIZE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOL INITIATIVES AND OTHER INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT ONLY SUSTAINABLE BUT ARE ALSO INCLUSIVE SO THAT NO STUDENT IS LEFT BEHIND. CHAPTERVI TEACHING AND TECHNOLOGY: ISSUES, CAUTION AND CONCEMS 89 THOMAS G. RYAN, NIPISSING UNIVERSITY. CANADA THE ALL-ENCOMPASSING NATURE OF TECHNOLOGY IN TODAY S SOCIETY MEANS THAT IT IS A CHANGE AGENT, AN EDU- CATIONAL TOOL AND AN EMPOWERING MEDIUM. IN THIS CHAPTER, THE AUTHOR F1AGS OFF SOME CONCERNS FOR CON- SIDERATION WHEN TECHNOLOGY IS USED IN TEACHING. HE REITERATES THE MESSAGE THAT TEACHING IS VERY MLLCH AN INDIVIDUAL ODYSSEY AND THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR TEACHERS TO BE MINDFUL OFTHEIR ROLE THROUGH INTROSPECTION, VALUES C1ARIFICATION AND ACTION RESEARCH SO THAT TECHNOLOGY IS SUBSERVIENT TO THE THRUST OFTHE EDUCATIONAL MISSION. CHAPTERVII THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (LCT) COMPETENCE OFTHE YOUNG 101 LIISA I1OMAEKI, UNIVERSITY 0/ HELSINKI, FINLAND MARJA KANKAANRANTA, UNIVERSITY 0/ JYVAESKYLA, FINLAND THE EXTENT TO WHICH STRATEGIE INITIATIVES AND IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS IN FINLAND HAVE CONTRIBLLTED TO THE ICT COMPETENCIES OFTHE YOUNGER GENERATION IS EXPLORED IN THIS CHAPTER. IT IS SHOWN THAT ICT COMPETEN- EIES AND ATTITUDES ARE HONED MAINLY BY HOME RESOURCES AND LEISURE TIME PLLRSLLITS. GENDER DIFFERENCES AMONG THE YOLLNGAS WEIL AS SKILLS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE YOUNGSTERS AND ADULTS IN RELATION TO ICT USAGE ARE ALSO CONSIDERED. CHAPTER VIII AN INTERACTIVE AND DIGITAL MEDIA LITERACY FRAMEWORK FOR THE 21 ST CENTURY 119 WEI-YING LIM, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE DAVID HUNG, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE HORN-MUN CHEAH, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE INTERACTIVE AND DIGITAL MEDIA (10M) LITERACY ENCOMPASSES FOUR ASPECTS: MEDIA LITERACY, TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY, SOCIAL AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, AND IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY. THE AUTHORS ADVANCE THE NEED FOR THESE COMPETENCIES TO BE GROUNDED IN SCHOOL PRACTICE SO THAT STUDENTS ARE WEIL PREPARED TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF THE NEW ECONOMY. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GIVEN FOR POLICY MAKERS AND STAKE HOLDERS TO PROMOTE A CULTURE THAT IS SUPPORTIVE OF IDM AS WEIL AS CATALYZES THE GROWTH OF AN INDUSTRY AROUND IT. CHAPTER IX PROMOTING MEDIATED COLLABORATIVE INQUIRY IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCIENCE SETTINGS: SOCIOTECHNICAL PRESCRIPTIONS FOR AND CHALLENGES TO CURRICULAR REFORM 128 MICHAEL A. EVANS, VIRGINIA TECH, USA THE AUTHOR EMPHASIZES THAT SCIENCE-BASED COLLABORATIVE INQUIRY MEDIATED WITHIN A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE NEEDS TO BE AN IMPORTANT GOAL FOR THE 21 SI CENTURY CLASSROOM. LEVERAGING ON THE LIBIQUITY OF COMMUNI- CATION CHANNELS PROMOTED BY WIRELESS AND MOBILE DEVICES AND SUPPORTED BY SOCIAL SOFTWARE, HE DRAWS ON THE RESULTS OF TWO STUDIES DONE IN GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED SETTINGS TO SHOW THAT EFFECTIVE LEARNING IS POSSIBLE IN AREAL WORLD CONTEXT. THE CHALLENGE IS TO SEE HOW TRADITIONAL MODES OF PEDAGOGY CAN BE TWEAKED TO SUPPORT SUCH LEARNING. CHAPTERX RE-CULTURING BELIEFS IN TECHNOLOGY: ENRICHED CLASSROOMS 144 TAMAR LEVIN, TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, ISRAEL THE AUTHOR DRAWS ON THE RESULTS OFTWO LONGITUDINAL STUDIES TO STUDY THE LINKS BETWEEN TEACHERS EDU- CATIONAL BELIEFS AND THEIR USE OF ICT IN PEDAGOGY. IT IS SHOWN THAT EXTENSIVE USE OF ICT OVER THE YEARS HAS, IN FACT, COLOURED TEACHERS BELIEFS SO MUCH SO THAT THEY NOW TEND TO LOOK AT ISSUES FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES. THE STUDY ALSO SHOWS THAT THE MINDSET CHANGE OFTEACHERS IS DICTATED BY A NUMBER OFFACTORS - THE KIND OF ICT TOOLS AVAILABLE IN THE C1ASSROOM, THE EXPERIENTIAL NATURE OFTHE LEAMING ENVIRONMENT, AND EXPOSURE TO NEW IDEAS. CHAPTER XI EFFECTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF LEAMING MULTIMEDIA 167 PIREL LUIK, UNIVERSITY OFTARLU, ESLONIA THE DIVERSITY OF EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE THAT ARE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE FOR BRINGING MULTIMEDIA TO THE EDUCATIONAL SETTING POSES ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO SELECTIVITY AND UTILITY FOR TARGET AUDIENCES. DRAWING ON THE EXPERIENCES FROM TWO EXPERIMENTS INVOLVING MULTIMEDIA TEXTBOOKS AND MULTIMEDIA DRILLS, THE AUTHOR STRESSES ON THE NEED FOR A ROBUST DESIGN FRAMEWORK FOR MULTIMEDIA THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE DIF- FERENTIAL LEAMING NEEDS OF BOTH GENDERS. HE OFFERS RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPERS OF MULTIMEDIA SOFTWARE TO BRING EFFECTIVE LEAMING TO STUDENTS. CHAPTER XII EMPOWERMENT RATIONALE FOR NEW MEDIA LITERACY 189 NANCY J HADLEY, ANGELO SLALE UNIVERSITY, USA THE EMERGENCE OF NEW GENRES OFICT LITERACY AND THEIR NEXUS WITH EDUCATION HAS NECESSITATED THE NEED FOR CURRICULUM DESIGN TO BE REDEFINED SO AS TO PROMOTE DESIRED OUTCOMES IN THE LEAMING PROCESS IN THE DIGITAL AGE. IN THIS CHAPTER, IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT CURRICULA WHICH PROMOTE EMPOWERMENT CAN HELP TO DEVELOP STUDENTS WHO ARE CONFIDENT IN THEIR ABILITY TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. WITH THE PROLIFERATION OFUSER CONTENT IN SITES SUCH AS YOUTUBE AND MYSPACE AND THESE SPAWNING A UNIQUE CULTURE, A CASE HAS BEEN PUT FORWARD ON THE NEED FOR A HIGH LEVEL OF DIGITALLITERACY SKILLS AMONG CITIZENS. CHAPTER XIII USING TECHNOLOGY IN PEDAGOGICALLY RESPONSIVE WAYS TO SUPPORT LITERACY LEAMERS 203 USA KERVIN, UNIVERSITY OFWOLLONGONG, AUSLRALIA JESSICA MANLEI, UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA JAN HERRINGLON, MURDOCH UNIVERSITY, AUSLRALIA THE CHAPTER MAKES A STRONG CASE FOR TECHNOLOGY TO BE EMBEDDED IN PRACTICE RATHER THAN BE TREATED AS AN ADOMMENT IF ITS POTENTIAL IN THE C1ASSROOM IS TO BE REALIZED MORE EFFECTIVELY. THIS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WHEN TEACHERS DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT LEVERAGE ON AUTHENTIC LEAMING CONTEXTS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OFTHE CURRICULA. LEAMING TASKS THAT BUTTRESS THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY USE, LITERACY AND LEAMING ARE ALSO SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE IN THIS REGARD. CHAPTERXIV SCAFFOLDING PROBLEM-SOLVING AND INQUIRY: FROM INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN TO A BRIDGE MODEL 216 ZVIA FUND, BAR-FLAN UNIVERSITY, ISRAEL IN THIS CHAPTER, A PROBLEM-SOLVING AND INQUIRY-BASED APPROACH WAS USED TO INVESTIGATE SCIENCE LEARNING AMONG JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SUPPORT MODELS FOR INSTRUCTION WERE BASED ON FOUR COMPONENTS - STRUCTURAL, REFLECTIVE, SUBJECT CONTE NT AND ENRICHMENT. THE RESULTS WERE USED TO FORMULATE A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK CA LIED THE BRIDGE MODEL, WHICH WAS ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE OPERATION AND ROLE OFTHE RESPECTIVE COMPONENTS. CHAPTER XV RECONCEPTUALISING SCAFFOLDING FOR NEW MEDIA CONTEXTS 243 NICOLA YELLAND, THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, HONG KONG JENNIFER MASTERS, LA TROBE UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA THE DIFFUSION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE EDUCATIONAL SPACE HAS PROVIDED NOT ONLY OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS TO HARNESS THESE FOR TEACHING BUT ALSO PRESENTS CHALLENGES FOR THEIR EFFEC- TIVE USE. IN THIS CHAPTER, AN ARGUMENT IS ADVANCED THAT EFFECTIVE SCAFFOLDING TECHNIQUES ARE IMPERATIVE IF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES ARE TO BE ENHANCED IN A TOPIC. THE NEED FOR TEACHERS TO BE CONVERSANT WITH VARIOUS SCAFFOLDING PEDAGOGIES IN TEACHING PRACTICE IS UNDERSCORED BY WAY OFTWO EXAMPLES. CHAPTERXVI NEW MEDIA LITERACY IN 3-D VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS 257 YUFENG QIAN, ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY, USA 3-D ENVIRONMENTS ARE MEDIA-RICH AND TECHNOLOGICALLY INTENSIVE PLATFORMS TOR TEACHING AND LEARNING. A NUMBER OF MODEL 3-D VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAMS WHICH PROMOTE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ARE EXAMINED IN THIS CHAPTER. THE AUTHOR MAKES A STRONG CASE FOR NEW MEDIA LITERACY FRAMEWORKS TO BE RECONCEPTUALIZED SO AS TO TAKE ON BOARD THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF SUCH ENVIRONMENTS. CHAPTER XVII THE FACTORS AFFECTING MULTIMEDIA-BASED INQUIRY 270 MARGUS PEDASTE, UNIVERSITY OFTARTU, ESTONIA TAGO SARAPUU, UNIVERSITY OFTARTU, ESTONIA INQUIRY ENVIRONMENTS BASED ON MULTIMEDIA ARE A STRONG CONTENDER TO TRADITIONAL FORMATS WHEN IT COMES TO SCAFFOLDING LEARNING AMONG STUDENTS. FOR SUCH ENVIRONMENTS TO MAXIMIZE THEIR EFFICACY, IT IS IMPERA- TIVE THAT DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS BE GIVEN ADEQUATE ATTENTION WHEN CONFIGURING THEIR DELIVERY FORMAT. IN PARTICULAR, THE AUTHORS STRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THREE FACTORS - COGNITIVE LOAD OF THE PROBLEMS, SEQUENCING OFTHE PROBLEMS AND PROFILES OFTHE END USERS. SEETION 11 ICTTOOLS THE ASSORTMENT OF LET TOOLS AVAILABLE FOR USE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING IS FORMIDABLE! SOME OF THESE INCLUDE VIDEO GAMES, WIKIS, BLOGS, TALKING BOOKS, WEBQUESTS, MOBILE DEVICES, POWERPOINT - THE LIST GOES ON! EACH OFTHESE TOO!S HAS EVOLVED INTO SPECIFIC GENRES IN THE TAXONOMY OF E-LEARNING. THE CHAPTERS IN THIS SECTION EXPLORE THE UTILITY OF THESE AND OTHER TOOLS TO PROMOTE LITERACY CHAPTER XVIII USING VIDEO GAMES TO IMPROVE LITERACY LEVELS OF MALES 286 STEPHENIE HEWEU, THE CI/ADEL, USA WHILST TRADITIONALLITERACY SKILLS AMONG MALES HAVE DECLINED GLOBALLY, THEIR PENCHANT FOR VIDEO GAMES HAS ALLOWED THEM TO MOVE UP THE LADDER IN DIGITALLITERACY SKILLS. THE INTERACTIVITY THAT SUCH GAMES FOSTER PROVIDES THE NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR MALES TO LEAM EFFECTIVELY IN GAME-BASED LEAMING ENVIRONMENTS. THE CHAPTER MAKES A CA SE FOR TEACHERS TO EMBED VIDEO GAMES IN CONTEXT IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM. CHAPTERXIX ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE AND NEW MEDIA LITERACY 300 ANDREA J HARMER, KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY AND LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, USA AN ACTIVITY ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN WHICH INQUIRY ELEMENTS ARE EMBEDDED CONTEXTUALLY AND WHICH CAPITALIZES ON THE TOOLS OFNEW MEDIA IS DESCRIBED IN THIS CHAPTER. THIS ACTIVITY, DONE IN AREAL WORLD SET- TING AND WH ICH ALSO ENTAILED COLLABORATIVE VIDEO CONFERENCING WITH EXPERTS, PROMOTED POSITIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES AMONG STUDENTS. A CASE IS MADE BY THE AUTHOR THAT SUCH ACTIVITIES PROMOTE EFFECTIVE LEARNER ENGAGEMENT WHILE IMBUING THEM WITH LITERACIES IN NEW MEDIA IN AUTHENTIC CONTEXTS. CHAPTER XX WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES AND SCIENCE EDUCATION 310 THIAM SENG KOH, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE KIM CHWEE DANIEL TAN, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE THE POTENTIAL OFWEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPACT ON SCIENCE EDUCATION AND THUS ENHANCE SCIENCE LITERACY IS TREMENDOUS. IN THIS CHAPTER, THE AUTHORS DISCUSS APPLICATIONS OF SUCH TECHNOLOGIES FOR C1ASSROOM PRACTICE IN SCIENCE. THEY ADVANCE THE POINT OFVIEW THAT A FRAMEWORK BASED ON SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM MAPPED ON WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTS COULD PROMOTE A RETHINK ON PEDAGOGY AND ASSESSMENT IN RELATION TO TEACHING AND LEARNING OF SCIENCE. CHAPTERXXI MEASURING AND EVALUATING ICT USE: DEVELOPING AN INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING STUDENT ICT USE 326 ROMINA JAMIESON-PROCTOR, UNIVERSITY OFSOUTHERN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA GLENN FINGER, GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA WHILST THE DIFFUSION OF ICT IN THE C1ASSROOM TO SUPPORT TEACHING AND LEARNING HAS SEEN GREAT STRIDES IN RECENT YEARS, THERE IS THE QUESTION OFWHETHER THE FINANCIAL OUTLAYS AND POLICY MEASURES THAT SUPPORT SUCH INITIATIVES HAVE PROMOTED THE DESIRED OUTCOMES IN THE LEAMING PROCESS. IN THIS CONTEXT, THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STUDENT USE OF ICT, AS JUDGED FROM THE LENS OFTEACHERS VIEWS, IS EXPLORED. THE RESULTS FROM THE ADMINISTERING OFTHIS INSTRUMENT ON TWO SCHOOLS IN QUEENSLAND REITERATE THE POINT THAT STAKEHOLDERS NEED TO KNOW REGULARLY WHETHER INVESTMENTS IN ICT USE FOR TEACHING AND LEAMING ARE TRANSLATING INTO EFFECTIVE LEAMING GAINS FOR STUDENTS. CHAPTER XXII USING TALKING BOOKS TO SUPPORT EARLY READING DEVELOPMENT 340 CLARE WOOD, COVENTRY UNIVERSITY, UK KAREN LITTLETON, UNIVERSITY 0/ JYVAESKYLAE, FINLAND PAV CHERA, SUTHERLAND INSTITUTE, UK PROMOTING LITERACY AMONG BEGINNING READERS THROLLGH THE LISE OF BOOKS WHICH TALK IS THE SUBJECT OFTHIS CHAPTER. THE INTERACTIVE FORMAT AND MULTIMEDIA FEATURE OFTALKING BOOKS ARE FACTORS WHICH APPEAL TO EARLY READERS. IN PARTICULAR, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A SPECIFIC TALKING BOOK IN FOSTERING READING-RELATED SKILLS AND ABILITIES IS EVALUATED AND, BASED ON THIS, GUIDELINES ARE OFFERED FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS TO BEAR IN MIND WHEN WORKING AT THE CHILD-COMPUTER INTERFACE. CHAPTER XXIII WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES AS COGNITIVE TOOLS OFTHE NEW MEDIA AGE 353 YU-CHANG HSU, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, USA YU-HUI CHING, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, USA BARBARA GRABOWSKI, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, USA THIS CHAPTER FOCUSES ON THE USE OF WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS FOLKSONOMY, WIKIS AND WEBLOGGING TO SUPPORT PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE. IT IS SHOWN THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF THESE DIVERSE TOOLS INTO TEACHING AND LEARNING CAN SUPPORT METACOGNITVE ACTIVITY AND SELF REGULATION AMONG LEARNERS. SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OFWEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES WITH RESPECT TO INSTRUCTIONAL POSSIBILITIES ARE GIVEN. CHAPTER XXIV IMPLEMENTING COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING WITH WEB 2.0 372 STEVEN C. MILLS, THE UNIVERSITY CENTER O/SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA, USA THE EMERGENCE OF WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES PRESENTS A PLETHORA OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN MEANINGFUL LEARNING CONTEXTS. IN THIS CHAPTER, THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES HOW TOOL KITS AND IN- FORMATION RESOURCES FOR COMMUNICATION BASED ON SUCH TECHNOLOGIES CAN BE OVERLAID ON INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGIES IN THE K-12 SETTING TO PROMOTE EFFECTIVE LEARNING. IN PARTICULAR, WHEN THESE ARE USED IN COLLABORATIVE AND PROBLEM-SOLVING MODES, THERE IS TREMENDOUS SCOPE FOR PROVIDING RICH LEARNING EXPERI- ENCES FOR STUDENTS. CHAPTERXXV USING ONLINE TOOLS TO SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN EDUCATION 389 JO TONDEUR, GHENT UNIVERSITY, BELGIUM ARNO COENDERS, STICHTING KENNISNET, NETHERLANDS JOHAN VAN BRAAK, GHENT UNIVERSITY, BELGIUM ALFONS TEN BRUMMELHUIS, STICHLING KENNISNET, NETHERLANDS RUBEN VANDERLINDE, GHENT UNIVERSITY, BELGIUM INTEGRATING ICT INTO EDLLCATIONAL SETTINGS IS MORE THAN JUST SUPPLYING COMPUTERS AND LINKING THESE TO THE INTERNET. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH INTEGRATION CAN BE BETTER ASSESSED BY THE AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE METRICS. IN THIS CHAPTER, THE AUTHORS ADDRESS THE USE OF ONLINE TOOLS THAT CAN GAUGE PERFORMANCE ACROSS THREE FRONTS: CURRENT USE OFLCT IN SCHOOL, TEACHERS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLIEVELS WITH RESPECT TO THE SCHOOL VISION, AND ICT PLANNING. CHAPTER XXVI DEVELOPING DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS WITH WEBQUESTS AND WEB INQUIRY PROJECTS 403 SUSAN GIBSON, UNIVERSITY 0/ ALBERTA, CANADA ICT SKILLS NECESSARY FOR THE 21 SI CENTURY CAN BE PROMOTED MORE EFFECTIVELY AMONGST STUDENTS IF THE PEDAGOGICAL DELIVERY FRAMEWORK CAN BE TWEAKED TO FACILITATE THEIR ACQUISITION. IN THIS REGARD, THE AUTHOR ESPOUSES THE INSTRUCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF WEBQUESTS AND WEB-BASED INQUIRY PROJECTS. EXAMPLES ARE PROVIDED OF THESE AND IT IS SHOWN THAT THE SOURCING OF INFONNATION ON THE WEB FOR OPEN-ENDED TASKS CAN PROMOTE DECISION-MAKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS IN STUDENTS. CHAPTER XXVII UNDERSTANDING FACTORS TIMT INFLUENCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LEARNING OBJECTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASSROOMS 419 ROBIN KAY, UNIVERSITY O/ONTARIO INSTITUTE 0/ TECHN%GY, CANADA THE USE OF LEARNING OBJECTS AS A CURRICULAR RESOURCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAS NOT BEEN EXPLORED IN SUFFI- CIENT DEPTH IN THE K-12 SETTING - HENCE THE PURPOSE OFTHIS CHAPTER.LT LOOKS AT BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS VIEWS OF LEAMING OBJECTS IN A VARIETY OF SUBJECT DOMAINS. THE RESULTS SHOW THAT FOR LEARNING OBJECTS TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, THEY HAVE TO BE WEIL DESIGNED, USER-FRIENDLY AND INTERACTIVE. CHAPTER XXVIII TAPPING INTO DIGITAL LITERACY WITH MOBILE DEVICES 436 MARK VAN T HOOJT, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, USA THE PREVALENCE OFWIRELESS MOBILE DEVICES OFFERS YET ANOTHER AVENUE TO FOSTER DIGITALLITERACY SKILLS AMONG THE YOUNGER GENERATION, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY ARE RATHER SAVVY WITH SUCH GADGETS. FOR THESE TO IMPACT ON TEACHING AND LEARNING, THE RIGHT CONTEXT HAS TO BE WEAVED INTO THE PEDAGOGICAL FRAMEWORK. A FEW EXAMPLES ARE GIVEN OFTHE KIND OFEDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR USE WITH THESE DEVICES. CHAPTER XXIX TOWARDS SAFER INTERNET FOR STUDENTS WITH THE AID OF A HYPENNEDIA FILTERING TOOL 457 FOTIS LAZARINIS, UNIVERSITY O/TEESSIDE, UK WITH WEB-BASED LEARNING BECOMING AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OFTHE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS, THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THIS IMPRESSIONABLE GROUP IS NOT SUBJECTED TO IMPROPER AND WRONG IDEAS IN THEIR SURFING SOJOURNS BECOMES IMPORTANT. IN THIS CHAPTER, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A FILTERING TOOL, DEVELOPED USING JAVA, IS EXPLORED USING THE PREFERRED WEBSITES OFHIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GREECE. THE RESULTS SHOW THAT DESPITE THE SECURITY FEATURES OF THE COMPUTER LABORATORIES, OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT THAT WERE STILL ABLE TO BYPASS THEM WERE BLOCKED SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE FILTERING TOOL. CHAPTERXXX WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES AND MULTIMEDIA LITERACIES 471 VIRGINIA E. GARLAND, THE UNIVERSITY 0/ NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA A SURVEY OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR ROLE IN SHIFTING INSTRUCTIONAL PRAC- TICE FROM TRADITIONALLITERACIES TO MULTIMEDIA LITERACIES IS EXPLORED IN THIS CHAPTER. WITH MOBILE DEVICES SUCH AS SMART PHONES AND (ULTRALIGHT) WIRELESS NOTEBOOKS OFFERING EASY CONNECTIVITY TO THE INTERNET AND ACCESS TO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, THE SCOPE FOR ENGAGING LEARNERS WITH MULTIMEDIA IS GREATLY ENHANCED. IT IS SHOWN THAT AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO FOSTER INQUIRY, COLLABORATION AND PROJECT WORK AMONG STUDENTS WHEN MULTIMEDIA IS USED. VOLUME 11 CHAPTER XXXI GOOD OLD POWERPOINT AND ITS UNREVEALED POTENTIAL... 480 PAVEL SAMSONOV, UNIVERSITY 0/ LOUISIANA AT LA/AYETTE, USA THE USE OF POWERPOINT AS AN INTERACTIVE TOOL FOR TEACHING IS EXPLORED IN THIS CHAPTER, IN CONTRADISTINCTION WITH ITS TRADITIONAL ROLE AS A PRESENTATION TOOL. IT SEEMS THAT THE FUH POTENTIAL OF POWERPOINT IS RARELY OR ONLY MINIMALLY EXPLOITED IN TRADITIONAL TEACHING. THE CHAPTER PROVIDES PRACTICAL TIPS ON HOW SIMPLE COMPUTER SKILLS CAN BE USED TO CREATE INTERACTIVE AND FUN PROJECTS USING POWERPOINT, AND ARGUES FOR A CASE FOR ITS MORE EFFECTIVE USE IN CLASSROOMS. CHAPTER XXXII CHILDREN S TEXT MESSAGING AND TRADITIONAL LITERACY 492 BEVERLY PLESTER, COVENTRY UNIVERSITY, UK CLARE WOOD, COVENTRY UNIVERSITY, UK SAMANTHA BOWYER, COVENTRY UNIVERSITY, UK THE UBIQUITY OF THE MOBILE PHONE AND THE FACILITY THAT IT PROVIDES FOR TEXTING PRESENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO PROMOTE LITERACY AMONG CHILDREN. IN THIS CHAPTER, RESULTS OFTHREE INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING PRIMARY STUDENTS TEXT MESSAGING IN ENGLISH AS WEIL AS INDICATORS OF THEIR CONVENTIONAL LITERACY ABILITIES ARE PRESENTED. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT TEXTING AFFORDS AN AVENUE FOR CHILDREN TO ARTICULATE THEIR THOUGHTS IN WRITING WITHOUT THE NECESSITY TO BE BOUND BY THE RULES OF GRAMMAR AND THAT THE VERSIONS OF WORDS USED IN SUCH COMMUNICATION SUGGEST AN ABILITY TO USE SOUNDS AND WORDS IN A PLAYFUL MANNER, THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF WHICH STILL HOLD IN STANDARD ENGLISH. CHAPTER XXXIII CONCEPT MAPPING AS A MEDIATOR OFCONSTRUCTIVIST LEARNING 505 GREGORY MAEKINNON, AEADIA UNIVERSITY, CANADA THIS CHAPTER FOCUSES ON THE USE OF ELECTRONIC CONCEPT MAPPING TO ORGANIZE IDEAS IN A HIERARCHICAL MAN- NER. THE SOFTWARE OFF ER TREMENDOUS POTENTIALITIES FOR CREATIVE CONFIGURING OF CONCEPT MAPS AND ALLOWS FOR THEIR USE IN SETTINGS WH ICH PROMOTE COLLABORATION, CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION AMONG STUDENTS. IT HAS BEEN SLLGGESTED THAT THE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE LISE OF ELECTRONIC CONCEPT MAPPING IN THE K-12 C1ASSROOM PRESENTS OPPORTLLNITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONAL AND SOCIAL GROWTH IITERACIES WHEN STUDENTS NEGOTIATE MEANING FROM IDEAS. CHAPTER XXXIV ELECTRONIC PERFORMANCE SUPPORT SYSTEM (EPSS) TOOLS TO ENHANCE SUCCESS IN SCHOOL FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS 529 KATHERINE MITCHEM, CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, USA GAIL FITZGERALD, UNIVERSITY OFMISSOURI, USA KEVIN KOURY, CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, USA THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE ATTEMPT IN THE LITERATURE TO CATER TO THE ICT NEEDS OF STLLDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. IN THIS CONTEXT, THIS CHAPTER FOCUSES ON THE USE OF ELECTRONIC PERFORMANCE SUPPORT SYSTEMS TO AUGMENT LEARNING AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH MILD DISABILITIES. SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF TWO FUNDED PROJECTS ARE PROVIDED FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH SYSTEMS IN THE SCHOOL SETTING. SECTION III CASE STUDIES CASE STUDIES ARE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH. THEY ARE USED ESPECIALLY IN SITUATIONS WHERE IT IS NECESSARY TO OBTAIN GREATER INSIGHTS AND PERSPECTIVESJROM A PARTICULAR RESEARCH INITIATIVE OR WHEN IT IS NECESSARY TO FOCUS ON SMALL SAMPIES AS THE TARGET FOR THE STUDY. THE CHAPTERS IN THIS SECTION EXPLORE ISSUES SUCH AS TECHNOLOGY GRANTS 10 JUMP START LITERACY PROGRAMS, TRANSFORMATIONS OCCURRING IN THE ICT PRACTICES OF MODEL SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITY-HIGH SCHOOL COLLABORATIONS INVOLVING STUDENLS, METACOGNITVE STRATEGIES OF A GROUP OF STUDENTS WHEN THEY USE THE INTERNET TO SOURCE FOR MATERIAL FOR ESSAY WRITING, AND SO ON. CHAPTER XXXV A CASE STUDY OF CONTRASTING APPROACHES TO INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO THE K-5 CLASSROOM 551 REBECCA BRENT, EDUCATION DESIGNS, LNC., USA CATHERINE E. BRAWNER, RESEARCH TRIANGLE EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANTS, USA THIS CHAPTER REPORTS ON A STUDY OFHOW TWO SCHOOLS WHICH RECEIVED GRANTS TO SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION INTO THEIR CURRICULA FARED. 80TH FOLLOWED THE SAME INTEGRATION MODEL BUT ADOPTED DIFFERENT IMPLEMENTA- TION PATHWAYS. THE DIFFERENT OUTCOMES ACHIEVED IN EACH SCHOOL OFFER USEFULLESSONS - MORE IMPORTANTLY, THERE NEEDS TO BE BUYING-IN OFTHE IDEA FROM TEACHERS AS WEIL AS THE PROVISION OF AMPLE SUPPORT TO INFUSE TECHNOLOGY INTO THE FULL RANGE OFTHEIR TEACHING SUBJECTS. CHAPTER XXXVI USING A TECHNOLOGY GRANT TO MAKE REAL CHANGES 575 LYN C. HOWELL, MILLIGAN COLLEGE, USA IN THIS CHAPTER, THE PROGRESS OF A SCHOOL WH ICH WAS A RECIPIENT OF A TECHNOLOGY GRANT TO SLIPPOLT ICT INTEGRATION WAS TRACED OVER A FEW YEARS. THE RESULTS SHOW THAT WHILE THE PRESENCE OF A COACH, TRAINING PROGRAMS AND INCENTIVES TO USE LCT TOOLS IN LESSONS HELPED TEACHERS TO WARM TOWARDS THESE INITIATIVES INITIALLY, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT WANING OF ENTHUSIASM AFTER THE FINANCING ENDED. BASED ON THIS EXPERIENCE, THE AUTHOR OFFERS USEFUL LESSONS FOR OTHER SCHOOLS AND THE PITFALLS TO AVOID. CHAPTER XXXVII EMERGING E-PEDAGOGY IN AUSTRALIAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS 588 JENNIFER WAY. UNIVERSITY AFSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA THE CHAPTER PROVIDES GLIMPSES OFTHE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATIONS IN PEDAGOGY THAT ARE OCCLLRRING IN SOME PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN ALISTRALIA. A NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN THESE SCHOOLS HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD IN SETTING UP LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT TAP ON THE INCLINATION OFTHE YOUNGER GENERATION TO EXPERIMENT WITH AN ARRAY OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES OUTSIDE THEIR SCHOOL. THIS REDEFINING OF LEARNING HAS POSITIVE IMPLICATIONS IN THE WAY IN WHICH EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ARE ASSESSED. CHAPTER XXXVIII PROMOTING NEW MEDIA LITERACY IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT... 607 AMY S. C. LEH. CALIFORNIA STALE UNIVERSITY, SAN BERNARDINO, USA LEE GRAFTAN. PALM SPRING UNIFIED SCHOAL DISTRICT, USA HOW A TECHNOLOGY GRANT AFFORDED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INITIATIVES THAT SUPPORTED STUDENT LEARNING IN MATHEMATICS AND FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT VIA NEW MEDIA LITERACY SKILLS IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS CHAPTER. THE TECHNOLOGIES USED WERE EFFECTIVELY INTEGRATED INTO THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS, AND THIS PRO- MOTED ENHANCED LEARNING OUTCOMES AMONG STUDENTS. WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTINUING EDUCATION OF FACLILTY, THE KEY DETERMINANT OF SUCCESS IS THE EVOLUTION OF A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE. CHAPTER XXXIX K-20 TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS IN A RURAL COMMUNITY 620 LINDA R. LISOWSKI, ELIZABETH CITY STALE UNIVERSITY, USA CLAUDIA C. TWIFARD, ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY, USA JOSEPH A. LISAWSKI, ELIZABETH CITY STALE UNIVERSITY, USA QUINTIN Q. DAVIS, CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHAAL, USA REBECCA F KIRLLEY, JC SAWYER ELEMENTARY SCHAAL, USA A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN A UNIVERSITY AND A RURAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, WHICH RESULTED IN A GRANT TO SUPPORT INSTRUCTIONAL ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, IS THE FOCUS OF THIS CHAPTER. THE PARTNERSHIP EXEMPLIFIES THE KIND OF CHANGE THAT CAN BE INTRODUCED IN SCHOOLS WHEN UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS TAKE THE LEAD IN ADDRESSING EQUITY ISSUES IN TECHNOLOGY IN THE EDUCATION SETTING THROLLGH SUPPORT FROM FOUNDATIONS. SEVERAL LESSONS BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF EMBEDDING TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES IN THE SCHOOL ARE SHARED BY THE AUTHORS. CHAPTER XL COMPUTER-MEDIATED DISCUSSIONS WITHIN A VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITY OF HIGH SCHOOL AND UN IVERSITY STUDENTS 633 TAMARA L. JETTON. CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, USA THE CHAPTER DISCUSSES ON A COLLABORATION BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ENTAILED THE FORMATION OF A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY. LEVERAGING ON COMPUTER-MEDIATED DISCUSSIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF LIT- ERATURE, THE PROJECT FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING SKILL SETS IN TECHNOLOGY AMONG STUDENTS WHILE AUGMENTING THEIR CONVENTIONAL LITERACIES IN READING AND WRITING. THE COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION AND LEARNING TASKS PROMOTED IN THIS MANNER PROVIDED A PLATFORM FOR LEARNING TO BE TAKEN BEYOND THE CONFINES OFTRA- DITIONAL PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND REITERATE THE UTILITY OF COMPUTER MEDIATED DISCUSSION AS A VIABLE TOOL TO ENHANCE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES. CHAPTERXLI SKILLFULLNTERNET READER IS METACOGNITIVELY COMPETENT 654 CARILA KIILI, UNIVERSITY 0/ JYVAESKYLAE, FINLAND LEENA LAURINEN. UNIVERSITY OF JYVAESKYLAE, FINLAND MIIKA MARTTUNEN, UNIVERSITY 0/ JYVAESKYLAE, FINLAND THE CHAPTER REPORTS ON A STUDY WHERE A GROUP OF UPPER SECONDARY STUDENTS WERE TASKED TO WRITE A COMPOSI- TION ON A TOPIC USING MATERIALS SOURCED FROM THE WEB. TO GAIN INSIGHTS INTO HOW THE STUDENTS APPROACHED THEIR TASK, CONSIDERABLE EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON NOT ONLY HOW THEY SEARCHED, PROCESSED AND EVALUATED THE INFORMATION BUT ALSO ON HOW THEIR METACOGNITIVE STRATEGIES WERE INTERLACED WITHIN THESE PROCESSES. THE RESULTS SHOW THAT A STUDENT HAS TO BE METACOGNIVELY COMPETENT IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN CONSTRUCTIVELY RESPONSIVE READING. CHAPTER XLII RESEARCH METHODOLOGICALLSSUES WITH RESEARCHING THE LEARNER VOICE 669 GRAINNE CONOLE, THE OPEN UNIVERSITY, UK THIS CHAPTER EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OFFOCUSING ON THE STUDENT VOICE WITH APPROPRIATE METHODOLOGIES IN AN ATTEMPT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THEY APPROPRIATE ICT TOOLS IN THEIR LEARNING. DRAWING ON A CASE STUDY WHICH EXPLORED STUDENTS USE OFTECHNOLOGIES IN FOUR DISCIPLINES, THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT STUDENTS ARE NOW WEIL ENTRENCHED IN THESE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND ARE ABLE TO USE DIGITAL TOOLS EXTENSIVELY TO SUPPORT THEIR LEARNING EXPERIENCE. THESE HAVE IMPLICATIONS ON HOW COURSES ARE TAILORED AND DELIVERED TO MEET THEIR LEARNING NEEDS. SECTION IV ASSESSMENT WILH THE PROLIFERATION 0/ ICT PRACTICES IN THE EDUCATIONAL SPACE AND THEIR INCREASING INTEGRATION INTO THE CURRICULUM, TRADITIONAL RUBRICS 0/ ASSESSMENT ARE /ACING CHALLENGES TO INCLUDE ONLINE MEASURES TO SOME EXTENT. IN THIS SECTION. ISSUES RELATED TO ASSESSMENT 0/ NEW MEDIA LITERACY ARE EXPLORED BY AUTHORS /ROM THE LENS O/THEIR EXPERIENCE - TOR EXAMPLE, E-PORTFOLIOS, INTERACTIVE CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, PEER ASSESSMENT USING THE INTERNET, AUTOMATED ESSAY SCORING SYSTEM, ASSESSING COURSE EFFECTIVENESS IN A LEARNING COMMUNITY, AND SO ON. CHAPTER XLIII WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ASSESSING ONLINE LEARNING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS 684 ART W. BANGERT, MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, USA KERRY L. RICE, BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY, USA THE AUTHORS REVIEW THE PRACTICE LITERATURE OF ASSESSING ONLINE COURSES IN THE HIGH SCHOOL SETTING. ONE OF THE DRAWBACKS OF SUCH ASSESSMENT PROTOCOLS IS THAT THEY ARE RATHER BROAD-BASED AND NOT FINE-TUNED FOR APPLICATION IN SPECIFIC DELIVERY CONTEXTS, THUS MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO EVALUATE THE COURSES DESPITE THE EXISTENCE OF GENERAL STANDARDS BUT BEREFT OF RIGOROUS RUBRICS FOR EVALUATION. TO ADDRESS THIS, THE AUTHORS PROPOSE AN EVALUATION FRAMEWORK THAT FOCUSES ON THE THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS OFTHREE AREAS: INSTRUC- TIONAL PRACTICES THAT ARE STUDENT-CENTERED, LEARNING COMMUNITIES THAT PROMOTE INQUIRY, AND EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMANATING FROM RESEARCH ON ONLINE COURSES. CHAPTER XLIV USAGE OF ELECTRON IC PORTFOL IOS FOR ASSESSMENT.. 702 YASEMIN GULBAHAR, BASKENT UNIVERSITY, TURKEY ASSESSING LEARNING IS OFTEN A COMPLEX TASK - MORE SO IN TODAY S C1ASSROOM WHERE A DIVERSITY OF DELIVERY PLATFONNS, INCLUDING ICT TOOLS, PERVADE. THE USE OFWEB-BASED ELECTRONIC POLTFOLIOS TO ASSESS STUDENTS LEARNING IN A HOLISTIC WAY IS PROPOSED IN THIS CHAPTER. ISSUES SUCH AS ALIGNMENT WITH CURRICULUM FRAL1LE- WORK, ASSESSMENT IN RELATION TO A SET OF RUBRICS AND CHALLENGES IN ITS IMPLEL1LENTATION ARE DISCUSSED. CHAPTERXLV A FORMATIVE ANALYSIS OF INTERACTIVE CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS USED IN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASSROONLS 720 ROBIN KAY, UNIVERSITY O/ONTARIO INSTITUTE O/TECHNOLOGY, CANADA THE USE OF AN INTERACTIVE C1ASSROOM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO RESPOND TO MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS DURING A LECTURE IS EXPLORED IN THIS CHAPTER. RESULTS SHOW THAT IT CAN BE A USEFUL TOOL FOR FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT AND THAT THE USE OF THIS TOOL PROMOTES INCREASED LEARNER ENGAGEMENT, MOTIVATION AND PARTICIPATION. ON THE FLIP SIDE, SOME STUDENTS REPORTED HEIGHTENED STRESS LEVELS AND UNCERTAINTY OF ANSWERS WHEN THE SYSTEM IS USED IN THE FORMAL TEST MODE. CHAPTER XLVI INTERNET-BASED PEER ASSESSL1LENT IN HIGH SCHOOL SETTINGS 743 CHIN-CHUNG TSAI, NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY O/SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TAIWAN THE INTERNET PROVIDES A VALUABLE PLATFORM TO PROMOTE PEER ASSESSMENT - WITH NO FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION AND THE C10AK OF ANONYMITY, THE SCOPE FOR PROVISIONING FRANK FEEDBACK AND PROMOTING INTERACTION AL1LONG STUDENTS IS ENHANCED. USING A HIGH SCHOOL SETTING, THE CHAPTER PRESENTS RESULTS TO SHOW THAT EFFECTIVE ONLINE PEER ASSESSMENT IS CONTINGENT SIGNIFICANTLY ON THE STUDENTS METACOGNITIVE SKILLS BEING BROUGHT TO BEAR ON THE TASK IN HAND. SOME PRACTICAL TIPS FOR CONDUCTING ONLINE PEER ASSESSMENT ARE PROVIDED IN LIGHT OFTHESE EXPERIENCES. CHAPTER XLVLI COURSE ASSESSMENT IN A TEACHER S LEARNING COMMUNITY 755 GIORGOS HLAPANIS, UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN, GREEEE ANGELIQUE DIMITRACOPOULOU, UNIVERSITY OFTHE AEGEAN, GREECE THIS CHAPTER DESCRIBES AN IN-SERVICE COURSE ON THE USE OFICT IN TEACHING, CONDUCTED VIA DISTANCE LEARNING AND IMPLEMENTED IN THE CONTEXT OF A LEAMING COMMUNITY. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS SUCH AS WHAT CONSTITUTES AN EFFECTIVE COURSE AND WHAT SPAWNS THE FORMATION OF A LEAMING COMMUNITY ARE EXPLORED IN ORDER TO DERIVE MEASURES OF ASSESSMENT. A KEY FINDING FROM THIS STUDY IS THAT THE EVOLUTION OF A LEAMING COMMUNITY WH ICH IS BUILT ON COLLEGIALITY, COMMITMENT AND TRUST IS INDISPENSABLE FOR THE SUCCESS OF A COURSE CHAPTER XLVIII AUTOMATED ESSAY SCORING SYSTEITIS 777 DOUGAL HUTCHISON, NATIONAL FOUNDATIONJOR EDUEATIONAL RESEARCH, UK THIS CHAPTER EXPLORES THE COMPUTER MARKING OF ESSAYS, A TASK WHICH TEACHERS GENERALLY FIND RATHER LABOR- INTENSIVE! A REVIEW OFTHE LITERATURE IN THIS AREA IS PROVIDED, AND THIS SERVES AS A BACKGROUND TO ASSESS HOW EFFECTIVE THE VARIOUS COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS ARE IN MARKING ESSAYS. WHETHER THE AUTOMATED ESSAY SCORING SYSTEMS CAN BE THE FINAL ADJUDICATOR OF ASSIGNING GRADES FOR AN ESSAY IS ALSO CONSIDERED. CHAPTER XLIX METACOGNITIVE FEEDBACK IN ONLINE MATHEMATICAL DISCUSSION 794 BRACHA KRAMARSKI, BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY, ISRAEL THE EFFECTIVENESS OF METACOGNITIVE SUPPORT IN AN ONLINE INQUIRY DISCUSSION IN MATHEMATICS IS INVESTIGATED IN THIS CHAPTER. IT IS SHOWN THAT STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE 7-PHASE TEACHING STEPS CORRE- SPONDING TO THE IMPROVE STRATEGY, WHICH HAS METACOGNITIVE QUESTIONING AS A KEY ATTRIBUTE, PERFORMED SIGN IFICANTLY BETTER THAN THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN EXPOSED TO TH IS STRATEGY. THE RESULTS OFTHE STUDY POINT TO THE UTILITY OFMETACOGNITIVE FEEDBACK AS A SCAFFOLDING TOOL TO SUPPORT INQUIRY LEARNING IN MATHEMATICS. SEETION V PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ICTPRACTIEES TO BE WELLLINKEDWITH SEHOOL PRACTICE, THE EONTINUING EDUCATION OFTEAEHERS IS A MUST. IT IS ONLY WHEN THEY BUY IN THAT THE MOTIVATION TO ENGAGE STUDENTS WITH NEW MEDIA IS GIVEN AFILLIP. IN THIS CONTEXT, THE EHAPTERS IN THIS SECTIONFOCUS ON THE PROJESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFTEACHERS WITH RESPECT TO NEW MEDIA LITERAEY. CHAPTER L MOODLING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING THAT WORKED 808 LEAUNDA S. HEMPHILL, WESTERN IIIINOIS UNIVERSITY, USA DONNA S. MECAW, WESTERN IILINOIS UNIVERSITY, USA THE AUTHORS REPORT ON A TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WHICH INVOLVED THE USE OF ONLINE TEACHING STRATEGIES AND TOOLS. USING AN OPEN-SOURCE COURSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, THE PARTICIPANTS CREATED THEIR BASIC COURSE SHELL AND WORKED AROUND THIS TO DEVELOP COURSES TO ADDRESS THE VARIED LEARNING NEEDS OFTHEIR PUPILS. IMPROVED LEARNING GAINS WERE SEEN IN THE ACHIEVEMENT TESTS OFSTUDENTS IN THE DIFFERENT SUBJECTS. CHAPTER LI TPACK DEVELOPMENT IN A TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM 823 NANCY WENTWORTH, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, USA CHARLES R. GRAHAM, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, USA EULA EWING MONROE, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, USA FOR TECHNOLOGY TO BE WEIL INTEGRATED INTO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE PRE-SERVICE TRAINING OFTEACHERS PREPARES THEM ADEQUATELY FOR THIS CHALLENGE. IN THIS CHAPTER, THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THE THREE LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT IN TECHNOLOGICAL PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE (TPACK) FOR THE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM AT BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY. THEY ADVANCE THE POINT OFVIEW THAT FOR A BETTER CON- NECT BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT TEACHER EDUCATORS ALSO SHARE IN THIS VISION AT THE PRE-SERVICE STAGE. CHAPTERLII SELF-REGULATED LEARNING: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FOR INITIAL TEACHER TRAINING 839 MANUELA DELFINO, INSTITUTE JOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY - ITALIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, ITALY DONATELLA PERSICO, INSTITUTE JOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY - ITALIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, LTALY WITH THE PERVASIVENESS OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE NEED FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR OWN LEARNING AS WEIL AS BE VERSED IN COLLABORATIVE SKILLS, THE INCUICATION OF SELF REGULATED LEARNING COMPETENCIES AMONG THEM BECOMES CRUCIALLY IMPERATIVE. THE AUTHORS SUGGEST THAT SUCH COMPETENCIES NEED TO BE DEVELOPED AMONG PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS SO THAT THEY ARE WEIL EQUIPPED TO MEET THE LEARNING NEEDS OFTHEIR CHARGES WHEN THEY ARE POSTED TO SCHOOLS. THEY DRAW ON THE EXPERIENCES FROM A COURSE IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TO FURTHER DEVELOP TL1IS THESIS.
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