Teaching and Learning with Technology: Beyond Constructivism

315 Pages·2010·3.28 MB·English

by  Concetta M. Stewart

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Teaching and Learning
with Technology
Beyond Constructivism
Edited by Concetta M. Stewart,
Catherine C. Schifter and
Melissa E. Markaridian Selverian
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Teaching and learning with technology : beyond constructivism / edited by Concetta
M. Stewart, Catherine C. Schifter and Melissa E. Markaridian Selverian.
p. cm.—(Routledge research in education ; 37)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Educational technology. I. Stewart, Concetta M. II. Schifter, Cathe-
rine. III. Selverian, Melissa E. Markaridian.
LB1028.3.T375 2010
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Contents
List of Figures xi
List of Tables xiii
Permissions xv
Foreword xvii
CHRIS DEDE
PART I
Introduction and State of the Field
1 Technologies and the Classroom Come
to Age: After Century of Growth 3
CATHERINE C. SCHIFTER AND CONCETTA M. STEWART
PART II
Achieving Social Closeness through
Authentic Learning Exchanges
2 Effects of Web-Enhanced Course Materials on
College Students’ Class Engagement and Learning Outcomes 29
XIGEN LI
3 From Homer to High Tech: The Impact of Social Presence and
Media Richness on Online Mentoring in Higher Education 49
JAMIE S. SWITZER
4 Educating Educators for Virtual Schooling:
Communicating Roles and Responsibilities 70
CHAD HARMS, DALE S. NIEDERHAUSER, NIKI E. DAVIS,
M. D. ROBLYER AND STEPHEN B. GILBERT
viii Contents
PART III
Media-Rich Environments Building Stronger Connections
5 A New Lens for Learning in the Communications Field:
The Effectiveness of Video Lectures with Asynchronous,
Synchronous Discussions in Online/Distance Education 89
AMY SCHMITZ WEISS
6 A New Educational Technology for Media and Communication
Studies: Mapping Media in Australia and Sweden 113
CHRISTINA SPURGEON, CHRISTY COLLIS, MARCUS FOTH AND PERNILLA
SEVERSON
7 Not Your Father’s Educational Technology:
A Case Study in Mobile Media and Journalism Education 131
SUSAN JACOBSON AND KAREN M. TURNER
PART IV
Complex Virtual Systems: Making Learning
Spatially and Socially Whole
8 Virtual Reality in Education 151
VERONICA S. PANTELIDIS AND DAVID C. VINCIGUERRA
9 A User-Centered Approach for Building Design Guidelines
for the Use of Virtual Actors in CVEs for Learning 182
DAPHNE ECONOMOU
10 Matching Computer Game Genres to Educational Outcomes 214
JOHN L. SHERRY
11 The Virtual Harlem Experiments 227
JAMES J. SOSNOSKI
12 The Unique Features of Educational Virtual Environments 249
TASSOS A. MIKROPOULOS AND JOAN BELLOU
PART V
Discussion and Conclusion
13 ‘Real’ Learning in Virtual Worlds: An Integration of Media,
Curricula and Pedagogy through Telepresence 261
MELISSA E. MARKARIDIAN SELVERIAN AND CONCETTA M. STEWART
Contents ix
Contributors 287
Index 291