Abstract
A school district in the southwestern United States has over the past several years built its infrastructure to support high-quality technology integration by its teachers. The district partnered with a nearby university’s educational technology graduate program to develop a digital high school project. Teachers and advanced instructional-design graduate students developed and field-tested four projects to aid teachers in implementing Web-based distance education, as follows: (1) A Rookie Camp was developed as an introductory unit to help students begin to use instruction delivered via WebCT courseware; (2) in The Odyssey Project a stand-alone Web-based courselet was developed for teachers to use to teach poetic devices and epic hero qualities related to The Odyssey; (3) A needs assessment yielded recommendations for teacher training and support for Web-based instruction; (4) Finally, a prototype unit was developed to help teachers learn about digital copyright issues related to distance learning via the Web.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Distance Education |
| Subtitle of host publication | What Works Well |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 3-14 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780203050224 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2012 |
Keywords
- Distance education
- Educational technology
- Instructional development
- Needs assessment
- Partnerships
- Preservice teacher education
- Teacher training
- Technology
- Technology integration
- Web-based learning
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science(all)