Information Communication Technologies for Enhanced Education and Learning: Advanced Applications and Developments

✍ Scribed by Lawrence Tomei, Lawrence Tomei

• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 395
• Series: Advances in Information and Communication Technology Education
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The influence of technology on the educational system has greatly impacted the creative ways students are now learning. Educators can now enhance their instruction through cutting-edge tools and methodologies that appeal to contemporary students who are already immersed in a technology-rich environment.

Information Communication Technologies for Enhanced Education and Learning: Advanced Applications and Developments represents a unique examination of technology-based design, development, and collaborative tools for the classroom. Covering advanced topics in e-pedagogy, online learning, and virtual instruction, this book contributes high quality research for addressing technological integration in the classroom a must-have for 21st century academicians, students, educational researchers, and practicing teachers.

✦ Table of Contents

Title......Page 2
Table of Contents......Page 6
Detailed Table of Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 19
Media and Women in Technology......Page 28
The Gender Communication Gap in Online Threaded Discussions......Page 42
The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Continuance Intention of Using WebCT: A Case of College Students in Estonia......Page 56
The Influence of Constructivist E-Learning System on Student Learning Outcomes......Page 72
The Didactical Agency of Information Communication Technologies for Enhanced Education and Learning......Page 86
Comparative Analyses of Online and Traditional Undergraduate Business Law Classes: How Effective is E-Pedagogy?......Page 103
Student Perceptions of Data Flow Diagrams vs. Use Cases......Page 121
Promoting Undergraduate Education with Agent Based Laboratory......Page 130
Supporting Arguments for Including the Teaching of Team Competency Principles in Higher Education......Page 149
Creating an Interactive PowerPoint Lesson for the Classroom......Page 162
Planning Staff Training for Virtual High Schools......Page 169
Training Prospective Online Instructors: Theories Utilized by Current Online Instructors......Page 178
The Impact of PowerPoint Presentations on Student Achievement and Student Attitudes......Page 193
Teaching Java™: Managing Instructional Tactics to Optimize Student Learning......Page 212
Toward an Increase in Student Web Portfolios in New York Colleges and Universities......Page 231
Competent Web Dialogues: Text-Based Linking of Thoughts......Page 246
Employing Interactive Technologies for Education and Learning: Learning-Oriented Applications of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and More......Page 261
Assessing Online Discussion Forum Participation......Page 286
Synchronous Hybrid E-Learning: Empirical Comparison with Asynchronous and Traditional Classrooms......Page 296
Understanding the Effectiveness of Collaborative Activity in Online Professional Development with Innovative Educators through Intersubjectivity......Page 310
Effective Questioning to Facilitate Dynamic Online Learning......Page 330
Transitioning from Face-to-Face to Online Instruction: How to Increase Presence and Cognitive/Social Interaction in an Online Information Security Risk Assessment Class......Page 340
Compilation of References......Page 351
About the Contributors......Page 385
Index......Page 393