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Calendar below will give access to the readings and web discussion each
week. We look forward to your contributions.
Please click on the links under "Reading" to access the readings
for each session. All articles are web-accessible; the articles with an
[Acrobat]
link beside them are in pdf format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader software
to view them. Please click it to download the software if you do not have
it.
To
start participating in the reading groups you will first need to be registered
in ISU WebCT.
The discussion takes place in ISU WebCT
course ILET:
International Leadership for Ed. Tech.
An email will provide your username and
password to ISU WebCT.
| Week |
Weekly
Activity |
Resources |
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Oct 1 |
'Warm
Up' activities:
- Get to ISU WebCT
- Introduce yourself briefly in the ‘Introductions’
thread in WebCT discussion
- Review the reading group’s mission, in WebCT resources
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ISU
WebCT course ILET:
International Leadership for Ed. Tech. |
| Oct
6 |
Planning
What
should go into our WCCE’05 ‘comprehensive synthesis
on research into information technology in education’? -
add your view in the WebCT discussion.
Read
and post your critique of Davis
& Carlsen (in press) |
Davis
& Carlsen (in press)
(Presented
at http://www.itu.int/wsis/
)
|
| Oct
13 |
Share
literature reviews Find
& contribute a relevant balanced literature review to our
WebCT discussion (post the reference in APA style with web link,
if possible).
Introduce your
review in the discussion in WebCT and/or comment on other students’
contributions.
|
Your
own literature review and 1 from another student in WebCT |
| Oct
20 |
Analysis
Join
in our WebCT discussion to identify themes. We aim to agree our
approach of a new synthesis for WCCE’05 paper.
Volunteer
to draft one piece (alone or collaboratively).
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| Oct
27 |
Drafting
Write and post your draft piece (alone or collaboratively)
Comment
on other authors’ pieces.
|
Draft
pieces of our new paper for submission to WCCE’05
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| Nov
3 |
Review
Dr Davis will revise the joint writing and post a complete draft.
Review
and evaluate this reading group. |
Draft
paper for WCCE’05 |
Research
This
research is an Action Research case study of the challenges in evolving
professional development for educators that spans cultures, time zones,
and continents. Experience from Europe is beign knit with that from the
U.S.A. Our social constructivist approach to learning using communication
technologiess (including the web) draws graduate students, faculty, and
staff together to develop flexible and distance learning in 3 universities
in the US and 3 in Europe. We will use the reading groups' interactions,
evaluations and limited interviewing to gather data, plus surveys of project
leaders across six universities.
Participation
in the research is voluntary and may be withdrawn at any time. Researchers
will delete entries in the data archives. Where participants may be identified
they will be asked for their approval before publication.
To
withdraw your consent please contact ilet@iastate.edu
and the ILET director of research Dr. Niki Davis: nedavis@iastate.edu.
Web site
created and maintained by ilet@iastate.edu.
Please contact them for further information.
Updated
October 4, 2002
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