Key Area 5: Research in Educational Technology
Research has stated that music can help improve students' abilities in math and science. More and more research is also examining the effects of technology in education in correlation with student learning. When presented with such research, we educators should acknowledge it and attempt to learn from it. Reading research does take skills, however, and we should always think critically when doing so. This includes being able to decipher between good and bad research, especially when found on the Internet. Also very important is the ability to apply research to our own specific circumstances.
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Revised: 06/15/06
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The following links will take you to two of my reviews of research articles pertaining to distance education. I wrote these in my Applied Research in Education Technology course.
Internet courses: are they worth the effort? (King & Hildreth, 2001)
Working alongside Marta Belfrage, I helped to write this proposal for further research on the positive effects that student-teacher rapport has on student learning. This can be applied to students in both the traditional and distance learning environments.
For my course on distance education, I wrote this position paper in which I argue that the online student and the traditional student differ in ways that go beyond their learning environments.
Working with Marta Belfrage and Lori May, I helped research the effects of newer technologies on integrity in education. We were concerned about the possibility that technology may play a role in the way cheating is now defined in school.