Integrating Technology In Higher Education

by Thirunarayanan, M. O.; Pérez-Prado, Aixa; Thirunarayanan, : M.O.; Hornik, Steven; Cagle, Julie A.B.; Ziegenfuss, Donna H.; Reimer, Kelly; Olliges, Ralph; Mahfood, Sebastian; Tamashiro, Roy; Umstead, Eric; Lough, Tom; Liu, Leping; Abney, Paul C.; Bromage,

• ISBN13: 9780761831273
• ISBN10: 0761831274
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-31
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Integrating Technology in Higher Education contains 20 chapters that provide technology integration experiences of authors from four continents and a diversity of disciplines in higher education settings. The utilization of various hardware and software tools to facilitate teaching and learning is discussed in the chapters of this edited book.

Table of Contents

Introduction
M.O. Thirunarayanan and Aixa Perez-Prado	vii
Teaching with Technology: Infrastructure Support and Online Discussions
Steven Hornik and Julie A.B. Cagle	1	(18)
By Instructional Design: Facilitating Effective Teaching and Learning with Technology
Donna H. Ziegenfuss	19	(28)
Integrating Technology into the Curriculum
Kelly Reimer	47	(16)
From Talking At You to Talking With You: Reshaping PowerPoint for Interactive Learning
Ralph Olliges, Sebastian Mahfood and Roy Tamashiro	63	(14)
Integrating Assistive Technology Into Higher Education Settings
Eric Umstead and Tom Lough	77	(14)
Integrating Multimedia Technology and Interactive Video Into Counseling Skill Training
Leping Liu and Paul C. Abney	91	(16)
Teaching Disaster Management: An IT-Enhanced Hybrid Problem-Based Learning and Lecture Model
Adrian Bromage and El Parker	107	(20)
Integrating Technology in Introductory Earth Science Classes
Neptune Srimal	127	(16)
Online Training for English as a Second/Foreign Language Teachers
Pamela L. Anderson-Mejias	143	(12)
Integrating the Web into Environmental Decision Making Roleplay-Simulations
Denise Kirkpatrick and Robert McLaughlan	155	(10)
Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Software for Teaching and Learning
Jennifer Gebelein	165	(12)
Blended Learning and Geriatrics Education
Jorge G. Ruiz, Maria H. van Zuilen, Tara Kai and Michael J. Mintzer	177	(20)
Technology as Enhancement Tool for Professionalization and Cognition: The Effects of Ultra-Portability and Meta-Cognition Strategies
Mark D. Szuchman	197	(22)
Project CineMath An Adventure of Video Signals
George Kafkoulis	219	(10)
Human Patient Simulators in Medical Students' Preclinical Curriculum
John L. Szarek and Ian Winston	229	(18)
Interactive Excel Tutorials in a Quantitative Literacy Course for Humanities Students
Vera Frith, Jacob J. Jaftha and Robert N. Prince	247	(12)
The Virtual Student: Using Technology to Teach School Psychology
Ari S. Yares, T. Chris Riley-Tillman, Catherine A. Fiorello and Marie C. McGrath	259	(14)
Training Techno-riffic Teachers
Jacqueline Hansen	273	(22)
Utilizing WebQuests in a Preservice Teacher Education College Course
Bob Perkins and Brenda Roughton	295	(18)
Integrating Technology into a Two Continent Consortium: Lessons Learned Teaching the TIRES Virtual Seminar
Sarah J. Mahler	313	(20)
About the Authors	333	(15)
About the Reviewers	348	(2)
About the Editors	350