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Spitzer, William; Wedding, Kelly – Computers & Education, 1995
Ongoing contact and peer support are essential to professional growth for educators, and an electronic community can provide a supportive environment. The LabNet project demonstrates that a successful electronic community requires careful design, comfort with technology among users, and commitment; moderators play essential leadership roles in…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Faculty Development
Johnston, Valerie L. – 1992
This paper is an introduction to computer-mediated communication (CMC) for university faculty and uses of CMC in education and professional development. An introductory section defines CMC, describes CMC tools, and briefly reviews the literature. The following topics related to CMC in instruction are addressed in the first section: educational…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Educational Research
McMahon, Teresa A. – 1997
The Mathematics Learning Forums, a collaborative effort of Bank Street College and the Center for Children and Technology, Education Development Center, Inc., provided the primary research setting for this study. Each 8-week forum focuses on specific elements of a mathematics content area and is designed to address both student learning and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail
Beacham, Betty; Kester, Diane D. – 1994
East Carolina University (North Carolina) and Pitt County Schools (North Carolina) have developed the Model Clinical Teaching Program (MCTP), to introduce preservice, inservice, and methods faculty to the information "superhighway." The project focuses on the what, how, and why of technologies as they relate to classrooms, in the public…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College School Cooperation, Computer Networks, Computer Software