The notion of students as co-creators of content in higher education is gaining popularity, with an ever-increasing emphasis on the development of digital media assignments. In a separate paper, the authors introduced the Digital Media Literacies Framework, which is composed of three interrelated domains: (1) conceptual, (2) functional, and (3)…

Describes both principles and use of the critical incident journal, in which the student in a college-level academic service learning program details experiences that change his perspective. The format requires students to describe their roles in the incidents, analyze their own and others' responses to it, and reflect on its impact on self and…

A two-year research effort assessed the effectiveness of the workshop approach to undergraduate and graduate student projects. The approach involved student reflective journals, individual student-professor conferences, structured small group discussions of project progress with peers, and presentations of final projects. The workshop approach was…

This study, conducted at a mid-western regional state university, examined the capacity of e-mail to provide a more flexible medium for transmitting student journals to the teacher. The investigation took place over a 16-week semester in a required freshman level computer literacy course. Students were divided into three groups: (1) the control…

This practicum was designed to acquaint seven early childhood education majors with various kinds of computer hardware and software. They were required to evaluate the software for its developmental appropriateness. Additionally, their assignment was to write a minimum of two lessons using technology in their 5-day unit plans and to teach one of…

Telecommunications in the classroom helps transform familiar types of assignments into new forms, increasing students' motivation while extending opportunities for critical thinking. This goals of this study were to increase apprentice teachers' technology use and evaluation skills while determining the value of e-mail communication in…

Techniques for teaching electronic library research skills to college students with computer anxiety are outlined. The approach focuses on active learning techniques (journal writing, problem solving, sorting, database indexing, use of flow charts) using the ERIC bibliographic database and careful design of assignments that encourage active…

This study evaluated the impact of reflective teaching on the ability of preservice teachers to articulate a teaching philosophy. Three questions were explored: (1) how effective will a structure for reflecting be if used throughout a teacher education program? (2) how effectively will students be able to use that structure as a framework for…

Building a community of thinkers is a goal for education. In a world in which technology provides a means to communicate quickly and efficiently, educators need to develop models for the use of technology as an integral part of building an environment for teachers to thinking critically and creatively. Technology was used to help create a…