This article reflects on the landscape of ICT-mediated learning research in Singapore schools over the past 12 years. This ICT (information and communications technology) journey is situated in the context of the Singapore education Masterplans and the inception of substantive research funding in this area of work since 2003. The article questions…

This article describes one school district department's efforts to train and support teachers in providing effective curriculum, instruction, and assessment methods to their students. This large, K-12 district embraces the spectrum of low to high SES schools, a large number of gifted students from diverse populations, and a variety of gifted…

A look at school training centers, which provide teachers, paraprofessionals, preservice individuals, administrators, and parents and community representatives an opportunity to upgrade skills related to their role in the school milieu. (Author)

In this article, the authors argue that online learning conversations need to go beyond the common "information exchange" to a deeper level of interaction in order to help learners build situated knowledge that is useful in their local contexts. The article begins by looking at the commonly-used framework of a Community of Practice (CoP) and, in…

Argues that increasing media use in community college instruction will come from active involvement of faculty in developing mediated curriculum. Faculty education through hands-on experience, staff development workshops, and institutional grants will foster faculty acceptance of the technology in use in society at large. An extensive bibliography…