Scholarly Presentations

Virtual Worlds and Student Teaching Communities: Envisioning learning communities in virtual environments for distributed student teaching. (with David E. Holder and Debra B. Hodgson), The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education (2009)

Recent technological advances have afforded great opportunities for educators to meet the increasing demands of...

 

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The Virtual Teacher's Lounge: How Teachers Meaningfully Connect Through Online Networks, Sixth International Conference on Networked Learning (2008)

This study seeks to illuminate an understanding of naturally forming online communities of professional educators...

 

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The Efficacy of Service-Learning as Practical Experiences for Pre-service Special Education Teachers (with Christopher K. Shon), Council for Exceptional Children (2007)

This presentation examines recent research performed on a post-secondary transition program for students with moderate...

 

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Family Involvement in Korean Special Education (with Christopher K. Shon), Virginia CEC (2007)

This presentation, made at the Virginia CEC, focused on recent qualitative research performed in the...

 

Professional Presentations

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The Use of LiveText as the Primary Collaboration Tool for Hybrid Methods Courses, The 2008 LiveText Collaboration Conference (2008)

The challenge of using any new system for learning (technologically based or otherwise) is determining...

 

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Harnessing Online Communities for Educational Practice, Association of Christian Schools International (2007)

The rise of the use of the Internet and the subsequent connections among peoples located...

 

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Integrating Technology into Pedagogical Practice, Association of Christian Schools International (2007)

This presentation focuses on the the foundations of considering integrating technology into instruction, the various...

 

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IDEA 2004: Current Special Education Practice, Association of Christian Schools International (2007)

This presentation focuses on the fundamental principles of special education, their origins and their specific...

 

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Special Education & IDEA 2004, Faculty Publications and Presentations (2007)

This presentation was made at the Liberty University School of Law on October 22, 2007,...

 

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Planning for and Enabling Success in Post-Secondary Transition, Faculty Publications and Presentations (2007)

This presentation is the first in a series addressing best practices in providing transition services...

 

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College for Life (with Beth E. Ackerman and Karen L. Parker), Council for Exceptional Children (2006)

Participate in a discussion of a first year partnership between public schools, community colleges, and...

 

Unpublished Manuscripts

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Entering the Virtual Teacher’s Lounge: The Efficacy of Community in Computer-Mediated Communication Based Environments for Professional Educators, Faculty Dissertations (2008)

This study seeks to illuminate an understanding of naturally forming online communities of professional educators...

 

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Professional Development and Educational Technology Integration, Faculty Publications and Presentations (2004)

This paper examines a structure for the implementation of technological innovations using business approaches to...

 

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Can Virtual Teacher Communities be a Reality?, Faculty Publications and Presentations (2003)

In this paper I will discuss the effects of online communication on social connectivity and...

 

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An Examination of Online Qualitative Research Methods, Faculty Publications and Presentations (2002)

This paper is meant as an exploration into possible approaches to answering the following research...

 

Scholarly Publications

Entering the Virtual Teachers' Lounge: Social Connectedness Among Professional Educators in Virtual Environments, Faculty Publications and Presentations (2010)

As communication and connection are essential instruments for professional educators, this chapter seeks to examine...