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Primary and Secondary Virtual Learning in New Zealand: Examining Barriers to Achieving Maturity
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Barbour, Michael; Davis, Niki; Wenmoth, Derek – International Journal on E-Learning, 2016
This paper describes the organisational development of virtual learning in networked rural schools in New Zealand, specifically the obstacles that e-learning clusters of rural schools face in their journey to sustainability and maturity through the lens of the Ministry's Learning Communities Online Handbook. Analysis of a nationwide purposeful…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Distance Education, Rural Schools
Authentic Project-Based Design of Professional Development for Teachers Studying Online and Blended Teaching
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Dabner, Nicki; Davis, Niki; Zaka, Pinelopi – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2012
Online learning and teaching is rapidly increasing in many countries, including high schools in the USA and teacher education worldwide. Online and blended approaches to professional and organizational development are, therefore, becoming essential to enable effective and equitable education. Authentic project-based learning to support the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Projects, Elementary Secondary Education, Formative Evaluation
Intersecting Communities of Practice in Distance Education: The Program Team and the Online Course Community
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Correia, Ana-Paula; Davis, Niki – Distance Education, 2008
This article is a case study that aimed at understanding the dynamics of two complementary communities involved in a distance education graduate program: one community of practice formed by the instructors and instructional developers, who designed and developed the program, and another created by the students and instructor in one of the online…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education, Online Courses, Case Studies
Intercultural Competence and the Role of Technology in Teacher Education
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Davis, Niki; Cho, Mi Ok; Hagenson, Lara – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2005
This special issue of "Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education" focused on intercultural education and the role of technology to facilitate such education in formal courses of teacher education and in the lifelong reflective practice of educators. Invited articles arrived from a variety of perspectives, including those…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Leadership, Multicultural Education
Field Experience in Virtual Schools--To Be There Virtually
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Compton, Lily Ki Lo; Davis, Niki; Mackey, Julie – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2009
Virtual Schooling (VS) for K-12 school students using distance technologies has increased rapidly in the 21st century with the growth of online learning and virtual schools in more than 44 states in the USA and as e-learning in over 20 clusters of rural schools in New Zealand. Although VS requires a special set of teaching methods, teacher…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Curriculum, Program Descriptions
Research Committee Issues Brief: Professional Development for Virtual Schooling and Online Learning
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Davis, Niki; Rose, Ray – North American Council for Online Learning, 2007
This report examines the types of professional development necessary to implement successful online learning initiatives. The potential for schools utilizing online learning is tremendous: schools can develop new distribution methods to enable equity and access for all students, they can provide high quality content for all students and they can…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Misconceptions, School Administration