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You Can Lead a Horse to Water: Teacher Development and Use of Digital Library Resources

Recker, Mimi and Dorward, Jim and Dawson, Deonne and Halioris, Sam and Liu, Ye and Mao, Xin and Palmer, Bart and Park, Jaeyang (2005) You Can Lead a Horse to Water: Teacher Development and Use of Digital Library Resources. In Proceedings Joint Conference on Digital Libraries.

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Abstract

This article presents findings from approximately 150 users who created instructional projects using educational digital library resources. One hundred of these users were teachers participating in professional development workshops on the topic of digital libraries. Our iterative approach to tool and workshop development and implementation was based on a framework that characterizes several input, output, and process variables affecting dissemination of such technologies in educational contexts. Data sources involved a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods, including electronic surveys, interviews, participant observations, and server log file and artifact analyses. These multiple and complementary levels of analyses reveal that despite teachers reporting great value in learning resources and educational digital libraries, significant and lasting impact on teaching practice remains difficult to obtain.

EPrint Type:Conference Paper
Keywords:Educational digital libraries Empirical studies Reuse User interfaces User-centered design Computer uses in education Computer-assisted instruction Instructional Architect NSDL EIESC
Subjects:Learning Science
Evaluation
Digital Libraries
ID Code:802
Deposited On:10 April 2005
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