Education Faculty Fill TechTrends

1 March 2005 — Jacksonville State University's College of Education and Professional Studies faculty provided nearly all the contents of the November/December 2004 edition of TechTrends magazine, the official publication of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology.

The issue carried the following articles by JSU faculty:

• "Building Learning Communities with Distance Learning Instruction" by Janell D. Wilson, Ph.D., associate professor of secondary education; Nina King, M.S.Ed., instructor, curriculum and instruction.
  
  
• "Using the Internet Effectively for Advocacy in Health Education" by William T. Hey, Ph.D., professor of health, physical education, and recreation; Donna B. Hey, Ed.D., assistant professor of special education.
  
  
• "Online Versus On-Campus Instruction: Student Attitudes and Perceptions" by Lawrence A. Beard, Ed.D., associate professor of special education; Dr. Cynthia Harper, Ed.D., professor of education and dean of the College of Education and Professional Studies; Gena Riley, Ph.D., assistant professor of elementary education.
  
  
• "Creating an Effective Online Distance Education Program Using Targeted Support Factors" by Sherri L. Restauri, M.S., C.O.I., instructional media specialist.
  
  
• "Using Technology to Develop a High School Career Awareness Workshop: The REACH Program" by Kathleen Friery, Ed.D., professor of counselor education and head of educational resources; J. Gordon Nelson, Ph.D., associate professor of education.
  
  
• "Improving Transition Behavior in Students with Disabilities Using a Multimedia Personal Development Program: Check and Connect" by Sue E. Hoppe, Ph.D., assistant professor of special education.
  
  
• "Assistive Technology at Use in the Teacher Education Programs at Jacksonville State University" by Gena Riley, Ph.D., assistant professor of education; Lawrence A. Beard, Ed.D., associate professor of special education; Jennifer Strain, Ed.S., instructor of education.
  
  
• "Technology at the 'Center for Two Learners'" by Delisa Dismukes, Ed.D., assistant professor of secondary education; Sondra Yarbrough, Ph.D., assistant professor of secondary education; Marsha Zenanko, Ph.D., associate professor of education; Mike Zenanko, M.Ed., instructor of education and director of instructional services unit.
  
  
• "Using Internet Assessment Tools for Health and Physical Education Instruction" by Roland Thornburg, Ed.D., associate professor of physical education; Kory Hill, M.S., instructor of health, physical education, and recreation.
  
  
• "ID Portfolio: Using an Internet-Controlled Robot to Facilitate Learning" by David Thornton, M.S., instructor of computer science; Stephen Armstrong, Ph.D., professor of special education; Mario Aguilar, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science and psychology and director of the Knowledge Systems Laboratory.
  
  
• "Guest Editor's Notes" by Jan Wilson, Ph.D., professor of secondary education.
  

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