Andrew Topper

Grand Valley State University

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Sean Lancaster

Grand Valley State University

Kevin J. Pugh

University of Northern Colorado

Joe L. Byers

Michigan State University

Richard E. Ferdig

Kent State University

Yong Zhao

Macau University of Science and Technology

Mark G. Gillingham

Washington State University Vancouver

Punya Mishra

Arizona State University

Sophia Tan

Phoenix College

Mark Enfield

Elon University

Deepak Prem Subramony

Kansas State University

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What Do They Know? A Comprehensive Portrait of Exemplary Technology-Using Teachers

Journal of Computing in Teacher Education (2001)

Yong Zhao Joe L. Byers Punya Mishra Andrew Topper Haojing Chen

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10.1080/10402454.2001.10784411

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Who's afraid of formal methods?

Object Magazine archive (1994)

Andrew Topper

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Designing and Implementing a Student-Centered Online Graduate Program

Advances in higher education and professional development book series (2018)

Sean Lancaster Andrew Topper

This chapter presents a case study analysis of a graduate program that moved from initial design to effective implementation of student-centered online instruction. The authors describe their experiences designing, implementing, and evaluating an online M.Ed. degree program in a college of education—the first fully online degree program at a large, Midwestern, regional institution of higher learning. The design and approval process took almost four years, including both internal and external approvals. Initially implemented in 2011, the authors gathered three years of follow-up data about the program and evaluated its success using a variety of factors, including course- and program-level data. Program design, development, implementation, and evaluation are all addressed in this case study.

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10.4018/978-1-5225-5769-2.ch007

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Online graduate educational technology program: An illuminative evaluation

Studies In Educational Evaluation (2016)

Andrew Topper Sean Lancaster

• An illuminative evaluation of an online graduate educational technology program. • Descriptive and scientific analysis' using a variety of course and program-level data. • Analysis showed no significant differences reported by students. • A majority of students were satisfied with their graduate experience. • Evidence adding to existing research regarding overall online program quality. With continued growth in online courses and programs in higher education a pressing need exists to evaluate their perceived quality and effectiveness. Evaluation criteria – course evaluations, student surveys and retention data – from previous online program evaluations were used in this study. An illuminative evaluation using descriptive and scientific analysis was undertaken for a graduate degree program in educational technology. Course and program-level data were analyzed to compare quality for two programs – an existing hybrid and new online. Analysis of student enrollments, course evaluations, survey results, retention, and time to completion reveal similar experiences reported from students in both programs. Results suggest that a majority of students were satisfied with their graduate experience and view those experiences as worthwhile. This illuminative evaluation provides evidence that online graduate programs are comparable and can satisfy stakeholders' expectations while maintaining high levels of quality.

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10.1016/j.stueduc.2016.10.002

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Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges

Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education (2002)

Andrew Topper

10.1177/01614681200210401151

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Are they the same? Comparing the instructional quality of online and face‐to‐face graduate education courses

Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education (2007)

Andrew Topper

As instructors adopt web‐based learning environments, they must consider how students' evaluations of learning reflect the overall quality of instruction. Traditional course evaluations are used for faculty retention, tenure and promotion decisions, but also provide instructors with valuable information on the quality of their instruction. This study looks at response rates and compares instructional quality, using student course evaluations along with additional data from online and face‐to‐face graduate education courses, to evaluate the effectiveness of instruction. A statistical analysis of students' course evaluations showed no significant difference in instructional quality based on the format used. Together with comparisons of student work, these results provide additional evidence in support of the finding of no significant difference between formats in the area of instructional quality.

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10.1080/02602930601117233

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PATTERNS OF E-MAIL USE IN A CONVERSATION-BASED TEACHER DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Andrew Topper

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Object-Oriented Development in COBOL

McGraw-Hill eBooks (1995)

Andrew Topper

How object-oriented programming and COBOL fit together a history of object-oriented development object-oriented concepts and terminology an object-oriented development lifecycle COBOL considerations in the OODLC object-oriented analysis object-oriented design object-oriented programming in COBOL design and implementation considerations for object-oriented COBOL maintaining object-oriented COBOL applications modifying existing COBOL applications to support object-oriented concepts managing object-oriented COBOL development- reusing object-oriented COBOL components the future of object-oriented COBOL.

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Evaluating K-12 1:1 Laptop Initiatives

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (2010)

Sean Lancaster Andrew Topper

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Technology in the COE: Past, Present and Future

Colleagues (2015)

Andrew Topper Sean Lancaster

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