Illustrating the "virtual" in virtual schooling: Challenges and strategies for creating real tools to prepare virtual teachers

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-39

  Davis, Niki ^a   Charania, Amina ^a   Ferdig, Rick ^c   Harms, Chad ^a   Compton, Lily Ko Li ^a   Cho, Mi Ok ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Peggy)   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; Instructional technology tools; Online courses; Teacher education programs; Virtual schooling; Virtual schools; Virtual teachers

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY TOOLS; ONLINE COURSES; TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS; VIRTUAL SCHOOLS; VIRTUAL TEACHER EDUCATION; VIRTUAL TEACHERS;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 33847404340     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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