To serve our
widely dispersed adult-educator population, Occupational Educational Studies is
re-structuring our course delivery to focus on learning at-distance. We are abandoning the OneNet video
system in favor of building a delivery model that combines significant
technology-based components with a small number of face-to-face learning
experiences. One such component we
have not yet tested is self-study CD-ROM-based courseware featuring multimedia
presentations that might be problematic for some users if streamed over the
Internet due to bandwidth restrictions. This pilot evaluates an original piece
of CD-ROM courseware in terms of learner performance in a pre-test/post-test
design, and on several subjective and preference variables.
Sponsor: COE Internal Research Grant
PI: Lynna Ausburn
This project
prepares children and youth with disabilities to meet challenging state
standards and make successful transitions to adult life through the
establishment of a sustainable model of personnel preparation and professional
development. The partnership with
Perry Public Schools redesigns content and delivery of preservice personnel
preparation programs for general/special educators, and related service
providers.
Sponsor: OKDoED
PIs: Bob Davis, Terry Stinnett, David Yellin
Content Coaching
provides a framework for expanded induction for elementary teachers targeting
the science content area. The project capitalizes on existing resources,
creating a collaborative structure for supporting systemic change in science
education.
Sponsor: OSDHE
PI: Leah Engelhardt
Professional
Development Institute for Mentor Teachers
Oklahoma State University's College of Education, in
collaboration with Stillwater Public Schools, continued to provide Coaching
Skills for Effective Teaching, a funded program to prepare mentor teachers in
the state's Residency (induction) Program to effectively support first-year
teachers. The program works with approximately 160 educators throughout the
state.
Sponsor: Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation
PIs: Leah Engelhardt
Stillwater
Public Schools: Diana Leggett
OSU Writing
Project
An affiliate of
the National Writing Project, the OSU Writing Project is a collaborative
school-university program dedicated to improving the quality of instruction in
elementary and secondary schools through staff development training for
teachers. The OSU Writing Project offers a summer institute for classroom
teachers who want to improve their own writing skills and involve their
students in more writing activities. Teachers must apply to the summer
institute and those accepted receive a stipend towards tuition and books.
Participants study current theories of teaching writing and share their own
best practices. The 2000 project was the ninth in a row to be funded by the
National Writing Project, Berkeley, Calif.
Sponsor: National Writing Project
PIs: Pamela Fry
Department of
English: Richard Batteiger, Joye Alberts
Gaining Early
Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR-UP)
GEAR-UP is a
comprehensive five-year program utilizing diverse public and private two-year
and four-year institutions, a state agency, non-profit community based
organizations, and Tulsa Public Schools. The main objective of the program is
to work with approximately 1,200 middle school students and encourage them to
stay in school, study, and prepare for college or vocational training.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
PIs: Kouider Mokhtari, John Romans
Star Schools:
Integrated Language Arts Instruction
This project
develops a curriculum drawn from multiple disciplines — mathematics,
science, and social studies — using various instructional strategies, and
problem-solving activities based on selected questions or problems. An
integrated approach to teaching and learning allows students to use a variety
of communication tools and strategies — visual, mathematical, linguistic,
performance, etc., to explore, synthesize, and represent their understandings
of math and science content.
Sponsor:
U.S. Department of Education
PIs: Kouider Mokhtari, Leah Engelhardt
Global Learning
and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) is a curriculum developed
and supported by NASA and used as a framework for interdisciplinary studies of
environmental science. Working with Tulsa Public Schools, workshops will allow
teachers to earn six hours of graduate credit and become certified to implement
GLOBE materials into their classrooms.
Sponsors:
OSRHE, Dwight D. Eisenhower Program
PIs: Christine Moseley, Kay Reinke
Understanding
the NASA Earth Science Enterprise by Connecting Scientists, Teachers, and
Students in the K-8 Classroom
A new senior
level aerospace science course for elementary education majors was created that
integrates mathematics, science, and technology. The course involves on-site
data collection of NASA aerospace science related investigations, including
hydrology, soils, atmosphere, land cover, GIS measurements, and astronomy. The
research involves effectiveness of this course.
Sponsor:
NASA Opportunities for Visionary Academics (NOVA)
PIs:
Christine Moseley, Kay Reinke, Steve Marks
This project
provides training for teachers to be proficient in integrating technology into
their curriculum and increases the level of technology integration in teacher
education programs. The project is a collaborative effort and expands upon the
foundations set in place by the 21st Century Chautauqua Project, a Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers
to Use Technology effort (PT3).
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Education, University of Missouri
PI:
Pam Fry
Career and
Technology New Teacher Induction Process
This service and
research grant is a collaborative effort between ODCTE, 22 technology centers,
and Occupational Education Studies at UCO and OSU. Working as a team with local
administrators, a local instructional mentor, and a higher education
representative, first-year teachers are able to identify strengths, challenges,
goals, and strategies in order to move from surviving to thriving in
development of the skills for effective teaching.
Sponsors:
Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, Local Technology
Centers
PI: Mary Jo Crawford Self
Star Schools — The New Millennium: Improving Math and
Science in Middle Schools
A principal component of OSU's Star Schools project focuses on
integrating technology into math and science instruction. Specifically, the
World Wide Web will be utilized to deliver materials and models to train
teachers in the use of digital information storage and management, use of
office productivity software, use of educational software packages, use of
multimedia production tools, effective WWW searching strategies, use of digital
communication tools, web development, and appropriate use of information
technology tools in the classroom.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
PI: Susan Stansberry
Adult
Literacy Program: Public Education
and Awareness for Volunteers and Illiterate Adults
A campaign for
literary, project funds are directed toward literacy education for adults.
Sponsor: Association of Central Oklahoma
Governments
PI: David Yellin
Professional
development workshops were held focusing on strategies for teaching adults in
the areas of reading, learning disabilities, work-based education, family
literacy, assessment of basic skills, English as a second language, and other
relevant adult education and literacy topics.
Sponsor: Oklahoma State Department of Education
PI: Brenda Solomon
The OSU Professional Education Unit in collaboration with the
OSRHE held the first Teacher Cadet Workshop at the Union on Nov. 7th, 2001.
Teacher Cadet Programs encourage high school students to 1) focus on a teaching
career; 2) encourage minority students to enter the teaching profession; and 3)
specialize in high demand teaching areas. The 2002 Conference is scheduled for
Nov. 8, 2002.
Sponsor:
OSRHE
PI: Jeana Locke
A long-running
program conducted under the auspices of the Director of Research is the
National Clearinghouse for Rehabilitation Training Materials. Funded by a grant from the U.S.
Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration, its purpose is
to support the collection and dissemination of human resource development
materials created by the national vocational rehabilitation community. The
Clearinghouse, established at OSU in 1961, reaches an international audience of
rehabilitation practitioners and counselor education programs, special
educators, state vocational rehabilitation agencies, and community
rehabilitation programs. Its library contains more than 7,000 titles of printed
and audiovisual materials on topics related to people with disabilities. It provides document delivery,
reference, and research services to the national rehabilitation community.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
PI:
Judy Seefeldt
OSU
Education Extension and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary continued their
collaborative venture to support a four-day workshop on techniques in distance
learning. With over 300 graduates
of the program, the OSU/USCG Distance Learning Technology Education Course is
recognized throughout the U.S. Department of Transportation as the preeminent
e-Learning curriculum. Although the program was initially designed to support
the CG Auxiliary, the Coast Guard now provides access to active duty,
reservists and civilian personnel.
Sponsor: U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
PI: Adrienne Hyle