ILT Papers

By John Black

  Imaginary Worlds by John B. Black. - Teachers College, Columbia University (Word Document, 848 Kb)

  Learning Newtonian mechanics with an animation game: The role of presentation format on mental model acquisition by Margaret S. Chan and John B. Black. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco - Teachers College, Columbia University (PDF Document, 179Kb)

  Designing Games with Explanatory Transparency for Better Learning and Understanding by John Black - Presented at the 2006 Game Developer's Conference , March 20-24, San Jose, California. (PowerPoint Presentation, 473Kb)

  When can animation improve learning? Some implications for human computer interaction and learning. by Margaret S. Chan and John B. Black - To be published in the Proceedings of EdMedia2005, AACE.
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  Direct-manipulation animation: incorporating the haptic channel in the learning process to support middle school students in science learning and mental model acquisition by Margaret S. Chan and John B. Black - To be published in the Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, 2006. LEA. (PDF Document, 134Kb)

An Interpretation Construction Approach to Constructivist Design - [The "ICON Paper"] John B. Black and Robbie McClintock. Original article published: In B. Wilson (Ed.) Constructivist learning environments. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, 1995.

Constructivist Design of Graphic Computer Simulations
John B. Black, Will Thalheimer, Hilary Wilder, Donna de Soto, Paul Picard
Teachers College, Columbia University

Assessing Student Understanding and Learning in Constructivist Study Environments
John B. Black, Robert McClintock, Clifford Hill
Teachers College, Columbia University

Text and Interactive Panoramic Imagery: Psychological Findings that Affect their Use in Education and Training
David VanEsselstyn
John B. Black
Teachers College, Columbia University

Computer-based Tools for the Development and Investigation of Scientific Reasoning Skills
Danielle E. Kaplan
John B. Black
Teachers College, Columbia University

Fostering Mental-Model Thinking During Design
Alyce C. Hachey
Lisa Tsuei
John B. Black
Teachers College, Columbia University

By Susan Lowes

  Studying the Effectiveness of the Discussion Forum in Online Professional Development Courses by Dr. Susan Lowes, Peiyi Lin, Yan Wang - Paper prepared for the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco

Trends in Professional Development for K-12 Virtual Schools. Cathy Cavanaugh and Robert Blomeyer, eds., What Works in K-12 Online Learning. Washington, DC: The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), forthcoming in 2006.

Online Teacher Professional Development. Presentation to the Sloan Foundation Invitational Conference on K-12 Higher Education Collaboration, Washington, DC, March 17, 2006.

Mapping the World: Freehand Mapping and Children’s Understanding of Geography Concepts. Research funded by the National Geographic Education Fund; paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council for Geography Education, Birmingham, AL, October 2005.

To Thrive and Prosper: Hiring, Supporting, and Tenuring Interdisciplinary Scholars. With Stephanie Pfirman, James P. Collins, and Anthony Michaels. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 11 February 2005; expanded version online at
http://www.pkal.org/documents/Pfirman_et-al_To-thrive-and-prosper.pdf

By Robbie McClintock

"Educating America for the 21st Century: A Strategic Plan for Educational Leadership January 2000 through December 2004 Version 2.1. (Robbie McClintock. New York: Institute for Learning Technologies, 1994.)

The Educators Manifesto
Renewing the Progressive Bond with Posterity through the Social Construction of Digital Learning Communities

Renewing the Progressive Contract with Posterity: On the Social Construction of Digital Communities. (Robert McClintock. New York: Institute for Learning Technologies, 1996.)

Institute for Learning Technologies: A Pedagogy for the 21st Century. (Joshua Reibel. New York: Institute for Learning Technologies, 1994.)

Power and Pedagogy: Transforming Education Through Information Technology (Robbie McClintock. New York: Institute for Learning Technologies, 1992.)

"Toward a Place for Study in a World of Instruction." (Robbie McClintock. Teachers College Record, Vol. 73: 2, December 1971, pp. 161-205.)

"Technology and Education: New Wine in New Bottles -- Choosing Pasts and Imagining Educational Futures" (Robbie McClintock, Luyen Chou, Frank Moretti and Don H. Nix. Abstract. New York: New Laboratory for Teaching and Learning, 1993.)

Smart Cities: New York.
Electronic Education for the New Millennium.

Prepared for the New York City Board of Education and its Taskforce on Teaching and Learning in Cyberspace

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Cities, Youth, and Technology:
Toward a Pedagogy of Autonomy

A Contribution to the International Symposium Zukunft der Jugend ORF RadioKulturhaus Vienna, September 20, 2000

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ILT Past Projects

Advanced Media in Education Project. (Robbie McClintock and K. A. Taipale. New York: Institute for Learning Technologies, 1995.)

The Eiffel Project -- New York City's Small Schools Partnership Technology Learning Challenge -- Executive Overview. (Robbie McClintock, Joshua Reibel and K. A. Taipale. New York: Institute for Learning Technologies, 1996).

The Eiffel Project -- New York City's Small Schools Partnership Technology Learning Challenge. Challenge Grant Proposal. (Robbie McClintock and Joshua Reibel. New York: Institute for Learning Technologies and the Center for Collaborative Education, 1996).

See also, a Listing of ILT Projects with summary descriptions.

Columbia University Strategic Reports

Advanced Media in Education | Columbia University -- Reflections on a Digital Future -- A Preliminary Report. V.1.1. (K. A. Taipale. New York: Office of the Vice Provost, Columbia University, 1995).

Columbia University Technology Assessment Reports

The Columbia University Multimedia Classrooms Initiative: Progress and Promise. (Joshua H. Reibel, Jennifer Hogan, Rachel Balsam, Karen Hasher, and Raoul Meyer. New York: Institute for Learning Technologies, 1996).

Earth's Environmental Systems -- Climate: First Assessment Report. (Joshua H. Reibel and Rachel S. Balsam. New York: Institute for Learning Technologies, 1996).

Columbia University: Undergraduate In-Class Participation in Advanced Engineering Research (UPAER): Evaluation Report. (Vanessa Stevens. New York: Institute for Learning Technologies, 1996).

The Gateway Engineering Education Coalition: Evaluation Report: Columbia University. (Marianne Bakia. New York: Institute for Learning Technologies, 1996.)

The Gateway Engineering Education Coalition: Evaluation Report: Columbia University. V.1.1 (Joshua H. Reibel and Marianne Bakia. New York: Institute for Learning Technologies, 1995.)

The Student Notebook Computer Initiative: Columbia Business School: First Evaluation Report. V.1.0 (Joshua H. Reibel and Marianne Bakia. New York: Institute for Learning Technologies, 1995.)

K-12 Technology Assessment Reports

The Corning School District: Implementing New Media in the Curriculum. (Joshua Reibel. New York: Institute for Learning Technologies, 1996).

The Haverford School: Technology and Curriculum Assessment. (Josh Reibel. New York: Institute for Learning Technologies, 1996).

The Dalton Technology Project

Second Annual Report -- 1992-1993. 2 vols. (Tom de Zengotita, Luyen Chou, Frank Moretti and Robbie McClintock. New York: New Laboratory for Teaching and Learning, 1993.)

Evaluation of the Dalton Technology Project from a Thinking Skills Perspective. John Black, Clifford Hill and Janet Schiff. New York: Department of Communication, Computing, and Technology in Education, 1993. 77 pp.)

Risk and Renewal: First Annual Report, 1991-1992. (Robbie McClintock, Tom de Zengotita, Luyen Chou and Frank Moretti. New York: New Laboratory for Teaching and Learning, 1992. 373 pp.)

The Cumulative Curriculum: Multi-media and the Making of a New Educational System: A Project Description. (Robbie McClintock and Frank Moretti. New York: Institute for Learning Technologies, 1991. 154 pp.)

Other Papers

Re-examining some of the premises underlying the use of instructional technology in science education (Kim Kastens, Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Presentation at Conference 6 of the Institute for Learning Technologies Conference Series. February 24, 1995.)

"Earth Sciences as a Vehicle for Illuminating the Boundary between the Known and the Unknown". (Kim Kastens. Adapted from Journal of Geological Education, 1995, v.43, p.138-140.)

"'Where are We?' An interactive multimedia tool for helping students 'translate' from maps to reality and vice versa". (Kim Kastens, David vanEsselstyn and Robbie McClintock. In press The Journal of Geological Education. 1995.)