Empirical Research
The Effectiveness of Face-to-Face vs. Web Camera
By Beth R. Walizer, Sue L. Jacobs, and Cyndi L. Danner-Kuhn
Volume 5 - Issue 3
Oct 17, 2007 - 8:11:43 AM

Upon admittance to elementary teacher education and extending through directed teaching, initial candidates are provided opportunities and skills necessary to deliver a technology rich lesson in an authentic classroom setting. The university has structured a continuum of practice for initial candidates in measuring and evaluating their ability to construct and deliver a lesson using integration of technology. Remote field experience evaluations provide evidence of comparative research conducted on the effectiveness of face-to-face observation evaluations by university supervisors in comparison with observation evaluations using transparent technology, such as a web camera and videoconferencing, using inter-rater reliability. Comparative research conducted on the effectiveness of remote field experience evaluations give initial candidates the opportunity to receive immediate feedback from multiple sources.