Education


Selected Publications & Presentations

Ebersole, S. & Woods, R. (2007). Motivations for viewing reality television: A uses and gratifications analysis. Southwestern Mass Communication Journal, 23(1), 23-42.

Social media in the new media classroom: A marriage made in heaven? Paper presented to Broadcast Education Association annual conference, Las Vegas, NV, April 29, 2006. Awarded 2nd place in the Communication Technology Division paper competition.

Motivations for viewing reality TV: A uses and gratifications analysis. Paper presented to Broadcast Education Association annual conference, Las Vegas, NV, April 21, 2005, with Robert Woods. Awarded 2nd place in the Research Division, debut category.

Ebersole, S. (2005). On their own: Students' academic use of the commercialized web. Library Trends, 53(4), 530-538.

Woods, R. & Ebersole, S. (2004). Connecting for success in the online classroom. In K.W. White & J.D. Baker (Eds.) The Student Guide to Successful Online Learning: A Handbook of Tips, Strategies, and Techniques (pp. 137-149). Boston: MA: Pearson Allyn & Bacon.

Ebersole, S. (2003). Online learning communities: Connecting with success. The Journal of Education, Community, and Values: Interface on the Internet, 3(9). [Online] available: http://bcis.pacificu.edu/journal/2003/09/0903.php

Woods, R. & Ebersole, S. (2003). Social networking in the online classroom: Foundations of effective online learning. E-Journal, 12/13(1). [Online] available: http://www.ucalgary.ca/ejournal/archive/v12-13/v12-13n1Woods-browse.html

Woods, R. & Ebersole, S. (2003). Using non-subject matter specific discussion boards to build connectedness in online learning. The American Journal of Distance Education, 17(2), 99-118.

Ebersole, S., & Vorndam, M. (2003). Adoption of computer-based instructional methodologies: A case study. International Journal on E-Learning 2(2), 15-20. [Online] available: http://www.aace.org/dl/index.cfm/fuseaction/View/paperID/12678. Paper had been presented to the 13th annual Telecoop Distance Learning Conference, Breckenridge, CO, April 17-19, 2002, and to Ed-Media 2002: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Denver, CO, June 24-29, 2002.

Joyce, R., & Ebersole, S. (2002). Morphing inside out: The image of the outsider in the films of Peter Weir. In W. Wright & S. Kaplan (Ed.), Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery. The Image of the Outsider in Literature, Media, and Society (pp. 27-32). Pueblo, CO: University of Southern Colorado.

Ebersole, S. (2001). Manual del Operador Profesional de Radio y Television. Escuela de Cine y Video, Madrid: Spain.

Ebersole, S. & Woods, R. H. Jr. (2001). Virtual community: Koinonia or compromise?-Theological implications of community in cyberspace. Christian Scholars Review, 31(2), pp. 185-216.

Ebersole, S. (2001). Media determinism in Cyberspace. In L.R. Vandervert, L.V. Shavinina, and R. A. Cornell, Eds.), Cybereducation: The Future of Long Distance Learning (pp. 15-40). New York: Mary Ann Liebert, Publishers.

Ebersole, S. (2000). Uses and gratifications of the Web among students. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 6 (1). [Online] available: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol6/issue1/ebersole.html

Uses of the World-Wide Web by Adolescents in Public Schools. Presentation to the International Conference on Learning with Technology, Philadelphia, PA, March, 2000. pdf file

Uses and Gratifications of the WWW in an Educational Context. Presentation to the 71st Annual WSCA Convention, Sacramento, CA. February, 2000.

Sterling, C. H. (Ed.), (1998). Focal Encyclopedia of Electronic Media. Boston: Butterworth-Heineman. Contributing author of approximately 60 articles and definitions.

Uses and Gratifications of the WWW in an Educational Context: A Pilot Study. Presentation to the 26th Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Alexandria, VA. October, 1998.

Ebersole, S. (1998). The risk of hip: A neoformalist analysis of Wired magazine. Proceedings of the Southeast Colloquium, Vol. VII., pp. 155-175. The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Awarded best faculty research paper in magazine division.

Ebersole, S. (1997). Cognitive elements in the design and deployment of interactive hypermedia: Implications for authoring WWW sites. IPCT-J, 5 (1-2), pp. 19-36.

An Electronic Journal of Communication. Presentation to the annual Convention of the Eastern Communication Association, New York, NY. May, 1996.

Ebersole, S. & Miller, G. (1995). The Information Superhighway and Education: A View from I-25 and College Road, a 2-hour video documentary and content guide.

Ebersole, S. (1992). Broadcast Technology Worktext, Focal Press.


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