747 Collaboration

I was very impressed with the literature cited and the concepts included. The paper was very informative, organized, and well presented. I kept waiting to find out if such virtual change agents (VCA) were actually in existence or if the author was presenting characteristics that should be included in a proposed VCA. As the author spoke I was thinking of the Wee and Wii characters that can be built in AIM and in the Wii games. They have expressions that are triggered by words and phrases, so qualities the author stated as being needed for VCA are very possible to be built in a virtual character.

Although the article was definitely about teacher education, and very timely, I didn’t see the research aspect. The literature review seemed through but there was no study presented to verify the proposed findings.

This is a topic of great interest to me in both my employment and my studies. I have seen the reluctance to use technology that has been introduced with initial training and is available. The reasoning provided that explained difficulties of technology integration were well stated. The descriptions of the qualities needed in a VCA to help pre-service teachers made sense and were documented. I think this article may be of interest to your readers, however the lacking study is of concern. If having a study is imperative, I would suggest rejection.

I was very impressed with the literature cited and the concepts included. The paper was very informative, organized, and well presented. I was unclear if such virtual change agents (VCA) were actually in existence or if the you were presenting characteristics that should be included in a proposed VCA. As the you spoke I was thinking of the Wee and Wii characters that can be built in AIM and in the Wii games. They have expressions that are triggered by words and phrases, so I imagine the qualities you mentioned as being needed for VCA are very possible to be built in a virtual character.

This is a topic of great interest to me in both my employment and my studies. I have seen the reluctance to use technology that has been introduced with initial training and is available. The reasoning you provided that explained difficulties of technology integration were well stated. The descriptions of the qualities needed in a VCA to help pre-service teachers made sense and were documented. I think this article would be of interest to readers, however the lacking study is of concern. Perhaps another journal would be interested in publishing it.

Excellent review. Well written and accurate. The only thing needed was a recommendation
to accept or reject. We rejected this article based on the fact that there was too little
data to support the claims made. You picked-up on this and mentioned it in your review.