Selected Publications
Lowes, Susan. (2008). “Mapping the World: Freehand Mapping and Children’s Understanding of Geography Concepts.” Research on Geography Education, 10 (2). (Research funded by the National Geographic Education Fund.)  

“Recent Research on Online Teaching and Learning: Implications for Practice,” panels organized for the October 2007, October 2008, and October 2009 Virtual School Symposium of the North American Council for Online Learning.  

McGrath, E., Sayres, J., Lowes, S., Lin, P. (2008). “Underwater LEGO Robotics as the Vehicle to Engage Students in STEM: The BUILD IT Project’s First Year of Classroom Implementation.” Paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education Mid-Atlantic, Hoboken, NJ, October 2008.  

McGrath, E., Lowes, S., Lin, P., Sayres, J., Hotaling, L., Stolkin, R. (2008). “Build IT: Building Middle and High School Students’ Understanding of Engineering, Science and IT through Underwater Robotics.” American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Pittsburgh, PA, pp. 2008-781.  

Lowes, Susan. (2008). “Online Teaching and Classroom Change: The Trans-Classroom Teacher in the Age of the Internet.” Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 4 (3). http://innovateonline.info. (Research funded by the U.S. Department of Education to Learning Point Associates.)  

Lowes, Susan. (2007). “Trends in Professional Development for K-12 Virtual Schools.” Chapter in Cathy Cavanaugh and Robert Blomeyer, eds., What Works in K-12 Online Learning?  Washington, DC: The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).  

Lowes, Susan, Lin, Peiyi, and Wang, Yan. (2007). “Studying the Effectiveness of the Discussion Forum in Online Professional Development Courses.” Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 6 (3).  

McKay, Mercedes, Lowes, Susan, and McGrath, Beth. (2006). “Do ‘Real World’ Learning Objects Make a Difference?” In C. Crawford et al. (eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2006, pp. 2975-2980. Chesapeake, VA: AACE, 2006.