Research Perspectives and Best Practices in Educational Technology Integration

Jared Keengwe (University of North Dakota, USA)

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With advancements in technology continuing to influence all areas of society, students in current classrooms have a different understanding and perspective of learning than the educational system has been designed to teach.

Research Perspectives and Best Practices in Educational Technology Integration highlights the emerging digital age, its complex transformation of the current educational system, and the integration of educational technologies into teaching strategies. This book offers best practices in the process of incorporating learning technologies into instruction and is an essential resource for academicians, professionals, educational researchers in education and educational-related fields.

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Pedagogical and Technological Considerations Designing Collaborative Learning Using Educational Technologies (pages 1-27)

Karen Skibba (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), Danyelle Moore (Niagara University, USA), Jennifer H. Herman (Niagara University, USA)

Digital educational technologies can be used by instructors to help students create collaborative knowledge in the higher education classroom. This chapter describes... Sample PDF | More details...

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Integrating Technology in Teacher Education Programs (pages 28-43)

James N. Oigara (Canisius College, USA)

This chapter discusses technology integration in teacher education programs. Although opportunities for technology training have become more available to prospective... Sample PDF | More details...

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Increasing Student Engagement and Extending the Walls of the Classroom with Emerging Technologies (pages 44-60)

Thomas G Wangler (Benedictine University, USA), Ellen M Ziliak (Benedictine University, USA)

Some tend to view the use of technology as the panacea people have all been waiting for, and yet, if a piece of software or technology is not used properly, it can a... Sample PDF | More details...

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Technology Expanding Horizons in Teacher Education: Transformative Learning Experiences (pages 61-79)

Darrell Hucks (Keene State College, USA), Matthew Ragan (Keene State College, USA)

The purpose of this exploratory action research study was to examine how the modeling by instructors of technology integration would affect the quality of the lesson... Sample PDF | More details...

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A State of the Art Cart: Visual Arts and Technology Integration in Teacher Education (pages 80-104)

Valerie Nguyen (Pacific University, USA), Mark Szymanski (Pacific University, USA)

This chapter examines research that characterizes the complexity of teaching and integrating visual arts in K-12 education. Issues include teachers’ previous experie... Sample PDF | More details...

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Media and Technology Integration through Media Literacy Education (pages 105-128)

Theresa A. Redmond (Appalachian State University, USA)

This chapter reports case study research that investigated teachers’ use of media and technology in a seventh grade media literacy class. The purpose of this study w... Sample PDF | More details...

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Librarians’ Roles in Informatics to Support Classroom Incorporation of Technology (pages 129-147)

Lesley S. J. Farmer (California State University Long Beach, USA)

Informatics, particularly as applied to K12 settings, has received little systematic attention worldwide, although the field itself is growing due to the impact of t... Sample PDF | More details...

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Employing Emerging Technologies in Educational Settings: Issues and Challenges (pages 148-162)

Ajlan M. Alshehri (Institute of Public Administration, Saudi Arabia)

This chapter aims to enrich knowledge and open discussion towards employing the emerging technologies in educational settings particularly in developing countries su... Sample PDF | More details...

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Internet Technology Levels in a Higher Education Teaching and Learning Environment: Discriminant Function Analysis Approach (pages 163-177)

John K. Rugutt (Illinois State University, USA), Lucille L. T. Eckrich (Illinois State University, USA), Caroline C. Chemosit (Lincoln College, USA)

The authors of this study utilized the discriminant function analysis using extreme student groups (top and bottom quartiles) defined by students’ internet technolog... Sample PDF | More details...

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Integration of the Computer Games into Early Childhood Education Pre-Service Teachers’ Mathematics Teaching (pages 178-196)

Hatice Sancar Tokmak (Mersin University, Turkey), Lutfi Incikabi (Kastamonu University, Turkey)

Mathematics experiences in the early years of education can help children be more prepared for the future. Mathematics is known to be one of the most difficult learn... Sample PDF | More details...

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A Case Study in Online Delivery: Boarding the Bullet Train to an Online Music Degree (pages 197-216)

Beth Gigante Klingenstein (Valley City State University, USA), Sara Hagen (Valley City State University, USA)

This case study explores the journey that allowed the music faculty at a small public university in North Dakota to create a groundbreaking undergraduate online musi... Sample PDF | More details...

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Using Social Media to Enhance Instruction in Higher Education (pages 217-241)

Bethany K. B. Fleck (Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA), Aaron S. Richmond (Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA), Heather D. Hussey (Northcentral University, USA)

This chapter informs readers on ways to integrate social media into the college classroom. Preexisting and relevant research is reviewed including suggested practice... Sample PDF | More details...

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A TPACK Course for Developing Pre-Service Teachers’ Technology Integration Competencies: From Design and Application to Evaluation (pages 242-269)

Isil Kabakci Yurdakul (Anadolu University, Turkey), H. Ferhan Odabasi (Anadolu University, Turkey), Y. Levent Sahin (Anadolu University, Turkey), Ahmet N. Coklar (Konya University, Turkey)

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) is one of the technology integration models that focuses on effective technology integration related to teacher c... Sample PDF | More details...

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Changing the Face of ELA Classrooms: A Case Study of TPACK Professional Development (pages 270-287)

Dianna L. Newman (University at Albany/SUNY, USA), Victoria C. Coyle (University at Albany/SUNY, USA), Lori A. McKenna (Schenectady City School District, USA)

This chapter looks at the delivery of professional development on technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK), designed to increase teachers’ abilities to in... Sample PDF | More details...

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Integrating Technology into Mathematics Teaching: A TPACK (Technological, Pedagogical, Content Knowledge)-Based Course Design for College Students (pages 288-303)

Lutfi Incikabi (Kastamonu University, Turkey), Hatice Sancar Tokmak (Mersin University, Turkey)

The relationships between content, pedagogy, and technology are important for teaching, yet complex for teachers. The idea of technological, pedagogical, and content... Sample PDF | More details...

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Privacy and Identity Management in Social Media: Driving Factors for Identity Hiding (pages 304-320)

Simone Smala (University of Queensland, Australia), Saleh Al-Shehri (University of Queensland, Australia)

Social networking media are becoming more widespread as educational learning sites. For this reason, it is important to investigate how concerns about identity manag... Sample PDF | More details...

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Keengwe (education, U. of North Dakota) compiles 16 articles by education, technology, and other researchers working in the US, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Australia, who outline best practices in incorporating learning technologies into classroom instruction, for academics, professionals, and educational researchers. They discuss the integration of digital tools like social media, collaboratively written online documents, webinars, clickers, simulation games, and web technologies; emerging technologies like Maple and screencasting to increase student engagement; the role of modeling technology integration by teachers in elementary teacher education courses; integrating technology in teacher education programs, visual arts education in K-12, and media literacy classes; the role of librarians in informatics to support classrooms; using educational technologies in developing countries like Saudi Arabia; technology use levels in higher education; incorporating educational computer games into upper-level education courses; the history of the online music degree at one college; the use of social media in higher education; the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge model; and privacy and identity management in social media.

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Academic Frameworks
Applications in Education
Global Learning Environments
Mobile Technologies in Education
Teacher Development with Educational Technologies
Ubiquitous Technologies

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Author(s)/Editor(s) Biography

Dr. Keengwe is a faculty member at the University of North Dakota. He previously taught at Muskingum University (Ohio) and Indiana State University where he also received his PhD in Curriculum and Instruction (Educational Technology). His teaching and scholarly writing interests focus primarily on the integration of educational technology tools into classroom instruction to enhance active, engaged learning, and constructivist perspectives on teaching and learning. Dr. Keengwe serves on the editorial review board of numerous national/international refereed journals and has authored or co-authored at least 65 peer-reviewed publications in scholarly book chapters and refereed journal articles. He is the co-editor of "Adult Learning in the Digital Age: Perspectives on Online Technologies and Outcomes" (2009) and "Virtual Mentoring for Teachers: Online Professional Development Practices" (2012). He is the editor of two recently published books: "Pedagogical Applications and Social Effects of Mobile Technology Integration" (2013) and "Research Perspectives and Best Practices in Educational Technology Integration" (2013). Dr. Keengwe has been recognized for his outstanding professional accomplishments. He was the 2011 recipient of the University of North Dakota (UND) McDermott Faculty Award for Excellence in Academic Advising. He was also a recipient of the 2010 North Dakota Spirit Faculty Achievement Award for Outstanding Teaching, Research, and Professional Contributions to the College of Education at UND, and the 13th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Award for service to UND. At the national level, Keengwe was one of the 10 recipients selected to receive the 2010 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division K --Teacher Education-- Travel Award.

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