Dianna L. Newman

Dianna L. Newman is associate professor at the University at Albany/SUNY, USA, and director of the Evaluation Consortium at Albany. Dr. Newman has served on the board of directors for the American Evaluation Association; assisted in writing the “Guiding Principles for Evaluators,” which function as the professional guidelines for practice; and served on the national Joint Committee for Standards in Educational Evaluation. She has been an evaluator for several federal- and state-funded technology-based curriculum integration grants and, currently, she is developing an innovative model of evaluation that will document systems change resulting from technology-based curriculum integration in K-12 and higher-education settings. Dr. Newman is widely published in the areas of technology innovation and K-12 curriculum practices.

Publications

Innovative Instruction in STEM Education: The Role of Student Feedback in the Development of a Flipped Classroom

Research from the learning sciences provides evidence that students engaged in collaborative learning in authentic activities are better able to retain and transfer knowledge to...

Innovative Instruction in STEM Education: The Role of Student Feedback in the Development of a Flipped Classroom

Research from the learning sciences provides evidence that students engaged in collaborative learning in authentic activities are better able to retain and transfer knowledge to...

Mobile Technology in Higher Education: Patterns of Replication and Transferability

Innovative instructional strategies and approaches are in high demand in STEM higher education. Currently, interest lies in the integration of mobile technology within these...

Serving Nontraditional Students: Meeting Needs through an Online Writing Program

The role of technology and educational media in supporting nontraditional adult learners is growing. One key area in which more research and development is needed is the...

Active Learning, Mentoring, and Mobile Technology: Meeting Needs across Levels in One Place

Educators are creating authentic settings that utilize active learning, mobile technology, and mentoring in efforts to promote students' success in developing 21st Century...

Mobile Technology in Higher Education: Patterns of Replication and Transferability

Innovative instructional strategies and approaches are in high demand in STEM higher education. Currently, interest lies in the integration of mobile technology within these...

Active Learning, Mentoring, and Mobile Technology: Meeting Needs across Levels in One Place

Educators are creating authentic settings that utilize active learning, mobile technology, and mentoring in efforts to promote students' success in developing 21st Century...

Using Technology in a Studio Approach to Learning: Results of a Five Year Study of an Innovative Mobile Teaching Tool

Presented in this chapter are findings related to the use of the Mobile Studio concept in STEM classes including how the use of an innovative technology that replaced traditional...

Flipping STEM Learning: Impact on Students' Process of Learning and Faculty Instructional Activities

The call for reform in education, based on the recognition of an increased role of technology, as well as the rapid advancement of technology types and uses, requires major...

Moving from Professional Development to Real-Time Use: How are we Changing Students?

This chapter demonstrates the importance of teacher training in the use of technology in literacy instruction by focusing on the need to update current teachers’ skills and...

Flipping STEM Learning: Impact on Students’ Process of Learning and Faculty Instructional Activities

The call for reform in education, based on the recognition of an increased role of technology, as well as the rapid advancement of technology types and uses, requires major...

Changing the Face of ELA Classrooms: A Case Study of TPACK Professional Development

This chapter looks at the delivery of professional development on technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK), designed to increase teachers' abilities to integrate...

Moving from Professional Development to Real-Time Use: How are we Changing Students?

This chapter demonstrates the importance of teacher training in the use of technology in literacy instruction by focusing on the need to update current teachers' skills and...

Changing the Face of ELA Classrooms: A Case Study of TPACK Professional Development

This chapter looks at the delivery of professional development on technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK), designed to increase teachers’ abilities to integrate...

Using Technology in a Studio Approach to Learning: Results of a Five Year Study of an Innovative Mobile Teaching Tool

Presented in this chapter are findings related to the use of the Mobile Studio concept in STEM classes including how the use of an innovative technology that replaced traditional...

Motivation in Online Environments

As the number of Internet users grows, and the opportunities for online activity increase, it is worth considering what motivates or drives people to participate online....

Videoconferencing Technology in K-12 Instruction: Best Practices and Trends

The use of videoconferencing is a growing factor in education and instructional technology. The majority of schools and higher education institutions now access or obtain some...

Videoconferencing Communities: Documenting Online User Interactions

Online communities have expanded to include a complex array of technologies that allow us to integrate multiple modes of interaction among participants. One such method of...

Videoconferencing and the K-12 Classroom: What is it? and Why do it?

This chapter introduces the concept of videoconferencing in K-12 education by providing an overview of what it is and why it should be used. Key terms are defined and an over...

The Impact of Multi-Media Videoconferencing on Children's Learning: Positive Outcomes of Use

The use of videoconferencing as a means of bringing external informal educators into the K-12 classroom is an area of increasing interest in the field of education. To date...

The Role of User Characteristics in the Development and Evaluation of E-Learning Systems

This chapter presents a multi-phase cyclical model of designing, developing, and evaluating instructional technology (IT) learning systems based on inclusion of users’...

Videoconferencing Communities: Documenting Online User Interactions

Online communities have expanded to include a complex array of technologies that allow us to integrate multiple modes of interaction among participants. One such method of...

E-Learning and Virtual Science Centers: Designing Technology Supported Curriculum

A model for partnership with virtual science content providers creates technology-infused science curriculum using interactive videoconferencing technologies and supporting Web...