{"title":"Review: Teaching Naked by José Antonio Bowen","authors":"B. Larson","doi":"10.2458/AZU_ITET_V2I2_LARSON","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2458/AZU_ITET_V2I2_LARSON","url":null,"abstract":"This article is a review of the book Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology Out of Your College Classroom Will Improve Student Learning by Jose Antonio Bowen, with particular attention to its applications towards language instruction classrooms. Split into three sections, the book presents new technology that has recently become available, how to use it with special attention toward a flipped-classroom model, and finally some persuasive arguments for the inclusion of technologically-flipped classrooms in higher education (particularly American universities) written for an audience of administrators and policy makers. After a brief introduction section, I intend to critically examine each section, and close the paper with a discussion on the potential benefits and complications when applying this approach toward SLA and language classrooms. DOI: 10.2458/azu_itet_v2i2_larson","PeriodicalId":173411,"journal":{"name":"Issues and Trends in Educational Technology","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123875422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Transforming Education with New Media","authors":"M. Polat","doi":"10.2458/AZU_ITET_V2I1_PLOAT","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2458/AZU_ITET_V2I1_PLOAT","url":null,"abstract":"Peter DePietro’s Transforming Education with New Media: Participatory Pedagogy, Interactive Learning, and Web 2.0 covers multiple aspects of integrating technology in education, ranging from social media to cloud services. He supports his assertions with case studies carried out in his own classes. Although the text can, at times, seem more like a personal reflection than a theoretical work, Transforming Education with New Media is a valuable contribution for educators, administrators, policy-makers and even parents who wish to familiarize themselves with various applications of technology in the educational field. DOI: 10.2458/azu_itet_v2i1_polat","PeriodicalId":173411,"journal":{"name":"Issues and Trends in Educational Technology","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131831981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Lambert, Luke Erickson, Ali Alhramelah, Derick Rhoton, Robin Lindbeck, D. Sammons
{"title":"Technology and Adult Students In Higher Education: A Review of the Literature","authors":"C. Lambert, Luke Erickson, Ali Alhramelah, Derick Rhoton, Robin Lindbeck, D. Sammons","doi":"10.2458/AZU_ITET_V2I1_LAMBERT","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2458/AZU_ITET_V2I1_LAMBERT","url":null,"abstract":"Adult learners are becoming more common in institutions of higher education. These learners often bring with them experiences and expectations that can significantly affect their educational needs, progress and activity in the classroom. A review of the literature suggests instructors in higher educational settings need to review their current teaching methodologies in light of the increase in enrollment of these types of students. Specifically, pedagogical, or instructor-centered, approaches tend to be less effective in meeting the needs of adult learners. Additionally, faculty must change their perceptions about the presence and utilization of instructional technologies in meeting student needs, especially those of adults. Instructors must consider how technology can influence the development and application of andragogy in the classroom to assist adult learners. DOI: 10.2458/azu_itet_v2i1_lambert","PeriodicalId":173411,"journal":{"name":"Issues and Trends in Educational Technology","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128264849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Availability and Use of Digital Technologies in P-12 Classrooms of Selected Countries","authors":"Phu Vu","doi":"10.2458/AZU_ITET_V2I1_VU","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2458/AZU_ITET_V2I1_VU","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined what digital technologies were available and how they were used in classrooms in 14 countries around the world. The findings of the study indicated that there was an enormous difference in terms of access to digital technologies available in the classrooms between developed countries and developing countries. Classrooms in the U.S had more digital technologies than other classrooms around the world, but they did not use technology the most. Within the group of developed countries, the difference in digital technologies available in the classrooms was not large. However, within the group of developing countries, there was a large difference in terms of different technologies available in the classrooms. The findings of the study also revealed a universal issue of technology integration in education around the world: schools may have the funds to spend on technology, but they did not always have the funds to hire people to help teachers with technology integration. DOI: 10.2458/azu_itet_v2i1_vu","PeriodicalId":173411,"journal":{"name":"Issues and Trends in Educational Technology","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114135445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Murthy, Eileen Shannon, Thomas K. Short, Elsa-Sofia Morote, Albert Inserra
{"title":"One-to-One Computing, One-to-One Learning Predictors for Implementation of Differentiated Instruction","authors":"P. Murthy, Eileen Shannon, Thomas K. Short, Elsa-Sofia Morote, Albert Inserra","doi":"10.2458/AZU_ITET_V1I2_MURTHY","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2458/AZU_ITET_V1I2_MURTHY","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to examine variables that predict teachers’ implementation of differentiated instruction in a one-to-one high school computing environment. Predictors were: collaborative learning, project-based learning implementation, knowledge regarding the use of technology and years of experience and the interrelationship among those variables The participants were 170 teachers in a one-to-one computing environment who responded to an on-line survey sent via an email link from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the One-to-One Institute. A path analysis was performed to evaluate the strength of each variable in predicting differentiated instruction implementation. There were strong relationships found to exist between variables collaborative learning, project-based learning implementation, knowledge regarding the use of technology and years of experience in the one-to-one computing environment. Project-based learning was the highest predictor of differentiated instruction implementation. The four variables included in the model predict 84% of teachers’ implementation of differentiated instruction. The findings suggest that pedagogical best practices such as collaborative learning and project based learning coupled with a technology rich environment will result in a teacher’s implementation of differentiated instruction. DOI: 10.2458/azu_itet_v1i2_murthy","PeriodicalId":173411,"journal":{"name":"Issues and Trends in Educational Technology","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124988364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial: New Publication Mode for \"Issues and Trends in Educational Technology\"","authors":"Betul C. Czerkawski, Max A. Lieberman","doi":"10.2458/AZU_ITET_V1I2_CZERKAWSKI","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2458/AZU_ITET_V1I2_CZERKAWSKI","url":null,"abstract":"Recognizing that academic culture is adapting to technological affordances, Issues and Trends in Educational Technology will now publish articles as they are approved for inclusion in each issue. DOI: 10.2458/azu_itet_v1i2_czerkawski","PeriodicalId":173411,"journal":{"name":"Issues and Trends in Educational Technology","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133215757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An App to Teach With: A Case of Mobile Learning Non-adoption in Higher Ed","authors":"S. Matrix","doi":"10.2458/AZU_ITET_V1I2_MATRIX","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2458/AZU_ITET_V1I2_MATRIX","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a case study of student response to a custom-designed smartphone application for a large undergraduate communications course in Canada. The author analyzed over 2,000 students’ responses to the application over a two-and-a-half year period in order to evaluate the impact and sustainability of this mobile learning initiative. Fewer than half the students downloaded the free application to support their learning. A series of factors explained this non-adoption trend, including hardware restrictions, the cost of wireless data plans, and content redundancy. Based on this classroom experience and contextual research on Canadian mobile phone use, the author offers some cross-disciplinary best practices for mobile application design in college-level courses. DOI: 10.2458/azu_itet_v1i2_matrix","PeriodicalId":173411,"journal":{"name":"Issues and Trends in Educational Technology","volume":"99 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128009546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Scenario-Based e-Learning: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Online Workforce Learning. Ruth Colvin Clark","authors":"Eugene W. Lyman","doi":"10.2458/AZU_ITET_V1I2_LYMAN","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2458/AZU_ITET_V1I2_LYMAN","url":null,"abstract":"Ruth Colvin Clark’s Scenario-Based e-Learning: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Online Workforce Learning presents a well-developed method for deploying scenario-based learning models in online environments. A level of general familiarity with both instructional design practice and e-learning development is assumed throughout; some sequencing of concepts within the text may prove challenging for less-experienced readers. Nonetheless, Scenario-Based e-Learning is a significant contribution to the field. Experienced practitioners will find this book an excellent introduction that repeatedly rewards the careful reader. DOI: 10.2458/azu_itet_v1i2_lyman","PeriodicalId":173411,"journal":{"name":"Issues and Trends in Educational Technology","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131967575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: \"Foundations of Educational Technology: Integrative Approaches and Interdisciplinary Perspectives\"","authors":"Eugene W. Lyman","doi":"10.2458/AZU_ITET_V1I1_LYMAN","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2458/AZU_ITET_V1I1_LYMAN","url":null,"abstract":"J. Michael Spector's Foundations of Educational Technology: Integrative Approaches and Interdisciplinary Perspectives is intended as an introductory-level textbook for graduate students and upper-level undergraduates seeking an orientation to foundational principles in educational technology. The book is successful in its intended purpose, but Spector's presentation of educational technology as a non-reductive and cross-disciplinary field creates structural tensions between the text's intended role as introductory survey and the underlying complexity of its philosophical hermeneutic. DOI: 10.2458/azu_itet_v1i1_lyman","PeriodicalId":173411,"journal":{"name":"Issues and Trends in Educational Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130858127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Analysis of Higher-Order Thinking: Examining a Secondary Physics I Web-Enhanced Instructional Design.","authors":"L. C. Manley","doi":"10.2458/AZU_ITET_V1I1_MANLEY","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2458/AZU_ITET_V1I1_MANLEY","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses a small-scale study assessing the extent to which the instructional design of a web-enhanced educational learning environment using the specific CMC discussion board tool facilitated higher-order thinking processes. The study was carried out in a secondary Physics I online module with 38 male and female high school students. Group discussion posts and final analyses data was coded and analyzed using the Garrison, Anderson, and Archer (2001) Community of Inquiry (CoI) model. Two raters coded over 311 discussion messages using the cognitive presence categories and indicators to determine the level of higher-order thinking processes. Each message was given a number relating to the model’s categories: 1= triggering , 2= exploration , 3= integration , and 4= resolution , plus an additional category of 5= social to determine the level of social presence. Results determined that 8% of participant groups’ postings moved to higher levels of thinking processes through the use of authentic learning activities, CMC discussion board tool, and teacher presence, however 32% could not move beyond exploration. Over 43% of student postings scored in the social category, an increased result than previous studies in higher education. Data also indicated 19 out of 38 that is 50% of the participants were able to score in the higher-order thinking levels on their final analyses rather than in the discussion thread. Well-designed online learning modules offering learners authentic learning activities, CMC collaborative tools, prompting questions, and teacher presence must be accompanied with precise structured directives for secondary learners to achieve higher levels of critical thinking within collaborative discussion groups. DOI: 10.2458/azu_itet_v1i1_manley","PeriodicalId":173411,"journal":{"name":"Issues and Trends in Educational Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129971397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}