TechTrendsPub Date : 2022-01-01Epub Date: 2021-08-30DOI: 10.1007/s11528-021-00654-0
Doris U Bolliger, Colleen Halupa
{"title":"An Investigation of Instructors' Online Teaching Readiness.","authors":"Doris U Bolliger, Colleen Halupa","doi":"10.1007/s11528-021-00654-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-021-00654-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It was the purpose of the study to investigate the readiness of faculty members at two private universities in the United States to teach online when a pandemic caused a shift to emergency remote or online teaching. Results show that instructors were somewhat ready to accomplish tasks related to online teaching. Participating instructors reported they felt most competent with course communication and least competent with time management. Significant differences in responses were found based on online teaching experience prior to the pandemic and years of online teaching experience. Results show that instructors who had confidence in online teaching were more prepared for the task than those who were not confident. This study has implications for online instructors, support staff who provide professional development opportunities and training for instructors, and administrators who provide resources for faculty and staff to support quality online course and program offerings at their institutions.</p>","PeriodicalId":47534,"journal":{"name":"TechTrends","volume":"66 2","pages":"185-195"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8405040/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39387487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TechTrendsPub Date : 2022-01-01Epub Date: 2022-10-19DOI: 10.1007/s11528-022-00808-8
John H Curry, Sean R Jackson
{"title":"Transition Complete: On the Work We do and the Value of Good Mentors.","authors":"John H Curry, Sean R Jackson","doi":"10.1007/s11528-022-00808-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-022-00808-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47534,"journal":{"name":"TechTrends","volume":" ","pages":"900-901"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9580413/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40566816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TechTrendsPub Date : 2021-01-01Epub Date: 2021-07-02DOI: 10.1007/s11528-021-00627-3
Charles B Hodges
{"title":"Introducing the July 2021 Issue.","authors":"Charles B Hodges","doi":"10.1007/s11528-021-00627-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-021-00627-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47534,"journal":{"name":"TechTrends","volume":"65 4","pages":"405-406"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s11528-021-00627-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39159271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TechTrendsPub Date : 2021-01-01Epub Date: 2021-07-29DOI: 10.1007/s11528-021-00636-2
Cara North, Mitchell Shortt, Margaret A Bowman, Babatunde Akinkuolie
{"title":"How Instructional Design Is Operationalized in Various Industries for job-Seeking Learning Designers: Engaging the Talent Development Capability Model.","authors":"Cara North, Mitchell Shortt, Margaret A Bowman, Babatunde Akinkuolie","doi":"10.1007/s11528-021-00636-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-021-00636-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 2020, as COVID-19 impacted the world, instructional designers quickly came to the forefront of higher education, consulting, and corporate settings. Additionally, in early 2020, the Association for Talent Development (ATD) globally launched their new Talent Development Capability Model. To determine how instructional design is operationalized in various industries, we utilized the Talent Development Capability Model as a framework to review 100 online job postings from LinkedIn, Indeed.com, and HigherEdJobs.com, scanning each for the 23 capabilities identified in the ATD Talent Development Capability Model. Using the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) organizational framework as our method of reviewing job postings, we found that instructional design, talent delivery and facilitation, technology application, communication, and collaboration and leadership capabilities appeared the most frequently. Educational requirements were statistically significantly associated with job sectors, as shown in our analysis. With these results and analysis, this research will inform both formal instructional design education programs and job seekers regarding how instructional design is operationalized in job requisitions. This research will also provide insights into alignments with the ATD Talent Development Capability Model and job requisitions.</p>","PeriodicalId":47534,"journal":{"name":"TechTrends","volume":"65 5","pages":"713-730"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s11528-021-00636-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39273247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TechTrendsPub Date : 2021-01-01Epub Date: 2021-01-16DOI: 10.1007/s11528-020-00575-4
Josh Herron, Kathryn A Wolfe
{"title":"University Innovation Hubs & Technology-Enhanced Learning in K12 Environments.","authors":"Josh Herron, Kathryn A Wolfe","doi":"10.1007/s11528-020-00575-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-020-00575-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Colleges and schools of education serve K12 educators very well in many areas and there are instructional design programs housed in traditional academic units that produce high-caliber scholars and researchers that impact our field. However, this article suggests that partnerships between university innovation hubs and K12 schools fill a gap of programming focused on developing practical skills related to digital transformation of learning environments. This article presents a case study of an innovation hub developing such programming. Anderson University (SC)'s Center for Innovation and Digital Learning (CIDL) staff began offering external professional development offerings for K12 educators and leaders who were seeking to use design thinking and emerging technologies as the university had been doing with its own initiatives, such as its one-to-one program. Over time, these relationships led to the development of a uniquely structured professional master's degree intentionally aligned to national K12 and post-secondary educational technology association standards as well as state online teacher endorsement criteria. The program is administered and taught by instructional design personnel in the CIDL, a university innovation hub outside of a traditional academic unit. The article offers insight into the development and alignment of external programming as well as specific insights from the learners, instructors, and the program leaders: (1) the importance of having practitioners as faculty in digital transformation programs; (2) the role of practitioner-faculty in professional community development; and (3) the organizational advantages and impact. Implications and further research opportunities around this type of programming will be identified as well.</p>","PeriodicalId":47534,"journal":{"name":"TechTrends","volume":"65 3","pages":"320-330"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s11528-020-00575-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38856080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TechTrendsPub Date : 2021-01-01Epub Date: 2021-10-01DOI: 10.1007/s11528-021-00670-0
Michael K Barbour
{"title":"The Shift to Distance Learning: Tracing the Roots of 100+ Years of Practice and Opportunity.","authors":"Michael K Barbour","doi":"10.1007/s11528-021-00670-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-021-00670-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47534,"journal":{"name":"TechTrends","volume":"65 6","pages":"919-922"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8484291/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39490616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TechTrendsPub Date : 2021-01-01Epub Date: 2021-02-24DOI: 10.1007/s11528-021-00589-6
Royce Kimmons, Joshua Rosenberg, Bohdana Allman
{"title":"Trends in Educational Technology: What Facebook, Twitter, and Scopus Can Tell us about Current Research and Practice.","authors":"Royce Kimmons, Joshua Rosenberg, Bohdana Allman","doi":"10.1007/s11528-021-00589-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-021-00589-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using large-scale, public data sources, this editorial provides a high-level description of educational technology trends leading up to and encompassing the year 2020. Data sources included (a) 17.9 million Facebook page posts by K-12 educational institutions in the U.S., (b) 131,760 tweets to the #EdTech hashtag on Twitter, and (c) 29,636 educational technology articles in the Scopus database. We provide a variety of descriptive results in the form of participation frequency charts, keyword matches, URL domain link counts, co-occurring hashtags, tweet text word trees, and common word and bigram frequencies. Results from the analysis of Facebook posts indicated that (a) schools increasingly used the platform over time, (b) the pandemic increased frequency (but not the nature) of use, (c) schools are progressively sharing more media, information, and tools, and (d) some of these tools align with trends identified by Weller (2020) while others do not. Analysis of tweets indicated that (a) discussions in 2020 revolved around \"remote learning\" and related topics, (b) this emphasis shifted or morphed into \"elearning\" and \"online learning\" as the year progressed, (c) shared posts were primarily informational or media-based, and (d) the space was heavily directed by a relatively small group of Superusers. Last, analysis of articles in Scopus indicated that (a) online learning is historically the most-researched topic in the field, (b) the past decade reflects a shift to more \"open\" and \"social\" topics, and (c) there seems to be a lag or disconnect between emergent high-interest technologies and research. Taken together, we conclude that these results show the field's preparation for addressing many challenges of 2020, but propose that, moving forward, we would be better served by embracing greater philosophical plurality and better addressing key issues, including equity and practicality.</p>","PeriodicalId":47534,"journal":{"name":"TechTrends","volume":"65 2","pages":"125-136"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s11528-021-00589-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25414974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TechTrendsPub Date : 2021-01-01Epub Date: 2021-03-18DOI: 10.1007/s11528-021-00599-4
Daniel G Krutka, Ryan M Smits, Troy A Willhelm
{"title":"Don't Be Evil: Should We Use Google in Schools?","authors":"Daniel G Krutka, Ryan M Smits, Troy A Willhelm","doi":"10.1007/s11528-021-00599-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-021-00599-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Google is a multinational technology company whose massive advertising profits have allowed them to expand into many areas, including education. While the company has increasingly faced public scrutiny, the use of Google software and hardware in schools has often resulted in little debate. In this paper, we conduct a technoethical audit of Google to address ethical, legal, democratic, economic, technological, and pedagogical concerns educators, students, and community members might consider. We describe how Google extracts personal data from students, skirts laws intended to protect them, targets them for profits, obfuscates the company's intent in their Terms of Service, recommends harmful information, and distorts students' knowledge. We propose that educators and scholars more closely interrogate the tools of Google and other technology companies to move toward more democratic and just uses of technology in schools.</p>","PeriodicalId":47534,"journal":{"name":"TechTrends","volume":"65 4","pages":"421-431"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s11528-021-00599-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25510764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TechTrendsPub Date : 2021-01-01Epub Date: 2021-01-06DOI: 10.1007/s11528-020-00563-8
Larian M Nkomo, Ben K Daniel
{"title":"Sentiment Analysis of Student Engagement with Lecture Recording.","authors":"Larian M Nkomo, Ben K Daniel","doi":"10.1007/s11528-020-00563-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-020-00563-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lecture recordings are useful learning resources that can support flexible, remote and distance learning, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study explored students' experiences of engaging with recorded lectures and the extent to which such engagement contributes to enhanced learning. The research involved the deployment of a questionnaire to undergraduate and postgraduate students (<i>n</i> = 660) who had access to lecture recordings at a research intensive public university in New Zealand. Key findings revealed that students who accessed lecture recordings reported an enhanced learning experience. They stated that the availability of lecture recordings created an inclusive learning environment for students with learning disabilities and fostered flexible learning for those who would otherwise be unable to attend lectures either due to sickness or work commitments. Data also suggest that students utilised lecture recordings as supplementary learning resources rather than a substitute for regular lecture attendance. Our findings substantiated previous research studies and additionally demonstrated the various ways in which students engage with lecture recordings. Moreover, the use of sentiment analysis shows how multiple data can be triangulated to confirm or contest research findings. Finally, we believe this study adds to the voice that lecture recordings are vital resources that support students' learning.</p>","PeriodicalId":47534,"journal":{"name":"TechTrends","volume":"65 2","pages":"213-224"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s11528-020-00563-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38742634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TechTrendsPub Date : 2021-01-01Epub Date: 2021-06-18DOI: 10.1007/s11528-021-00622-8
Danah Henriksen, Punya Mishra, Edwin Creely, Michael Henderson
{"title":"The Role of Creative Risk Taking and Productive Failure in Education and Technology Futures.","authors":"Danah Henriksen, Punya Mishra, Edwin Creely, Michael Henderson","doi":"10.1007/s11528-021-00622-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-021-00622-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47534,"journal":{"name":"TechTrends","volume":"65 4","pages":"602-605"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s11528-021-00622-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39135174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}