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Liu, Mei-Hui; Kleinsasser, Robert – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
This yearlong study describes multiple stakeholders' perspectives of 20 preservice English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers, 43 elementary school students, 2 online mentors, and a teacher-researcher during a technology professional development practicum on a cloud. The case study provides qualitative and quantitative data from stakeholders…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Stork, Michele Garabedian; Zhang, Jingshun; Wang, Charles Xiaoxue – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
To explore the potential for building multicultural awareness in university students using synchronous technology, faculty members from an American regional state university and a Chinese regional university collaborated to find appropriate ways to integrate synchronous technology (e.g., Adobe Connect) into a teacher education program in the…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Awareness, Multicultural Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation
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Naghdipour, Bakhtiar; Eldridge, Nilgün Hancioglu – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
The use of online social networking sites for educational purposes or expanding curricular opportunities has recently sparked debates in scholarly forums. This potential, however, has yet to attract sufficient attention in second language classes, and particularly in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts. The current study explores the…
Descriptors: Social Media, Affordances, English Language Learners, Second Language Instruction
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Beriswill, Joanne Elizabeth; Bracey, Pamela Scott; Sherman-Morris, Kathleen; Huang, Kun; Lee, Sang Joon – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
To help satisfy the pressing need for technology-related professional development for in-service teachers, the Global Academic Essentials Teacher Institute (GAETI) was implemented to provide in-service foreign language and social studies teachers with content, pedagogy, and technology explorations centered on the teaching of the Common Core State…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving