The COVID-19 pandemic in Spring 2020 caused college classes to be changed from face-to-face classes to online classes. For some students, this was their first introduction to online courses. The pandemic resulted in many summer classes also to be online. Two graduate information systems courses typically taught in face-to-face four week summer…

The flipped classroom has been gaining popularity in recent years. In theory, flipping the classroom appears sound: passive learning activities such as unidirectional lectures are pushed to outside class hours in the form of videos, and precious class time is spent on active learning activities. Yet the courses for information systems (IS)…

This study examines the impact of Learning and Teaching Linear Functions (LTLF) professional development materials on teachers' mathematics understanding and teaching practices, as well as students' resulting algebra proficiency, learning, and achievement. Learning and Teaching Linear Functions are modular, video-based professional development…

This study employed technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) and new literacies frameworks to explore in-service teachers' developing understanding of integrating technology into literacy instruction while concurrently enrolled in a graduate level course and teaching students in a digital writing camp. The inclusion of a…

Adopting new curricula presents both a need and an opportunity for professional development to advance teacher content knowledge and instructional practices for achieving curriculum-specific student outcomes. This study examines two modalities of professional development: face-to-face in a summer workshop and online that included two days of…

Much has been written recently about the role of talk in content-area learning, including science learning. However, there is still much to be learned about how teachers begin to engage students in the kinds of peer-to-peer conversations that help them make sense of their investigations in science and that advance their conceptual understandings.…