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Cai, Qijie Vicky; Hong, Huili; McNary, Scot W.; Song, Liyan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
To broaden participation in robotics education, a free, after-school robotics program has been designed and developed at a public university. As part of a longitudinal study, this paper reports the first iteration of the program, offered to 12 students from Grades 3 through 7 in spring 2022. Three preservice teachers were trained as…
Descriptors: Program Development, Robotics, Computation, Thinking Skills
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Mary Ellen Dello Stritto; Naomi R. Aguiar; Greta R. Underhill; Cat Turk; Gretchen Lohry-Smith; Raquel Lamantain – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
In higher education, online students are often precluded from research assistantships that are more accessible for campus-based students. At a highly ranked institution for online learning, we developed the Undergraduate Research Program (URP) to address this gap in opportunities for online students. The URP is designed to engage fully distanced…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Distance Education, Student Research, Research Opportunities
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Fletcher-Watson, Sue – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
The proliferation of mobile technologies and apps raises questions for researchers in the field of educational technology. Many apps are marketed as having impact on learning or therapeutic outcome in populations with additional support needs. This paper briefly outlines three possible academic responses to the rise of therapeutic technologies for…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Telecommunications, Computer Oriented Programs, Autism
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Lockee, Barbara B.; Reiser, Robert A. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
The IDT (Instructional Design and Technology) Program Information Tool is an online information sharing system which has been created to allow programs in the field of instructional design and technology to share their program policies and procedures with one another easily so as to help each program review those practices and perhaps adapt (or…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Web Sites, Educational Practices