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What Is the Degree of Teacher Centrality in Optimal Teaching of Digital Literacy in a Technology-Enhanced Environment? Typology of Teacher Prototypes
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Yondler, Yael; Blau, Ina – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2023
This study explored the degree of teachers' centrality in the classroom while developing digital literacies of their students and the pedagogical strategies which are employed by teachers in this process. We conducted a bottom-up analysis on 65 semi-structured interviews (n = 4372 statements) based on two conceptual frameworks: the Digital…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Digital Literacy, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
Facilitating Content Knowledge, Language Proficiency, and Academic Competence through Digital Storytelling: Performance and Perceptions of First-Year Medical-Related Majors
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Yu-Shan Fan – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2024
This study explores pedagogical applications of using digital storytelling to facilitate the learning of content knowledge, integrated language proficiency, and academic English competence in an EFL context. Informed by social constructivism, process writing theory, and multimodality, a digital storytelling project was designed in accompany with a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Electronic Learning, Story Telling, Computer Mediated Communication
Collaborative Online Teamwork: Exploring Students' Satisfaction and Attitudes with Google Hangouts as a Supplementary Communication Tool
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He, Jinxia; Huang, Xiaoxia – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2017
This study examined differences in student satisfaction and perceptions of online teamwork in two cohorts of an undergraduate educational technology course: one delivered fully asynchronously and the other incorporating synchronous Google Hangouts sessions in student online teamwork. Participants included 50 undergraduate students at a large…
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, Student Attitudes, Teamwork, Undergraduate Students
How and Why Educators Use Twitter: A Survey of the Field
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Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Krutka, Daniel G. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2014
While the microblogging service Twitter is increasingly popular among educators and offers numerous affordances for learning, its relationship with formal education systems remains complicated by generally ambivalent educator attitudes and institutional policies. To better understand the role Twitter plays in education, we conducted a survey of…
Descriptors: Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication, Teacher Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education
#TwitterforTeachers: The Implications of Twitter as a Self-Directed Professional Development Tool for K-12 Teachers
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Visser, Ryan D.; Evering, Lea Calvert; Barrett, David E. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2014
This mixed-methods study explores how K-12 teachers use Twitter. An online survey was disseminated via Twitter to gauge their usage of, access to, and perceptions of Twitter. The results indicated that teachers highly value Twitter as a means of self-directed professional development. Respondents who reported using Twitter multiple times a day…
Descriptors: Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication, Professional Development, Elementary Secondary Education
How Asynchronous Discussion Boards Mediate Learning Literacy Methods Courses to Enrich Alternative-Licensed Teachers' Learning Experiences
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Ajayi, Lasisi – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2010
This study explores alternative-licensed teachers' views of how an asynchronous discussion board mediated their preparation to teach literacy through methods courses. Forty-four alternative-licensed teachers were taught literacy teaching methods using the asynchronous discussion board as a tool of extending learning. Each participant responded to…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Attitudes, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication