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Spacemakers: A Leadership Perspective on Curriculum and the Purpose of K-12 Educational Makerspaces
Jason R. Harron; Joan E. Hughes
Journal of Research on Technology in Education Vol. 50, No. 3 (2018) pp. 253–270
This qualitative research study investigated how educational makerspace leaders, whom we refer to as spacemakers, framed the purpose of the makerspace in K-12 education and how makerspaces support school curriculum. Using interviews with twelve K-12 ...
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Examining the Use of Facebook and Twitter as an Additional Social Space in a MOOC
Min Liu; Emily McKelroy; Jina Kang; Jason Harron; Liu
American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 30, No. 1 (2016) pp. 14–26
In this study, the researchers examined if and to what extent social media tools such as Facebook and Twitter can augment participants' learning experience in an xMOOC and offer an additional social space. Two research questions guided this inquiry: ...
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Using Virtual Reality to Augment Museum-Based Field Trips in a Preservice Elementary Science Methods Course
Jason R. Harron; Anthony J. Petrosino; Sarah Jenevein
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 19, No. 4 (December 2019) pp. 687–707
Positioned in the context of experiential learning, this paper reports findings of a virtual reality field trip (VRFT) in conjunction with an in-person field trip involving preservice teachers in an elementary science methods course to a local...
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Digital Forensics
Jason Harron; John Langdon; Jennifer Gonzalez; Scott Cater
Science Teacher Vol. 84, No. 8 (2017) pp. 31–36
The term forensic science may evoke thoughts of blood-spatter analysis, DNA testing, and identifying molds, spores, and larvae. A growing part of this field, however, is that of digital forensics, involving techniques with clear connections to math...
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UTeach Maker: A Micro-Credentialing Program for Preservice Teachers
Shelly R. Rodriguez; Jason R. Harron; Michael W. DeGraff
Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education Vol. 34, No. 1 (2018) pp. 6–17
"Making" has been used to describe an internally motivated iterative design process that embodies notions of playful building and tinkering. Recently, interest in applying making to PK-12 education has increased. As schools add facilities...