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Royce Kimmons
Brigham Young University
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Royce Kimmons
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Developing open education literacies with practicing K-12 teachers
Royce Kimmons
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 15, No. 6 (Oct 22, 2014)
This study seeks to understand how to use formal learning activities to effectively support the development of open education literacies among K-12 teachers. Considering pre- and post-surveys from K-12 teachers (n = 80) who participated in a three...
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What Does Open Collaboration on Wikipedia Really Look Like?
Royce Kimmons
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) pp. 180–184
Most attempts at analyzing Wikipedia have focused on establishing the validity of or understanding the revision process involved with the development of a select group of high-quality articles. This study, however, attempts to take an holistic...
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Social Networking Sites, Literacy, and the Authentic Identity Problem
Royce Kimmons
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 58, No. 2 (March 2014) pp. 93–98
Current interest in social media for educational purposes has led many to consider the importance of literacy development in online spaces (e.g., new media literacies, digital literacies, etc.). Relying heavily upon New Literacy Studies (NLS) as a...
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Digital Play, Ludology, and the Future of Educational Games
Royce Kimmons
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) pp. 171–179
Those interested in education and educational research have continually been drawn to the potential value of digital games for improving aspects of teaching and learning. However, the development path that the digital game genre has followed in...
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OER Quality and Adaptation in K-12: Comparing Teacher Evaluations of Copyright-Restricted, Open, and Open/Adapted Textbooks
Royce Kimmons
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 16, No. 5 (Sep 29, 2015)
Conducted in conjunction with an institute on open textbook adaptation, this study compares textbook evaluations from practicing K-12 classroom teachers (n = 30) on three different types of textbooks utilized in their contexts: copyright-restricted, ...
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Examining TPACK’s Theoretical Future
Royce Kimmons
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 23, No. 1 (January 2015) pp. 53–77
TPACK (Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge) has quickly become popular amongst researchers and practitioners as a framework for understanding necessary teacher knowledge for supporting effective technology integration. Utilization of...
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Open to All? Nationwide Evaluation of High-Priority Web Accessibility Considerations among Higher Education Websites
Royce Kimmons
Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 29, No. 3 (2017) pp. 434–450
This study seeks to evaluate the basic Priority 1 web accessibility of all college and university websites in the US (n = 3141). Utilizing web scraping and automated content analysis, the study establishes that even in the case of high-priority,...
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Open Online System Adoption in K-12 as a Democratising Factor
Royce Kimmons
Open Learning Vol. 30, No. 2 (2015) pp. 138–151
This study seeks to understand how district size and wealth factors influence the adoption of open-source online systems in primary and secondary (K-12) education. Most schools now utilise online systems (e.g. CMS, LMS, SIS) for a number of purposes,...
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Networked Participatory Scholarship: Emergent techno-cultural pressures toward open and digital scholarship in online networks
George Veletsianos; Royce Kimmons
Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 2 (February 2012) pp. 766–774
We examine the relationship between scholarly practice and participatory technologies and explore how such technologies invite and reflect the emergence of a new form of scholarship that we call "Networked Participatory Scholarship": scholars’...
Language: English
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Scholars in an increasingly open and digital world: How do education professors and students use Twitter?
George Veletsianos; Royce Kimmons
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 30, No. 1 (July 2016) pp. 1–10
There has been a lack of large-scale research examining education scholars' (professors' and doctoral students') social media participation. We address this weakness in the literature by using data mining methods to capture a large data set of...
Language: English
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The fragmented educator 2.0: Social networking sites, acceptable identity fragments, and the identity constellation
Royce Kimmons; George Veletsianos
Computers & Education Vol. 72, No. 1 (March 2014) pp. 292–301
Social networking sites (SNS) have been used to support educational and professional endeavors. However, little research has been done to understand the relationship between educator identity and participation in SNS or to examine the implications...
Language: English
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Assumptions and challenges of open scholarship
George Veletsianos; Royce Kimmons
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 13, No. 4 (Sep 12, 2012) pp. 166–189
Researchers, educators, policymakers, and other education stakeholders hope and anticipate that openness and open scholarship will generate positive outcomes for education and scholarship. Given the emerging nature of open practices, educators and...
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Networked Participatory Scholarship: Socio-cultural & Techno-cultural Pressures on Scholarly Practice
George Veletsianos; Royce Kimmons
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) pp. 2260–2267
We discuss networked participatory scholarship by investigating technological and cultural stimuli for transforming education scholarship. We note that participation in online spaces is important for research, teaching, and professional development, ...
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Toward a Broader Understanding of Teacher Technology Integration Beliefs and Values
Royce Kimmons; Cassidy Hall
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 24, No. 3 (July 2016) pp. 309–335
In authentic K-12 settings, technology integration is influenced by the decisions and perspectives of a variety of stakeholders, but current research and practice related to teacher technology integration tends to revolve only around pedagogical and ...
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Effects of Open Textbook Adoption on Teachers’ Open Practices
Stacie Mason; Royce Kimmons
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 19, No. 3 (Jul 11, 2018)
The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand whether certain theoretical benefits that open educational resources (OER) might have on teacher practice were being realized by a group of secondary teachers using open science textbooks. In...
Language: English
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Scholars and faculty members' lived experiences in online social networks
George Veletsianos; Royce Kimmons
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 16, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 43–50
Research into faculty members' use of technology and social networking sites has largely focused upon pedagogical practice, at the expense of understanding user experiences with these technologies. Through phenomenological interviews with three...
Language: English
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iPads as mobile IWBs
Michelle Read; Royce Kimmons
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 3036–3038
This paper explores the use of iPads as potential replacements for interactive whiteboards in the classroom, through a TPCK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge) framework. With the use of specialized apps, which project your laptop or...
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Education scholars’ evolving uses of twitter as a conference backchannel and social commentary platform
Royce Kimmons; George Veletsianos
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 3 (May 2016) pp. 445–464
The scholarly community faces a lack of large-scale research examining how students and professors use social media in authentic contexts and how such use changes over time. This study uses data mining methods to better understand academic Twitter...
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Teacher Professionalization in the Age of Social Networking Sites
Royce Kimmons; George Veletsianos
Learning, Media and Technology Vol. 40, No. 4 (2015) pp. 480–501
As teacher education students become professionals, they face a number of tensions related to identity, social participation, and work-life balance, which may be further complicated by social networking sites (SNS). This qualitative study sought to...
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How Useful Are Our Models? Pre-Service and Practicing Teacher Evaluations of Technology Integration Models
Royce Kimmons; Cassidy Hall
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 62, No. 1 (2018) pp. 29–36
We report on a survey of K-12 teachers and teacher candidates wherein participants evaluated known models (e.g., TPACK, SAMR, RAT, TIP) and provided insight on what makes a model valuable for them in the classroom. Results indicated that: (1)...
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Public Internet Data Mining Methods in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, and Online Learning Research
Royce Kimmons; George Veletsianos
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 62, No. 5 (2018) pp. 492–500
We describe the benefits and challenges of engaging in public data mining methods and situate our discussion in the context of studies that we have conducted. Practical, methodological, and scholarly benefits include the ability to access large...
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Content is King: An Analysis of How the Twitter Discourse Surrounding Open Education Unfolded From 2009 to 2016
Michael Paskevicius; George Veletsianos; Royce Kimmons
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 19, No. 1 (Feb 23, 2018)
Inspired by open educational resources, open pedagogy, and open source software, the openness movement in education has different meanings for different people. In this study, we use Twitter data to examine the discourses surrounding openness as...
Language: English
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Understanding Web Activity Patterns among Teachers, Students and Teacher Candidates
Royce Kimmons; B. Clark; M. Lim
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 33, No. 6 (2017) pp. 588–596
This study sought to understand generational and role differences in web usage of teachers, teacher candidates and K-12 students in a state in the USA (n = 2261). The researchers employed unique methods, which included using a custom-built...
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Student Voice in Textbook Evaluation: Comparing OpStudent Voice in Textbook Evaluation: Comparing Open and Restricted Textbooksen and Restricted Textbooks
Scott Woodward; Adam Lloyd; Royce Kimmons
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 18, No. 6 (Sep 25, 2017)
Advocates for student voice in higher education believe students should have the right and power to engage in much of the decision-making traditionally dominated by instructors or administrators. This qualitative study examines the role of student...
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Social media use by instructional design departments
Enilda Romero-Hall; Royce Kimmons; George Veletsianos
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 34, No. 5 (Nov 25, 2018)
The aim of this investigation was to gain an understanding of the use of institutional social media accounts by graduate departments. This study focused particularly on the social media accounts of instructional design (ID) graduate programs....
Language: English
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Instructor Experiences with a Social Networking Site in a Higher Education Setting: Expectations, Frustrations, Appropriation, and Compartmentalization
George Veletsianos; Royce Kimmons; Karen D. French
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 61, No. 2 (April 2013) pp. 255–278
Researchers and practitioners have suggested that the use of social networking sites in formal education may be a worthwhile endeavor. Toward this goal, emerging learning platforms have included social networking features. Nevertheless, empirical...
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Essay Composition across Media: A Quantitative Comparison of 8th Grade Student Essays Composed with Paper vs. Chromebooks
Royce Kimmons; Janine J. Darragh; Amanda Haruch; Bradley Clark
Computers and Composition Vol. 44, No. 1 (June 2017) pp. 13–26
Many current standardized testing and teaching practices approach media for composition with the assumption that media do not influence the writing process in significant ways. This study seeks to determine whether emergent media used for student...
Language: English
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Making Learning Fun Through a Ludic Simulation
Min Liu; Lucas Horton; Jina Kang; Royce Kimmons; Jaejin Lee
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) p. 2535
The purpose of this paper is to describe a ludic simulation designed for middle school space science and examine students’ experiences with it in an attempt to explore the value of ludic simulations in education and better understand how such...
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Mining Social Media Divides: An Analysis of K-12 U.S. School Uses of Twitter
Royce Kimmons; Jeffrey P. Carpenter; George Veletsianos; Daniel G. Krutka
Learning, Media and Technology Vol. 43, No. 3 (2018) pp. 307–325
This study utilizes public data mining to explore participation divides of all available K-12 institutional Twitter accounts in the U.S. (n = 8275 accounts, n = 9,216,853 tweets). Results indicated that U.S. schools used Twitter to broadcast...
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Potential Benefits and Implications of Active Learning Classrooms
Amanda Haruch; Cassidy Hall; Royce Kimmons; Bradley Clark
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1346–1347
In April 2014, our center opened its advanced technologies learning lab. The lab is equipped with six interactive displays, five collaboration stations, an AMX switching system, and a variety of devices including tablets, wearable technologies, and...
Topics: Classrooms, Technology Leadership
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The PICRAT Model for Technology Integration in Teacher Preparation
Royce Kimmons; Charles R. Graham; Richard E. West
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 20, No. 1 (March 2020) pp. 176–198
Technology integration models are theoretical constructs that guide researchers, educators, and other stakeholders in conceptualizing the messy, complex, and unstructured phenomenon of technology integration. Building on critiques and theoretical...
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Attitude, Achievement, and Gender in a Middle School Science-based Ludic Simulation for Learning
Royce Kimmons; Min Liu; Jina Kang; Laise Santana
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 1891–1898
Alien Rescue is a science-based simulation designed and built by graduate students to teach middle school students about the solar system. Mixed methods analysis of students’ learning experiences with the tool and attitudes toward it yielded...
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#RemoteTeaching & #RemoteLearning: Educator Tweeting During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Torrey Trust; Jeffrey P. Carpenter; Daniel G. Krutka; Royce Kimmons
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 28, No. 2 (2020) pp. 151–159
The coronavirus pandemic has upended educators’ lives and work in many ways. Many educators turned to social media spaces, such as Twitter, to navigate the transition to remote life and teaching. For this study, we examined two popular hashtags - ...
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An Enabling Architecture for Conducting Design-Based Research
Lucas Horton; Min Liu; Royce Kimmons; Jason Rosenblum; Michael Anderson; Paul Toprac; Jaejin Lee
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 3356–3366
This paper describes the development of a technology-enhanced learning environment, Alien Rescue, which has been modified specifically to support approaches for conducting design-based research (DBR). DBR is an approach to research that emphasizes...
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Technology Integration Coursework and Finding Meaning in Pre-Service Teachers' Reflective Practice
Royce Kimmons; Brant G. Miller; Julie Amador; Christopher David Desjardins; Cassidy Hall
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 63, No. 6 (2015) pp. 809–829
This study seeks to inform teacher preparation programs regarding technology integration by understanding (1) relationships between tasks with specific technologies and pre-service teachers' critical thinking about technology integration and (2)...
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Teacher identity and crossing the professional-personal divide on twitter
Jeffrey P. Carpenter; Royce Kimmons; Cecil R. Short; Kyle Clements; McKenzie Emmett Staples
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 81, No. 1 (May 2019) pp. 1–12
Teachers have public personas that often combine aspects of their personal and professional identities, but little research has analyzed how this overlap manifests in their social media activities. We analyzed profiles and tweets from K-12 teacher...
Language: English
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Preparing Teacher Candidates for Transformative Digital Teaching and Learning Experiences: Case Studies from Teacher Preparation Programs
Elizabeth Wilson; Laila J. Richman; Royce Kimmons; Holly Atkins; Judi Estes
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1776–1781
This paper will present the stories of five educator preparation programs (EPPs) and their efforts to meet the call to prepare teacher candidates for transformative digital learning experiences (US Department of Education, 2016). Each institution...
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The Design and Development of a Media Rich Learning Environment: A Learners-as-Designers model
Min Liu; Lucas Horton; Royce Kimmons; Michael Anderson; Jaejin Lee; Jason Rosenblum; Paul Toprac; Yin Li; Woonhee Sung
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 213–222
To help students learn the critical thinking skills and the essential strategies for being engaged citizens in a technology- and media-suffused 21st century, digital technologies are often used to create enriched learning environments. Although...