iPads for teachers? The challenges of integrating technology in the classroom

Michael Barbour; Tamme Quinn Grzebyk

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1628–1632

The iPad is a tool that could change the way in which teachers prepare and deliver instruction in the K-12 environment. But, while proponents tout its capabilities, school administrators run the risk of purchasing yet another tool without...

Topics: Science Education, Mobile Learning

Any Time, Any Place, Any Pace? Exploring Virtual Students Perceptions of Mobile Learning

Michael Barbour; Tamme Quinn Grzebyk; John Eye

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1515–1520

Over the past decade, the number of K-12 students engaged in online learning has increased from 50,000 to more than two million. Students have also gained increased access to mobile devices throughout recent years, and educators have actively...

Topics: Virtual Schooling, Mobile Learning

Any Time, Any Place, Any Pace-Really? Examining Mobile Learning in a Virtual School Environment

Michael K. Barbour; Tamme Quinn Grzebyk; John Eye

Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education Vol. 15, No. 1 (January 2014) pp. 114–127

Over the past decade, the number of K-12 students engaged in online learning has increased from between 40,000 and 50,000 to more than two million. Students have also gained increased access to mobile devices throughout recent years, and educators...

Instructional Designers as Reflective Practitioners: Developing Professional Identity through Reflection

Monica W. Tracey; Alisa Hutchinson; Tamme Quinn Grzebyk

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 62, No. 3 (June 2014) pp. 315–334

As the design thinking approach becomes more established in the instructional design (ID) discourse, the field will have to reconsider the professional identity of instructional designers. Rather than passively following models or processes, a...

The Challenges of Integrating Mobile Technology in the Classroom Examining an iPad Professional Development Project

Michael K. Barbour; Tamme Quinn Grzebyk; Michael M. Grant; Jason Siko

Journal on School Educational Technology Vol. 12, No. 3 (2017) pp. 22–33

The iPad is a tool that could change the way in which teachers prepare and deliver instruction in the K-12 environment. But, while proponents tout its capabilities, school administrators run the risk of purchasing yet another tool without...