Teacher Educators Who Inspire: Innovative Practices Making a Difference

Denise Schmidt-Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference Vol. 2017

SITE 2017 Keynote

Teacher Educators Who Inspire: Innovative Practices Making a Difference

Denise Schmidt-Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference Vol. 2017, No. 1 (Mar 06, 2017)

Denise is an Associate Professor and the Director for the Center for Technology in Learning and Teaching (CTLT) in the School of Education at Iowa State University. Her research focuses on critically examining Technological Pedagogical Content...

Building a Virtual Village: Constructing Learning Communities through Socially-Supported Online Academic Interactions

Denise McDonald; Caroline Crawford

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 1794–1804

This paper examines how online course interactions (e.g., discussion board postings, chat rooms, etc.) for graduate-level courses (taught from different instructors covering diverse disciplines and topics) influence (i.e., inhibit, thwart, diminish...

Parents' Perceptions and Concerns of a 1:1 Laptop Initiative: Implications for Teacher Education

Yi Jin; Denise Schmidt-Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 776–783

Analyzing data gathered from pre- and post-surveys administered during the first year of the implementation, the researchers investigated parents' perceptions and concerns of the 1:1 laptop initiative in a high school context and its implication for ...

Topics: Mobile Learning, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

GenAI in Teacher Education: Teacher Educators' Views on AI in Pre-service Teacher Education

Zulal Melek; Denise Schmidt-Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2024 (Mar 25, 2024) pp. 817–825

There has been a rapid increase in studies regarding integrating GenAI tools into education, with the growing effect of GenAI technologies in almost every aspect of society. However, educational research predominantly focuses on the in-service...

Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies, Generative AI

The Potential of Building High School Students’ Vocabulary Using an iPod Touch and Gaming App

Jennifer Redd; Denise Schmidt-Crawford

Journal of Open, Flexible, and Distance Learning Vol. 15, No. 2 (2011) pp. 55–67

This study focused on the potential for building 25 high-school students’ word knowledge by using a mobile learning device and gaming app. Using a game as an instructional tool is a portable way for students to engage with content. The amount...

Creating a Physical Presence in Online Environments

Terri Bubb; Caroline Crawford; Denise McDonald

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 271–278

This study communicates the findings from a dissertation study that investigated factors that create a physical presence in an online environment. Research suggests that, as members of a learning community become familiar with one another, they...

Grasping at Hats: What the Successful Online Instructor is Wearing

Terri Bubb; Caroline Crawford; Denise McDonald

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 368–374

Teacher education is shifting, as the dawning of the Information Age presents an innovative new instructional environment for teacher candidates: online learning environments. Effective instructors realize that success of a learning environment...

Enhancing Student Teacher Supervision through Hybridization: Adding E-Supervision to the Mix

Thomas H. Paulsen; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford

Journal of Agricultural Education Vol. 58, No. 2 (2017) pp. 166–179

Student teaching is a critical component of the preservice teacher preparation program which has a major role in preparing novices to teach. This capstone experience has been frequently examined and the subject of numerous reform measures. Clinical...

Conducting Classroom Observations to Understand TPACK: Moving Beyond Self-reported Data

Shu-Ju Diana Tai; Denise Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2661–2664

This study reports the TPACK knowledge and competency observed in K-6 classrooms of exemplary teachers with the purpose of designing an observation instrument that documents specific teacher characteristics that align with the seven domains of TPACK....

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge

The impact of field experience in technology-integrated classrooms on preservice teachers’ development of TPACK

Shu-Ju Diana Tai; Denise Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2665–2668

The purpose of the study is to investigate the impact field experiences, that are specifically targeted on using technology in PreK-12 educational contexts, have on preservice teachers in relation to their development of TPACK and as a result how...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge

The impact of field experience in technology-integrated classrooms on preservice teachers’ development of TPACK

Shu-Ju Diana Tai; Denise Schmidt-Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 3438–3443

The purpose of the study is to investigate the impact field experiences, that are specifically targeted on using technology in PreK-12 educational contexts, have on preservice teachers in relation to their development of TPACK and as a result how...

Topics: Preservice Teacher Education, Classrooms, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

An APPLE a Day the Online Way: Winning Strategies for Instructors to Design Successful Online Learning Environments

Terri Bubb; Caroline Crawford; Denise McDonald

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 360–367

Teacher educators must train our preservice candidates and inservice educators not only for the more traditional face-to-face learning environment into which one may successfully integrate instructional technologies so as to successfully support the ...

Affirmation and Validation Hierarchy when Building an Online Community

Terri Bubb; Caroline Crawford; Denise McDonald

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 181–188

This study communicates the findings from a dissertation study that investigated factors that create a community of learners in an online environment. Research suggests that, as members of a learning community become familiar with one another, they...

An Investigation of How Preservice Teachers Develop TPACK After Content Methodology Courses

Wei Wang; Denise Crawford; Dale Niederhauser

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 5104–5111

Emerged from Schulman’s idea of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (1986), Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) was designed as a useful framework to understand the complexities that Pre-K-12 teachers encounter when integrating technology...

Exploring the Use of the iPad for Literacy Learning

Amy Hutchison; Beth Beschorner; Denise Schmidt-Crawford

Reading Teacher Vol. 66, No. 1 (September 2012) pp. 15–23

The goal of this investigation was to explore how a fourth grade teacher could integrate iPads into her literacy instruction to simultaneously teach print-based and digital literacy goals. The teacher used iPads for a three-week period during her...

Comfortableness: Creating an Interactive Online Learning Community

Terri Bubb; Denise McDonald; Caroline Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 189–193

This proposal, Comfortableness: Creating an Interactive Online Learning Community, communicates the findings from a dissertation regarding creating engaging and enriching learning communities online, and speculates as to why this section of the...

Evaluating distance learning: Quality indicators from a learner's perspective

Asimoula Valai; Denise Crawford; Kenneth Moore

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 547–557

Higher education institutions have moved from offering selective online courses to providing complete online programs. To maximize the learning potential of distance learners quality indicators should be identified from learners’ perceptions as...

Topics: Distance Education, Learning Outcomes, Distance/Flexible Education, Research & Evaluation

Promoting Change with Technology in Teacher Education: Methodological Decisions for Using a Highly-Collaborative, Multimethod Research Approach

Denise Crawford; Teresa Foulger; Kevin Graziana; David Slykhuis

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 19, No. 2 (June 2019) pp. 240–255

This article highlights the highly collaborative, multimethod research approach used to develop the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs): a specific list of knowledge, skills, and attitudes, developed with input from many teacher...

Quality Indicators for Distance Learning: A Literature Review in Learners’ Perceptions

Asimoula Valai; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; Kenneth J. Moore

International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 18, No. 1 (January 2019) pp. 103–124

This paper identifies the quality themes of distance learning that arose from the learners’ perspective as reflected in the literature. The paper reviews literature through the four themes of 1) Course design, 2) Interaction, 3) Learner support and...

Innovation versus Replication in Research Findings:Has the Novelty of New Research Findings Worn Off?

Rhonda Christensen; J. Michael Spector; Ann Thompson; Denise Schmidt-Crawford; Glen Bull; Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1126–1129

There is a growing recognition for a need to replicate research studies in the field of education. Replication can lend credibility as well as support for decision-making that is based on sound research. Many policy decisions regarding educational...

Topics: Research & Evaluation

Applying the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies

David A. Slykhuis; Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference Vol. 2019, No. 1 (2019)

The National Educational Technology Plan (2016), charges teacher preparation programs with addressing educational technology in a program-deep and program-wide fashion with the claim that new teachers should be “prepared to teach with technology...

Online Workforce Development in Community Colleges: Connection with Community, Institutional, and Governance Factors

Rod Patrick Githens; Timothy M. Sauer; Fashaad L. Crawford; Denise M. Cumberland; Kristin B. Wilson

Community College Review Vol. 42, No. 4 (October 2014) pp. 283–306

This study examined community and institutional factors that influence offering online workforce development programs in community colleges. The study included a random sample of 321 community college in the United States. Findings conclude that...

Topics: Community

Designed for Success: Exploring Pre-service Teachers’ Growth in TPACK after Taking a Redesigned Blended Technology Integration Course

Yi Jin; Alicia Jenner; Ozlem Karakaya; Erin Kramer; Denise Schmidt-Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 3272–3275

The purpose of this study is to investigate pre-service teachers’ growth in TPACK after taking a redesigned blended technology integration course. The participants of the research are around 180 pre-service teachers enrolled in a technology...

Topics: Integration, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

The Big Reveal: Teacher Educator Technology Competencies

David Slykhuis; Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2457–2461

Abstract: Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs) were developed via a highly collaborative process involving many teacher educators, professional associations, and experts in the field. The research team conducted this study using the...

Topics: Creativity, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Invited Commentary: The Time is Now! Creating Technology Competencies for Teacher Educators

Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; David Slykhuis; Denise Schmidt-Crawford; Torrey Trust

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 24, No. 3 (July 2016) pp. 249–256

The way preservice teachers learn to use technology within their practice varies widely depending on the learning opportunities available (e.g., technology-infused teacher preparation program vs. standalone education technology course), and the...

Theory and Research on Social Media in Education Webinar

Dan Krutka; Ben Gleason; Tonia A. Dousay; Jeff Carpenter; Spencer P. Greenhalgh

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference Vol. 2018, No. 1 (2018)

While social media is increasingly integrated into the fabric of our institutions, professions, and personal lives, there are few organizations dedicated to the topic. The SITE Social Media SIG consists of scholars interested in intersections of...

Dive into Content Areas: Instructional Review and Redesign of A Blended Technology Integration Course for PK-6 Pre-service Teachers

Yi Jin; Alicia Jenner; Ozlem Karakaya; Erin Kramer; Denise Schmidt-Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 3276–3281

To better prepare PK-6 pre-service teachers for technology integration in their future classrooms, we reviewed, redesigned and transformed an existing course into a blended course. The revised curriculum aims to reflect pedagogies and instructional...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Integration, Planning, Classrooms

Teacher Educator Technology Competencies: A Conversation with the Researchers

Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1055–1059

With concern about how to improve the method by which teacher candidates learn to teach with technology, four teacher educators created a list of competencies that all teacher educators would need to develop. The Teacher Educator Technology...

Topics: Workforce Education, Technology Leadership, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Technology Integration and Teacher Preparation: The Development of Teacher Educator Technology Competencies

Kevin J. Graziano; Teresa S. Foulger; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David Slykhuis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2336–2346

Preservice teachers should be better prepared to teach with technology ?from day one? when they enter the profession (U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, 2016). Teacher preparation curricula along with teacher educators?...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Teacher Educator Technology Competencies

Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 25, No. 4 (October 2017) pp. 413–448

The U.S. National Educational Technology Plan recommends the need to have a common set of technology competencies specifically for teacher educators who prepare teacher candidates to teach with technology (U.S. Department of Education, Office of...

Special Issue Editorial - The Teacher Educator Technology Competencies: So What? Now What?

David A. Slykhuis; Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 27, No. 4 (October 2019) pp. 431–436

“All teacher candidates should have equitable, high-quality technology experiences throughout their teacher preparation programs” (Foulger, Graziano, Schmidt-Crawford, & Slykhuis, 2017, p. 436). We wrote that sentence after having just completed a...

TETC Professional Development: An Online Program for Teacher Educators

David A. Slykhuis; Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Mark Hofer; John K. Lee; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 474–478

Teacher Candidates are not well enough prepared to teach with technology. While the stand-alone technology class attempts to prepare teacher candidates to use technology, all teacher education faculty need to be competent in the use of technology....

Topics: Instructional Design, faculty development, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Editorial: Conceptual Dilution

Glen Bull; Charles Hodge; Chrystalla Mouza; Kinshuk ,; Michael Grant; Leanna Archambault; Jered Borup; Richard E. Ferdig; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 19, No. 2 (June 2019) pp. 117–128

Any concept that is widely adopted by scholars and practitioners inevitably is used in ways that the originators did not intend. Expansion of a concept in this way can be described as conceptual dilution. Conceptual dilution does not refer to the...

Meeting the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies through Online Professional Development for Teacher Education Faculty

David A. Slykhuis; Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; Mark Hofer; John K. Lee

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 866–870

The 2016 National Education Technology Plan introduced a call for teacher educators to improve the technology skills of teacher candidates by integrating technology throughout their teacher preparation programs. This necessitates that all teacher...

Topics: faculty development, Technology Leadership, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

The Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) Framework: Lineages of the First Ten Years of Research: Part 1

Aaron Kessler; Michael Phillips; Matthew Koehler; Punya Mishra; Joshua Rosenberg; Denise Schmidt-Crawford; Wei Wang; Judith Harris; Chrystalla Mouza; Daniel Mourlam; Aroutis Foster; Mamta Shah

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2376–2380

The purpose of this symposium is to provide the TPACK community with a snapshot of the first ten years of the TPACK framework with the hope that this comprehensive review will provide the researchers with an opportunity to reflect on the development ...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Invited Panel: Fostering New Research following the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs): Research from the JTATE Special Issue, Preparing All Teacher Educators to Support Teacher Candidates' Integration of Technology

Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis; Yeng L. Change; Rhonda Christensen; Deborah R. Dillon; Andrea Parrish

SITE 2020--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference Vol. 2020, No. 1 (2020)

The National Educational Technology Plan claims that teacher educators are often not equipped to do their part to prepare teacher candidates to graduate as proficient users of technology for teaching & learning (U.S. Department of Education, Office...

Action Steps for Systemically Advancing Technology Infusion in Teacher Preparation Programs

Kevin J. Graziano; Teresa S. Foulger; Arlene C. Borthwick; Jon M. Clausen; Julie A. Moore; Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis; Debra Sprague

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 440–447

Every new PK-12 teacher should learn how to select and use the most appropriate technology tools so they can become proficient in teaching with technology upon entry into the field. The 2017 United States Department of Education National Educational ...

Topics: faculty development, Technology Leadership

A Revised Replication Study Typology and A Call for Participation: Replication Studies involving Technology and Teacher Education

Natalie Milman; Rhonda Christensen; J. Michael Spector; Robert Branch; Denise Schmidt-Crawford; Charles Hodges; Arlene Borthwick; Melanie Shoffner; Gerald Knezek; David Rutledge; Meghan Manfra

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1115–1119

In this session panelists will define what replication studies are, explain why they are needed, and invite researchers to conduct multi-site replication studies of technology and teacher education using common methods and measures. Additionally,...

Topics: Research & Evaluation

Measuring TPACK: Part 2

Joke Voogt; Punya Mishra; Ann Thompson; Denise Crawford; Wei Wang; Dale Niederhauser; Petra Fisser; Jo Tondeur; Johan van Braak; Ayoub Kafyulilo; Douglas Agyei

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 2484–2487

Abstract: This symposium discusses several ways in which (pre-service) teachers’ TPACK can be measured. The first two studies unravel the TPACK survey (Schmidt et al., 2009), a self-report instrument to determine TPACK, and try to revalidate the...

Multiple Perspectives on Strengthening the Ability of Teacher Education Programs to Prepare Teacher Candidates to Integrate Technology

Teresa, S. Foulger; Mamta Shah; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis; Rohit Mehta; Irina Lyublinskaya; Debra Sprague

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 2041–2046

In the new National Education Technology Plan from U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology, a claim is made that school districts cannot consistently count on teacher educators to help new teachers develop their ability to...

Topics: faculty development, Technology Leadership, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Developing TPACK around the world: Probing the framework even as we apply it

Petra Fisser; Joke Voogt; Douglas Agyei; Ayoub Kafyulilo; Ghaida Alayyar; Denise Schmidt-Crawford; Ann Thompson; David Gibson; Gerald Knezek; Jo Tondeur

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 1129–1131

Meaningful use of ICT in education requires teachers to develop knowledge and skills that enables them to integrate ICT with a suitable pedagogical approach for teaching specific subject matter in a certain context. Koehler & Mishra (2008)...

TPACK in language teaching: Implications for teacher education

Joke Voogt; Susan McKenney; Bas Trimbos; Daniela Fasoglio; Petra Fisser; Allard Strijker; Shu-Ju Diana Tai; Anneke Smits; Roland Bruijn; Henk la Roi; Floor van Renssen; Denise Crawford-Schmidt

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 3121–3125

From the perspective that a teacher’s TPACK depends on the subject domain, the students and the ecology of the school and the classroom, this symposium intends to contribute to a better understanding of TPACK in language teaching. We present four...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Fostering New Research following the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs): Research from the JTATE Special Issue, Preparing All Teacher Educators to Support Teacher Candidates' Integration of Technology

Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis; Yeng L. Chang; Rhonda Christensen; Deborah R. Dillon; Marie K. Heath; Gerald Knezek; Daniel G. Krutka; Andrea H. Parrish; William A. Sadera; Amanda Thomas

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 425–432

The National Educational Technology Plan claims that teacher educators are often not equipped to do their part to prepare teacher candidates to graduate as proficient users of technology for teaching and learning (U.S. Department of Education,...

Topics: faculty development, Technology Leadership

TPACK in language teaching: Implications for teacher education

Joke Voogt; Susan McKenney; Bas Trimbos; Daniela Fasoglio; Petra Fisser; Allard Strijker; Shu-Ju Diana Tai; Anneke Smits; Roland Bruijn; Henk la Roi; Floor van Renssen; Denise Crawford-Schmidt

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 3116–3120

From the perspective that a teacher’s TPACK depends on the subject domain, the students and the ecology of the school and the classroom, this symposium intends to contribute to a better understanding of TPACK in language teaching. We present four...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK): Revision and Rethinking

Petra Fisser; Joshua Rosenberg; Jolene Teske; Matthew Koehler; Punya Mishra; Joke Voogt; Jo Tondeur; Johan van Braak; Judi Harris; Charoula Angeli; Nicos Valanides; Andri Christodoulou; Karin Forssell; Leanna Archambault; Vicky Smart; Glenn Finger; Denise Schmidt-Crawford; Shu-ju Diana Tai; Wei Wang; Mary Herring

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 907–911

The Handbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) for Educators was critical to the development of the field of educational technology research and practice, but much has changed since its publication. The Handbook of Technological...

Topics: Graduate Education & Faculty Development