Design Principles for Creating and Maintaining Immersive Experiences in Educational Games

Brian Arnold; Matthew Koehler; Spencer Greenhalgh

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 502–508

To maximize the learning possible from educational games, designers need to find better ways interest, engage, and immerse players. In this paper, we draw upon our experience and upon the rich traditions and research from film, storytelling and...

Topics: Games & Simulations, Distance/Flexible Education

Potential Applications of Sentiment Analysis in Educational Research and Practice – Is SITE the Friendliest Conference?

Matthew Koehler; Spencer Greenhalgh; Andrea Zellner

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1348–1354

Despite the widespread use of sentiment analysis by many disciplines, it has been a largely underused tool in educational contexts. The purpose of this paper is to explore some potential uses for sentiment analysis in educational settings and to...

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

A performance assessment of teachers’ TPACK using artifacts from digital portfolios

Joshua Rosenberg; Spencer Greenhalgh; Matthew Koehler

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 3390–3397

Researchers have employed many different methods of measuring teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK). Existing measures of TPACK have typically focused on teachers’ self-report of their understanding, and relatively few...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Portfolios, Assessment

Examining Teachers’ Technology Use Through Digital Portfolios

Sarah Keenan; Joshua Rosenberg; Spencer Greenhalgh; Matthew Koehler

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1084–1091

Digital portfolios designed by educators have the potential to serve as assertions of technology knowledge (TK). This study describes and begins to evaluate a proposed method for assessing educators’ asserted TK through the platforms and artifacts...

Topics: Research & Evaluation

State Educational Twitter Hashtags: An Introduction and Research Agenda

Joshua Rosenberg; Matthew Koehler; Mete Akcaoglu; Spencer Greenhalgh; Erica Hamilton

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 355–360

Affinity spaces refer to digital and geographical spaces in which learning can happen, and some of the largest affinity spaces dedicated to education are those that currently exist on Twitter. These spaces are public, largely unmoderated, and...

Topics: Distance/Flexible Education

What the Tech is Going on with Teachers? Digital Teaching Portfolios? Using the TPACK Framework to Analyze Teachers? Technological Understanding

Matthew Koehler; Spencer Greenhalgh; Joshua Rosenberg; Sarah Keenan

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 25, No. 1 (January 2017) pp. 31–59

Despite the growing popularity of digital teaching portfolios, research has remained focused on outcomes associated with making digital teaching portfolios instead of examining the ways in which they can effectively assess what teachers know,...

A Tale of Two Twitters: Synchronous and Asynchronous Use of the Same Hashtag

Joshua Rosenberg; Mete Akcaoglu; K. Bret Staudt Willet; Spencer Greenhalgh; Matthew Koehler

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 283–286

Communication in online settings can occur at the same time (synchronously) or at different times (asynchronously). A new form of online learning in which teachers communicate both at the same time and at different times is through social media...

Topics: Distance/Flexible Education

Back to the Gaming Board: Understanding Games and Education through Board Game Reviews

Bret Staudt Willet; Sukanya Moudgalya; Liz Boltz; Spencer Greenhalgh; Matthew Koehler

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 495–503

Recent academic research into the use of games for educational purposes has focused almost exclusively on video games. In this study, we explore player perceptions of board games with regards to education. We started with a large dataset of 7,806...

Topics: Games & Simulations