Service and Learning and Global Learning in a Graduate Course in Educational Technology

Stephen Adams

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2305–2307

This presentation discusses experiences incorporating service learning and global learning networks in a graduate course taken primarily by teachers, Social and Cultural Implications of Educational Technology. Graduate students were engaged in...

Establishing K-12 Global partnerships via a Graduate Course in Educational Technology

Stephen Adams

Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) p. 1129

For the past four years, students in a graduate course in educational technology in the USA, who are K-12 teachers, have been establishing educational collaborations between their own classrooms and those in other countries. They identify a partner...

Teachers´ Understanding of Systems Thinking Concepts in a Course on Educational Technology Leadership

Stephen Adams

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1743–1745

This presentation gives an analysis of the introduction of systems dynamics concepts to K-12 teachers and other professionals, via a course on leadership in an educational technology Master´s program. The specific systems concepts included ¨systems ...

A Strategy for Technology Training as Part of a Master’s Program Conducted at a School Site

Stephen Adams

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1899–1906

This case study evaluates a field-based strategy for training in-service elementary teachers to use technology that involved a course taken by a cohort of students in an on-site M.A. program in Curriculum and Instruction. Teachers identified topics ...

Topics: Curriculum

Design of a Graduate Course Concerning Social and Cultural Implications of Educational Technology

Stephen Adams

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 727–730

This paper discusses the design of a graduate course for teachers concerning the social and cultural implications of educational technology. The course is a required part of the Master's degree option in educational technology at California State...

Topics: Multicultural Education, Curriculum, Social Studies, Instructional Design, Educational Technology

Commentary: Considerations in Pedagogy and Assessment in the Use of Computers to Promote Learning About Scientific Models

Stephen T. Adams

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 4, No. 1 (2004) pp. 35–41

Although one role of computers in science education is to help students learn specific science concepts, computers are especially intriguing as a vehicle for fostering the development of epistemological knowledge about the nature of scientific...

Topics: Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Computer Sciences, Information Sciences, Middle School Education

A Strategy for Technology Training As Part of a Master’s Program Conducted at a School Site

Stephen T. Adams

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 13, No. 3 (July 2005) pp. 493–514

This case study evaluates a field-based strategy for training in-service elementary teachers to use technology. The strategy, which was incorporated into the Long Beach Professional Development School for Educators (LBPDSE), involved a technology...

Topics: Assessment, Integration, Curriculum, school improvement, Professional Development

Design and Formative Evaluation of an e-Learning Module for Training Teachers to Integrate Technology into Teaching

Andrew Fitzgerald; Stephen Adams

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 672–679

We describe the design and formative evaluation of online-based e-learning professional development training module for teachers to develop their knowledge of technology, pedagogy, and content knowledge (TPACK). The design was guided by research on...

Topics: Graduate Education & Faculty Development, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Evaluating a Program of Teacher Training in Educational Technology and STEM Using Two Measures of TPACK

Stephen Adams; Elaine Bernal

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 2783–2789

We evaluated a course for training teachers to use educational technologies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) using multiple methods including a Graphical Analysis of TPACK Instrument (GATI) that was given at the end of the ...

Topics: Science Education, Research & Evaluation, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

A Strategy for Technology Training as Part of a Master's Program Conducted at a School Site

Stephen T. Adams

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 13, No. 3 (July 2005) pp. 493–514

This case study evaluates a field-based strategy for training in-service elementary teachers to use technology. The strategy, which was incorporated into the Long Beach Professional Development School for Educators (LBPDSE), involved a technology...

Investigation of the “Convince Me” Computer Environment as a Tool for Critical Argumentation about Public Policy Issues

Stephen T. Adams

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 14, No. 3 (July 2003) pp. 263–283

The Convince Me computer environment supports critical thinking by allowing users to create and evaluate computer-based representations of arguments. This study investigates theoretical and design considerations pertinent to using Convince Me as an...

Topics: Computers, Educational Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Instructional Materials, Physical Environments

Use of a Computer Environment To Analyze the Coherence of Argumentation about Policies Proposed To Ameliorate Global Warming

Stephen T. Adams

Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2002 (April 2002)

In designing computer environments to support the creation of arguments, a central issue concerns evaluating the quality of these arguments. This study uses one such computer environment, Convince ME, that uniquely uses a connectionist model, ECHO,...

Interviews of Participants in a Short-Term Study Abroad Program in Costa Rica Regarding Educational Technology

Stephen Adams; Fabian Rojas Ramirez

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 586–596

This paper details a study of educators who participated in a unique short-term study abroad course concerning information and communication technologies in education. The course originates in the United States and involves travel to Costa Rica,...

Topics: Graduate Education & Faculty Development, Research & Evaluation, International Education

The Great God of the Future: The Views of Current and Future English Teachers on the Place of IT in Literacy

Andrew Goodwyn; Anthony Adams; Stephen Clarke

English in Education Vol. 31, No. 2 (1997) pp. 54–62

Contends that most student teachers of English in Great Britain now welcome information technology (IT) in English, seeing it as central to the literacy of all pupils. Finds some current English teachers remain ambivalent about IT, but the general...

Youth Views of Science and Engineering in a Program for Preparing Teachers to Use Educational Technology in STEM

Stephen Adams; Paul Burns; Lisa Martin-Hansen

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 18, No. 3 (September 2018) pp. 508–537

As part of a graduate course for supporting K-12 teachers’ use of technology in teaching STEM subjects, teachers worked in teams to create workshops for youth at a community organization. Teachers used curriculum kits from the Engineering is...

Learning by "Cheating": Students' Inventive Ways of Using a Boxer Motion Microworld

Stephen T. Adams; Andrea A. Disessa

Journal of Mathematical Behavior Vol. 10, No. 1 (1991) pp. 79–89

This study described ways that sixth grade students invented strategies for working out difficult physics problems while using a motion program in the computer environment "Boxer." Strategies became a communal classroom resource and ground rules for ...

Review of Four Introductory Textbooks on Educational Technology

Ali Reza Rezaei; Teresa Chen; Stephen T. Adams

AACE Journal Vol. 12, No. 1 (January 2004) pp. 100–110

This book review aims to assist instructors in their selection of textbooks for entry-level or intermediate educational technology courses or workshops for teachers. It discusses four major textbooks: Instructional Media and Technologies for...

Topics: Computers, Teachers, Integration, Educational Technology, Classrooms

Using Technology to Promote Intercultural Learning among Three Graduate Classes in Costa Rica and California

Stephen Adams; Susana Murillo; Fabian Rojas; Charles Slater

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2207–2211

We present an innovative model that we have designed to engage education graduate students, in Costa Rica and California, in intercultural learning. At the core of the model is a joint assignment involving three graduate classes in education that...

Training Teachers to Use Educational Technologies in STEM Using Field Experience at a Community Based Organization

Stephen Adams; Elaine Bernal; Monica Cole-Jackson; Lisa Martin-Hansen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 3021–3025

This presentation highlights the evaluation of a model for training credentialed teachers to use educational technologies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The model includes a 3-unit summer university course with a field ...

Topics: mathematics education, Educational Technology, Community, Science Education, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Self-Explanation and Explanatory Feedback in Games: Individual Differences, Gameplay, and Learning

Stephen S. Killingsworth; Douglas B. Clark; Deanne M. Adams

International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology Vol. 3, No. 3 (July 2015) pp. 162–186

Previous research has demonstrated the efficacy of two explanation-based approaches for increasing learning in educational games. The first involves asking students to explain their answers (self-explanation) and the second involves providing...