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1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity, 2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments, 4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility

Effects of an AI-supported inquiry model on AI literacy and authentic performance: A quasi-experimental study with preservice teachers

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As generative AI becomes more common in teacher education, programs need instructional models that help preservice teachers use AI purposefully, critically, and productively in authentic academic work. However, evidence on how structured AI-supported inquiry improves both AI literacy and performance remains limited. Grounded in Deweyan Inquiry and the Practical Inquiry model, this quasi-experimental study examined […]

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21st Century Learning Skills and Artificial Intelligence

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The chapter explores four concepts important for learning and AI in the twenty-first century—creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration (the “4Cs”)—as well as reflections on the theological significance of creativity and community.  Wicks, D. & Paulus M. (2022). 21st-Century Learning Skills and Artificial Intelligence In Paulus, M. & Langford M. (Eds.), AI, Faith, and the […]

1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity, 2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments, 4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility, 5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership

Electronic Portfolios as Pedagogy: Using bPortfolios for Authentic Assessment of Teacher Knowledge and Skills in the U.S.

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Web 2.0 technologies, such as blogging, allow for locally developed, cost-effective, and holistic alternative portfolio assessment systems. By enhancing critical reflection and fostering social interaction, blogging portfolios or bPortfolios become integral formative and summative assessment tools for all teacher education students enrolled in a university program. Blogging platforms such as WordPress.com are free to use […]

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A Newb’s Reflection on Gamifying a Blended Grad Course

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What should instructors do when students ask about the role of games in online learning? Teach a gamified course? Yeah, right. During this session participants will learn about successes and challenges experienced by a game-based learning newb through the gamification of a blended online course.  

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High vs. Low Collaboration Courses: Impact on Learning Presence, Community of Inquiry, and Social Networking

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Researchers demonstrated a relationship between learning presence and social engagement; however, research in this area is limited. For example, no distinctions are made as to what role faculty, students, or technology might play in facilitating social engagement. In general, researchers revealed that students’ ability to self-regulate leads to more focused attention, time on-task, and in […]

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SPU Offers New Digital Learning Degree for Educators

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Blended learning. BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). Flipped Classrooms.How are teachers keeping up with new trends in learning? To help educators and those who support them become leaders in the ever-changing world of educational technology, Seattle Pacific University is now offering a graduate program in digital education leadership. Students in the Digital Education Leadership MEd […]

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Three Free Ubiquitous Apps Professors Need Even If They Don’t Have A Smartphone

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What are important characteristics of a good education app?  Okay, free is good.  I will give you that one. What else?  For me, I love ubiquitous apps, or in other words, programs that work on all my devices, including my phone, my iPad, and my computer.  I also prefer apps that allow me to access […]

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Digital Citizenship Poster – Created Using Glogster

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This is a simple example of a digital citizenship poster that my students create to demonstrate competency on ISTE NETS for Teachers Standard 4.  Students work through a short WebQuest where they review digital citizenship elements and then create a Glogster poster that they can share with students or parents.  Glogster has a feature to […]