Preparing Preservice and Inservice Teachers with Technology: An Examination of Types of School-University Collaborations

Richard Hartshorne

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2235–2240

Recent research, as well as various mandates, have called for an increased role of technology in teaching and learning. In response, K-12 institutions and colleges of education must prepare both current and future teachers to teach with technology. ...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Collaboration, Schools

On Becoming an Innovative Teacher: Conceptual Development of Preservice Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Technology and Innovation

Richard Hartshorne

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2105–2107

The purpose of this study was to understand how first-semester, pre-service teacher education students understand the concept of innovation and its role in promoting student learning and development. Specifically, we were interested in examining how ...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Students

Integrating Hypermedia in Professional Development Opportunities for Elementary Teachers of Science: A Literature Review

Richard Hartshorne

Journal of Educational Technology Systems Vol. 37, No. 2 (2009) pp. 175–194

Recent calls for improvements in the teaching of science have supported the implementation of numerous reform strategies in the elementary classroom. Reviews of the different reform strategies have indicated varying levels of effectiveness. One...

Integrating Hypermedia into Elementary Science Professional Development Workshop: The Effects on Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Science

Richard Hartshorne

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3677–3679

Recent calls for improvements in the teaching of science gave rise to the implementation of numerous reform strategies in the elementary classroom. One method shown to be effective in producing changes in teachers and the teaching process is the...

Topics: Classrooms, Teaching Methods, Professional Development, Integration, Multimedia

Effects of Integrating Hypermedia into Elementary Science Professional Development on Science Content Knowledge

Richard Hartshorne

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 14, No. 4 (December 2005) pp. 415–424

Past research has indicated that a number of problems in the teaching of science in elementary classrooms are rooted in the preparation of inservice teachers. One continuing concern is elementary teachers' lack of science content knowledge. As...

Hypermedia Applications in Teaching and Learning Environments: Exploring the Role of Databases as Intermediaries

Richard Hartshorne; Richard Ferdig

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1729–1734

Recent research supports the numerous benefits associated with integrating hypermedia applications into teaching and learning environments. However, simply adding hypermedia components to the teaching and learning environment does not ensure growth ...

Topics: Multimedia

Examining the Congruency of Factors Influencing K-12 Teacher and Student Perceptions and Use of Emerging Technological Tools in the Classroom

Richard Hartshorne; Laurie Campbell

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 2065–2066

While there are numerous pedagogical benefits of emerging technological tools, the pace of the integration of these tools into the K-12 classroom is slow. This is problematic, as many of the instructional benefits of emerging applications align with ...

Topics: Research & Evaluation, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Developing a Modeling & Simulation Curriculum for High School: Processes and Lessons Learning

Richard Hartshorne; Hank Okraski

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 773–774

The demand for graduates in STEM disciplines continues to increase due to the critical contributions of science, technology, engineering, and math to a multitude of national goals. In an effort to bolster the workfoce in one STEM discipline,...

Topics: Curriculum, Government, Games & Simulations

Examining factors that influence faculty decisions to adopt Web 2.0 technologies

Richard Hartshorne; Haya Ajjan

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) p. 4173

Today's student body is made up primarily of "digital natives", while faculty members are primarily "digital immigrants". Consequently, while students are immersed in a culture of cell phones, text messaging, YouTube, wikis, social networks and...

Adoption of Electronic Portfolios: Lessons Learned from the First Year

Richard Hartshorne; Adam Friedman

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 77–80

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the design and development of an electronic portfolio among graduating preservice teachers in a large university located in the southeastern United States. Specifically, we explored the effect...

Factors Influencing the Use of Teacher-Created Course Websites in the Classroom

Adam Friedman; Richard Hartshorne

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 3424–3426

Unlike the use of course websites at the university level, there has been little research addressing the creation and use of course websites by K-12 teachers, how teacher-created course websites are used in the K-12 classroom, and the factors that...

Topics: Teachers, Classrooms

Commentary: Revisiting “Guidelines for Using Technology to Prepare Social Studies Teachers”

Richard Hartshorne; Scott Waring

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 15, No. 2 (June 2015) pp. 201–208

In "Guidelines for Using Technology to Prepare Social Studies Teachers" (Hicks, Lee, Berson, Bolick, & Diem, 2014), the authors revisit and revise a series of principles focusing on the preparation of social studies teachers for using digital...

Topics: Social Studies, Digital Divide, Information Communication Technologies

Editorial: What We Learned about Technology and Teacher Education in 2020

Richard Hartshorne; Emily Baumgartner

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 28, No. 4 (October 2020) pp. 599–611

One of my favorite aspects of the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE) has been the inclusion of the final editorial each year, which provides a retrospective of what has been learned from the various articles published throughout the ...

Editorial: Submissions and Publication Data from the 2020 Volume of the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education & What We Learned about Technology and Teacher Education in 2021

Richard Hartshorne; Allison Kibbey

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 29, No. 4 (December 2021) pp. 453–469

In recent years, the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE) has included two editorials each year. In the second issue each year, an editorial is included to provide an overview of submission and publication data from the previous year, ...

Preparing In-service Teachers to Utilize Digitized Historical Resources to Promote Digital Historical Inquiry

Scott Waring; Richard Hartshorne

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4996–4997

While the quantity of online resources available for history teachers continues to grow, the integration and true potential of these tools in the K-12 classroom is still unrealized. In an effort to remedy the lack of utilization and to more...

Examining Student Decisions to Adopt Web 2.0 Technologies: Theory and Empirical Tests

Richard Hartshorne; Haya Ajjan

Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 21, No. 3 (December 2009) pp. 183–198

The purpose of this study was to examine student awareness of the pedagogical benefits of Web 2.0 to supplement in-class learning and to better understand factors that influence student decisions to adopt these tools, using the Decomposed Theory of...

Integrating hypermedia into elementary teachers' science professional development opportunities: The effects on content knowledge and attitudes toward science

Charles Richard Hartshorne

Integrating hypermedia into elementary@teachers' science professional development opportunities: The effects on content knowledge and attitudes@toward@science (2004) pp. 1–161

Recent calls for improvements in the teaching of science gave rise to the implementation of numerous reform strategies in the elementary classroom. Reviews of the different reform strategies showed varying levels of effectiveness in the overall...

Preparing In-service Teachers to Utilize Digitized Historical Resources to Promote Digital Historical Inquiry: The Evolution of the Teaching with Primary Sources at the University of Central Florida Program

Richard Hartshorne; Scott Waring

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2923–2925

The Library of Congress’ Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Program’s mission is to help teachers, at all levels, use the Library of Congress’ vast collection of digitized primary sources to enrich classroom instruction. To further this mission,...

Topics: social studies education, Library

Investigating faculty decisions to adopt Web 2.0 technologies: Theory and empirical tests

Haya Ajjan; Richard Hartshorne

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 11, No. 2 (2008) pp. 71–80

While students are increasing their use of emerging technologies such as text messaging, wikis, social networks, and other Web 2.0 applications, this is not the case with many university faculty. The purpose of this study was to assess faculty's...

Language: English

Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Analyses of Perceived Contextual Factors with Departmental Climate for Teaching Quality Improvement In STEM

Eman Saqr; Richard Hartshorne

SITE Interactive Conference 2020 (Oct 26, 2020) pp. 199–208

This study explored the correlation between perceived contextual factors (leadership, collegiality, resources, professional development, autonomy, and respect) and departmental climate for teaching quality improvement in STEM settings across...

Topics: faculty development

An Examination of Assistant Professors' Project Management Practices

Shannon Atkinson Alpert; Richard Hartshorne

International Journal of Educational Management Vol. 27, No. 5 (2013) pp. 541–554

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to identify factors that influence the use of project management in higher education research projects by investigating the project management practices of assistant professors. Design/methodology/approach:...

What Journal Editors Wish Authors Knew About Academic Publishing

Richard Hartshorne; Richard E. Ferdig; Glen Bull

(Mar 25, 2021) pp. 1–117

Getting published in academic journals is not an easy task, even for experienced researchers. Authors may spend months or years working on a submission; when the work fails to reach its audience, the result is lost time and potentially millions of...

Preparing Current and Future Teachers to Teach with Technology: An Examination of School-University Collaborations

Richard Hartshorne; Richard E. Ferdig; Kara Dawson

Journal of Computing in Teacher Education Vol. 21, No. 3 (2005) pp. 77–85

Recent research as well as local, state, and national mandates promote an increased role of technology in teaching and learning. In response to this call, K-12 institutions and colleges of education are faced with preparing current and future...

Exploring the Role of Synthetic Worlds and MMORPGs in Social Studies and Citizenship Education

Phillip VanFossen; Richard Hartshorne; Adam Friedman

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4941–4947

In this paper, the authors will report evidence for the potential of MMORPGs and synthetic worlds for social studies and citizenship education by providing a detailed review of literature. Evidence will include efforts by scholars to develop...

Examining the Effectiveness of the Remote Observation of Graduate Interns

Richard Hartshorne; Tina Heafner; Teresa Petty

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 19, No. 4 (October 2011) pp. 395–422

With teacher shortages in both general and critical needs areas and constricting operating budgets, it is important for Colleges of Education to develop methods of providing alternative certification programs to reach larger segments of the...

Topics: Video, Faculty, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Computers, Distance Education, Teachers

Remotely Examining Graduate Interns: Examining Participant Expectations

Richard Hartshorne; Tina Heafner; Teresa Petty

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 3624–3625

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s College of Education has offers a 100% online teacher licensure program. One component of the licensure program is the Graduate Internship, which involves the observation of graduate interns’ teaching. ...

Evolution of the Remote Observation of Graduate Interns

Teresa Petty; Richard Hartshorne; Tina Heafner

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 629–631

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s College of Education has developed a 100% online teacher licensure program. Since the inception of this program, students and faculty have responded positively, however, challenges have arisen. These...

Examining a Pilot Program for the Remote Observation of Graduate Interns

Teresa Petty; Tina Heafner; Richard Hartshorne

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2658–2660

To address teacher shortages in critical needs areas, UNC Charlotte’s College of Education has developed an online certification program. However, with the program’s success, new challenges have arisen; specifically issues related to monitoring...

Reconciling The Expectations of All Participants During A Remote Student Teaching Experience

Tina Heafner; Richard Hartshorne; Teresa Petty

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3911–3913

In recent years, the observation of both graduate and undergraduate during the student teacher experience is being conducted remotely, often as part fully online teacher preparation and licensure programs. The process typically involves the student...

Examining Factors Influencing the Use of Social Networking by College Students

Richard Hartshorne; Hay Ajjan; Yingxia Cao

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) p. 2130

The proliferation of social networking use such as Facebook and Linkedin has created a phenomenon that engages millions of Internet users around the world. The purpose of this research is to develop and test a research model that investigates...

Electronic Portfolios: Building on the Successes of Education

Jennifer Baucom; Richard Hartshorne; Adam Friedman

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 28–30

Electronic portfolios are used in many ways in the world of education. They are seen in collegiate and teacher education programs as well as in the K-12 learning environment. One of the major choices that educators still have is whether to create a...

The Remote Observation of Graduate Interns: Sharing Lessons From the Field

Tina Heafner; Teresa Petty; Richard Hartshorne

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1198–1201

As the overwhelming need for teachers continues to grow in the state of North Carolina, it is imperative for Colleges of Education to find alternative means for licensing teachers and to seek innovative ways to attract and recruit second career...

Windows Into Teaching and Learning (WiTL): An Overview

Tina Heafner; Teresa Petty; Richard Hartshorne

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 3626–3628

Windows into Teaching and Learning (WiTL), a pilot study conceived and actualized by researchers situated in a large urban university in the southeastern region of the United States, captures the nuisance of online learning as a method for...

University Supervisor Perspectives of the Remote Observation of Graduate Interns

Teresa Petty; Tina Heafner; Richard Hartshorne

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 632–634

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s College of Education has offers a 100% online teacher licensure program. One component of the licensure program is the Graduate Internship which involves the observation of graduate interns’ teaching. ...

Examining the Use of Emerging Technological Applications to Support Civic Engagement of Middle School Students

Richard Hartshorne; Scott Waring; Brian Furgione

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2376–2377

Numerous scholars and political scientists have espoused the importance of both an active and informed citizenry. However, while an important role of social studies educators is the integration of civic education in K-12 schools, the focus on...

Topics: social studies education

Exploring the Impact of Social Media Compulsive Use on College Student’s Performance: A Gender Comparison

Richard Hartshorne; Haya Ajjan; Yingxia Cao

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1066–1070

The negative impacts of compulsive use (CU) of social media is prevalent among college students due to their high immersion in social networking environments. In this study, we examine antecedents that serve as predictors of social media CU, as well ...

Topics: Research & Evaluation, International Education

Exploring Online Education in K-12 Environments

Tina Heafner; Richard Hartshorne; Teresa Petty

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1478–1480

Few online teachers receive any formal training online. Less than one percent have online learning experiences and rarely do teacher education programs address online learning pedagogy. However, research suggests that good teaching does not...

Topics: Virtual Environments, Distance Education, Virtual Schooling, Distance/Flexible Education, New Possibilities with Information Technology Education

Examining Blockchain Protocols, Cryptocurrency, NFTs, and Other Web 3.0 Affordances in Teacher Education

Richard E. Ferdig; Michael Cohen; Eric Ling; Richard Hartshorne

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 30, No. 1 (January 2022) pp. 5–19

Two things seem to be assured in education, particularly as they relate to educational technology and teacher education. First, technology evolves at a rate that is exponentially faster than many of us can keep up with (McElligott, 2018). Second,...

Evaluating Modes of Teacher Preparation: A Comparison of Face-to-Face and Remote Observations of Graduate Interns

Tina L. Heafner; Teresa M. Petty; Richard Hartshorne

Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education Vol. 27, No. 4 (2011) pp. 154–164

Although technology-mediated learning has its advantages, it does not come without operational tradeoffs. Thus, consideration of the effectiveness of new modes of teacher preparation in comparison to traditional, longstanding, research-proven...

An Introductory Examination of Factors Influencing K-12 Teachers Perceptions and Use of Emerging Technological Tools in the Classroom

Michelle Kepple; Laurie O. Campbell; Richard Hartshorne; Christine Herlihy

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2414–2416

While the proliferation of emerging technological tools, such as Facebook, YouTube, and Linkedin, continues to emerge and evolve in all aspects of life, the ubiquity of these tools in the K-12 classroom has not evolved at the same pace as other...

Topics: Research & Evaluation, New Possibilities with Information Technology Education

Analysis of Elementary School Web Sites

Richard Hartshorne; Adam Friedman; Bob Algozzine; Daljit Kaur

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 11, No. 1 (2008) pp. 291–303

While researchers have studied the use and value of educational software for many years, study of school Web sites and/or their effectiveness is limited. In this investigation, we identified goals and functions of school Web sites and used the...

A Comparison of Large Lecture, Fully Online, and Hybrid Sections of Introduction to Special Education

Chris O'brien; Richard Hartshorne; John Beattie; Luann Jordan

Rural Special Education Quarterly Vol. 30, No. 4 (2011) pp. 19–31

This study evaluated the effectiveness of flexible learning options at a university serving multiple geographic areas (including remote and rural areas) and age groups by teaching an introduction to special education course to three large groups of...

Observable, Traceable, Autograded Computer-Mediated Collaborative Learning: A Pilot of Scalable Team Design in the Engineering Classroom

Ronald DeMara; Soheil Salehi; Richard Hartshorne; Baiyun Chen; Eman Saqr

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 30, No. 3 (2019) pp. 397–424

The Group Learning At Significant Scale (GLASS) approach is developed to increase the scalability and efficacy of student design teams during large class sessions. GLASS utilizes freely available technology-mediated collaboration tools to facilitate ...

Time Flies When you’re on Social Networks: Cognitive Absorption and University Students’ Academic Performance

Haya Ajjan; Richard Hartshorne; Yingxia Cao; Raul Santiago

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1988–1989

The purpose of this presentation is to develop and test a research model that investigates and compares the effects of social media compulsive use on university students’ academic performance across cultures. The research model uses the concept of...

Elevating Learner Achievement Using Formative Electronic Lab Assessments in the Engineering Laboratory: A Viable Alternative to Weekly Lab Reports

Baiyun Chen; Ronald F. DeMara; Soheil Salehi; Richard Hartshorne

IEEE Transactions on Education Vol. 61, No. 1 (2018) pp. 1–10

A laboratory pedagogy interweaving weekly student portfolios with onsite formative electronic laboratory assessments (ELAs) is developed and assessed within the laboratory component of a required core course of the electrical and computer...

University Supervisor Perspectives of the Remote Observation of Graduate Interns

Tina L. Heafner; Teresa M. Petty; Richard Hartshorne

Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 24, No. 3 (December 2012) pp. 143–163

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte's College of Education offers a 100% online teacher licensure program. One component of the licensure program is the Graduate Internship, which involves the observation of graduate interns' teaching....

Secondary Schools Online: Are High School Web Sites Effective?

Richard Hartshorne; Adam Friedman; Bob Algozzine; Theresa Isibor

American Secondary Education Vol. 34, No. 2 (2006) pp. 50–66

High schools have traditionally focused on the in-depth instruction of specific subject matter and have served as both a preparatory phase for higher education for some students and an institution that prepares others to enter the workforce. One...

Flipping the Computer Engineering Gateway Courses: A Discussion of the Processes and Results

Richard Hartshorne; Baiyun Chen; John Edison; Ronale DeMara

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 686–689

Innovations to increase learning outcomes for STEM/ICT disciplines are urgently being sought. At the same time, enrollment increases of students with more varied skill backgrounds present new challenges. As enrollments increase, instructional tasks...

Topics: Distance/Flexible Education, Graduate Education & Faculty Development, Research & Evaluation

Special Issue Editorial: Preservice and Inservice Professional Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Richard Hartshorne; Emily Baumgartner; Regina Kaplan-Rakowski; Chrystalla Mouza; Richard E. Ferdig

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 28, No. 2 (2020) pp. 137–147

The global COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives in countless ways. This has included the move to emergency remote learning for PreK-12 and post-secondary education around the world. While school districts and post-secondary education institutions ...

Teaching, Technology, and Teacher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stories from the Field

Richard E. Ferdig; Emily Baumgartner; Richard Hartshorne; Regina Kaplan-Rakowski; Chrystalla Mouza

Teaching, technology, and teacher education during the COVID-19 pandemic: Stories from the field (2020)

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted education, forcing teachers and teacher educators into emergency, remote instruction. While there were noted challenges, there also were global success stories of innovation in preparing current and...