From Creation to Curation: Evolution of an Authentic 'Assessment for Learning' Task

Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1160–1168

Authenticity is an important characteristic of learning experiences and contributes to transfer of learning into practice. Maintaining authenticity in the face of changes in the eventual environment of practice can be challenging. This paper...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Assessment and E-Folios

Evolution of an online graduate course in educational multimedia

Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 932–933

Online education is relatively new and effective course designs are still emerging. A course that was originally offered successfully with small groups has evolved into two courses, which seek to achieve similar goals with greater scalability using...

Models of Teacher Development for ICTs Integration: Examples from the 2001 SITE Proceedings

Peter Albion; Avril Loveless

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1230–1231

This paper identifies papers from the 2001 SITE conference which may serve as examples of strategies described in a forthcoming report on Models of Teacher Development for the Integration of ICTs in the Classroom. It provides convenient means of...

Topics: Integration

In their own words: preservice teachers’ perceptions of ICT integration

Petrea Redmond; Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2426–2430

Pre-service teachers participated in an online discussion that included a guest who facilitated conversation about integration of ICTs. Students mostly agreed that integration of ICTs was desirable but differed in their views about specific...

Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Teachers, Integration, Students

Understanding the Role of School Leaders in Realizing the Potential of ICTs in Education

Thomas Otto; Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 506–510

Although Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) are now widely available in schools they appear not to have been integrated into teaching and learning either as widely or as thoroughly as was hoped. One influential factor, which may not...

Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Schools

Publishing in the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE)

Peter Albion; Rick Ferdig; Natalie Johnson-Leslie; Mary Kayler; Jana Willis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1376–1377

The Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE) is the print journal of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). It is published quarterly with a focus on research on technology and teacher education. That may...

Topics: Research & Evaluation

A Review of Integrating Mobile Phones for Language Learning

Ramiza Darmi; Peter Albion

International Conference on Mobile Learning 2014 (2014)

Mobile learning (m-learning) is gradually being introduced in language classrooms. All forms of mobile technology represent portability with smarter features. Studies have proven the concomitant role of technology beneficial for language learning....

Re-visioning Teacher Preparation for Mobility: Dual Perspectives

Peter Albion; Romina Jamieson-Proctor; Wendy Fasso; Petrea Redmond

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 153–160

Widespread availability of smartphones and similar devices with connection to the Internet is influencing the evolution of higher education across disciplines. For teacher educators there is an additional consideration of how to prepare teachers to...

Transitions to Academia: Publishing in the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE)

Peter Albion; Rick Ferdig; Cleborne Maddux; Natalie Johnson-Leslie; Mary Kayler; Jana Willis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) p. 1218

The editors of leading educational technology journals are collaborating on ways to support the efforts of the next generation of researchers, working within the National Technology Leadership Coalition (ntlcoalition.org). The goal is to facilitate “...

Transitions to Academia: Publishing in the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE)

Peter Albion; Rick Ferdig; Cleborne Maddux; Natalie Johnson-Leslie; Mary Kayler; Jana Willis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) p. 1219

The editors of leading educational technology journals are collaborating on ways to support the efforts of the next generation of researchers, working within the National Technology Leadership Coalition (ntlcoalition.org). The goal is to facilitate “...

Web 2.0 in Teacher Education: Two Imperatives for Action

Peter R. Albion

Computers in the Schools Vol. 25, No. 3 (October 2008) pp. 181–198

Web 2.0 represents a more participative and potentially paradigm-changing environment for building and sharing knowledge. Some educators have begun to apply these tools in classrooms but, as their use in society expands, there will be expectations...

Designing for an online doctoral studies community using an open source platform

Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2138–2143

There is growing demand from professional educators for doctoral programs that they can access while continuing to work. A history of success in offering distance education programs underpins the doctoral program at USQ but a key challenge is to...

Topics: Community, Distance Education, Students

Talking with computer-using teachers: Insights for pre-service teachers

Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1518–1523

Access to models of appropriate practice is an important aspect of pre-service teacher preparation. Multimedia materials can be used to supplement uneven field experience. The project on which this paper is based included materials prepared by and ...

Topics: Teachers, Multimedia

Graduating Teachers’ Reflections about Teaching with Information and Communication Technologies

Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 649–652

Teachers' visions for and beliefs about working with Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are an important influence on the successful application of ICTs in education. Because beliefs are closely associated with experience, teachers'...

Topics: Communication, Information Communication Technologies, Teachers, Educational Technology

Virtual Worlds: Exploring Potential for Educational Interaction

Peter Albion

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 5100–5107

Interaction is widely accepted as essential for learning. The challenge of distance education is to overcome transactional distance through provision of appropriate opportunities for interaction. Asynchronous and synchronous computer-mediated...

Topics: Interaction, Distance Education

Student Teachers’ Confidence and Competence for Finding Information on the Internet

Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 1244–1249

There is popular belief that current university students, who belong to the age group labelled as Generation Y or the Millennials, are more skilled than previous generations with computers by virtue of having grown up with them. Occasionally...

3D Online Spaces for Teacher Education: Mapping the Territory

Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 1606–1612

If familiarity with games played out in 3D online spaces is truly a defining characteristic of the emerging generations of learners then teacher educators need to attend to these environments both as venues for teacher preparation and as a subject...

Graduating Teachers’ Dispositions for Integrating Information and Communications Technologies into Their Teaching

Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1592–1599

Previous research has identified graduating teachers' dispositions towards teaching with Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) as a significant issue for teacher preparation programs. Both increased community access to ICTs and changes...

Topics: Educational Technology, Change, Teachers, Information Communication Technologies

Designing for explicit TPACK development: Evolution of a preservice design and technology course

Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2680–2685

The Australian Government has funded the Teaching Teachers for the Future (TTF) project across all teacher preparation programs with the intention of enhancing the capabilities of graduate teachers for integrating Information and Communication...

Setting Course for the New Millennium: Planning for ICT in a New Bachelor Degree Program

Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 756–761

The design of teacher education programs, including the preparation of teachers for working with Information and Communication Technology (ICT), requires careful balancing of multiple considerations. Due attention should be given to the...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Communication, Information Communication Technologies

Preliminary investigation of some influences on student teachers' self-efficacy for teaching with computers

Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1349–1354

Although many teachers now have access to computers for teaching and learning and profess a belief in the value of computers for education the impact on the day to day work in classrooms is still limited. Even where teachers believe in the use of...

Topics: Computers, Teachers, Classrooms

Interactive Multimedia Problem-Based Learning: Evaluating its Use in Pre-Service Teacher Education

Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1407–1408

Interactive multimedia using problem-based learning as a design framework (IMM-PBL) has been proposed as a method for influencing teachers' beliefs about integrating computers in their teaching. Initial evaluation of IMM-PBL materials with pre...

Topics: Computers, Teachers, Teaching Methods

Come the Revolution: Pre-service Teachers’ Access to, Attitudes toward, and Skills with ICT

Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 74–81

Pre-service teachers can benefit from the new learning opportunities offered by information and communication technology (ICT) both immediately for their own study and, in the longer term, for use in their own classrooms. However, to benefit from...

Looking for evidence of change: Evaluation in the Teaching Teachers for the Future project

Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 1626–1633

Commitment of substantial government funding to a project brings with it a requirement for evaluation of the degree to which the project has succeeded in achieving its stated goals. The Teaching Teachers for the Future (TTF) project funded by the...

Mistaking the Tool for the Outcome: Using Activity System Theory to understand the Complexity of Teacher Technophobia

Margaret Lloyd; Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1480–1487

The blame for the reputed failure of schools to embrace information and communication technologies (ICT) and the relegation of new technologies to the periphery of school life is frequently placed directly on the technophobic teacher. In this paper, ...

Topics: Teachers, Information Communication Technologies, Schools

Motivating Learners to Participate in Online Discussions: Lessons from Research for Teacher Preparation

Peter Albion; Cathy Weaver

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2451–2457

Online education is used widely across educational sectors for reasons including increased flexibility and improved learning opportunities. Significant investments have been made in provision of systems and software, and much has been written about...

Topics: Instructional Design

PBL + IMM = PBL2: Problem-Based Learning and Multimedia Development

Peter R Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1022–1028

An interactive multimedia (IMM) package incorporating problem based learning (PBL) principles has been developed to assist teachers in learning to integrate information and communications technologies (ICT) into their teaching. The development...

Topics: Multimedia, Information Communication Technologies

Teacher Education and Faculty Development

Peter Albion; Sue Espinoza

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1897–1898

Preparing for Doctoral Supervision at a Distance: Lessons from Experience

Peter Albion; Ronel Erwee

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 82–89

An ageing academic workforce and increasing demand for tertiary education are combining to create an acute shortage of university teachers across almost every discipline in Australian universities. Distance education at the doctoral level has an...

Altered Geometry: A New Angle on Teacher Technophobia

Margaret Lloyd; Peter Albion

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 17, No. 1 (January 2009) pp. 65–84

Teacher technophobia is analyzed using an activity systems framework and we contend that technophobic teachers make the mistake of confusing and collapsing the tool into the object thereby figuratively altering the geometry of the classic activity...

Returning the Favour: Using Insights from Online Learning to Enhance On-Campus Courses

Peter Albion; Petrea Redmond

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2458–2464

Online learning environments have enriched distance education offerings by increasing the opportunities for interaction of learners with peers and teachers. At the same time they have enabled educational design to move beyond resource-based...

Topics: Distance Education, Interaction

Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour to Predict Bruneian Teachers' Intentions to Use ICT in Teaching

Sallimah Salleh; Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1389–1396

This study investigated use of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) (Ajzen, 1985) as a framework for predicting and explaining teachers' intentions and use of ICT in teaching. Instrumentation consisted of a six-part self-report questionnaire: (1)...

Topics: Teachers, Attitudes, Information Communication Technologies

Exploring the Worth of Online Communities and e-Mentoring Programs for Beginning Teachers

Hannah Gutke; Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 1416–1423

Education systems worldwide face challenges in retaining and developing beginning teachers against a widespread pattern of significant attrition. This study used interviews with beginning teachers, their mentors and other relevant staff members in...

Principals’ Beliefs about Teaching with ICT: A Model for Promoting Change

Thomas Otto; Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1620–1627

Principals have important leadership roles in relation to teaching with ICT. Their approaches are inevitably influenced by personal beliefs. Using case study methodology, this study found that principals' beliefs reflected their long experience and...

Topics: Schools, Information Communication Technologies

Living Up To The Ict Integration Standards

Petrea Redmond; Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1013–1018

Abstract: 21st century teaching demands that information and communication technologies (ICTs) are integral to the learning process. Since at least 1995, there have been several attempts to increase the level of ICT integration within the Bachelor...

Topics: Integration, Educational Technology, Faculty, Learning Outcomes, Information Communication Technologies

Self-Efficacy Beliefs as an Indicator of Teachers' Preparedness for Teaching with Technology

Peter R Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1602–1608

The focus on information technology in education has shifted towards curriculum integration. Consequently teacher education programs need to prepare graduates for teaching with IT. Graduates should possess both skills in the use of IT and belief...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology

Hong Kong Home Economics Teachers’ Preparedness for Teaching with Technology

Kitty Ho; Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 3849–3856

In Hong Kong as elsewhere the government has undertaken a series of initiatives to increase the incidence, and effectiveness, of application of information and communication technology (ICT) in education. This paper reports on a study of ICT...

New Communication Media Challenges for Supervisors and External Doctoral Students

Ronel Erwee; Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 252–259

This study investigated perceptions of doctoral students and supervisors in an Australian university about communication challenges in doctoral distance education, frequency of communication between candidate and supervisors, satisfaction with...

Interaction, Learner Styles, and Content in Online Courses: Implications for Teacher Preparation

Jay Wilson; Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 571–578

Educators and learners at all levels are increasingly likely to find their classes going online for at least part of the time. Although good teaching exhibits some consistent characteristics regardless of environment, learning and teaching is...

Caring dialogue: A step toward realising the dream of online learning communities

Jennie Swann; Peter Albion

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2013 (2013) pp. 854–864

Online educators dream of facilitating interpersonal interactions equivalent to those in face -to-face classrooms as an important factor for promoting learning in online classes. Many current university students are comfortable with online networks...

Auditing the TK and TPACK Confidence of Pre-Service Teachers: Are They Ready for the Profession?

Romina Jamieson-Proctor; Glenn Finger; Peter Albion

Australian Educational Computing Vol. 25, No. 1 (July 2010) pp. 8–17

Teacher education graduates need appropriate levels of confidence and capabilities in relation to technological knowledge (TK) as a basis for having technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) to meet the challenges of learning and teaching...

Auditing the TPACK Confidence of Australian Pre-Service Teachers: The TPACK Confidence Survey (TCS)

Peter Albion; Romina Jamieson-Proctor; Glenn Finger

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 3772–3779

This chapter describes the construction and validation of an instrument to measure teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK). The TPACK Confidence Survey (TCS) contains scales that measure teachers’ attitudes toward using ICT;...

Mapping the digital practices of teacher educators: Implications for teacher education in changing digital landscapes

David Jones; Peter Albion; Amanda Heffernan

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 2878–2886

Almost 40 years since the first personal computers appeared in classrooms Education is still awaiting transformation on the scale experienced in other parts of society. The replacement of digital immigrant teachers by a younger generation of digital ...

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

Intentions v Reality: Preservice ICT Integration during Professional Experience

Petrea Redmond; Peter Albion; Jerry Maroulis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1566–1571

Abstract: This study extends previous work on pre-service teachers' use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) during professional experience by collecting data about intentions for ICT use prior to an experience and comparing that with...

Topics: Teachers, Information Communication Technologies, Communication

Designing Twenty-first Century Teaching and Learning Spaces for a Teacher Education Program

Petrea Redmond; Peter Albion; Louise Alexander

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1832–1837

Although the technologies and practices associated with teacher education are subject to constant evolution and occasional dramatic change, changes in program structures and implementation are seldom accompanied by opportunities to redesign the...

Topics: Teachers, Change, Educational Technology, Information Communication Technologies

TPACK as shared practice: Toward a research agenda

David Jones; Amanda Heffernan; Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 3287–3294

The task of using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to effectively teach hundreds of pre-service educators, many of whom never attend campus, is a significant challenge, which is amplified by the need to do so in ways that model how...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Graduate Education & Faculty Development, New Possibilities with Information Technology Education

Pre-service Teachers and the Digital Technologies Curriculum

Petrea Redmond; Peter Albion; Robert Cantle; David Martin; David Jones

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2023 (Mar 13, 2023) pp. 1037–1042

As life becomes more dependent on digital technologies, there is a worldwide shift toward including digital technologies content, including computational thinking and other computer science elements, in primary school curricula. The introduction of...

Topics: Research & Evaluation

Publishing in the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE)

Debra Sprague; Peter Albion; Richard Ferdig; Cleborne Maddux; Jesse Leins

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1680–1684

Abstract: The editors of leading educational technology journals are collaborating on ways to support the efforts of the next generation of researchers, working within the framework of the National Technology Leadership Coalition (http://www...

Age-related differences in ICT access and confidence among pre-service teachers

Peter R Albion; Romina Jamieson-Proctor; Glenn Finger

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 21–32

The Australian Government’s Digital Education Revolution is directed at school education but, because teacher preparation is a significant factor in its success, there are implications for teacher education in Australian higher education. A national ...

Open Educational Practice and Preservice Teacher Education: Understanding past practice and future possibilities

Peter Albion; David Jones; Chris Campbell; Janice Jones

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 798–806

'Open' is a commonly applied descriptor for a variety of educational initiatives but its meaning and implications vary widely. This paper reviews some more recent understandings of 'open' in education and what that could mean for teacher education....

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies