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

Primary teachers’ perceptions of their students’ digital technologies competencies

Petrea Redmond; Peter Albion; Vicky Smart; Robert Cantle; David A. Martin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2022 (Apr 11, 2022) pp. 1443–1452

Digital technology has been firmly engrained within the Australian Curriculum for some years now. The recent review of the curriculum has given even greater emphasis to digital technologies as an integral component for teaching content, developing...

Topics: International Perspectives

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

The International Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education: Part 1

Joke Voogt; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Kwok Wing Lai; Keryn Pratt; Peter Albion; Jo Tondeur; Mary Webb; Dirk Ifenthaler; David C. Gibson; Paul Resta; Thérèse Laferrière; David Slykhuis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 1078–1081

This symposium aims to introduce to the SITE community the second edition of the International Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education to be published in 2018. The purpose of the Handbook is to synthesize research and...

Topics: Research & Evaluation

The International Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education: Part 2

Joke Voogt; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Kwok Wing Lai; Keryn Pratt; Peter Albion; Jo Tondeur; Mary Webb; Dirk Ifenthaler; David C. Gibson; Paul Resta; Thérèse Laferrière; David Slykhuis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 1082–1085

This symposium aims to introduce to the SITE community the second edition of the International Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education to be published in 2018. The purpose of the Handbook is to synthesize research and...

Topics: Research & Evaluation

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)

Alleviating Pre-Service Teachers’ STEM Anxiety Through the Use of Remote Access Laboratories

Peter Albion; Ting Wu; Alexander Kist; Lindy Orwin; Andrew Maxwell; Ananda Maiti

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 146–154

Amid calls for greater emphasis on STEM in primary education, non-specialist teachers required to teach STEM subjects are often prone to anxiety as a consequence of their own education including only limited exposure to STEM. This paper reports on a ...

Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies, Engineering Education, Distance/Flexible Education

Effective approaches to prepare future teachers for educational technology use

Jo Tondeur; Natalie Pareja Roblin; Johan van Braak; Joke Voogt; Sarah Prestridge; Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Miri Shonfeld; Merav Asaf; Maaike Heitink; Liebet Verplanken; Petra Fisser; Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 3082–3085

Teacher training institutions are expected to prepare preservice teachers to integrate technology into their educational practice. However, several studies suggest that technology is often underused by preservice (eg. Mouza et al., 2014). There is a ...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Technology Enhanced Quality Learning for All: The EDUsummIT 2015 Call to Action

Joke Voogt; Kwok Wing Lai; Gerald Knezek; Peter Albion; Jo Tondeur; Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Miri Schönfield; Thérèse Laferrière; J. Michael Spector; Punya Mishra; Petra Fisser; Danah Henriksen; Rhonda Christensen; Paul Resta; Mike Searson; Charoula Angeli

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1246–1248

EduSummIT is a global community of policy-makers, researchers, and educators working together to move education into the digital age. The fourth EDUsummIT took place September 14-15, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand, in close connection with the UNESCO...

Topics: Technology Leadership, Research & Evaluation, International Education

Technology Enhanced Quality Learning for All: The EDUsummIT 2015 Call to Action

Joke Voogt; Kwok Wing Lai; Gerald Knezek; Peter Albion; Jo Tondeur; Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Miri Schönfield; Thérèse Laferrière; J. Michael Spector; Punya Mishra; Petra Fisser; Danah Henriksen; Rhonda Christensen; Paul Resta; Mike Searson; Charoula Angeli

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 797–799

EduSummIT is a global community of policy-makers, researchers, and educators working together to move education into the digital age. The fourth EDUsummIT took place September 14-15, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand, in close connection with the UNESCO...

Topics: Technology Leadership, Research & Evaluation, International Education

Assessing the Reliability of Merging Chickering & Gamson's Seven Principles for Good Practice with Merrill's Different Levels of Instructional Strategy (DLISt7)

Syaril Izwann Jabar; Peter R. Albion

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 20, No. 2 (2016) pp. 51–74

Based on Chickering and Gamson's (1987) Seven Principles for Good Practice, this research project attempted to revitalize the principles by merging them with Merrill's (2006) Different Levels of Instructional Strategy. The aim was to develop,...

Responding to Challenges in Teacher Professional Development for ICT Integration in Education

Jo Tondeur; Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Sarah Prestridge; Peter Albion; Shiyama Edirisinghe

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 3 (2016) pp. 110–120

There is wide agreement that teacher professional development (TPD) is a necessary element in educational change, especially for the more effective application of technology to enhance learning. The research literature reports many examples of...

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

Remote Access Laboratories for Preparing STEM Teachers: Preliminary Exploration

Ting Wu; Peter Albion; Andrew Maxwell; Alexander Kist; Lindy Orwin; Ananda Maiti

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2054–2061

Education for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) is acknowledged as a priority throughout the world but many K-6 teachers are inadequately prepared for it by virtue of limited exposure in their own schooling and teacher...

Topics: Teachers, Engineering, Classrooms, Engineering Education, New Possibilities with Information Technology Education

Technology Enhanced Quality Learning for All

Joke Voogt; Gerald Knezek; Ferial Khaddage; Therese Laferriere; Paul Resta; Peter Albion; Punya Mishra; Petra Fisser; Mike Searson; Mike Spector; Kwok Wing Lai; David Gibson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1312–1314

EduSummIT is a global community of policy-makers, researchers, and educators working together to move education into the digital age. The fourth EDUsummIT in 2015 will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, in close connection with the UNESCO Bangkok....

Topics: Research & Evaluation, Technology Leadership

Teachers' Professional Development for ICT Integration: Towards a Reciprocal Relationship between Research and Practice

Peter R. Albion; Jo Tondeur; Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Jef Peeraer

Education and Information Technologies Vol. 20, No. 4 (2015) pp. 655–673

Teachers in the 21st century are facing new challenges as a result of the expanding possibilities of ICT integration in every aspect of the school milieu. Studies have shown the potential of teacher professional development (TPD) that is tailored to ...

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

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 “...

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...

Development of the TTF TPACK Survey Instrument

Romina Jamieson-Proctor; Peter Albion; Glenn Finger; Rob Cavanagh; Robert Fitzgerald; Trevor Bond; Peter Grimbeek

Australian Educational Computing Vol. 27, No. 3 (2013) pp. 26–35

One of the major outcomes from the national Teaching Teachers for the Future (TTF) Project in 2011 was the development and statistical validation of a survey instrument to measure the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) of pre...

Teaching Teachers for the Future (TTF) Project TPACK Survey: Summary of the Key Findings

Glenn Finger; Romina Jamieson-Proctor; Rob Cavanagh; Peter Albion; Peter Grimbeek; Trevor Bond; Robert Fitzgerald; Geoff Romeo; Margaret Lloyd

Australian Educational Computing Vol. 27, No. 3 (2013) pp. 13–25

This paper presents a summary of the key findings of the TTF TPACK Survey developed and administered for the Teaching the Teachers for the Future (TTF) Project implemented in 2011. The TTF Project, funded by an Australian Government ICT Innovation...

Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education 2013

(2013) pp. 1–186

Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education is now in its fifth year of publication, and has become one of the most important journals for the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). This journal represents the...

DeHub: Examples of some projects and models for future collaboration

Victor Minichiello; Rosalind James; Peter Albion; Mark Brown; Bobby Harreveld; Mike Keppell

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2012 (November 2012)

DEHub was established in 2009 at the University of New England (UNE) and, with the support of an Australian Commonwealth grant, has initiated a number of projects in the field of distance education. It is an academic unit for promoting knowledge...

Going mobile: Each small change requires another

Peter Albion; Romina Jamieson-Proctor; Petrea Redmond; Kevin Larkin; Andrew Maxwell

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2012 (November 2012) pp. 5–15

Students are seeking flexible study opportunities. Smartphones have potential to support learning at times and places chosen by learners but their introduction presents challenges in negotiating the changes in the behaviour of learners and in the...

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...

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...

Teaching Teachers for the Future: Building the Educational Technology Capacity of Pre-service Teachers in Australian Universities, Part 2

Chris Campbell; Peter Albion; Matthew Kearney; Damian Maher; Kimberley Pressick-Kilborn; Jason Zagami

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2241–2248

The Teaching Teachers for the Future (TTF) project is funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) through the ICT Innovation Fund and is an $8.8 million project involving all 39...

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

Debra R Sprague; Peter Albion; Rick Ferdig; Cleborne Maddux; Maria Katradis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) p. 1259

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

Teaching Teachers for the Future: Building the Educational Technology Capacity of Pre-service Teachers in Australian, Universities, Part 1

Chris Campbell; Peter Albion; Matthew Kearney; Damian Maher; Kimberley Pressick-Kilborn; Jason Zagami

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2249–2252

The Teaching Teachers for the Future (TTF) project is funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) through the ICT Innovation Fund and is an $8.8 million project involving all 39...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Future of International Education Using Web3.0 Technologies and Self-organizing Networks

Roberta K Weber; Roger Carlsen; Ian Gibson; Marilyn Leask; Peter Albion; Dan Miller

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 2913–2914

Panel members from around the globe will discuss the challenges and possibilities of internationalizing education with digital technologies, by addressing the social, commercial, and governmental influences, as well as the enrichment of all...

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 ...

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...

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...

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;...

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

Debra Sprague; Peter Albion; Rick Ferdig; Cleborne Maddux; Kathy Bohnstedt

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) p. 1014

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 (http://www.NTLCoalition.org). The goal is to...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

Editorial: Publishing Data Evidence to Support Educational Technology Claims

Richard E. Ferdig; Debra Sprague; Cleborne Maddux; Peter Albion

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 15, No. 4 (October 2007) pp. 429–437

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Topics: Learning Outcomes, Research Methods, Educational Technology, Evaluation, Achievement