Do 21st Century Learning Environments Support Self-Directed Learning? Middle School Students’ Response to an Intentionally Designed Learning Environment

Chris Fahnoe; Punya Mishra

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3131–3139

21st Century Learning Frameworks identify Self-Directed Learning (SDL) as a being a critical skill for students yet little empirical research is available. This mixed-methods study focuses on self-directed learning skills by middle school students...

Fail Again, Fail Better: Contextual factors that influence creativity in technology mediated learning contexts

Punya Mishra; Danah Henriksen; Shaunna Smith; Michael DeSchryver; Chris Fahnoe; Colin Terry; William Cain; Jonathon Good

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1892–1897

This symposium addresses issues of the kinds of technology-mediated contexts that support creativity. An additional theme is that of how the idea of failure can prompt the creative process. Presenters in this symposium will describe the theoretical, ...

Topics: Creativity

Breaking Disciplinary Boundaries in 21st Century Learning: Creative Teaching with Digital Technologies: Part 2

Punya Mishra; Chris Fahnoe; Danah Henriksen; Kristen Kereluik; Mike DeSchryver; Sean Leahy; Laura Terry; Leigh Graves Wolf

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4210–4215

This symposium addresses issues of creativity in the 21st century - specifically dealing with a framework we suggest is beneficial to teaching creatively with technology. The overarching framework of trans-disciplinary thinking deals with meta-level ...