Developing innovative educators: Alignment of a technology literacy course and an emerging technologies lab

Jodie Donner; Sean Leahy

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 1742–1745

In an effort to reconceptualize its technology literacy curriculum within its teacher preparation program, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University undertook the charge to redesign a course directly addressing how technology has...

Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

TPACK and the Cambrian explosion of AI

Sean Leahy; Punya Mishra

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2023 (Mar 13, 2023) pp. 2465–2469

The Cambrian explosion of AI powered tools has raised important questions about their use in education. The TPACK framework address the knowledge and skills that educators need to effectively integrate such emergent technologies into their current...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Designing the new generation of computer labs for a college of education

Sean Leahy; Punya Mishra

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2018 (Oct 15, 2018) pp. 1129–1132

The purpose of this brief paper presentation is to share the experiences of a complete redesign of the computer lab model and the role it can play to foster creativity, innovation, and improve the learner experience through discovery within a...

Topics: Innovative online learning and educational programming, (2017) Implementation Examples & Issues, (2017) Other

IgnitED Labs: Looking to the past to prepare for the futures of learning

Sean Leahy; Jodie Donner

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 1804–1808

Technological advancements have leaders asking how to prepare for tomorrow’s classrooms. Research has revealed authentic experiences are necessary. Combining century-old learning process beliefs with futuristic technologies offers a creative way to...

Topics: Technology Leadership, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies, STEM Innovation

BioSense Network: Exploring biotechnology through computational microscopes

Sean Leahy; Abhishek Singharoy; Cassandra Kellaris; Punya Mishra

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2022 (Apr 11, 2022) pp. 1046–1049

The BioSense Network is a collaboration between Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute and the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, supported by grant funding from the U.S. Department of Defense National Defense Education Program. The purpose...

Topics: Science Education, STEM Innovation

The Habits of Mind Necessary to Generate New Ways of Teaching in a Career of Constant Change

Michael D. DeSchryver; Sean M. Leahy; Matthew J. Koehler; Leigh G. Wolf

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 57, No. 3 (March 2013) pp. 40–46

In this paper we explore the philosophy, pedagogy and implementation of the third year course sequence in the M.A. in Educational Technology program at Michigan State University. We discuss how "little-r" revolutions in teaching and learning, i.e.,...

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 ...