Springer Emerging Technologies for the Classroom: A Learning Sciences Perspective (Explorations in the Learning Sciences, Instructional Systems and Performance Technologies)

This book surveys innovative technology, showing how educators can use it to foster understanding, collaboration, creativity, invention and reflection. Describes emerging mobile and network technology that can help extend learning beyond the classroom. Review From the reviews:“This book will be an asset to educators from high schools to universities. It should also be of interest to researchers wishing to communicate new research findings.” (Soubhik Chakraborty, Computing Reviews, September, 2013) From the Back Cover This book provides contemporary examples of the ways in which educators can use digital technologies to create effective learning environments that support improved learning and instruction.   Guided by  multiple conceptual and methodological traditions evolving primarily  from the learning sciences and instructional technology communities, the book offers readers  a myriad of technologic  innovations and supplies concrete  solutions to anyone looking to foster deep understanding, collaboration, creativity, invention, and reflection in both formal and informal learning settings .   Emerging mobile and networked technologies specifically designed to extend student learning and foster student engagement beyond the confines of the classroom are provided along with tangible guidelines for their implementation and incorporation.   This book will prove an invaluable resource to researchers, teacher educators and anyone actively seeking to support student-directed learning through a focused engagement  with new media literacies . About the Author Nancy C. Lavigne is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. Her research focuses on students’ problem solving and reasoning on tasks that require application of statistical knowledge, and using the research on students’ thinking to design environments that foster and enhance learning in STEM. She is a member of the International Society for the Learning Sciences, the American Educational Research Association, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. She received her M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in Educational Psychology at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, Canada and conducted post-doctoral work at the Learning, Research, and Development Center (LRDC) at the University of Pittsburgh. Chrystalla Mouza is an Associate Professor of Instructional Technology in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. She earned an Ed.D., M.Ed, and M.A. in Instructional Technology and Media from Teachers College, Columbia University and completed post-doctoral work at the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Her research investigates teacher learning with regard to technology, applications of technology in K-12 classrooms, and teaching and learning outcomes in ubiquitous computing environments. Her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Delaware Department of Education through the Higher Education Component of No Child Left Behind, and ETS. Dr. Mouza is the recipient of the 2010 Distinguished Research in Teacher Education Award from the Association of Teacher Educators and former Chair of the AERA Special Interest Group, Advanced Technologies for Learning. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education and provides editorial assistance to numerous journals, conferences, and book publications including the Journal of the Learning Sciences, the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, and the Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education book series. Chrystalla Mouza is an Associate Professor of Instructional Technology in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. She earned an Ed.D., M.Ed, and M.A. in Instructional Technology and Media from Teachers College, Columbia University and completed post-doctoral work at the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Her resea