The Department of Educational Technology is a service department to undergraduate programs in elementary and secondary education. The department's role is to provide undergraduates with both skills and instructional methods for using computer technology effectively in the teaching/learning process. Teacher education students experience how technologies are altering our society and the role they play in aiding instruction and fostering communication and performance. Educational Technology is an innovative way to design, deliver, facilitate, and manage instruction for learners of all ages, whether it is face-to-face in a classroom, online, or a combination of methods. EdTech at Boise State is much more than multimedia add-ons. It’s a way of engaging learners to understand the implications of technology in today’s society, empowering them to think, supporting them to lead their own learning and career paths, as well as the learning of others. The doctoral program in educational technology, leading to a Doctor of Education degree, has as its goal the development of innovative leaders in the field. Students in this program will explore the use of current and emerging technologies for effective and efficient teaching in a dynamic, global society. Areas of particular focus will include online teaching and learning, technology integration, academic technology leadership, innovative teaching in K-12 and higher education, educational software development for the web and mobile platforms, and educational games and simulations.
Submissions from 2019
Learning to Teach Online: An Exploration of How Universities with Large Online Programs Train and Develop Faculty to Teach Online, Patrick R. Lowenthal, Megan Gooding, Dana Shreaves, and Jennifer Kepka
Does Class Size Matter?: An Exploration into Faculty Perceptions of Teaching High-Enrollment Online Courses, Patrick R. Lowenthal, Rob Nyland, Eulho Jung, Joanna C. Dunlap, and Jennifer Kepka
Assessment and Evaluation in Online Learning, Ross A. Perkins
Makerspaces in Diverse Places: A Comparative Analysis of Distinctive National Discourses Surrounding the Maker Movement and Education in Four Countries, Natalie Roote Irie, Yu-Chang Hsu, and Yu-Hui Ching
Group Roles Matter in Computational Robotic Activities, Kellie Taylor and Youngkyun Baek
What Do They Really Like?: An Investigation of Students' Perceptions of Their Coursework in a Fully Online Educational Technology Program, Jesus Trespalacios and Patrick R. Lowenthal
Elementary Students’ Computational Thinking Practice in a Bridge Design and Building Challenge (Fundamental), Dazhi Yang, Youngkyun Baek, Bhaskar Chittoori, and William H. Stewart
Improving Teachers' Understanding of Theoretical Foundations of Technology Use: Connecting Theories with Technology, Dazhi Yang and Shannon Skelcher
Undergraduate Research Experience in Cybersecurity for Underrepresented Students and Students with Limited Research Opportunities, Dazhi Yang, Dianxiang Xu, Jyh-Haw Yeh, and Yibo Fan
Submissions from 2018
Using Visual Design to Improve the Online Learning Experience: A Synthesis of Research on Aesthetics, Jason D. Bader and Patrick R. Lowenthal
Online Course Design in Higher Education: A Review of National and Statewide Evaluation Instruments, Sally Baldwin, Yu-Hui Ching, and Yu-Chang Hsu
Online Course Design and Development Among College and University Instructors: An Analysis Using Grounded Theory, Sally J. Baldwin, Yu-Hui Ching, and Norm Friesen
E-Portfolios, Course Design, and Student Learning: A Case Study of a Faculty Learning Community, Devshikha Bose and Patrick R. Lowenthal
Mapping Student Reasoning in Support of Mathematics Teacher Candidate Digital Learning, Laurie Cavey, Tatia Totorica, Michele Carney, Patrick Lowenthal, and Jason Libberton
Video Case Analysis of Students’ Mathematical Thinking: Initial Development Process, Laurie Cavey, Tatia Totorica, Michele Carney, Patrick R. Lowenthal, and Jason Libberton
Capturing Professional Growth of Online Instructors: Learning Analysts’ Reflections on Studying a Faculty Development Program, Ken-Zen Chen and Patrick R. Lowenthal
Developing Computational Thinking with Educational Technologies for Young Learners, Yu-Hui Ching, Yu-Chang Hsu, and Sally Baldwin
Digital Citizenship for All: Empowering Young Learners with Disabilities to Become Digitally Literate, Quincy Conley, Jessica Scheufler, Gina Persichini, Patrick R. Lowenthal, and Michael Humphrey
Web-Based Learning: Design, Implementation and Evaluation, Gayle V. Davidson-Shivers, Karen L. Rasmussen, and Patrick R. Lowenthal
Online Educators’ Recommendations for Teaching Online: Crowdsourcing in Action, Joanna C. Dunlap and Patrick R. Lowenthal
Learning Analytics Research: Using Meta-Review to Inform Meta-Synthesis Authors, Xu Du, Juan Yang, Mingyan Zhang, Jui-Long Hung, and Brett E. Shelton
Continuing the Dialogue: Curriculum, Didaktik and Theories of Knowledge, Norm Friesen
Despite Predictions of Their Demise, College Textbooks aren’t Going Away, Norm Friesen
The Genealogy of the Textbook as an Educational Form: Orality and Literacy in Education, Norm Friesen
Tact and the Pedagogical Triangle: The Authenticity of Teachers in Relation, Norman Friesen and Richard Osguthorpe
Creating Accessible Video for the Online Classroom, Krista Greear and Patrick R. Lowenthal
[Un]consciously [Dis]serving English Learners: A Reflection of Bilingual Teacher Educators on the Border, Jeanette Haynes Writer, Lida J. Uribe-Florez, and Blanca Araujo
Measuring and Comparing Service Quality Metrics Through Social Media Analytics: A Case Study, Wu He, Xin Tian, Andy Hung, Vasudeva Akula, and Weidong Zhang
Physical Computing for STEAM Education: Maker-Educators' Experiences in an Online Graduate Course, Yu-Chang Hsu, Yu-Hui Ching, and Sally Baldwin
Investigating Students’ Perceptions of Instructional Strategies to Establish Social Presence, Patrick R. Lowenthal and Joanna C. Dunlap
Teaching Massive, Open, Online, Courses (MOOCs): Tales from the Front Line, Patrick R. Lowenthal, Chareen Snelson, and Ross Perkins
Visions of Quality Assurance in Online MBA Programs, Kerry Rice, Patrick R. Lowenthal, and Ross Perkins
History of Policies in K-12 Online and Blended Learning, Kerry Rice and Shannon Skelcher
The Effective Middle Level Virtual Teacher, Kerry Rice and Shannon Skelcher
Knowledge-Sharing and Potential Virtual Communities of Practice in the U.S. Coast Guard’s Afloat Community: A Qualitative Pilot Study, Lisa Rodman and Jesús Trespalacios
Two-Stage Predictive Modeling for Identifying At-Risk Students, Brett E. Shelton, Juan Yang, Jui-Long Hung, and Xu Du
Video Production in Content-Area Pedagogy: A Scoping Study of the Research Literature, Chareen Snelson
Collaborative Robotics: More Than Just Working in Groups, Kellie Taylor and Youngkyun Baek
What Leads to Player's Enjoyment and Achievement in a Mobile Learning Game?, Achraf Touati and Youngkyun Baek
Public Comment Sentiment on Educational Videos: Understanding the Effects of Presenter Gender, Video Format, Threading, and Moderation on YouTube TED Talk Comments, George Veletsianos, Royce Kimmons, Ross Larsen, Tonia A. Dousay, and Patrick R. Lowenthal
Work in Progress: Integrating Computational Thinking in STEM Education Through a Project-Based Learning Approach, Dazhi Yang, Steve R. Swanson, Bhaskar C. S. Chittoori, and Youngkyun Baek
Examining Student Learning and Perceptions in Social Annotation-Based Translation Activities, Na Zhao, Fei Gao, and Dazhi Yang
Submissions from 2017
Reflecting on a Social Studies-Mathematics Day: Integrating Content Using Multicultural Perspectives, Blanca Araujo, Lida Uribe Florez, and Adriana Goenaga Ruiz de Zuazu
Exploring How Individual Traits Influence Enjoyment in a Mobile Learning Game, Youngkyun Baek and Achraf Touati
Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Mobile Learning in Korea, Youngkyun Baek, Hui Zhang, and Seongchul Yun
Interactive Storytelling: Opportunities for Online Course Design, Sally Baldwin and Yu-Hui Ching
Evaluation Instruments and Good Practices in Online Education, Sally J. Baldwin and Jesús Trespalacios
Increasing Undergraduate Interest to Learn Geoscience with GPS-based Augmented Reality Field Trips on Student's Own Smartphones, Natalie Bursztyn, Brett Shelton, Andy Walker, and Joel Pederson
Assessment of Student Learning Using Augmented Reality Grand Canyon Field Trips for Mobile Smart Devices, Natalie Bursztyn, Andy Walker, Brett Shelton, and Joel Pederson
Moving Beyond Smile Sheets: A Case Study on the Evaluation and Iterative Improvement of an Online Faculty Development Program, Ken-Zen Chen, Patrick R. Lowenthal, Christine Bauer, Allan Heaps, and Crystal Nielsen
Confessional Technologies of the Self: From Seneca to Social Media, Norm Friesen
Lost in Translation: Wittgenstein as a Tragic Philosopher of Education, Norm Friesen
The Pedagogical Relation Past and Present: Experience, Subjectivity and Failure, Norm Friesen
The Textbook and the Lecture: Education in the Age of New Media, Norman Friesen
An Alternative Approach to Educating Secondary Science and Mathematics Teachers: Meeting the Needs of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Youth, Cecilia M. Hernandez, Jamie S. Baker, Christine M. Reyes, and Lida J. Uribe-Florez
Learning Through Making and Maker Education, Yu-Chang Hsu, Sally Baldwin, and Yu-Hui Ching
Physical Computing for STEAM Education: Maker-Educators' Experiences in an Online Graduate Course, Yu-Chang Hsu, Yu-Hui Ching, and Sally Baldwin
Identifying At-Risk Students for Early Interventions—A Time-Series Clustering Approach, Jui-Long Hung, Morgan C. Wang, Shuyan Wang, Maha Abdelrasoul, Yaohang Li, and Wu He
The Human Element MOOC, Whitney Kilgore and Patrick R. Lowenthal
Social Presence and Communication Technology: Tales of Trial and Error, Patrick Lowenthal and Dave Mulder
A Mixed Methods Examination of Instructor Social Presence in Accelerated Online Courses, Patrick R. Lowenthal
Educational Technology Conferences, Patrick R. Lowenthal
Social Presence, Identity, and Online Learning Research: Research Development and Needs, Patrick R. Lowenthal and Vanessa P. Dennen
Live Synchronous Web Meetings in Asynchronous Online Courses: Reconceptualizing Virtual Office Hours, Patrick R. Lowenthal, Joanna C. Dunlap, and Chareen Snelson
Creating an Intentional Web Presence: Strategies for Every Educational Technology Professional, Patrick R. Lowenthal, Joanna C. Dunlap, and Patricia Stitson
In Search of a Better Understanding of Social Presence: An Investigation into How Researchers Define Social Presence, Patrick R. Lowenthal and Chareen Snelson
Am I a STEM Professional? Documenting STEM Student Professional Identity Development, Sharon Paterson McGuire, Kirsten A. Davis, Arvin Farid, Kimberly K. Hardy, Yu-Chang Hsu, Uwe Kaiser, Rajesh Nagarajan, and Sasha Wang
Instructor Social Presence: Learners' Needs and a Neglected Component of the Community of Inquiry Framework, Jennier C. Richardson and Patrick Lowenthal
Predicting Student Success by Modeling Student Interaction in Asynchronous Online Courses, Brett E. Shelton, Jui-Long Hung, and Patrick R. Lowenthal
Using World of Warcraft to Teach Research Methods in Online Doctoral Education: A Student-Instructor Duoethnography, Chareen Snelson, Christopher I. Wertz, Kimberly Onstott, and Jason Bader
Exploring Small Group Analysis of Instructional Design Cases in Online Learning Environments, Jesus Trespalacios
Implementing Service-Learning Through an Online Graduate Course in Instructional Design, Jesús H. Trespalacios, Tera Armstrong, and Cynthia Goodwill
Building an Online Adaptive Learning and Recommendation Platform, Hsiao-Chien Tseng, Chieh-Feng Chiang, Jun-Ming Su, Jui-Long Hung, and Brett E. Shelton
Manipulative Use and Elementary School Students’ Mathematics Learning, Lida J. Uribe-Flórez and Jesse L. M. Wilkins
Persistence Factors Revealed: Students’ Reflections on Completing a Fully Online Program, Dazhi Yang, Sally Baldwin, and Chareen Snelson
Building an Effective Online Thermodynamics Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students, Dazhi Yang and Krishna Pakala
The Design and Implementation Outcome of an Online Undergraduate Thermodynamics Class, Dazhi Yang and Krishna Pakala
The Effects of Faculty Status, Faculty Gender, Field of Study, and Class Size on the Use of Blogs, Wikis, and Discussion Boards, Dazhi Yang and Caile E. Spear
Submissions from 2016
Using Importance-Performance Analysis to Guide Instructional Design of Experiential Learning Activities, Sheri Anderson, Yu-Chang Hsu, and Judy Kinney
Integrating Mobile Devices into the Classroom: A Qualitative Case Study of a Faculty Learning Community, Devshikha Bose and Patrick R. Lowenthal
Effectiveness and Student Perceptions of High-Enrolment Health Studies Online Courses, Ken-Zen Chen, Patrick R. Lowenthal, and Christine Bauer
Learners’ Interpersonal Beliefs and Generated Feedback in an Online Role-Playing Peer-Feedback Activity: An Exploratory Study, Yu-Hui Ching and Yu-Chang Hsu
Enhancing Graduate Students’ Reflection in E-Portfolios Using the TPACK Framework, Yu-Hui Ching, Dazhi Yang, Youngkyun Baek, and Sally Baldwin
What Sunshine Is to Flowers: A Literature Review on the Use of Emoticons to Support Online Learning, Joanna C. Dunlap, Devshikha Bose, Patrick R. Lowenthal, Cindy S. York, Michael Atkinson, and Jim Murtagh
Getting Graphic About Infographics: Design Lessons Learned from Popular Infographics, Joanna C. Dunlap and Patrick R. Lowenthal
Media Transatlantic: Developments in Media and Communication Studies Between North American and German-Speaking Europe, Norm Friesen
Introduction: The Geopolitcs of Media Studies, Norman Friesen and Richard Cavell
Becoming a Maker Educator, Jackie Gerstein
Creating Accessible Video for the Online Classroom, Krista Greear and Patrick R. Lowenthal
Creating an Intentional Web Presence: Strategies for Every Educational Technology Professional, Patrick R. Lowenthal, Joanna C. Dunlap, and Patricia Stitson
Teachers’ Perceptions About Math Snacks Spanish Materials, Sara Morales, Lida J. Uribe-Flórez, Karen Trujillo, and Karin Wiburg
Open Access Journals in Educational Technology: Results of a Survey of Experienced Users, Ross A. Perkins and Patrick R. Lowenthal
Online Graduate Teacher Education: Establishing an EKG for Student Success Intervention, Brett E. Shelton, Jui-Long Hung, and Sarah Baughman
Crossing Borders: An Exploration of Educational Technology in the U.S. and Poland, Dorota Siemieniecka, Bronisław Siemieniecki, Kerry Rice, and Phil Kelly
Qualitative and Mixed Methods Social Media Research: A Review of the Literature, Chareen L. Snelson
Using VoiceThread to Facilitate Asynchronous Communication: A Design Case, Jesús Trespalacios
Effects of Personalization and Invitation Email Length on Web-Based Survey Response Rates, Jesús H. Trespalacios and Ross A. Perkins
Sense of Community, Perceived Learning, and Achievement Relationships in an Online Graduate Course, Jesus Trespalacios and Ross Perkins
The Role of Trust Management in Reward-Based Crowdfunding, Haichao Zheng, Jui-long Hung, Zihao Qi, and Bo Xu
Submissions from 2015
Exploring Effects of Intrinsic Motivation and Prior Knowledge on Student Achievements in Game-Based Learning, Youngkyun Baek, Yan Xu, Sanghoon Han, and Jungwon Cho