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Preservice Teachers' Focus in 360 Videos: Understanding the Role of Presence, Ambisonic Audio, and Camera Placement
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Gandolfi, Enrico; Ferdig, Richard E.; Kosko, Karl W. – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2022
Immersive 360 videos are increasingly being used in pre-service teachers (PST) education. There is preliminary evidence that this technology may benefit future educators' focus and attention to classroom settings and events. However, more analytical efforts are needed to better understand its potential impact on reported focus of attention (RFA)…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Technology Uses in Education, Video Technology
A 2025 Vision for Building Access to K-12 Online and Blended Learning in Pre-Service Teacher Education
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Hodges, Charles B.; Barbour, Michael; Ferdig, Richard E. – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2022
In this paper the authors present a vision that by 2025 all teacher education programs will prepare teacher candidates with the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to be successful teaching in online and blended modalities. The authors present evidence that all teachers need to be proficient in online and blended teaching, and they provide…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Electronic Learning, Blended Learning
Using the COVID-19 Pandemic to Create a Vision for XR-Based Teacher Education Field Experiences
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Ferdig, Richard E.; Kosko, Karl W.; Gandolfi, Enrico – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2022
If there was a bright side to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly related to education, it was the massive and rapid introduction of educational technologies to scaffold teaching and learning. Most notably, within teacher education, this included extended reality (XR) technologies to supplement or replace face-to-face field experiences. With the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Computer Simulation, Teacher Education
Creating Asynchronous Virtual Field Experiences with 360 Video
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Zolfaghari, Maryam; Austin, Christine K.; Kosko, Karl W.; Ferdig, Richard E. – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2020
The global COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted normal face-to-face classes across institutions. This has significantly impacted methods courses where preservice teachers (PSTs) practice pedagogy in the field (e.g., in the PreK-12 classroom). In this paper, we describe efforts to adapt an assignment originally situated in a face-to-face school…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Asynchronous Communication, Video Technology, Field Experience Programs
The Use of Digital Poetry to Inform Preservice Teacher Education and In-Service Teacher Professional Development during COVID-19
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Hassler, David; Pytash, Kristine E.; Ferdig, Richard E.; Mucha, Nate; Gandolfi, Enrico – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2020
Digital poetry has been an important and innovative genre in many disciplines. This paper describes two separate tools ("Emerge" and "Thread") that were used to support teacher professional development during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results suggest that within one month, over 120 poems at each of two separate schools were…
Descriptors: Poetry, Electronic Publishing, Faculty Development, Disease Control
Virtual Schooling Standards and Best Practices for Teacher Education
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Ferdig, Richard E.; Cavanaugh, Cathy; DiPietro, Meredith; Black, Erik W.; Dawson, Kara – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2009
The number of students taking online courses in K-12 has increased exponentially since the inception of virtual schools in 1996. However, K-12 virtual schooling is a relatively new concept for those involved in teacher education. As teacher education departments build pre-service preparation programs, in-service professional development…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Standards, Best Practices, Educational Research