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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
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
Immersive Presence for Future Educators: Deconstructing the Concept of Presence in Extended Reality Environments for Preservice Teachers
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Gandolfi, Enrico; Austin, Christine; Heisler, Jennifer; Zolfaghari, Maryam – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2021
Immersive videos for training pre-service teachers (PST) are becoming increasingly important and, yet, inadequately investigated. This article focuses on the role of presence as a possible aid in 360 videos for future educators, presenting the results of a study involving 118 PSTs. A multiple factor analysis of the "eXtended Reality Presence…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Technology Uses in Education, Video Technology
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