Developing TPACK of university faculty through technology leadership roles

This paper reports on a study that explored how faculty who take on technology leadership roles developed TPACK knowledge and built capacity for technology-enhanced teaching. The study was the second phase of a professional development initiative, called the Digital Pedagogies Collaboration, in a Fa...

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Published inItalian journal of educational technology Vol. 26; no. 1
Main Authors Kamini Jaipal-Jamani, Candace Figg, Diane Collier, Tiffany Gallagher, Kari-Lynn Winters, Katia Ciampa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Firenze University Press 01.04.2018
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Case Study
Educational Technology
Faculty Technology Leadership
Professional Development
Teacher Education
TPACK
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Summary:This paper reports on a study that explored how faculty who take on technology leadership roles developed TPACK knowledge and built capacity for technology-enhanced teaching. The study was the second phase of a professional development initiative, called the Digital Pedagogies Collaboration, in a Faculty of Education. Four faculty, who had participated in technology workshops, volunteered to conduct workshops on technologies they had integrated into their own instruction. A qualitative case study design was used and data included pre- and post- interviews, videotaped technology workshops, and workshop artifacts. Findings show that taking on a leadership role as a workshop facilitator improved faculty members’ knowledge and skills around teaching with technology (TPACK). Moreover, the TPACK-based Professional Learning Design Model (TPLDM) was useful for designing content- centric workshops and the Faculty as Technology Leaders was a component that extended the TPACK Leadership Theory of Action Model (Thomas, Herring, Redmond, & Smaldino, 2013).
ISSN:2532-4632
2532-7720
DOI:10.17471/2499-4324/984