Exploring preservice teachers' technology integration repertoire: A mixed methods study

The purpose of this convergent mixed methods study was to explore how an undergraduate educational technology course impacts preservice teachers' TPACK knowledge and how it affects the development of their technology integration repertoire. A total of 14 preservice teachers enrolled in a face-to-face section of an educational technology course in Fall 2021 participated in the study. Quantitative findings indicate the growth of participants' TPACK (self-perceptions and application) over the course of the semester. The qualitative findings suggest that the technology integration repertoire of the participants developed from a tool-based approach to the learner first and then the tool approach that confirms the growth of the TPK. This study is significant to teacher educators by providing an overview of the preservice teachers' decision-making process for using technologies in their lesson plans and their overall growth in technology integration during an educational technology course. The findings of this study could inform teacher preparation programs about the instructional activities that are the most beneficial for preservice teachers to experience for TPACK development

Performance improvement technology for building a sustainable OER initiative in an academic library

In keeping with its land grant mission, a university campus library partnered with several OER advocacy efforts on both national and state levels to promote the creation and use of OER at the university. While the program had some initial success in inspiring faculty to create and use OER in their courses, the effort proved difficult to sustain. This paper presents the application of the Performance Improvement/HPT model to an Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative in a university library. This paper focuses specifically on three phases of the process: organizational analysis, environmental analysis, and gap analysis We share results of that application and discuss how the HPT model might effectively be applied to other similar programs.Peer reviewedLibraryEducational Technolog

Roles de las tecnologías emergentes en el manejo de información de desastres naturales

Editorial: Roles de las tecnologías emergentes en el manejo de información de desastres naturale

From passion project to strategic plan: Sustaining an OER initiative in an academic library

This presentation shares the context of the project, presents a brief overview of Human Performance Technology and Open Educational Resources, and share how we used the Human Performance Technology framework to shift the OSU Libraries OER initiative from a passion project to a strategic plan.LibraryEducational Technolog

Multitasking Information Behaviour in Public Libraries: A Survey Study

Multitasking information behaviour is the human ability to handle the demands of multiple information tasks concurrently. When we multitask, we work on two or more tasks and switch between those tasks. Multitasking is the way most of us deal with the complex environment we all live in, and recent studies show that people often engage in multitasking information behaviours. Multitasking information behaviours are little understood, however, and an important area for information behaviour research. Our study investigated the multitasking information behaviours of public library users at the Brentwood and Wilkinsburg Public Libraries in Pittsburgh through diary questionnaires. Findings include that some 63.5 percent of library users engaged in multitasking information behaviours, with a mean of 2.5 topic changes and 2.8 topics per library visit. A major finding of our study is that many people in libraries are seeking information on multiple topics and are engaged in multitasking behaviours. The implications of our findings and further research are also discussed. (Contains 7 tables and 2 figures.