SITE 2020 And K-12 Online Learning

So the 2020 annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education begins today – although in a virtual, fee-based format.  In looking over the conference program, here at the K-12 distance, online, and blended learning sessions I was able to identify (which is actually quite easy, given you have the “K-12 Online Learning” SIG which you can search for, and then do a bit of additional searching based on common phrases.  Anyway, this is what I came up with…

Tuesday, April 7

• W2: Get Outside Your LMS! Engagement Strategies for Online Instruction

  10:00 AM-12:00 PM

  1.  Todd Cherner, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
  2.  Jeremy Dickerson, The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, United States
  3.  Alex Fegely, Coastal Carolina University, United States

Wednesday, April 8

• Powering New Teachers’ Potential to Thrive: Teacher Recruitment and First-Year Success within the ThriveCast Connected Growth Platform

  11:15 AM-12:15 PM

  Room: Innovators Playground & Workshops – M

  1.  Sasha Barab, Arizona State University, United States
  2.  Anna Arici, Arizona State University, Center for Games and Impact, United States

• Adapting Ed Tech Usage Recommendations to Enhance Academic Outcomes of Disadvantaged Students

  5:45 PM-7:00 PM

  Room: Keynote & Invited Speakers Room

  1.  Andrew Berrett, Imagine Learning, United States
  2.  Assunta Hardy, Imagine Learning, United States
  3.  Joyce Zhang, Imagine Learning, United States

Thursday, April 9

• A Review of Online Computer Science Learning Environments for High School Students

  11:15-11:30 AM

  Room: Virtual Room 6

  1.  Christopher Smith, Louisiana Tech University, United States
  2.  Lorraine Jacques, Louisiana Tech University, United States

• Exploring Teachers’ Perceptions of Quality K-12 Blended and Online Learning

  11:30-11:45 AM

  Room: Virtual Room 6

  1.  Dawn Hathaway, George Mason University, United States
  2.  Tareque Mehdi, George Mason University, United States

• Experiences and Perspectives of Personalization as a Blended Teaching Pedagogy from Preservice Teachers in a K-12 Blended Teaching Course

  11:45 AM-12:00 PM

  Room: Virtual Room 6

  1.  Cecil R Short, Brigham Young University, United States
  2.  Karen Arnesen, Brigham Young University, United States
  3.  Charles Graham, Brigham Young University, United States
  4.  Douglas Archibald, Brigham Young University, United States

• Practice of Narrative Approach using e-learning in Cross-Cultural Understanding Education

  1:45 PM-2:00 PM

  Room: Bacchus

  1.  Yohei Yamamoto, KIBI Inc., Japan

• Exploring Middle School Students’ Ideas about a Chemical Reaction Using Visual Models and Written Explanations

  3:00-3:15 PM

  Room: Virtual Room 5

  1.  Kihyun Ryoo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, United States
  2.  Sarah Chiavacci, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, United States

• Using CAI with Fidelity: Impacts on Literacy Skills of Kindergarten Students Across Demographics

  3:00-3:15 PM

  Room: Virtual Room 6

  1.  Haya Shamir, Waterford Institute, United States
  2.  David Pocklington, Waterford Institute, United States
  3.  Kathryn Feehan, Waterford Institute, United States
  4.  Erik Yoder, Waterford Institute, United States

• Long-term Effects of CAI in Early Education: Evidence from Three Districts

  3:15-3:30 PM

  Room: Virtual Room 6

  1.  Haya Shamir, Waterford Institute, United States
  2.  David Pocklington, Waterford Institute, United States
  3.  Erik Yoder, Waterford Institute, United States
  4.  Kathryn Feehan, Waterford Institute, United States

Friday, April 10

• Best Practices in Blended Practice: A Thematic Analysis of Blended Teaching Artifacts

  11:15-11:30 AM

  Room: Virtual Room 4

  1.  Cecil R Short, Brigham Young University, United States
  2.  Emily Sabey, Brigham Young University, United States

• Exploring Blended Learning Perceptions Among International Secondary Educators

  11:30-11:45 AM

  Room: Virtual Room 4

  1.  Leanna Archambault, Arizona State University, United States
  2.  Medha Dalal, Arizona State University, United States

• Emotion Analysis for Discussion Board Posts

  2:45 PM-3:45 PM

  Room: Virtual Room 7

  1.  Tuba Ketenci, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
  2.  Krishna Kumar, Grady High School, United States
  3.  Min Kim, Georgia State University, United States

• A Newcomer’s Lens: A Look at K-12 Online and Blended Learning in the Journal of Online Learning Research

  None

  1.  Min Hu, Brigham Young University, United States
  2.  Karen Arnesen, Brigham Young University, United States
  3.  Michael K. Barbour, Touro University California, United States
  4.  Heather Leary, Brigham Young University, United States

• Better Supporting Online and Blended Students Through Academic Communities of Engagement

  1.  Jered Borup, George Mason University, United States
  2.  Charles R. Graham, Brigham Young University, United States
  3.  Richard E. West, Brigham Young University, United States
  4.  Leanna Archambault, Arizona State University, United States
  5.  Kristian Spring, Brigham Young University, United States

• Creating Virtual Learning Experiences

  1.  Shadow Armfield, Northern Arizona University, United States
  2.  Hoda Harati, Northern Arizona University, United States
  3.  Michael Blocher, Northern Arizona University, United States
  4.  Laura Blocher, Northern Arizona University, United States

• Culturally Responsive Teaching Toolbox

  1.  Letitia Bergantz, Athens State University, United States
  2.  Mark Gale, Athens State University, United States

• Education without tariffs: A synchronous educational collaborative between China and the United States

  1.  David Brown, The University of Tulsa, United States
  2.  Justin M. McCrackin, Oklahoma State University, United States
  3.  Melissa Stirling, Holland Hall Preparatory School, United States
  4.  Janet Cairns, The University of Tulsa, United States

• Educational Technology Trend Through the Analysis of Past SITE Presentations

  None

  1.  Miri Chung, Metropolitan State University of Denver, United States
  2.  Hsin-Te Yeh, Metropolitan State University of Denver, United States

• Engineering of Teacher Learning in Online Mathematics Methods Course using Video-based Didactical Chess Technique

  1.  Mourat Tchoshanov, University of Texas at El Paso, United States
  2.  Elena Ibragimova, Kazan Federal University, Russian Federation
  3.  Liliya Bakulina, Kazan Federal University, Russian Federation
  4.  Gusein Ibragimov, Kazan Federal University, Russian Federation

• How and Why Educators use HyperDocs: What Teacher Educators Should Know

  None

  1.  Tim Green, California State University, Fullerton, United States
  2.  Torrey Trust, University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States
  3.  Jeff Carpenter, Elon University, United States

• Irrelevant, overlooked, or lost? Trends in 20 years of uncited and low cited K-12 online learning articles

  1.  Karen Arnesen, Brigham Young University, United States
  2.  Shea Walters, George Mason University, United States
  3.  Michael Barbour, Touro University California, United States
  4.  Jered Borup, George Mason University, United States

• Planning to Succeed with Digital Portfolios

  1.  Barbara Hall, Northcentral University, United States
  2.  Miranda Regnitz, Northcentral University, United States

• Research on the Application of E-schoolbag from Four-year Data

  1.  Ying Xu, East China Normal University, China

• The effectiveness of the blended learning approach on digital literacy of middle school students with different daily Internet usage patterns

  None

  1.  Hsiao-Ping Hsu, School of STEM Education, Innovation & Global Studies, Dublin City University, Ireland
  2.  Joan Hughes, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin, United States

Virtual Papers

• Emotion and Online Learning

  1.  Ileana Torres, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, United States
  2.  Jessica Evans, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, United States

• Exploring Bourdieu’s Field Theory in Terms of K12 Online Learning: A Review of Literature

  1.  Brianne Jackson, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States
  2.  W. Monty Jones, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

• Supporting student success through predictive analytics: Preparing to intervene

  1.  Kerry Rice, Boise State University, United States
  2.  Andy Hung, Boise State University, United States

• The effects of using digital literacy in the elementary classroom

  1.  Adel Al-Bataineh, Illinois State University, United States
  2.  Chelsea Batty, Illinois State University, United States
  3.  Molly Maubach, Illinois State University, United States
  4.  Justin Steve, Illinois State University, United States

I’ll be honest and say that I’m said to be missing on some of these topics.  Unfortunately, my university isn’t funding any conferences right now and I’m not shelling out the $250 from my own pocket.  Just wished SITE, as the “friendly society,” had taken their lead from AERA on he pricing issue.

FREE Workshops At SITE 2020 Online

Note these opportunities at the up-coming online version of the annual Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education conference.

View this email in your browser Register Now Register By April 7 FREE Online Workshops SITE 2020 will feature 3 FREE Workshops for all registered participants.These workshops, presented Tuesday April 7, will feature research on Social Media, Online Instruction, and Designing New Learning Spaces. Given the current environment and challeneges facing educators, these three workshops could not be presented at a better time! More About Workshops

SITE 2020 Online is excited to offer Innovators Playground Sessions!Innovators Playground showcases new innovations in education from organizations and communities across the globe! Attendees can experience the top creative and learning technologies in an interactive space. Practitioners will share activities, tools, curriculum currently experiencing success using at their institutions!

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Register For SITE 2020 Online!

If you want to pay the regular “virtual participation” rate, you might want to consider this conference.

View this email in your browser Presenters: Register & Confirm By April 1 Attendees: Register By April 7 Register Now SITE 2020 Online – April 7-10 As a leading learning & technology organization, we have the knowledge, experience and tools to meet, interact, and share our ideas as a community streamed live from across the globe. We now offer the experience of the SITE 2020 Conference, online! Join us for live interactive Keynote sessions, 100s of live and asynchronous presentations, Workshops, Innovators’ Playground room, “SITE 180” Posters, Special Interest Groups, Tips & Strategies rooms and More!

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REGISTER NOW We understand that this is a challenging time for everyone. We deeply appreciate everyone who has already committed to joining us at SITE 2020 Online and we look forward to bringing you the best online conference possible. Thank you for being a part of this crucial moment in SITE’s legacy.

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Perceived Missteps With The Virtual SITE 2020

So as was announced last week – and posted here at SITE 2020 New Orleans Shifts To A Live Virtual Conference – the annual conference for the Society of Information Technology and Teacher Education has shifted from an in person conference in New Orleans to a virtual format.  This move has been a common one among professional and research associations – really anyone who has been scheduled to host a conference in the next few months (i.e., go virtual or just cancel).  For example, the largest educational research organization in the United States – the American Education Research Association (AERA) – did the same thing about three weeks ago (see Announcement Of 2020 AERA Annual Meeting Change).

However, there were some important differences between what AERA did and what SITE (and too many others have done).  The first main difference between the virtual conference that AERA is hosting, compared to the virtual conference that SITE – the “friendly society” – is hosting is the registration.  AERA chose to make their conference available to anyone for free, whereas SITE is charging the same virtual registration rate as they would have regardless if the conference had occurred in person.  Essentially, SITE has always had a virtual registration option where you could record an asynchronous presentation that was made available within the conference system and that same system would allow conference attendees to interact and participate in a discussion with the presenters.  You can find these registration rates here (and I’ve re-produced it below).

Registration & Payment Received:	Before Mar 16, 2020	After Mar 16, 2020
SITE/AACE Member	$445	$495
Non Member	$565	$595
Student Member	$225	$225
Student Non Member	$265	$295
K-12 Teacher	$225	$265
Virtual Participation	$245	$245
Workshops	$35	$35
Lunch Event (if offered)	$25	$25

There are two things I find interesting about this…  The first thing is that there has been no reduction in the rate for virtual attendance, even though the entire conference is virtual now.  And there has certainly not been an elimination of the registration rate altogether – as AERA had done.

The second thing I find interesting is the lack of accommodations for student pricing.  If students were attending the actual conference, the registration rate for them was about half of what it was for a regular attendee.  However, the first participation rate is the same regardless if it is a student or faculty member.  In fact, the virtual participation rate is $20 more expensive than the student rate – and I have had a couple of students raise this issue with me.

I’m not sure if SITE thought these things through.  I do know that they were hard pressed to cancel the in person conference in the first place – and quite late in doing so because the hotel wouldn’t let them until the situation absolutely required it (readers may recall the entry entitled “Request For SITE Related Non-Travel Documentation” where SITE was trying to make their case to the hotel).  However, they also haven’t taken steps like the Invitation To 2020 AERA Annual Meeting “Briefing And Listening Sessions”—Week of March 9 that we have seen AERA take to explain to their membership and former attendees of what was happening, why it was happening, and to get some thoughts from those impacted on how to move forward.  A little disappointing on several fronts from the “friendly society”…

Visions Of Education Podcast:

I participated in this podcast a week ago and it was posted in the last day or two.

EPISODE 138: CORONAVIRUS & TEACHING ONLINE WITH MICHAEL BARBOUR

March 18, 2020

In Episode 138, Dan and Michael chat with online learning scholar Michael Barbour as many schools and universities seek to move instruction online to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Be sure to check out our shownotes for resources!

More info at https://visionsofed.com/2020/03/18/episode-138-coronavirus-teaching-online-with-michael-barbour/