Caught in the Tractor Beam of Larger Influences: The Filtration of Innovation in Education Technology Design

Justin Olmanson, Fitsum Abebe, Valerie Jones, Eric Kyle, Xianquan Liu, Lyrica Lucas, Katherine Robbins, Guieswende Rouamba

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Abstract

While emerging technologies continue to emerge, research into their use in learning contexts often focuses on a subset of educational practices and ways of using technologies. In this study we begin to explore the extent to which educational designs are influenced by larger societal and education-related factors not usually explicitly considered when designing or identifying technology-supported education experiences for research study. We examine patterns within and between factors via a content analysis across ten years and 19 different journals of published peer-reviewed research on technology-supported writing. Our findings have implications for how researchers, designers, and educators approach technology-supported educational design within and beyond the field of writing and literacy.
Original languageEnglish (US)
JournalInternational Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic and Management Engineering
Volume9
Issue number7
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes

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