Best Practices for Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning: Connecting to Psychology and the Social Sciences - Hardcover

Dunn, Dana S.; Wilson, Janie H.; Freeman, James; Stowell, Jeffrey R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019973318X ISBN 13: 9780199733187

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2011

Synopsis

The chapters in this book offer guidance on a variety of timely issues related to teaching well with technological enhancements, including how to:

- Help colleagues who eschew technology to learn to use it wisely
- Foster collaboration between students and faculty using technology
- Engage students more effectively by using technology
- Use technology to advance a program's educational mission
- Employ technological innovations at any level, from introductory to capstone
- Marry traditional teaching with technological innovation

About this title

About the Author

Dana S. Dunn is currently professor of psychology and director of the Learning in Common Curriculum at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA. He is the author or editor of 12 books and over 100 articles, chapters, and book reviews. Dr. Dunn frequently speaks on assessment matters, issues facing higher education, and psychological topics at professional conferences, and he served as President of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology in 2010. Dana Dunn is winner of the 2013 Charles L. Brewer Award for Distinguished Teaching of Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation (of the APA). Janie H. Wilson is a professor at Georgia Southern University, where she has been teaching for over 15 years. Dr. Wilson's research on teaching focuses on the importance of building rapport with students. She conducts studies on student evaluations of rapport as related to students' attitudes, motivation, and grades. Recent and current projects include building rapport through touch such as a handshake, electronic communication such as email, and numerous immediacy behaviors as well as examining the importance of the first day of class. Dr. Wilson currently serves as the Program Director in the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. James E. Freeman has been teaching for over 34 years and is currently a professor of psychology and director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Virginia. Dr. Freeman's specialty area is research methods and statistics. He has also served in various capacities for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and committees for the American Psychological Association. Jeffrey R. Stowell is an associate professor at Eastern Illinois University. His research interests are in test anxiety, and how technology can enhance student learning. Dr. Stowell currently serves as the Internet Editor for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019973318X
• ISBN 13: 9780199733187
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352