Integrating Pedagogy and Technology: Improving Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Integrating Teaching and Technology: A Matrix for Professional Faculty Development provides college faculty and administrators with the foundations for a new model for integrating the two most critical dimensions of teaching and learning, pedagogy and technology: the Integrated Readiness Matrix (IRM). Integrating Teaching and Technology began as dialogue among the authors and their university peers focusing on how best to integrate technology into instruction. Achieving this goal requires all faculty to be conversant with the theories of learning, the taxonomies and domains of learning, and a new methodology for preparing and developing college faculty for a career of classroom teaching. Only by building on a foundation of educational theories can we “meet students where they are” while designing instruction that fosters student growth and achievement.

James A. Bernauer is associate professor of Education at Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Lawrence A. Tomei, EdD, is Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Office of the Provost and professor of Education at Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA.