SIGS
- Emerging Technologies for Learning and Teaching
- Learning Design
- Computational Thinking
- Creativity, Design Thinking, & Innovation
- Digital Storytelling/Video
- Distance/Flexible Education
- Early Childhood Education
- Equity & Social Justice
- Faculty Development
- Geospatial Education
- Information Literacy Education, Library & Media Science
- Instructional Design
- International Perspectives
- K-12 Online Learning
- Maker
- New Possibilities with Information Technologies
- Research & Evaluation
- Social Media
- Social Studies Education
- Teaching & Learning with Emerging Technologies
- Technological, Pedagogical And Content Knowledge
- Universal Design for Learning
- Literacy and Technology
Social Networking
Twitter
Current Affiliations
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Rhode Island College
Presentations
- Humanizing Distance Learning with Photovoice
- Supporting Preservice Teachers with Open Educational Resources
- Rethinking Pedagogy in a Reggio-inspired Makerspace through the lens of equity
- Designing for Inclusivity in Teacher Education
- A Pilot Study Investigating the Narratives and Language Options in Storybook Apps
- Reducing Transactional Distance with Synchronous and Asynchronous Video-Based Discussions in Distance Learning
- Connecting Pre-Service Teachers with Professional Networks: Semester Long Use of Twitter in Teacher Education
- Embedding Social Media to Enhance Social Presence: Perceived Learning and Cognitive Engagement in an Online Graduate Course
- Understanding Technology Adoption: Theory and Critical Review of Seminal Research
- Using Social Media in the Classroom in the Age of Fake News
Biography
Dr. Nandita Gurjar is an Assistant Professor of Elementary and Early Childhood Education in the College of Education at Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island. Her research foci include cultural inclusivity and feminist pedagogy in online learning; networked learning in informal virtual spaces, and innovative practices that leverage information and communication technologies to develop New Literacies. Equity and social justice is at the center of her research and practice. She is also interested in comparative international research related to social practices enabled by emerging technologies, New Literacies, and digital learning in international contexts in K-20. In early childhood education, Nandita is interested in innovative practices that builds children's creativity, computational thinking, and early literacy skills through interdisciplinary approaches, such as game-based (play based learning), and STEAM making experiences.