Share Paper: On Becoming Digital Educators: Supporting Faculty and Student Growth in Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge

  1. Holly Atkins, Saint Leo University, United States
  2. Candace Roberts, Saint Leo University, United States
  3. Kimberly Higdon, Saint Leo University, United States
Tuesday, March 26 3:25-3:45 PM Salon 825

Abstract: Three university professors (department chair and English education professor, social studies/literacy professor, and educational technology professor) share the on-going process of faculty and student development as digital educators. Founded on the belief that it is the responsibility of all faculty members to prepare pre-service teachers to use technology effectively and that it must no longer be relegated to the realm of the instructional technology faculty or course, the department of education in one small, liberal arts university transformed itself from a deficit to setting the standard for the rest of the university. This paper chronicles the path faculty have traveled, ...