EAL teachers’ professional learning about digital literacies: a socio-material perspective

Edwin Creely; Ekaterina Tour

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 1302–1309

It is widely acknowledged that to be able to teach digital literacies as an integral part of second language (L2) education, teachers need to engage in relevant professional learning. However, there appears to be lack of understanding as to what...

Topics: Workforce Education, faculty development, English Education

Folk Pedagogies for Teacher Transitions: Approaches to Synchronous Online Learning in the Wake of COVID-19

Danah Henriksen; Edwin Creely; Michael Henderson

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 28, No. 2 (2020) pp. 201–209

In the COVID-19 shift to online education, many educators have sought out video conference technologies (such as Zoom) aiming to replicate traditional classrooms online. At face value, synchronous video appears to offer more immediate replicability...

Understanding creativity and the role of technology in education: a tri-modal approach

Edwin Arthur Creely; Danah Henriksen; Michael Henderson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 2495–2503

Creativity is widely viewed as pivotal to 21st Century education, and thus is frequently connected with technology. However, creativity continues to be ill defined, difficult to recognise and even harder to systematically develop in students and in ...

Topics: Creativity, Technology Leadership, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Failing to succeed: The value of failure in creativity

Edwin Creely; Michael Henderson; Danah Henriksen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 1403–1411

Creativity is often aligned, in the academic literature and in policy, with desired 21st century skills. Creativity is also positioned as a vital part of education for digital futures and for the technology-driven learning settings and work lives...

Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies, New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Creativity

Creativity and Technology in Education: An International Perspective

Danah Henriksen; Michael Henderson; Edwin Creely; Sona Ceretkova; Miroslava Cernochová; Evgenia Sendova; Erkko T. Sointu; Christopher H. Tienken

Technology, Knowledge and Learning Vol. 23, No. 3 (2018) pp. 409–424

In this article, we consider the benefits and challenges of enacting creativity in the K-12 context and examine educational policy with regard to twenty-first century learning and technology. Creativity is widely considered to be a key construct for ...