Making Technology Work in Schools

Timothy D. Green is Professor of Educational Technology and Teacher Education and former Director of Distance Education at California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA. Loretta C. Donovan is Professor of Educational Technology and Co-Director of the MS in Educational Technology at California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA. Jody Peerless Green is a teacher on special assignment (TOSA) as an Academic Coach focusing on Educational Technology at La Habra City School District, Orange County, CA, USA.

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part One: The Why of Educational Change and Innovation Adoption

Chapter 1: Focusing on the Why

Chapter 2: The Why of Educational Change and Innovation Adoption

Chapter 3: A Primer on Educational Change

Chapter 4: Talking the Talk of Educational Change

Chapter 5: Different Perspectives on Change

Part Two: The How of Educational Change and Innovation Adoption: Learners, Technology, and Instructional Practices

Chapter 6: An Ecological Perspective on Teaching and Learning

Chapter 7: Teacher Self-Efficacy and Collective Teacher Efficacy

Chapter 8: The iMakers

Chapter 9: Digital Technology

Chapter 10: Instructional Practices

Part Three: The What of Educational Change and Innovation Adoption: The PURPOSE Framework

Chapter 11: An Overview of the PURPOSE Framework

Chapter 12: Phase One: Planning

Chapter 13: Phase Two: Understanding

Chapter 14: Phase Three: Researching

Chapter 15: Phase Four: Preparing

Chapter 16: Phase Five: Operationalizing

Chapter 17: Phase Six: Sustaining

Chapter 18: Phase Seven: Evaluating

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