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Dissertation
DESIGNING ENGAGING TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR ONLINE TEACHER EDUCATION
Washington State University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
05/2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000006514
Abstract
This dissertation represents a comprehensive two-year design-based research endeavor involving 6 iterations of redesigns with a total of 186 pre-service teachers enrolled in an undergraduate education program. Applying Egbert's model of Task Engagement (TE) to facilitate the design of engaging features, I created, implemented, and assessed a digital educational escape room (EER) to teach phonemic awareness (PA) through online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data collection and analysis included self-assessment ratings from pre- and post-surveys and analyses of the scores utilizing paired T-tests. I also evaluated open-ended survey questions for TE indicators, integrated TE facilitators to support each design’s changes, and gave the final iteration's group a pre- and post-quiz immediately before and after the experience. Results of the study showed significant increases in mean differences in the pre- and post-surveys, indicating increased confidence in participants’ knowledge, ability to teach, and likelihood of teaching the content. Written feedback gave insight into where participants displayed indicators of task engagement aligned with the TE model. The final group's post-quiz saw an increase in content knowledge gain scores. The cumulative results informed the creation of digital EER design guidelines for use by future researchers and practitioners. The rest of the data will be used for future papers with a focus on phonemic awareness and full-length descriptive EER-DBR research.
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- Title
- DESIGNING ENGAGING TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR ONLINE TEACHER EDUCATION
- Creators
- Jendra Elbek
- Contributors
- Jane E Kelley (Chair) - Washington State University, Teaching and Learning, Department ofJoy Egbert (Committee Member)Sarah N Newcomer (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Teaching and Learning, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 143
- Identifiers
- 99901122440901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation