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Current Affiliations
Presentations
- 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
- A Critical Examination of Participation in an Online Community of Practice to Inform Digital Pedagogy
- Tweeting for #Professional Capital: Preservice Teachers’ Perception and Practice
SIGS
- 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
- International Perspectives
- K-12 Online Learning
- Maker
- New Possibilities with Information Technologies
- Research & Evaluation
- Social Media
- Teaching & Learning with Emerging Technologies
- Technological, Pedagogical And Content Knowledge
- Universal Design for Learning
- Literacy and Technology
Biography
Dr. Nandita Gurjar is an assistant professor in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Northern Iowa. Her research agenda includes exploring social media in education for professional learning; informal, flexible, networked learning spaces; culturally responsive tools and technologies; distance learning research focused on social presence and authentic learning; and culturally sensitive instructional design in distance learning, and its relation to skills and competencies for higher education professionals.