ERIC Number: EJ1385253
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1927-5250
EISSN: EISSN-1927-5269
Digital Text/Tool Selection and Integration: What Professors Teach
Christ, Tanya; Arya, Poonam; Chiu, Ming Ming
Journal of Education and Learning, v12 n3 p1-16 2023
The DigiLit Framework suggests criteria for digital text and tool selection (content accuracy, intuitiveness, interactivity, quality) and integration (model a literacy skill or strategy, guide a literacy skill or strategy, model digital feature use, guide digital feature use) in literacy lessons. Using survey research, we explored which DigiLit criteria literacy professors prepared preservice teachers to use in K-12 settings. Participants included 199 literacy professors (194 from USA and one each from Australia, Canada, Caribbean, Middle East and Europe). We used a multivariate outcome logit/probit model to analyze how this was related to (a) professor characteristics, (b) institution characteristics, and (c) time. Findings showed that certain professor characteristics (e.g., interest in integrating technology, being knowledgeable about digital literacies), institution characteristics (e.g., access to equipment, professional development, technical support, incentives), and time to plan and practice integration were related to literacy professors' increased preparation of preservice teachers to use digital text or tool selection and integration. These findings provide specific ways to improve literacy teacher preparation by providing specific kinds of supports.
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Media Selection, Selection Tools, Teacher Educators, Preservice Teacher Education, Literacy, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Selection Criteria
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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