72.062 - Understanding the Digital Evolution in K–12 Education: Policy and Practice Perspectives

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Researchers will present diverse perspectives and research projects that examine how computing and digital tools are impacting education across states, districts, schools, and classrooms. Computer devices, digital content, video games, online learning, and models such as blended learning, are becoming an accepted part of the toolset in educational practice. There is a great need to understand how technology impacts all aspects of the K-12 education system including how for-profit and public institutions structure education options, district leaders make decisions regarding technology spending and implementation, and school leaders and teachers adopt local practices. The panelists will present research projects that illuminate key issues surrounding new technological developments in education, and frame agendas to inform research that can address these challenges.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning

Chair

• Richard R. Halverson, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Papers

• Equal Scrutiny: Data Use, Access, and Assessment in Digital Education Contracting - Annalee G. Good, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Patricia Burch, University of Southern California

• K–12 Online Education: Tracing Developments in Policy and Adoption in Ohio - June Ahn, University of Maryland - College Park; Andrew McEachin, RAND Corporation

• Drowning Digitally: How Disequilibrium Shapes Practice in a Blended Learning Charter School - Andrea J. Bingham, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs

• Blended Learning in K–12 Education: What Do We Really Have, and Where Do We Go? - Peter Samuelson Wardrip, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh; June Ahn, University of Maryland - College Park

Discussant

• Patricia Burch, University of Southern California