EDU 516 Managing Educational Technology: Reading list

Module texts

• Abrams, S. S., Chen, X. and Downton, M. P. (2018). Managing educational technology: school partnerships & technology integration. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

• Bates, T. and Sangrà Albert. (2011). Managing technology in higher education : strategies for transforming teaching and learning. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

• Pachler, N. et al. (2010). Mobile learning : structures, agency, practices. New York: Springer.

• Selwyn, N. (2011). Schools and schooling in the digital age: a critical analysis. London: Routledge.

Other module texts:

• Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2009). Bullying beyond the schoolyard: preventing and responding to cyberbullying.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

• Shariff, S. (2009). Confronting cyber-bullying: what schools need to know to control misconduct and avoid legal consequences.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

• Walker, M. (2008). A guide to Managing ICT.  National Council for Voluntary Organisations.

Recommended readings

• Aesaert, K, Vanderlinde, R & Tondeur, J. (2013). The content of educational technology curricula: a cross-curricular state of the art. Educational Technology Research and Development, vol. 61(1), pp. 131–151.

• Edirisingha, P. (2014). 'ICT and elearning in higher education: policy perspective', in S. Mishra (ed ). ICT leadership in Higher Education: selected readings. New Delhi: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia.

• Hayes, S. (2015). "Counting on use of technology to enhance learning", in: Jandric, P, Boras, D (eds). Critical learning in digital networks. Berlin: Springer, pp.15–36. Request item

• Pane, J. F., Steiner, E. D., Baird, M. D., Hamilton, L. S. & Pane, J. D. (2017). Informing progress: insights on personalized learning implementation and effects. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. Open resource

• Selwyn, N. (2016). Is technology good for education? Cambridge: Polity Press.

• U.S. Department of Education. (2017). Reimagining the role of technology in education: 2017 National Education Technology Plan update. U.S. Department of Education.  Open resource

• Williamson, B. (2013). The future of the curriculum: school knowledge in the digital age. London: MA: The MIT Press.

The context for ICT capability in schools – Policy, research and practice

• Aesaert, K., Vanderlinde, R. & Tondeur, J. (2013). The content of educational technology curricula: a cross-curricular state of the art. Educational Technology Research and Development, vol. 61(1), pp. 131–151.

• Dussel, I., Ferrante, P. & Sefton-Green, J. (2013). "Changing narratives of change: (un)intended consequences of educational technology reform in Argentina", in Selwyn, N, Facer, K. (eds). The politics of education and technology: conflicts, controversies, and connections. New York,: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.127–146.

• Johnson, L., Adams Becker, S., Cummins, M., Estrada, V., Freeman, A. & Hall, C. (2016). NMC horizon report: 2016 higher education edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium. Open resource

• Leask, M. (ed.). (2001). Issues in teaching using ICT. London: RoutledgeFalmer.

ICT and Teachers, Principals and Managers – Assessing Needs and Expectations

• Bulger, M. (2016). Personalized learning: the conversations we’re not having. Data and society working paper. Open resource

• Carrington, V. & Robinson, M. (2009). Digital literacies: social learning and classroom practices. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.

• Selwyn, N. (2016). Is technology good for education? Cambridge: Polity Press.

• Selwyn, N (2014). Distrusting educational technology: critical questions for changing times. London: Routledge.

Pupil’s perspectives on ICT Education – a clash of cultures?

• Hayes, S. (2015). 'Counting on use of technology to enhance learning', in Jandric, P., Boras, D. (eds). Critical learning in digital networks. Berlin: Springer, pp.15–36. Request PDF

• Pane, J. F., Steiner, E. D., Baird, M. D., Hamilton, L. S. & Pane, J. D. (2017). Informing progress: insights on personalized learning implementation and effects. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. Open resource 

• Papa, R. P. (2010). Technology leadership for school improvement.  Los Angeles, CA: Sage.

• Price, B.  (2007). Managing technology in our schools: establishing goals and creating a plan.  Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.

Mobile Learning: Laptops

• Fried, C. B. (2008). In-class laptop use and its effect on student learning.  Computers and Education, vol. 50(3), pp. 906-914.

• Grimes, D. & Warschauer, M. (2008). Learning with laptops: a multi-method case study.  Journal of Educational Computing Research, vol. 38 (3), pp. 305-332.

• Hansen, J. & Reich, J. (2015). Democratizing education? examining access and usage patterns in massive open online courses. Science,  vol.350 (6265), pp. 1245–1248. Request item

• Pachler, N., Bachmair, B. & Cook, J. (2010). Mobile learning: structures, agency, practices. New York: Springer.

Mobile Learning: PDA’s, Mobile Phones

• Kukulska-Hulme, A. & Traxler, J. (eds). (2005). Mobile learning: a handbook for educators and trainers. London: Routledge.

• Orlando, J. (2014). Educational technology: a presupposition of equality? Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education,  vol. 42(4), pp. 347–362.

• Rohs, M. & Ganz, M. (2015). MOOCs and the claim of education for all: a disillusion by empirical data. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, vol. 16(6), pp. 1–19.

Social Networking in Education

• Lankshear, C. & Knobel, M. (2006). New literacies: everyday practices and classroom learning. 2nd edn.  Open University Press.

• Livingstone, S. & Bober, M. (2005). UK children go online: emerging opportunities and dangers, final report [online]. London School of Economics. Open resource

• Hargrave, A.M. & Livingstone, S. (2009). Harm and offence in media content. 2nd edn. Bristol:  Intellect Books.

• Williamson, B. (2013). The future of the curriculum: school knowledge in the digital age. London: MA: The MIT Press.

Chatrooms – Implications for policy

• Finkelhor, D. & Mitchell, K. (2000). Online victimization: a report on the nation's youth. Washington, DC: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Open resource 

• Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2009). Bullying beyond the schoolyard: preventing and responding to cyberbullying.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

• O’Connell, R. (2002). Young people's use of chat rooms: implications for policy strategies and programs of education. Preston: CRU/UCLAN. Request PDF

• Willett, R. (2005). ‘Constructing the digital tween: market forces, adult concerns and girls interests’, in C. Mitchell and J. Reid Walsh (eds). Seven going on seventeen: tween culture in girlhood studies. Oxford: Peter Lang Publishers. pp. 278-293.

Internet addiction and psychological well being & Developing an ICT Policy for your school

• Edirisingha, P. (2014). 'ICT and elearning in higher education: policy perspective', in ICT Leadership in Higher Education: selected readings. New Delhi: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia.

• Facer, K. (2011). Learning futures: education, technology and social change. London: Routledge.

• U.S. Department of Education. (2017). Reimagining the role of technology in education: 2017 National Education Technology Plan update. U.S. Department of Education. Open resource

Additional Reading

• Atherton, G. (2017). ‘A global view: What England can learn from the rest of the world’, Higher Education Policy Institute blog. Open resource

• Atherton, G., Dumangane, C. and Whitty, G. (2016). Charting equity in Higher Education: drawing the global access map. London: Pearson. Open resource

• Barber, M., Donnelly, K. & Rizvi, S. (2013). An avalanche is coming: Higher Education and the revolution ahead. Institute for Public Policy Research. Open resource

• Boisselle, L.N. (2014). Online-learning and its utility to Higher Education in the Anglophone Caribbean. SAGE Open, pp. 1-14. Open resource

• Busemeyer, M.R. & Garritzman, J.L. (2017). Academic, vocational or general? An analysis of public opinion towards education policies with evidence from a new comparative survey. Journal of European and Social Policy, vol. 27(4), pp. 373-386. Open resource

• DfES. (2003). Fulfilling the potential: transforming teaching and learning through ICT in schools [online]. DfES: London.  Open resource

• East, L., Stokes, R. & Walker, M. (2014). Universities, the public good and professional education in the UK. Studies in Higher Education, vol. 39(9), pp. 1617-1633.

• Fox, B. (2003). Successful ICT leadership in primary schools. Learning Matters: Exeter.

• Garrett, R. (2017). ‘Whatever happened to the promise of online learning?’, Wonkhe blog, 24 October 2017. Open resource

• Goddard, J., Hazelkorn, E. & Vallance, P. (eds). (2016). The civic university: the policy and leadership challenges. Edward Elgar Publishing.

• Government of UK. (2016). ‘Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility & Student Choice’. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, May 2016. Open resource

• Grimes, D. & Warschauer, M. (2008). Learning with laptops: a multi-method case study.  Journal of Educational Computing Research, vol. 38 (3), pp. 305-332.

• Harrison, M. (1998). Coordinating information and communications technology across the primary school: a book for the primary IT coordinator. London: Routledge.

• Jones, A. (2004). A review of the research literature on barriers to the uptake of ICT by teachers [online]. Becta: Coventry. Open resource

• Keating, I. & Moorcroft, R. (2006). Managing the business of schools.  London: Sage.

• Laurillard, D. and Kennedy, E. (2017). ‘The potential of MOOCs for learning at scale in the Global South’. Centre for Global Higher Education working paper no. 31. December 2017. Open resource

• Marginson, S. (2015). ‘Is higher education reinforcing inequality?’ University World News, 17 July 2015. Open resource

• Marginson, S. (2016). Higher Education and the common good. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.

• Mok, K.H. (2015). Massification of higher education, graduate employment and social mobility in the Greater China region.  British Journal of Sociology and Education, vol. 37(1), pp. 51-71.

• Nguyen, T. (2015). The Effectiveness of Online Learning: Beyond No Significant Difference and Future Horizons. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, vol. 11(2), pp. 309-319.

• O’Sullivan, M. (2016). Academic barbarism, universities and inequality. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

• Hargrave, A.M. & Livingstone, S. (2009). Harm and offence in media content. 2nd edn. Bristol:  Intellect Books.

• Pachler, N., Bachmair, B. & Cook, J. (2010). Mobile learning: structures, agency, practices. New York: Springer.

• Papa, R. P. (2010). Technology leadership for school improvement.  Los Angeles, CA: Sage.

• Price, B.  (2007). Managing technology in our schools: establishing goals and creating a plan.  Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.

• Tagg, B. (ed.). (1995). Developing a whole school IT policy. London: Pitman.

• Vavoula, G., Pachler, N. & Kukulska-Hulme, A. (eds). (2009). Researching mobile learning: frameworks, tools and research designs.  Oxford: Peter Lang Publishers.