Rukmini Manasa AvadhanamUniversity of Minnesota | UMN · Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Rukmini Manasa Avadhanam
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Introduction
PhD student in Learning Technologies at University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Research interests include digital divide and literacy, teacher attributes and professional development with ICT, technology integration in the classroom, student authentic and contextual learning, collaborative learning with computers, social network analysis.
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Social annotation has emerged as an important approach to supporting students’ social interaction and collaborative knowledge building in the classroom. Despite great interest among practitioners and a growing body of literature, social annotation activities are often guided by practical intuitions rather than informed by theories of learning and t...
We propose a technology-enriched learning intervention named DataX to engage students in analyzing authentic datasets about societal issues. In a pilot conducted in secondary science, students were first introduced to basic data concepts and then invited to analyze multivariate data about energy and chemical elements. Some students demonstrated sop...
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The growing recognition of the role of teacher innovative behavior in educational improvement has led to more systematic assessment of teacher-driven innovations, usually through expert panels. Innovative peer-teachers may be more closely aligned with the correlates of teacher innovative behavior than experts, and hence their participation...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many instructors to rapidly shift to online/distance teaching. With a narrow preparation window, many instructors are at a loss of strategies that are both effective in responding to the crisis and compatible with their professional practices. One urgent need in classrooms at all levels is to support social...
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many instructors to rapidly shift to online/distance teaching. With a narrow preparation window, many instructors are at a loss of strategies that are both effective in responding to the crisis and compatible with their professional practices. This article presents a systematic literature review of the use of web an...
The public system of elementary education in developing countries is often criticized for its poor performance, but a better understanding of the innovative teachers in this system who achieve their educational goals might offer insights for teacher development. What are the specific individual factors associated with the performance of such teache...
