Technology Pedagogy and Education Association
TPEA Resources and Support during the Coronavirus
Welcome to TPEA’s special computing page to support you during this time of the coronavirus. On this page, we present, a collection of resources and
Resources for Parents from ICTTalk
TPEA Member and Founder of ICTTALK, Rob Ellis has put together a resource library for parents whose children are now at home with little or
Realising the potential of technology in education – a government policy paper
Published on 3rd April 2019, the government released its strategy for education providers and the technology industry
Dr. Laura Morrison and Dr. Janette Hughes share there recent paper ‘Making the shift to virtual professional learning’.
Making the shift to virtual professional learning. Laura Morrison and Janette Hughes Morrison, L. & Hughes, J. (2022). Making the shift to virtual professional learning.
Taking stock of teaching practice at the onset of COVID-19
Drs. Laura Teichert and Susan Piazza from Western Michigan University in the United States reflect on K-12 teachers’ experiences shifting to remote learning during the
Mobile learning-technology barriers in school education: Teachers’ views
Dr Kleopatra Nikolopoulou summarises her paper on the barriers to using mobile devises in classrooms. Mobile devices such as smart/mobile phones and tablets have become
Does Virtual Reality (VR) support learning Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) at GCSE level, from the students’ perspective?
Thomas Lalande summarises his research into the potential of using VR to support MFL learning.
Embedding social media in your teaching and learning: is the term TEL really a problem?
Dr Ryan Thomas Williams from the University of Sunderland discusses the use of social media in teaching and learning.
Educational Technology: Opportunities and Challenges
Emma Whewell shares the findings of Alastair Snook’s study on primary teachers’ use of educational technology, and the opportunities and challenges it presented during the pandemic. The shift to alternative methods of instruction using digital technology has been a learning process for digital native teachers and digital immigrant teachers alike.
What is the TPEA?
The Association for Information Technology in Teacher Education (ITTE), founded in 1986, is changing their name to the Technology, Pedagogy and Education Association (TPEA). This learned society aims to inform about policy and practice in education technology. The TPEA name was chosen to align with ITTE’s well established international journal of the same name.
This is an association of teacher educators who share an interest in improving learning through the application of digital technology in teaching and through the effective teaching of Computing as a subject. Our concerns include: the pedagogical application of digital technology by all teachers; developing the teaching of computing and digital capability; and the effective use of education technology in teacher education itself.
We are an independent organisation with a membership drawn from Higher Education institutions, schools, colleges and supporting organisations. Our services include an annual conference, an academic journal, a newsletter, a website containing a variety of tools and resources, induction for new tutors, and support for members’ research activities.
Through these services, we encourage and support collaboration between organisations and individuals in developing good practice and carrying out research, and we support the dissemination of the results of these activities nationally and internationally through conferences, journals and books.The members publish widely in professional journals, newsletters and in the education press and write most of the standard course books used in teacher education published by Routledge.
We liaise with government bodies and other associations in order to inform on policy and practice in teacher education – both pre-service and CPD – as a key element in the improvement of educational outcomes.
