Refereed Conference Proceedings Arnold, P. & Kumar, S. (2014). Crossing Professional Thresholds with Networked Learning? An analysis of student e-portfolios using the threshold concept perspective. In Bayne, S., Jones, C., de Laat, M., Ryberg, T. & Sinclair, C. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Conferenceon Networked Learning 2014 (pp. 9-16). Hart, M. & Kumar, S. (2014). Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)-Based Course Design in Preservice Social Studies Education. In M. Searson & M. Ochoa (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (pp. 2367-2375). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Kumar, S. & Hart, M. (2014). Social Presence in Learner-driven Social Media Environments. In M. Searson & M. Ochoa (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (pp. 73-78). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Arnold, P., Kumar, S., Thillosen, A. & Ebner, M. (2014). Offering cMOOCs collaboratively: The COER13 experience from the convenors’ perspective. Proceedings of European Stakeholders MOOC Summit 2014, Lausanne, Switzerland (pp.184-188). Johnson, M. L., Kumar, S. & Hardemon, T. (2013) Strategies for Mentoring Online Doctoral Students through the Dissertation Process. Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association annual meeting (AERA), San Francisco, CA. April, 2013. Kumar, S. & Dawson, K. (2013). Best practice and program-based research in an online professional practice doctorate for educational technologists. Proceedings of the International Conference for Doctoral Education April 2013, Orlando, FL (pp. 138-151). Kumar, S. & Leeman, J. (2013). Critical Adoption of Content-Specific Technologies in Pre-Service Teacher Education. In R. McBride & M. Searson (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (pp. 3965-3971). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Kumar, S., Ochoa, M. & Walker, B. (2013). Faculty-Librarian Collaboration for Student Support in an Online Graduate Program. In R. McBride & M. Searson (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (pp. 654-661). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Kumar, S. & Drexler, W. (2012). Pre-service Teachers' Creation of Online Artifacts using Web 2.0: A Matter of Convenience?. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2012 (pp. 2013-2018). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Eley, E.K., Kumar, S. & Liu, F. (2012). Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Use of Social Media: Highlighting the Importance of Educational Technology Courses. In P. Resta (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (pp. 4226-4231). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Coughlin, M., Fernandez, H., Johnson, A., Kenney, J., Kumar, S., Wells, T. & Wolfe Sharp, F. (April, 2012). Balancing Personal, Professional, and Academic Commitments: Challenges Experienced by Online Doctoral Students. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Vancouver. Kumar, S. & Ochoa, M. (2011). Student-Centered Library Instruction: An Assessment of Online Graduate Students’ Information Literacy Skills and Needs. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (pp. 2002-2009). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Outstanding paper award. Kumar, S. & Buraphadeja, V. (2011) Graduate Student Perceptions of Giving and Receiving Peer Feedback in an Online Teacher Inquiry Course. American Educational Research Association (AERA), New Orleans, April 2011. Kumar, S., Cavanaugh, C., Black, E. W., Dawson, K. & Sessums, C. D. (2011). Preliminary Impact of a Professional Practice Doctorate on Students’ Professional Growth. American Educational Research Association (AERA), New Orleans, April 2011. Kumar, S., Edwards, M. & Ochoa, M. (2010). Analysis of Online Students’ Use of Embedded Library Instruction in a Graduate Educational Technology Course. In J. Sanchez & K. Zhang (Eds.) Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (pp. 664-671). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Kumar, S. & Vigil, K. (2010). Pre-service Teachers’ Perspectives on Web 2.0 Integration in Teacher Education Courses. In J. Sanchez & K. Zhang (Eds.) Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (pp. 1908-1913). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Kumar, S. & Sessums, C. (2010). Powerpoints to Podcasts: Students' Use of Web 2.0 in Course Assessments in Higher Education. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2010 (pp. 2766-2771). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Kumar, S. & Deese, R. (2010). Teaching History with Blogs – A Case Study of Student Engagement. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2010 (pp. 2011-2016). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Kumar, S. & Buraphadeja, V. (2010). Student Knowledge Construction in Educational Wikis: Challenges for Interaction Analysis. Paper presented at Symposium: Comparing Approaches to Content Analysis in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Environments. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, April 2010. Kumar, S. (2009). Undergraduate perceptions of the usefulness of Web 2.0 in higher education: Survey Development. In D. Remenyi (Ed.) Proceedings of 8th European Conference on E-learning, Italy, 308-314. http://www.academic-conferences.org/ecel/ecel2010/ecel09-proceedings.htm Kumar, S. (2009). Educational Wiki Design for Connectedness and Learning: Measuring Graduate Students’ Sense of Community. In G. Siemens & C. Fulford (Eds.) Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2009 (pp. 1764-1767). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Kumar, S. (2009). Designing wikis for collaborative learning and knowledge-building in higher education. In A. Dimitracopoulou, C. O'Malley, D. Suthers, & P. Reimann (Eds.) Proceedings of the 9th international Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning - Volume 2(pp. 118-119). International Society of the Learning Sciences. Kumar, S. (2009) Building a Learning Community using Wikis in Educational Technology Courses.In I. Gibson et al. (Eds.) Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) 2009 (pp. 2848-2852). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Kumar, S. (2008). Online Course Development – Where do we Start? In J. Luca & E. Weippl (Eds.) Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2008 (pp. 3440-3444). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Kumar, S. (2008). Strategies for Integrating and Evaluating Online Discussions in Face-to-face Courses. In In J. Luca & E. Weippl (Eds.) Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2008 (pp.4217-4220). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Kumar, S. (2008). Using Asynchronous Online Discussions to Enhance Classroom Discussion in Teacher Education Courses. In K. McFerrin et al. (Eds.) Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference (SITE) 2008 (pp. 1455-1462). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Kumar, S. (2008). Can We Model Wiki Use in Technology Courses to Help Teachers Use Wikis in their Classrooms? In K. McFerrin et al. (Eds.)Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference (SITE) 2008 (pp. 2068-2071). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Kumar, S. (2007). Professor use, facilitation, and assessment of asynchronous online discussions in on-campus courses. In C. Montgomerie & J. Seale (Eds.) Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2007 (pp. 2855-2863). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Kumar, S. (2007). Student and professor perceptions of course Web site use in web-enhanced instruction. In C. Montgomerie & J. Seale (Eds.) Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2007 (pp. 4321-4326). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Kumar, S. (2005). Student Knowledge Construction during Asynchronous Online Discussions in a Face-to Face course. In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2005 (pp. 739-742). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. |