Joan Hughes

Terminal Degree

Ph.D., Educational Psychology, Michigan State University

Representative Publications

Greenhow, C., Robelia, B, & Hughes, J. E. (In Press). Web 2.0 and Classroom Research: What Path Should We Take Now? Educational Researcher.

Hughes, J.E. & Narayan, R.* (2009). Collaboration and learning with wikis in post-secondary classrooms. Journal of Interactive Online Learning Research, 8 (1), 63-82. Available: http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/issues/showissue.cfm?volID=8&IssueID=25

Hughes, J. E. & Scharber, C.* (2008). Leveraging the Development of English-Technology Pedagogical Content Knowledge within the Deictic Nature of Literacy. In Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) as an Integrative Framework for Teaching and Teacher Education. Monograph by AACTE's Committee on Innovation and Technology.

Hughes, J.E., McLeod, S., Brown, R.,* Maeda, Y.,* & Choi, J.* (2007). Academic achievement and perceptions of the classroom learning environment in virtual and traditional secondary mathematics classrooms. American Journal of Distance Education, 21(4), 199-214. Download.

Hughes, J. E., Kerr, S., & Ooms, A.* (2005). Content-focused technology inquiry groups: Cases of situated teacher learning and technology integration. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 32(4), 367-380.

Hughes, J. E. (2005). The role of teacher knowledge and learning experiences in forming technology-integrated pedagogy. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 13(2), 377-402.

* Student co-author

Recent Awards

• Graduate School Diversity Mentoring Fellowship. University of Texas at Austin, $23,000. Recruitment fellowship for entering graduate student including stipend, medical insurance, and tuition for 2008-2009. Mentor: Joan E. Hughes.
• College of Education and Human Development Faculty Summer Research Grants.University of Minnesota, $5,000, Summer, 2006. Project Title: The Next Generation Online Learning Environment: Designing for Community and Collaboration. PI: Joan E. Hughes.
• University of Minnesota Digital Media Center Faculty Fellowship. (June, 2005 – May, 2006.) $20,000. Project Title: Building Capacity for Subject-specific Technology Integration in K-12 Urban and Rural Classrooms. PI: Joan E. Hughes.
• Rising Star Award. (September, 2003). For female junior faculty member whose research, teaching, and outreach holds great future promise. Women’s Philanthropic Leadership Circle, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota. ($2,000)

Boards, Committees and Associations

• Vice-president of “Technology Diffusion and Integration,” Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE), 2003 - present
• Member, American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Member, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), including the SIG for Teacher Education.
• Member, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
• Member, Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE)

Current Research Projects and Grants

Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota. (Sept. 2007 – June 2008.) $20,780 total; $1,000 to each participant. Project: Social Networks Collaborative: Strengthening Human Relationships across Space and Time. Participants: Christine Greenhow, Lee Anderson, Joan Hughes, Nora Paul, Loren Terveen, Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch, Jim McCorkell.

Office of the Vice President for Research Minnesota Futures, University of Minnesota. (Sept. 2007 – June 2008.) $25,000 total; $750 to each participant. Symposium Title: Defining, Creating, and Interrogating Networks and Neighborhoods. Participants: Ann Hill Duin, Christine Greenhow, Joanna O’Connell, Lee Anderson, Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch, Joan Hughes, Linda Jorn, Jim McCorkell, Nora Paul, Loren Terveen.

Current Courses

EDC 385g: Teaching and Learning with the Internet (Fall 2008)

EDC 384p: Issues and Strategies for Instructional Technology Leaders (Fall 2008)

EDC 385g: Technology and School Change (Spring 2009)

EDC 385g: Special Seminar on Online Learning in PK-12 Schools (Spring 2009)

Research Interests and Expertise

Dr. Hughes' research and teaching focuses on teacher learning and technology integration in preservice and inservice contexts. Her current work examines content-based approaches to educational technology instruction and inquiry approaches to professional learning. Nested within these strands, she also focuses attention on issues related to technology leadership and the use of video-based hypermedia materials in teacher education. She currently is conducting longitudinal research focused on the UT preservice laptop requirement for teacher preparation.