Leanna Archambault

About

Dr. Leanna Archambault is a Professor in Learning Design and Technology at Arizona State University, serving as the Program Coordinator for the Learning Design and Technologies program and as Editor for the journal Computers & Education. Her research focuses on learning design and technology, teacher preparation for online and blended classrooms, and the integration of innovative technologies in teaching to enhance learning outcomes. She has received multiple awards for her research from prominent professional organizations, including the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, and the International Association for K-12 Online Learning. Recognized by Arizona State University with awards such as the Vision Award for Research and Content, the President's Award for Sustainability, and the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College Excellence in Research Award, she aims to make a lasting impact on the practice of current and future teachers. With a background as a middle school teacher, her work is driven by a desire to improve educational practices and prepare educators for the evolving digital learning landscape.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Sociology
• Psychology
• Mathematics education
• Political Science
• Multimedia
• Pedagogy
• Engineering
• Telecommunications
• Virology

Selected publications

• Pillars of online pedagogy: A framework for teaching in online learning environments

  Educational Psychologist · 2022 · 270 citations

  1st authorCorresponding

  The growing shift toward online learning has brought new expectations for teachers, including skills needed to combine content knowledge with engaging pedagogical strategies that leverage the affordances of technology. As a result, online pedagogy has become increasingly relevant in modern-day schools. The challenge is understanding the nature of online pedagogy, the skills needed for teachers to succeed in online settings, and the theoretical underpinnings surrounding why these skills are essen…

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• Thinking Beyond Zoom: Using Asynchronous Video to Maintain Connection and Engagement During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  The Journal of Technology and Teacher Education · 2020 · 258 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  The COVID-19 pandemic forced colleges and universities to move all in-person courses to a remote or online learning format. As a result, many faculty, including teacher educators, opted to transition their courses to live synchronous web meetings using web conferencing tools like Zoom. Despite benefits of synchronous communication, there are constraints with the use and overuse of synchronous live meetings (which many teacher educators ended up experiencing during the pandemic). In this paper, w…

• Academic Communities of Engagement: an expansive lens for examining support structures in blended and online learning

  Educational Technology Research and Development · 2020 · 220 citations

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• Issues of quality on Teachers Pay Teachers: an exploration of best-selling U.S. history resources

  Journal of Research on Technology in Education · 2021-12-20 · 30 citations

  article

  Online educational marketplaces have seen remarkable growth, but have had little empirical investigation of the quality of materials, particularly in social studies. This exploratory study examined characteristics and quality of secondary U.S. history resources on TeachersPayTeachers.com. Findings show that activities were esthetically well-designed, but 70% were of moderate or low overall quality according to our rubric that assessed areas such as higher order thinking, connections to student e…

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• Faculty Perceptions of Using Synchronous Video-based Communication Technology

  Online Learning · 2021-12-01 · 19 citations

  articleOpen access

  Online learning has traditionally relied on asynchronous text-based communication. The COVID-19 pandemic, though, has provided many faculty members with new and/or additional experience using synchronous video-based communication. Questions remain, though, about how this experience will shape online teaching and learning in the future. We conducted a mixed method study to investigate faculty perceptions of using synchronous video-based communication technology. In this paper, we present the resu…

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Frequent coauthors

• Catharyn Shelton

  25 shared

• Jered Borup

  George Mason University

  25 shared

• Annie Hale

  17 shared

• Kathryn Kennedy

  Florida Atlantic University

  17 shared

• Annie Warren

  Institute for the Future

  13 shared

• Kent J. Crippen

  University of Florida

  11 shared

• Medha Dalal

  Loyola University Chicago

  9 shared

• Charles R. Graham

  6 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Instructional and Curricular Studies

  University of Nevada Las Vegas

Awards & honors

• National Technology Leadership Initiative (NTLI) Fellowship…
• Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, Arizona State University (…
• Best Paper – Mentored Graduate Student Empirical Journal Art…
• Outstanding Publication Award, Association for Educational C…
• National Technology Leadership Initiative (NTLI) Fellowship…

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