Jessica Herring Watson Source Confirmed

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Researcher

University of Central Arkansas

faculty

6 h-index 22 pubs 243 cited

Research Areas

Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Online and Blended Learning Diverse Educational Innovations Studies Racial and Ethnic Identity Research Education Systems and Policy

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Jessica Herring Watson's research focuses on educational technology, particularly its adoption and use by preservice and in-service teachers. Her work investigates the factors influencing teachers' intentions to integrate technology into their classrooms, including psychological safety and the concept of productive failure in creative learning environments. She has studied the effectiveness of virtual STEM mentoring for minority women and the application of assistive technology in virtual and hybrid learning settings for special educators. Watson also examines how to optimize educational technology courses, such as right-sizing undergraduate curricula. Her scholarship includes developing and validating scales to measure the intention to use technology-enabled learning (I-TEL). She has published 22 works, with an h-index of 6 and 243 citations. Collaborators include Michael Mills, Matthew White, and Rachelle Miller, all from the University of Central Arkansas.

Metrics

  • h-index: 6
  • Publications: 22
  • Citations: 243

Selected Publications

  • Overcoming praxis shock and navigating resistance: how first-year teachers use technology-enabled learning (2025) DOI
  • Predicting Preservice Teachers’ Culturally Responsive Teaching Outcome Expectations (2025) DOI
  • Fostering critical views on educational technology: A cooperative inquiry with novice teachers (2024) DOI
  • From Intention to Action: How Preservice Teachers Use Technology-Enabled Learning During Student Teaching (2024) DOI
  • 15 to 5 weeks: Right-Sizing an Undergraduate Educational Technology Course (2024) DOI
  • Strategies for Cultivating Belonging in Online Learning Spaces (2024) DOI
  • Predicting Special Educators’ Use of Assistive Technology in Virtual & Hybrid Learning Environments (2024) DOI
  • Supporting Culturally Responsive Teacher Candidates Through Case-Based Learning (2023) DOI
  • From Intention to Action: How Preservice Teachers Use Technology-Enabled Learning in the Field (2022) DOI
  • Factors Predicting the Actual Use of Assistive Technology Among Special Educators During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022) DOI
  • Developing and validating the intention to use technology-enabled learning (I-TEL) scale (2022) DOI
  • Breaking Free: The Role of Psychological Safety and Productive Failure in Creative Pathmaking (2021) DOI
  • A case for a virtual STEM peer-mentoring experience for racial and ethnic minority women mentees (2021) DOI
  • Predicting preservice teachers' intention to use technology-enabled learning (2021) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Michael Mills University of Central Arkansas 2 shared publications Matthew White University of Central Arkansas 1 shared publication Rachelle Miller University of Central Arkansas 1 shared publication

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