My research in technology and education evaluates the implementation and outcomes of practices and applications designed to improve education. Integrating social theory with empirical methods, I have investigated the usage of, attitudes towards, and net impact of numerous digital learning resources including digital libraries, learning-enhancing technologies, and innovative teaching practices.
Selected Publications:
Cowit, N. Q.* & Barker, L. (2023). How do teaching practices and use of conferencing features relate to student belonging in synchronous remote computing learning environments? Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 15 – 18, 2023.
Tuna, T.*, Subhlok, J., Barker, L., Shah, S., Johnson, O., & Hovey, C. (2017). Indexed captioned searchable videos: A learning companion for STEM coursework. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 26(1), 82-99. doi:10.1007/s10956-016-9653-1
Barker, L., Hovey, C. L., Tuna, T., & Subhlok, J. (2014) Student perceptions of indexed, searchable videos of faculty lectures. Proceedings of the 44th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference (pp. 1234-1242). IEEE, New York, NY. doi:10.1109/FIE.2014.7044189
Deshpande, R.*, Tuna, T.*, Subhlok, J. & Barker, L. J. (2014). A crowdsourcing caption editor for educational videos. Proceedings of the 44th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference (pp. 322-329). doi:10.1109/FIE.2014.7044040
Tuna, T., Subhlok, J., Barker, L., Varghese, V., Johnson, O., & Shah, S. (2012). Development and evaluation of indexed, captioned, searchable videos for STEM coursework. Proceedings of the 43rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. ACM, New York, NY (pp. 129-134). doi:10.1145/2157136.2157177
Barker, L. J. (2010). Science teachers’ search behaviors, resource preferences, and classroom technology. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1340-1345). Chesapeake, VA: AACE
Barker, L. J. (2009). Science teachers’ use of online resources and the Digital Library for Earth System Education. Proceedings of the 9th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (pp. 1-10), ACM, New York, NY. doi:10.1145/1555400.1555402
Barker, L. J. (2003). Computer-assisted vocabulary acquisition: The CSLU Vocabulary Tutor in oral-deaf education. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 8(2), 187-198. doi:10.1093/deafed/eng002
Weston, T. J. & Barker, L. J. (2002). Student computing in higher education: A profile of student use, training, and proficiency. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 14(1), 87-112. doi:10.1007/BF02940952
Weston, T. J. & Barker, L. J. (2001). Designing, implementing, and evaluating web-based learning modules for university students. Educational Technology, 41(4), 15-22.
Cole, R., Massaro, D. W., Jurafsky, D., & Barker, L. J. (1999). Interactive learning tools for human language technology. ESCA Workshop on Interactive Dialogue in Multi-Modal Systems (IDS-99), 77-80, June 22-25, 1999.
Lecia Barker 