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__**Article Name:**__ [|Experimental Effects of Online Instruction on Teachers' Concerns About Technology Integration]

__**Article Authors:**__ Yuliang Liu Peter Theodore Ellen Lavelle

__**Summary (Abstract):**__ This study investigates the experimental effects of online instruction in a graduate research methods course on K-12 teachers’ concerns about technology integration. The concerns of twenty-three K-12 teachers regarding technology integration were measured using the Stages of Concern Questionnaire (SoC) both before and after completing an online course. The concerns were measured along seven dimensions: awareness, informal, personal, management, consequence, collaboration, and refocusing. Significant changes in all seven dimensions were found after the teachers’ participation in a graduate online course. Discussion includes important implications for future K-12 teacher education programs and suggestions for further research in this area.

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