Minitrack Introduction

The Advances in Teaching and Learning Technologies Minitrack is presently in its fifth year and serves as an outlet for research dealing with technologies that can be used to augment the teaching process, the learning process, or both. This rather broad designation is intended to capture theories, tools, tool development, enabling platforms, communication media, distance learning, supporting infrastructures, user experiences, research methods, social impacts, and measurable outcomes as they relate to improving teaching and learning. Thus, this Minitrack is intended to include research that encompasses all aspects of learning from the original inceptions of theories and tools through the measurement of learning outcomes. Usage environments range from same-time, same-place to anytime, anyplace that increase interactions among the learners and the teachers or facilitators. The papers this year are organized into two presentation sessions, each focusing on a different aspect of technologies for teaching and learning.