Keynote Presentations
Lohnes Watulak, S. (2022, May). Mind the dip: Moving from emergency hybrid to intentional hybrid teaching and learning. Keynote presentation for the Vermont State Colleges Annual Academic Retreat.
Invited Presentations
Lohnes Watulak, S., & Collier, A. (2022, April). Centering the margins: Principles and strategies for inclusive design and design justice. Invited master class for the Online Learning Consortium’s annual Innovate conference.
Lohnes Watulak, S. (2021, October). Using UDL to address barriers to learning in your courses. Invited presentation for the faculty of the Center for Cartoon Studies, White River Junction, VT.
Lohnes Watulak, S. (2021, October 13). The Asynchronous Cookbook: Recipes for interaction in asynchronous learning. Invited presentation for the Asynchronous Approaches to Teaching and Learning webinar, European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN). https://www.eden-online.org/eden_conference/asynchronous-approaches-to-teaching-and-learning/
Conference Presentations
Lohnes Watulak, S., & Collier, A. (2023, March). Staff-student partnerships as a pathway for institutional change: The case of the Inclusive Design Studio. Presented at the Notre Dame Digital Learning Summit, Notre Dame, IN.
Lohnes Watulak, S., & Collier, A. (2023, March). Co-designing an action-oriented instructional design professional learning community. Presented at the Notre Dame Digital Learning Summit, Notre Dame, IN.
Phillips, N., Smith, A., Woodard, R., Gierhart, A., Johnson, L., Lohnes Watulak, S., & Wargo, K. (2022, April). A decade of cultivation: A citation context literature review of connected learning research. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
Collier, A., & Lohnes Watulak, S. (2020, June). Mind the gap: Exploring and establishing criticality within a “service” organization. Presented at the annual meeting of OLC Innovate (online).
Collier, A., & Lohnes Watulak, S. (2020, March – cancelled due to COVID-19). One digital learning organization’s shift to a partner organization: A case study. Scheduled to be presented at the annual meeting of the University Professional, Online, and Continuing Education conference.
Collier, A., & Lohnes Watulak, S. (2019, April). Combatting information pollution through the Newspapers on Wikipedia project. Presented at the annual meeting of OLC Innovate, Denver, CO.
McQuitty, V., Lohnes Watulak, S., & Runciman, J. (2019, April). Connected learning in a writing-as-making MOOC. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, CA.
Phillips, N., Woodard, R., Smith, A., Johnson, L., Lohnes Watulak, S., & Wargo, K. (2019, April). An integrative literature review of contemporary connected learning research. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, CA.
McQuitty, V., Lohnes Watulak, S., & Runciman, J. (2018, November). Interest- driven teacher professional learning in the writing-as-making MOOC. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Literacy Research Association, Indian Wells, CA.
Lohnes Watulak, S. (2018, April). Instructors as brokers of digital learning opportunity: Exploring brokering practices in connected teacher education classrooms. Structured poster session presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Lohnes Watulak, S., McQuitty, V., & Runicman, J. (2018, March). Voice and choice in teacher professional learning: Designing the writing-as-making MOOC. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Alexandria, VA.
Shaheen, N. L., & Lohnes Watulak, S. (2018, March). Technology accessibility: A social justice concern for K-12 instructional technology and teacher education. Paper presented at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference, Alexandria, VA.
Lohnes Watulak, S., McQuitty, V., & Runciman, J. (2018, March). Examining teaching learning in a writing-as-making MOOC. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research, Towson, MD.
Lohnes Watulak, S. (2017, March). Connected learning in pre-service technology education courses. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Austin, TX.
Lohnes Watulak, S. (2017, October). Pre-service teacher experiences in the connected educational technology classroom. Presented at the 10th Annual Digital Media & Learning Conference, Irvine, CA.
Whitfield, D., & Lohnes Watulak, S. (2016, March). The application of the flipped classroom in five private school classrooms: A multi-site case study. Roundtable presented at the annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Savannah, GA
Stansbury, J., & Lohnes Watulak, S. (2015, April). Informal learning paradigms and the interplay of communities of practice and game based learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Heath, M. P., & Lohnes Watulak, S. (March 4, 2015). Transformative epistemology of TPACK: Implications for education. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Las Vegas, NV.
Lohnes Watulak, S. (2015, March). Designing for and with critical digital literacies and the CCSS. Roundtable presented at the annual conference of the Society for Technology in Teacher Education, Las Vegas, NV.
Wang, Z., & Lohnes Watulak, S. (2015). Using TPACK as a lens to examine the literature on Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL). In Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (pp. 3483-3492). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Lohnes Watulak, S., Wang, Z., & McNary, S. (2014, March). Facebook and mattering: How can instructors make the most of undergraduates’ Facebook use? Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Instructional Technology in Teacher Education, Jacksonville, FL.
McNary, S., Wang, Z., & Lohnes Watulak, S. (2014, March). Facebook usage, social networks, and social support among undergraduate women. Roundtable presented at the annual conference of the Society for Instructional Technology in Teacher Education, Jacksonville, FL
Twiss, L., & Lohnes Watulak, S. (2014, February). An ethnographic study of children’s informal technology use. Paper presented at the 35th Annual Ethnography in Education Forum, Philadelphia, PA.
Sandhu, S., Lohnes Watulak, S., & Martinez-Alba, G. (2013, March). Exploring the impact of the TAG interactive reader on the motivation to read and reading outcomes of English Language Learners. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, New Orleans, LA.
Lohnes Watulak, S., & Whitfield, D. (2012, November). “You don’t know the rules:” How undergraduates set boundaries and create norms for Facebook use. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Literacy Researchers’ Association, San Diego, CA.
Lohnes Watulak, S., & Kinzer, C. K. (2012, November). The development of a theoretical framework for critical digital literacies in pre-service education. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Literacy Researchers’ Association, San Diego, CA.
Twiss, L., & Lohnes Watulak, S. (2012, March). An ethnographic study of children’s technology use outside the school. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, Austin, TX.
Lohnes Watulak, S., & Whitfield, D. (2011, December). One of these things is not like the other: Technology and literacy practices and identities of college students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Literacy Researchers’ Association, Jacksonville, FL.
Lohnes Watulak, S., & Whitfield, D. (2011, December). Examining the role of technology in college students’ academic literacy practices. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Literacy Researchers’ Association, Jacksonville, FL.
Lohnes Watulak, S. (2011, April). Beyond technology skills: Toward a framework for critical digital literacies in pre-service technology education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Lohnes Watulak, S. (2011, March). Preparing digital citizens for a participatory culture: Critical digital literacies in pre-service education. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Nashville, TN.
Lohnes Watulak, S. (2010, December). Reflection in action: Using inquiry groups to explore critical digital literacy with pre-service teachers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference/Literacy Researchers’ Association, Ft. Worth, TX.
Song, L., Lohnes Watulak, S., Kritskaya, O., & Elmendorf, D. (2010, March). Understanding undergraduate students’ use of and beliefs about technology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, San Diego, CA.
Lohnes Watulak, S. (2010, February). “I’m not a computer person”: Negotiating participation in academic Discourses. Paper presented at the first annual meeting of the Digital Media & Learning Conference, San Diego, CA.
Lohnes Watulak, S. (2009, December). “You should be reading not texting”: Understanding classroom texting in the constant contact society. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Jin, L., Lohnes Watulak, S., & McCarthy, P. (2009, December). Current definitions of 21st century literacy in an urban school and community. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Lohnes, S., & Mittell, J. (2009, April). Using media to critique media: Media literacy in the college classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
Lohnes, S. (2008, December). Exploring the academic literacy practices of Net Gen students within and beyond disciplinary contexts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX.
Kinzer, C.K., Lohnes, S., Hoffman, D., & Turkay, S. (2008, December). Cases for conceptual change in pre-service technology and literacy instruction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX.
Kinzer, C. K., Lohnes, S., & Hoffman, D. (2008, April). Using video to anchor instruction in middle school inclusion classrooms: An overview and previous results. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Lohnes, S. (2008, March). Using technology in college classes: Understanding college students’ conceptions about technology integration in to college classes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Las Vegas, NV.
Lohnes, S. (2007, November). Cultural models of students’ new literacies in the first-year college classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX.
Lohnes, S. (2007, April). Situating the Net Gen: Exploring the role of technology in the social identity of college students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Kinzer, C. K., Lohnes, S., Kapur, M., Kontouvourki, S., Hoffman, D., & Turkay , S. (2007, April). Tracking engagement: How pre-service students use and learn from a complex, multimedia, online case environment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Kinzer, C. K., Labbo, L., Lohnes, S., Love, M., & Wilber, D. (2007, April). Looking back to the future: Implications for creating, implementing, and researching multimedia cases in pre-service education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Lohnes, S. (2006, November). To IM or not: Exploring the contexts of undergraduates’ literate engagement with technology on campus. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Kinzer, C.K., Kapur, M., Lohnes, S., Wilber-Cammack, D., Turkay, S., & Hoffman, D. (2006, November). Assessing change in pre-service teachers’ knowledge structure and elaboration through concept webs and narrative assessments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Kinzer, C.K., Lohnes, S., Kapur, M., Hoffman, D., Kontovourki, S., & Turkay, S. (2006, November). Paths to conceptual change in an Internet-based, case instructional environment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Kinzer, C. K., Kapur, M., Lohnes, S., Cammack, D. W., Hoffman, D., Kontovourki, S., & Turkay, S. (2006, July). Assessing preservice teachers’ conceptual change in an internet-based, case instructional environment. Paper presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society/5th International Conference on Cognitive Science, Vancouver, Canada.
Kinzer, C. K., Kapur, M., Cammack, D. W., & Lohnes, S. (2006, June). Assessing conceptual change in an anchored, case-based environment. Presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Conference of the Learning Sciences, Bloomington, IN.
Lohnes, S. (2006, April). (De)constructing the NetGen. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
Lohnes, S. (2006, February). The tech-savvy students are coming!. Presented at the annual meeting of the Ethnography in Education Research Forum, Philadelphia, PA.
Lohnes, S. (2005, December). Blogging within the system: Exploring undergraduate literacy practices in school-sanctioned blogs. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Miami, FL.
Lohnes, S., & Kinzer, C. (2005, May). Using weblogs and wikis to develop “old” and “new” literacies. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Reading Association, San Antonio, TX.
Lohnes, S. (2004, December). What in the world is a weblog? A feature analysis of weblogs and websites. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, San Antonio, TX.
