Dr. Parra’s areas of specialization include Learning Design, Technology, & Innovation; Intersections of Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge (TPACK); Online/Blended/HyFlex Teaching & Learning; Emerging Technologies; and Critical and Culturally Responsive Teaching with Technology.
Dr. Parra is core faculty for Learning Design & Technology programs, wherein the current focus is on supporting educators who want to design for and teach online courses. If you want further information about the Master of Arts in Education: Educational Learning Technologies or the Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching and Learning, send her an email to get the conversation started.
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Parra, J., Chatterjee, S., Alzaid, A., & Korang, T. (2022). Designing activities for online geography courses informed by the Community of Inquiry framework. The Geography Teacher, (19)3, 102-112. DOI: 10.1080/19338341.2022.2077799
Chatterjee, S. & Parra, J. (2021). Undergraduate students engagement in formal and informal learning: Applying the community of inquiry framework. Journal of Educational Technology Systems. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472395211062552
Martinez, A., Woodley, X., Lucero, L, & Parra, J. (2019). Technology, literacy, and self-regulated learning: The Impact eReaders have on the reading engagement Behaviors of a Group of Intermediate Grade Boys. Journal of Literacy and Technology, 20(3), 45-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-017-0207-z
Woodley, X.M. & Parra, J. (2019). (Re)framing and (Re)designing instruction: Transformed teaching in traditional and online classrooms. Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and Learning Journal. 12 (1).
Peer-Reviewed Invited Book Chapter
Abdelmalak, M. M., & Parra, J. L. (2018). Case study of HyFlex course design: Benefits and challenges for graduate students. In R. Sharma (Ed.), Innovative Applications of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (pp. 298-317). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-5466-0.ch015
Editor-Reviewed Book Chapter
Parra, J. (2019). Searching, curating and networking: Set up the tools and develop the skills to make the modern web work for you! In G. Ivory & D. Christman (Eds.), Leading with Technologies: Improving Performance for Educators (pp. 55-75). Rowman & Littlefield.
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
Chatterjee, S., & Parra, J. (2020). Innovative design revisions on an undergraduate technology integration course for K-12 preservice teachers. In R. E. Ferdig E. Baumgartner, R. Hartshorne, R. Kaplan- Rakwoski, & M. Chrystalla (Eds.), Teaching, Technology, and Teacher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stories from the Field (pp. 431-441). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved June 16, 2020 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/216903/.
