Jennifer Horner Miller is a PhD student in Learning Technology, passionate about using technology to enhance education through collaboration, individualized instruction, and access to diverse perspectives. Her journey includes involvement in various educational initiatives, including robotics, STEM programs, and professional development for teachers, along with several published papers and conference presentations. She believes technology can significantly improve educational outcomes and foster creativity, personalized learning, and access to information.

1. Jennifer Horner Miller
Learning Technology PhD Student
College of Information

2. Who Am I?
Johnson City, Texas
Early, Texas
Stephenville, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas

3. I am a Student….

4. I am a Teacher…..
Nationals 2003 CTE
TCEA Student Ambassadors
Project Share & Ignite Speakers
NASA & RICE University
4-6th Grade Accept NASA Challenge
Summer 2012

5. Leading 1:1 K12 Initiative 2010 - 2014
Change Agent
Museum WiFi Project
Mentoring Program
STEM Programs

6. Digital Instructional Leader

7. Developer
STEM to STEAM
2012
2013
2015

8. I Believe Learning Technology
● Provides improved ability for collaboration, research, creation, reflection,
publishing, and evaluation of learning.
● Provides a medium to access and communicate information, enriching and
deepening social exchanges, which produces new to the world ideas and
knowledge.
● Levels educational opportunities to all citizens through the access of information
and research opportunities.
● Allows for individualized approaches to ongoing reflection and feedback
opportunities during the learning process. Individualized instruction improves the
knowledge process as remediation and approaches target a specific customer
need.

9. I Believe Learning Technology
● Produces new forms of data to allow for improved decisions regarding
educational approaches.
● Increases creativity opportunities through the employment of technology
applications.
● Introduces students to a variety of perspectives, cultures, and beliefs.
● Allows for the exchange ideas to a larger learning community, producing a
personalized learning social network in which participants share learning objects
to a larger community. This process produces new to the world approaches and
ideas at a rate never seen before.
● Extends learning beyond the physical environment and time, further deepening
approaches to knowledge.
● Fosters the construction of career skill sets via real world approaches through
simulation, technology enhanced learning environments, and applications used in
industry.

10. Journey as a PhD Distributed Learning Tech Student
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Presented ISTE Poster 2012
ISTE NASA CyberCafe

11. TEA STEAM Camp Grant
NASA ISTE STEAM Camp Curriculum Program
● Robotics PD and NASA MMS PD
○ 18 teachers, Professional Development for All
● June 2012
● Submitted for Peer Review August 2012
● Accepted Fall of 2012 for Publication
● Materials published in NASA Wavelength

12. Ideas - Literature Review - Research
STEAM Literature Review
Dr. Lin Lin’s CECS 6000
Summer 2012
SITE 2013
Paper Conference Proceeding Paper
STEAM for Student Engagement

13. After School Robotics Program
● Introduction To Research in Learning Tech
6511, Dr. Tandra Tyler-Woods
● IRB Approval for After School Robotics
Study
○ Fall 2012 Pretest, Spring 2013 Posttest
● ISTE Conference Proceeding Paper 2014

14. Fabrication STEAM Camp
Created additional instructional design materials for
STEAM Camp
● IRB study for Summer 2013 STEAM camp
● Received NASA Grant for Fabrication Program for
camp
● STEM Semantic Survey, Career Interest Inventory
● Analysis of Research in Educational Computing
6510, Dr. Rhonda Christensen
● Two Paper Conference Proceedings SITE 2014

15. STEAM Professional Development
Face to Face:
ASCD, Texas Ed. Service Centers, ISTE, TCEA
MOOC Course Development:
● Creating Technology-Based Learning Environment
Dr. D’Alba, Spring 2014, 6320
● Advanced Educational Production Design
Dr. Spector, Fall 2015, 6230

16. Presentations

17. The Big Move

18. NASA MMS Student Led
Launch Maker Events

21. Need for Research Exploring
STEM
Professional Development Programs

22. Personal Learning Theory

23. Exploratory Case Study

24. Hypothesis

26. Thank you for your guidance and support.