Cecil R. Short, Ph.D.
Email: cecil.r.short@ttu.edu
Phone: 806.834.5284
Office: Education 272
Cecil R. Short is an Assistant Professor of Practice of Blended and Personalized Learning in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas Tech University. His research primarily focuses on the skills, knowledge, and dispositions needed to adopt blended and personalized learning in K-12 contexts. His interest in blended learning research stems from his own experiences using blended learning as a high school English teacher in the Kansa City, Missouri, area.
Short has served as the co-chair of the K-12 Online Learning Special Interest Group for the Society of Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE), as well as the Vice President of Communications for the Teacher Education Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). He was also a guest editor for the 2021 special issue of TechTrends, which focused on P-12 Distance and Blended Learning. He is on the editorial board for a new AECT journal in the field of educational technology called the Journal of Technology Integrated Learning and Teaching.
During the 2020-2021 academic year, Short was awarded the Smaldino and Herring Teacher Leadership Award by the Teacher Education Division of AECT and the Promising Scholar Award by the Journal of Online Learning Research. Short is the co-author of the highly rated and widely used K-12 Blended Teaching: A Guide to Personalized Learning and Online Integration, which is available for free below.
Education
- Doctorate of Philosophy in Instructional Psychology & Technology, Brigham Young University
- Master of Arts in English, University of Central Missouri
- Bachelors of Science in English Education, University of Central Missouri
Areas of Expertise
- Blended Learning
- Personalized Learning
- Teacher Education
Selected Publications
Short, C.R., Graham, C.R., Holmes, T. et al. Preparing Teachers to Teach in K-12 Blended Environments: A Systematic Mapping Review
of Research Trends, Impact, and Themes. TechTrends (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-021-00626-4
Short, C. R., Graham, C. R., & Sabey, E. (2021). K-12 blended teaching skills and abilities: An
analysis of blended teaching artifacts. Journal of Online Learning Research, 7(1), 5-33. Available from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/217689/
Borup, J., Jensen, M., Archambault, L., Short, C. R., & Graham, C. R. (2020). Supporting students during COVID-19: Developing and leveraging
Academic Communities of Engagement in a time of crisis. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 28(2), 161-169. Available from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/216288/
Arnesen, K. T., Graham, C. R., Short, C. R., & Archibald, D. (2019). Experiences with personalized learning in a blended teaching
course for preservice teachers. Journal of Online Learning Research, 5(3), 251-274. Available from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/210637/
Free Book Publications
Graham, C. R., Borup, J., Short, C. R., & Archambault, L. (2019). K-12 blended teaching: A guide to personalized learning and online integration. Provo, UT: EdTechBooks.org. Retrievable from https://edtechbooks.org/k12blended
Graham, C. R., Borup, J., Jensen, M., Arnesen, K. T., & Short, C. R. (2020). K-12 Blended Teaching (Volume 2): A Guide to Practice Within the Disciplines . EdTech Books. Retrieved from https://edtechbooks.org/k12blended2
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