Lecturer & Director of Masters of Science Program
Education
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (2016)
- Curriculum and Instruction, Learning Systems Design & Technology
M.A., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (2006)
- Foreign Languages and Literatures
M.Ed., Pedagogical University, Cracow (2001)
- European Studies
Research Interests
Immersive learning environments (virtual reality, augmented reality, virtual worlds), computer-assisted language learning, mobile learning, 3D visualizations of learning content, multimedia learning, emerging technologies, second language acquisition.
Contact Links
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Discovery Park Building G159
- Regina.Kaplan-rakowski@unt.edu
Recent Publications
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Ferdig, R. E., Baumgartner, E., Hartshorne, R., Kaplan-Rakowski, R., & Mouza, C. (Eds.) (2020). Teaching, Technology, and Teacher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stories from the Field. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Available at: https://www.learntechlib.org/p/216903/
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Hartshorne, R., Baumgartner, E., Kaplan-Rakowski, R., Mouza, C., & Ferdig, R. E. (2020). Special Issue Editorial: Preservice and Inservice Professional Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 28 (2), pp. 137-147. Available online at: https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/216910/.
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Gruber, A, & Kaplan-Rakowski, R. (2020). User experience of virtual reality public speaking practice. In R. Zheng (Ed.), Cognitive and affective perspectives on immersive technology in education. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3250-8
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Kaplan-Rakowski, R., & Loranc-Paszylk, B. (2019). The impact of verbal and nonverbal auditory resources on explicit foreign language vocabulary learning. System, 85, 12114. [h5-index = 40] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2019.102114
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Kaplan-Rakowski, R. (2019). The effect of stereoscopic three-dimensional images on vocabulary learning. Contemporary Educational Technology, 10(4), 324-337. [h5-index = 18] https://doi.org/10.30935/cet.634172
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Kaplan-Rakowski, R., & Meseberg, K. (2019). Immersive media and their future. In R.M. Branch et al. (Eds.), Educational Media and Technology Yearbook (Vol. 42, pp. 143-153). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27986-8_13
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Kaplan-Rakowski, R., & Gruber, A. (2019). Low-immersion versus high-immersion virtual reality: Definitions, classification, and examples with a foreign language focus. In Innovation in Language Learning Conference Proceedings 2019 (pp. 552-555). Florence, Italy: Pixel.