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This study investigated elementary teacher candidates’ experiences with digital tools in college courses and the tools they incorporated during field placements. Two surveys show broad appreciation, with preferences for meaningful tool use aligned to learning outcomes. 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Norbert College  \nAbstract  \nAbrupt changes to teaching and learning because of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed teacher educators to incorporate new technologies and pedagogies while teaching unfamiliar course designs (i.e., online, blended, flipped, hybrid, HyFlex). This study examined elementary teacher candidates’ experiences with tech tools in college courses and the tools they subsequently incorporated into teaching during field placements. The results of two surveys indicate that teacher candidates broadly appreciated the use of tech tools in their university-based courses. That said, they wanted the tools to be used meaningfully by technically proficient instructors who align the tools with course learning outcomes. Teacher candidates also wanted the increased accessibility to course materials and class meetings to continue after the pandemic ends. Finally, data from this study both echoes previous research indicating that teacher candidates use the technology tools they experience during college classes and presents a correlation between the tools candidates found engaging as learners and those they employed when teaching during field placements.  \nKeywords: technology, teacher candidates, online  \nAILACTE Journal 1  \nShedrow  \nStudent Engagement & Digital Tools: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic  \nWithout question, the COVID-19 pandemic has touched everyone in one way or another. In teacher education, university and college instructors were pushed to teach in new contexts with unfamiliar tools. Beyond the initial shift to courses offered entirely online in spring 2020, teacher educators also faced similar circumstances the following academic year when asked to teach blended, flipped, hybrid and/or HyFlex courses1. In the push to rapidly redesign courses so they were accessible in multiple contexts, many instructors were left to use trial-and-error approaches when incorporating digital technology; however, as semesters and the pandemic progressed, college instructors’focus moved from simply being online to engaging students while learning online.  \nNumerous researchers have documented the vital role engagement plays in learning (e.g., Gilboy et al., 2015; Reeve, 2012; Skinner & Belmont, 1993). Since the 1990s, digital technologies have increasingly been linked to student engagement (as an antecedent, consequence, or both), and the two became inextricably intertwined during the COVID-19 pandemic. While this avenue of research is growing rapidly (e.g., Bond & Bedenlier, 2019; Bond et al., 2020), research regarding the engagement of teacher candidates with digital tools is scarce (Bedenlier et al., 2020) and underscores the lapse on the part of teacher educators to demonstrate meaningful integration and advantages of technologies (Liu, 2016; Ping et al., 2018; Tondeur et al., 2012; Tondeur et al., 2019).  \nAs we move beyond the confines of the pandemic, it is important to stop and consider what has been gained as the bounds of our profession have been stretched. What did we learn about digital tools and teacher candidate engagement? Importantly, such newfound knowledge can help to shape pedagogical decision making in courses across the spectrum of online, blended, flipped, hybrid, HyFlex and face-to-face classrooms. But how do we know which tools are worth transferring? Additionally, when looking beyond the university experience, what happened when teacher candidates moved from college classes in digital spaces to field placements in digital spaces? Did they use the technologies  \n2 AILACTE Volume XVIII 2021  \nStudent Engagement & Digital Tools  \nmodeled by instructors? Answers to these questions can provide a foundation for understanding how digital tools can be used to engage teacher candidates as well as assist candidates in using technology when teaching. Accordingly, the following questions guided this","cbCaihraZHvAtLZU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihraZHvAtLZU","pdf",262077,26,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n## From emergency online teaching to engagement\n# Guiding Research Questions\n# Literature Review\n## Defining Engagement and Digital Technology\n# Method-Related Focus (from stated aims)","[{\"question\":\"What course formats and teaching changes did teacher educators face during the COVID-19 pandemic?\",\"answer\":\"Teacher educators were pushed to teach in new contexts using unfamiliar tools and course designs, including fully online, blended, flipped, hybrid, and HyFlex approaches.\"},{\"question\":\"How did teacher candidates generally feel about the digital technology used in their university courses?\",\"answer\":\"Survey results indicate teacher candidates broadly appreciated tech tools in their university-based courses.\"},{\"question\":\"What did the study find about how candidates applied tools during field placements?\",\"answer\":\"The study indicates teacher candidates used technology tools they experienced as learners in college and shows a correlation between engaging tools as learners and those candidates employed when teaching in field placements.\"}]","Student Engagement & Digital Tools - Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic | PDF",1792071205,66]