Publications & Presentations
PUBLICATIONS
2026
Dennen, V.P., Yalçın, Y. (2027). Constructing Acceptable Use: Instructor Boundary‑Setting with Generative AI. In: Blanchard, E.G., Chen, G., Chi, M., Isotani, S. (eds.), Artificial Intelligence in Education. AIED 2026. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 16584. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-29763-1_24
Dennen, V. (2026). From lurkers to networkers: Cultural and epistemic dimensions of developing professional learning networks in online graduate education. Proceedings of the International Conference on Networked Learning, 15. https://doi.org/10.54337/nlc.v15.10887
Dennen, V., Crombie, M. & Zhang, N. (2026). A Multi-Layered Research-Practice Partnership for Responsible AI Integration in K-12 Classrooms: A Conceptual SWOT Analysis of Early Development. In Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 596-601). Philadelphia, PA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved October 18, 2026 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/2129032/.
Hall, B. & Dennen, V. (2026). Applying the Systemic Intersubjectivity Framework Beyond Teacher Education Programs. In Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1208-1213). Philadelphia, PA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved October 18, 2026 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/2129126/.
Dennen, V.P., He, D. (2026). University Students and Networked Learning on Social Media: Approaches to Networked Knowledge Activities across Contexts. In: Dohn, N.B., Cutajar, M., Borg, C., Ryberg, T., de Laat, M. (eds) Narratives of Hope in Times of Change. Research in Networked Learning. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-07263-4_5.
Dennen, V., Crombie, M. & Zhang, N. (2026). A Multi-Layered Research-Practice Partnership for Responsible AI Integration in K-12 Classrooms: A Conceptual SWOT Analysis of Early Development. In Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 596-601). Waynesville, NC, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/2129032/.
Hall, B. & Dennen, V. (2026). Applying the Systemic Intersubjectivity Framework Beyond Teacher Education Programs. In Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1208-1213). Waynesville, NC, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved April 12, 2026, from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/2129126/.
2025
Dennen, V. P., Jones, M. K., Kim, I., Lloyd, M., & Melvin, M. (2025). Teen Sensemaking and Incidental Online News Encounters: A Small Stories Approach. In Rajala, A., Cortez, A., Hofmann, R., Jornet, A., Lotz-Sisitka, H., & Markauskaite, L. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2025 (pp. 2100-2104). International Society of the Learning Sciences. https://doi.org/10.22318/icls2025.358761
Rutledge, S.A., Bunn, S., Paul, M., Dennen, V.P., Park-Gaghan, T. (2025). Exploring teen well-being and social media use during the pandemic summer of 2020. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. Volume 30. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2024.2447464
Burner, K.J., Dennen, V.P., Jian, S. (2025). Prior online learning experiences as incidental professional development: A cross-sectional survey of online instructor beliefs and strategies. The Internet and Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2024.100977
2024
Dennen, V.P., Bagdy, L.M., Ayan Karabatman, H. (2024). Navigating the high school to university transition with social media: intensity of use, sense of belonging, and meaningful change. Information and Learning Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-12-2023-0208
Dennen, V.P., Choi, H., He,D., Arslan, Ö. (2024). Course Design, Belonging, and Learner Engagement: Meeting the Needs of Diverse International Students in Online Courses. TechTrends, 1-14. [HTML] from springer.com
Dennen, V.P., (2024) Positioning Theory in Online Environments. The Routledge International Handbook of Positioning Theory, 350-366. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003288305
Dennen, V.P., He, D. (2024). University students, social media, and purposeful use: networked knowledge activities across contexts. Networked Learning Conference 14. [PDF] from aau.dk
Dennen, V.P., Arslan, Ö.,Bong, J. (2024). Optional embedded microlearning challenges. Educational Technology & Society 27 (1), 166-182. [PDF] from j-ets.net
Yalçın, Y., Dennen, V.P. (2024). An investigation of the factors that influence online learners’ satisfaction with the learning experience. Education and Information Technologies 29 (4), 3807-3836. [HTML]from springer.com
2023
Arslan, Ö., Dennen, V.P., Bong, J. (2023). Engaging Graduate Students Through a Microchallenge: Providing Purpose for New Tool Exploration. International Journal for Educational Media and Technology 17 (2). [PDF] from ijemt.org
Dennen, V.P., Hall, B.M., Hedquist, A. (2023). A Systematic Review of Research on Intersubjectivity in Online Learning: Illuminating Opportunities for Cohesion and Mutual Understanding in the Research Conversation. Online Learning 27 (1). [PDF] from ed.gov
Dennen, V.P., He, D., Shi, H., Adolfson, D. (2023). College Students, Networked Knowledge Activities, and Digital Competence: Implications for Online Instructors. Online Learning 27 (4), 122-143. [PDF] from ed.gov
Dennen, V.P., Bagdy, L.M., Rutledge, S.A. (2023). Diaries and Digital Artifacts: Investigating Teens’ Daily Experiences Through User-Shared Images Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences. [PDF] from isls.org
Dennen, V.P., He, D., Shi, H., Adolfson, D. (2023). Conceptualizing networked knowledge activities: related and co-occurring activities in online spaces. Proceedings of the International Conferences on E-Society, 179-186. [PDF] from ed.gov
Martin, F., Dennen, V.P., Bonk, C.J. (2023). Systematic Reviews of Research on Online Learning: An Introductory Look and Review. Online Learning Journal (OLJ) 27 (1), 1-15. Online Learning Journal (OLJ)
Shi, H., Hur, J., Tang, Y.M., Dennen, V.P. (2023). Instructional Strategies for Engaging Online Learners: Do Learner-Centeredness and Modality Matter? Online Learning 27 (4), 271-294. [PDF] from ed.gov
Shi, H., Zhou, Y., Dennen, V.P., Hur, J.(2023). Correction: From unsuccessful to successful learning: profiling behavior patterns and student clusters in massive open online courses. Education and Information Technologies, 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-12010-1
2022
Arslan, Ö., Dennen, V.P., Bong, J.(2022). Engaging learners with challenges and badges: Designing and evaluating a microlearning system. International Journal for Educational Media and Technology 16 (2), 14-24. [PDF] from ijemt.org
Arslan, Ö., Dennen, V.P., Bong, J.(2022). “Can I still earn a badge by the way?”: Challenges and badges in an online course. [PDF] from hawaii.edu
Bong, J. Y., & Liu, Z. (2022). Media usage behaviors of learners in ODDE. In O. Zawacki-Richter & I. Jung (Eds.), Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Education. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0351-9_54-1
Dennen, V. P., & Jones, M. K. (2022). The role of the online instructor: A nexxus of skills, activities, and values that support learning. In O. Zawacki-Richter & I. Jung (Eds.), Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Education. Springer. [PDF] from springer.com
Dennen, V. P. (2022). Introduction to learners, teachers, media, and technology in ODDE: A people-first approach. In O. Zawacki-Richter & I. Jung (Eds.), Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Education. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0351-9_88-1
Dennen, V.P., Yalcin, Y., Hur, J., Screws, B. (2022). Student Webcam Behaviors and Beliefs: Emergent Norms, Student Performance, and Cultural Differences. Online Learning 26 (4), 168-192. [PDF] from ed.gov
Dennen, V.P., Bong, J. (2022). Open, Flexible, and Serving Others: Meeting Needs during a Pandemic and beyond. Global Perspectives on Educational Innovations for Emergency Situations, 109-118. [PDF] from oapen.org
Dennen, V.P., Shi, H., Rutledge, S.A., Bagdy, L.M., Jung, D., Bunn, S., Cargill, C., Cosgrove, C., Hedquist, A. (2022). Parenting Teenage Social Media Users: Perceptions And Permissions As The Pandemic Began. IADIS International Journal on www/Internet 20 (2). [PDF] from iadisportal.org
Dennen, V.P., Arslan, Ö. (2022). The visual performance of online identity: Instructor presence and persona across tools and settings. Studies in Technology Enhanced Learning 2 (1). [HTML] from pubpub.org
Dennen, V.P., Bagdy, L.M., Arslan, Ö., Choi, H., Liu, Z. (2022). Supporting new online instructors and engaging remote learners during COVID-19: A distributed team teaching approach. Journal of Research on Technology in Education 54 (sup1), S182-S202. https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2021.1924093
Dennen, V.P., Dickson-Deane, C., Ge, X., Ifenthaler, D., Murthy, S. Richardson, J. (2022). Global perspectives on educational innovations for emergency situations. Springer Nature. [PDF] from oapen.org
Dennen, V.P., Bagdy, L.M. (2022). Transitions in social media use and social media use for transition: A survey study of the shift from high school to college. Networked Learning Conference 13. [PDF] from aau.dk
2021
Bonk, C.J., Daytner, K., Daytner, G., Dennen, V.P., Malikowski, S. (2021). Using web-based cases to enhance, extend, and transform pre-service teacher training: Two years in review. The Web in Higher Education, 189-211. [DOC] from curtbonk.com
Dennen, V. P. (2021). Mediated identities, context collapse, and cultural elements of networked learning. In P. Nixon, V. P. Dennen, & R. Rawal (Eds.), Reshaping international teaching and learning: Universities in the information age (pp. 69-79). Routledge. [HTML] from ebrary.net
Dennen, V. P., Jung, D., Cargill, C., & Hedquist, A. (2021). Social media and parenting support: A systematic scoping review (2010-2019). International Journal on WWW/Internet, 19(2), 1-18. [PDF]
Dennen, V. P., & Park, Y. (2021). Preparing K-12 teachers for blended and online learning: The role of PLNs in preservice learning and professional development. In M. D. Avgerinou & P. Pelonis (Eds.), Handbook of Research on K-12 Blended and Virtual Learning Through the i²Flex Classroom Model (pp. 18-35). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7760-8.ch002
Dennen, V.P., Rutledge, S.A., Bagdy, L.M., Bunn, S., Jung, D., Cargill, C., Cosgrove, C., Hedquist, A., McWaters, S. (2021). Virtual independence: Teen social media use during the summer of quarantine. International Conference on Web Based Communities and Social Media, 211-215. [PDF] from archive.org
Dennen, V.P., Bagdy, L.M., Park, Y. (2021). Developing informed citizens: Exploring university students’ news consumption habits, beliefs, and related information skills. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on the e-Society, 151-158. [PDF] from vanessadennen.com
Dennen, V.P., Word, K.D., Arslan, Ö. (2021). Webcams at work: A survey of learning professionals’ practices and perceptions. [HTML] fsu.edu
Dennen, V.P., Lim, C.P. (2021). Publishing as a Collaborative Endeavour: Insights from the Editors of The Internet and Higher Education. What Journal Editors Wish Authors Knew About Academic Publishing, 49. [PDF] from learntechlib.org
Nixon, P.G., Dennen, V.P., Rawal, R. (2021). Reshaping International Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Routledge. [PDF] from taylorfrancis.com
Word, K., & Dennen, V. P. (2021). Sharing your microlearning materials over OER. In J. R. Corbeil, M. E. Corbeil, & B. H. Khan (Eds.), Microlearning in the digital age: The design and delivery of learning in snippets (pp. 200-213). Routledge. [HTML] from taylorfrancis.com
Yalçın, Y., Çolak, C., Dennen, V.P. (2021). Trust, privacy, and self-disclosure on Facebook: Institutional implications of social media use among American and Turkish Students. Reshaping International Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 132-149. [HTML] from ebrary.net
2020
Dennen, V.P., Rutledge, S.A., Bagdy, L.M. (2020). (Dis) connected: The role of social networking sites in the high school setting. American Journal of Education 127 (1), 107-136. [PDF] from sadil.ws
Dennen, V.P., Bagdy, L.M., Park, Y. (2020). Preparing preservice teachers for PLN development and use: Evaluating a learning unit. SITE Interactive Conference, 701-710. [HTML] from learntechlib.com
Dennen, V.P., Choi,H., Word,K. (2020). Social media, teenagers, and the school context: a scoping review of research in education and related fields. Educational Technology Research and Development 68 (4), 1635-1658. [HTML] from springer.com
Dennen, V.P., Burner, K.J. (2020). Identity, context collapse, and Facebook use in higher education: Putting presence and privacy at odds. Social Presence and Identity in Online Learning, 37-56. [HTML] from taylorfrancis.com
Dennen, V.P., Word, K., Adolfson, D., Arechavaleta, V., He, D., Chia-Wei Hsu, C.W., Hur, J., Jung, D., Kent, H., Russell, A., Toth, K. (2020). Using the networked knowledge activities framework to examine learning on social networking sites. Web-Based Communities and Social Media 2020, 165-172. [PDF] from fsu.edu
Dennen, V.P., Bagdy, L.M. (2020). Shifting to specifications grading: Two design cases. [PDF] from hawaii.edu
Lowenthal, P.R. Dennen, V.P. (2020). Social presence and identity in online learning. Routledge. [HTML] from google.com
Lowenthal, P.R. Dennen, V.P. (2020). Introduction: Social presence, identity, and online learning: research development and needs. Social Presence and Identity in Online Learning, 1-4. [HTML] from taylorfrancis.com
Martin, F., Dennen, V.P., Bonk, C.J. (2020). A synthesis of systematic review research on emerging learning environments and technologies. Educational Technology Research and Development 68 (4), 1613-1633. [HTML] from springer.com
Smith D.H., Hao, Q., Dennen, V. Tsikerdekis, M., Barnes, B., Martin, L., Tresham, N. (2020). Towards Understanding Online Question & Answer Interactions and their effects on student performance in large-scale STEM classes. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education 17, 1-15. [PDF] from springer.com
PRESENTATIONS
2023
Frameworks for designing and analyzing learning. Handbook of Distance Education Chapter Overview: Nov 5, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSjIF_L-iNQ
Renewable Assessments and Learning Legacies: Developing the OER on OER Project Across School Years. OpenEd 2023 Presentation: Oct 10, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv6uQb_mlj4
2022
Teen Engagement with Current Events and Social Issues on Social Media: A Survey of American Youth. Social Media & Society 2022 Conference – Jun 27, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZBu1TmnNvI
Teen Social Media Use During COVID-19: Parent Perceptions and Oversight. E-Society Conference – Jun 7, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUkjNFf6QAA
Emotions and social media use: Youth experiences of different online phenomena. Social Media & Society 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUgdmAEBV8c
2020
Teaching, Learning, Creating & Sharing: My Journey with Open. Capital City Virtual Series – May 8, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0Um4o5TUio
2019
Online Professional Development and the Networked Knowledge Activities. Webinar for IDN: April 24, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLdYYlVkAZ0
2018
Who is my teacher? The visual development of online instructor identity and presence. Webinar – Visual Identity Online: Nov 8, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roQ-9c4rcJk
