Publications

Books

  • Zhao, Y., Zhang, G., Lei, J., & Qiu, W., (2015). Never Send a Human to Do a Machine’s Job: Correcting the Top 5 EdTech Mistakes. Corwin.
  • Zhao, Y., Lei, J., Li, G., He, M.F., Okano, K., Gamage, D., Ramanathan, H.,  Nagwa, M. (Eds.) (2010). Handbook of Asian Education: A Cultural Perspective. Routledge. ISBN: 978-0-8058-6444-1.
  • Lei, J., Conway, P. & Zhao, Y. (2008). The Digital Pencil: One-to-One Computing for Children. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates publishers, London & New York. ISBN: 978-0805860603
  • Sun, P., Yang, Y., Lei, J., Chen, Q., He, W., Wang, Q., Pu, J., Banghart, R., & Dirkin, K., (2004) New Era Interactive English: Level Four. Beijing, China: Tsinghua University Press.
  • Lei, J. (2000). (Ed.) Level Four College English: Composition & Essays. Beijing, China: Beijing Science and Technology Literature Press.

Refereed Journal Papers

  1. Chen, Y., Lei, J., & Cheng, J. (In Press). What if online students take on the responsibility: Students’ cognitive presence and peer facilitation techniques. Online Learning Journal.
  2. Yang, T., Koszalka, A. T., & Lei, J. (Submitted). Exploring Asynchronous Online Discussions: Interactions, Facilitation, Levels of Thinking and Engagement with Learning Resources. British Journal of Educational Technology.
  3. Li, Y., Wang, Q., & Lei, J. (Revised and Resubmitted). Factors influencing teachers’ use of technology in China: Model development and validation. Computers & Education.
  4. Hall, J., & Lei, J. (Revised and Resubmitted). Conceptualization and Application of a Model for Flipped Instruction: A Design Case. Educational Technology Research and Development.
  5. Lei, J., Luo, H., Wang, Q., Shen, J., Lee, S, & Chen, Y. (2016). Using Technology to Facilitate Modeling-Based Science Education: Lessons Learned from a Meta-analysis of Research. Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange, 9(2), 57-87.
  6. Jang, J., & Lei, J. (2015). The Impact of Video Self-Analysis on the Development of Preservice Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK). International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital Competence. 6(4), 13-29.
  7. Guo, W., Chen, Y., Lei, J., & Wen,Y. (2014). The Effects of Facilitating on Online Learners’ Cognitive Engagement: Evidence from the Asynchronous Online Discussion. Education Sciences. 4, 193-208.
  8. Lei, J. & Zhou, J. (2012). Digital Divide: How Do Home Internet Access and Parental Support Affect Student Outcome? Education. 2, 45-53. http://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/2/1/45/htm doi:10.3390/educ2010045.
  9. Lu, L. & Lei, J. (2012). Using Live Dual Modeling to Help Preservice Teachers Develop TPACK. Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 29 (1), pp.14-22.
  10. Lai, C., Wang, Q. & Lei, J. (2012). What Factors Predict Students’ Use of Technology for Learning?: A Case from Hong Kong. Computers & Education, 59 (2), pp.569-579.
  11. Lei, J. (2012) Striving for survival and success: Chinese private higher education in the twenty-first century, On the Horizon, Vol. 20 Iss: 4, pp.274 – 283
  12. Zhang, G., Zhao, Y., Lei, J. (2012) “Between a rock and a hard place: higher education reform and innovation in China, On the Horizon, Vol. 20 Iss: 4, pp.263 – 273
  13. Zhang, G., Zhao, Y., & Lei, J. (2012) Looking forward to a special issue on educational innovations in China, On the Horizon, 20 (2), pp.104 – 109
  14. Lei, J. (2010). What makes ubiquitous computing work: lessons from a longitudinal study.Computers in the Schools. 27(1), 35-43.
  15. Lei, J. (2010). Quantity and quality: a new approach to evaluate the impact of technology. British Journal of Educational Technology. 41(3), 455-472.
  16. Lei, J., & Morrow, B. (2009). Teachers’ adoption of technology innovation into pedagogical practices. Education and Information Technologies. 15(3), 143-153.
  17. Lei, J., Zhou, J., & Wang, Q. (2009). Internet use among middle school students in school and at home: what can we learn from a US-China comparison? Computers in the Schools, 26 (2), 147 – 164.
  18. Lei, J. (2009).Digital natives as pre-service teachers: what technology preparation is needed? Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 25(3), 87-97.
  19. Lei, J., & Zhao, Y. (2008). One-to-one computing: what does it bring to schools? Journal of Educational Computing Research, 39(2), 97-122.
  20. Lei, J., Zhao, Y., & Conway, F. P. (2008). One to one computing: challenges and promises.China Educational Technology, 12, 19-26. China.
  21. Lei, J., & Zhao, Y. (2007). Computer uses and student achievement: a longitudinal Computers & Education, 49(2), 284-296.
  22. Zhao, Y., Lei, J., & Frank. K. (2006). The social life of technology: an ecological analysis of technology diffusion in schools. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 1(2), 135-149.
  23. Zhao, Y., Lei, J., Yan, B., Tan, S. & Lai, C. (2005). What makes the difference? A practical analysis of research on the effectiveness of distance education. Teachers College Record, 107(8), 1836–1884.   http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=12098
  24. Zhao, Y. & Lei, J. (2005). Teacher educational technology professional development: problems and solutions. China Educational Technology, 9, 10-15, China.
  25. Prawat, R. & Lei, J. (2003). China, Dewey, habit and impulse. Peking University Education Review, 1(2), 104-109. China
  26. Chen, X.F., & Lei, J. (1999). Internationalization of higher education: the trend in the last decade of the 20th century. Journal of Higher Education, 4, July, 21-27. China.

Book Chapters

  1. Lai, C. & Lei, J., (2015). The Technological Milieu. In He, M. F., Schultz, B. D., & Schubert, W. H. (Eds.) Guide to Curriculum in Education(pp.335-343.). Sage.
  2. Lei, J., & Lu, L. (2014). Information and Communication Technologies for Multinational and Multicultural Contexts. In Spector, M. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Educational Technology (pp.379-381). Sage.
  3. Shen, J., Lei, J., Chang, H.Y., & Namdar, B. (2014) Technology-enhanced, modeling-based instruction (TMBI) in science education. In J.M. Spector, M.D., Merrill, J. Elen, & M.J., Bishop (Eds.). Handbook of research on educational communication and technology (4th) (pp. 529-540). New York: Springer.
  4. Lei, J., Shen, J. & Johnson, L. (2013). Digital Technologies and Assessment in the 21st Century Schooling. In Mueller, Tippins, & Stewart (Eds.) Assessing Schools for Generation R (Responsibility): A Guide to Legislation and School Policy in Science Education(pp. 185-200). New York: Springer.
  5. Lei, J., & Ni, R. (2013). Distance Education in China. In Zha (Ed.) Education in China: Educational History, Models, and Initiatives (pp. 306-312). Berkshire Publishing Group.
  6. Lai, C. & Lei, J. (2013). Digital Divide. In Zha (Ed.) Education in China: Educational History, Models, and Initiatives (pp. 313-320). Berkshire Publishing Group.
  7. Zhao, Y., & Lei, J. (2012). Distance Education. In Hattie, J. & Anderman, E. (Eds.), The International Guide to Student Achievement.
  8. Luo, H, & Lei, J. (2012). Emerging technologies for interactive learning: What Can Be Learned from Literature Review and Case Studies. In Jia, J. (Ed.)  Educational Stages and Interactive Learning: From Kindergarten to Workplace Training (pp.73-91). IGI Global.
  9. Lu, L., Johnson, L., Tolley, L. M., Gilliard-Cook, T., & Lei, J. (2011). Learning by Design: TPACK in action. Technology integration preparation for preservice teachers. In C. D. Maddux, D. Gibson, B. Dodge, et al. (Eds.), Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education 2011(pp. 47-54). Chesapeake, VA: The Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE).
  10. Lei, J., & Zhang, JW. (2010). Challenges and Future Directions in Sinic Education. In Zhao, et. al. (Eds.). Handbook of Asian Education: A Cultural Perspective (pp. 134-156). Routledge.
  11. Lei, J. (2010) Education of Immigrant Children from Islamic Culture. In Zhao, et. al. (Eds.). Handbook of Asian Education: A Cultural Perspective (pp.379-388). Routledge.
  12. Zhou, JY., & Lei, J., (2010). School Technology Leadership. In Chan, et. al. (Eds.) Elementary and Secondary School Administration in U.S.
  13. Zhao, Y., & Lei, J. (2009). New Technolog In Plank, D., Sykes, G., & Schneider, B. (Eds.) AERA Handbook on Educational Policy Research (pp.671-693). Routledge.
  14. O’Connor-Petruso, S., & Lei, J., (2008). History and Development of Technology in Education. Book Chapter in Lin ,C., Ness,, & Mie Shigemitsu, M. (Eds.) International Education and Human Development: An Encyclopedia.
  15. Zhao, Y., Yan, B., & Lei, J., (2008). The logic and logic model of technology evaluation. In Voogt, J., & Knezek, G. (Eds.). International Handbook of Information Technology in Education. Springer Verlag.
  16. Lei, J. (2007). Re-imagining schooling: leadership voices—school case studies. In, Hopkins, D. (Ed.) Transformation and innovation: System leaders in the global age(pp 87-101). Published by iNet/Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.
  17. Zhao, Y., Lei, J., & Conway, P. (2006). A Global Perspective on Political Definitions of e-Learning: Commonalities and Differences in National Educational Technology Plans. Book chapter in Weiss, J.; Nolan, J.; Hunsinger, J.; & Trifonas, P. (Eds), The International Handbook of Virtual Learning Environments, (pp.673–697). Springer.
  18. Yan, B., Lei, J., & Zhao, Y. (2005). Looking for the Future in History: The Application of Meta-analysis in Educational Technology Research. In Li, F. L. (Ed.). Research Methods in Computers for Education. Beijing, China: Beijing Normal University Press.
  19. Zhao, Y., Frank. K. & Lei, J. (2005). Theoretical Innovation and Empirical Testing: Research Design in Educational Technology. In Li, F. L. (Ed.). Research Methods in Computers for Education. Beijing, China: Beijing Normal University Press.
  20. Lustick, D., & Lei, J. (2005). Leaders and Leading: An Introductory Framework. In Zhao, Y., Lustick, D., & Yang, W. (Eds.) Research and the Five Dimensions of Effective Schools: A Self-Assessment Guide for the Chinese Educator (pp. 61-79). Michigan State University
  21. Lei, J. & Lee, J.H. (2004). Transportation: Leaning American Culture. In Zhao, Y., & Yan, B. (Eds.) American Campus English and Culture. P.29-40. Beijing, China: Tsinghua University Press, http://ott.educ.msu.edu/campusenglish/transporindex.htm
  22. Chen, X.F., & Lei, J. (2002). An Overview of Higher Education Internationalization at the Macro-level. In Chen, X. (Ed.) Higher Education Internationalization: A Cross-Century Trend. p.1-28. Fujian, China: Fujian Education Press.
  23. Qu, S.P. & Lei, J. (1999). The Value of Confucian Ethics in Today’s Moral Education of Adolescents. Research in Asian Moral Education Theories. Beijing, China: Zhonghua Industry and Commerce United Press, May 1999.
  24. Lei, J. (1999). School Selection: A New Education Trend in China. Theories and Practices of Private Middle Schools, Elementary Schools, and Kindergartens. Beijing Education Committee, March 1999, Beijing, China.

Peer-Reviewed Conference proceedings

  1. Hall, J., & Lei, J., (2017). Examining the Impact of the First Principles of Instruction in a Technology Integration Course. Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, 18th-20th JULY 2017, Kenyatta University, Kenya
  2. Jang, J. E., & Lei, J. (2014). Leveraging Technology: Facilitating Preservice Teachers TPACK through Video Self Analysis. Proceedings of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2014 Convention.
  3. Lei, J. (2010). Quantity and quality: a new approach to evaluate the impact of technology. Proceedings of the Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education, June 1-4, 2010, Singapore.
  4. Lei, J., & Morrow, B. (2009). The Role of Incentives in Facilitating the Integration of
    an Online Learning System into Pedagogical Practices. Proceedings of TCC 2009
    Worldwide Online Conference, “The New Internet: Collaborative
    Learning, Social Networking, Technology Tools, and Best Practices,”
    April 14-16, 2009.
  5. Lei, J., & Morrow, B. (2008). The Analysis of Technology Integration from a Human Performance Perspective. Proceedings of the 12th Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education, East Lansing, Michigan. May 4-8, 2008
  6. Lei, J., Morrow, B., & Ciliberto, M. (2008). The Diffusion of a Technology Innovation in Higher Education. Proceedings of SITE 2008–Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, March 3-7, 2008
  7. Lei, J. (2007) The Adoption of Technology Innovation in Pedagogical Practices. Conference Proceedings of the 3rd International Forum on Teacher Education. Nov. 14-16, Shanghai, China.
  8. Lei, J. (2007). The Evolution Of One-To-One Computing In Schools. Conference Proceedings of the Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education 2007
  9. Lei, J., & Zhao, Y. (2006). One-To-One Computing: What Does it Bring to Schools? Conference Proceedings of the Society of Information Technology & Teacher Education Annual Conference 2006, Orlando
  10. Lei, J. (2006). What Impact Do Different Technology Uses Have on Student Outcomes. Conference Proceedings of the Society of Information Technology & Teacher Education Annual Conference 2006, Orlando.
  11. Lei, J., & Zhao, Y. (2005). Conditions For Technology Use In Schools: An Ecological Perspective. Conference Proceedings of the Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education 2005, Hawaii, June 1-5.
  12. Lei, J., & Zhao, Y. (2005). Student Technology Use In Middle Schools: What’s Popular, And What’s Meaningful? Conference Proceedings of the Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education 2005, Hawaii, June 1-5.

Invited Journal Papers & Book Reviews

  1. Zhao, Y., Lei, J., Ni, R., & Zhao, YC. (2009). Online Role Playing Game for Education. The MACUL Journal, 29 (4), 8-10.
  2. Lei, J. (2007). Closing the Achievement Gap: How Can Technology Play a Role? Professional Development School.
  3. Zhao, Y., & Lei, J. (2006). A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age (Book review). Teachers College Record, 108 (1), 195-199. http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=12105
  4. Zhao, Y., Lei, J., & Frank, K. (2005). The Ecological Analysis of Technology Use in Schools (II) Educational Technology Information, Vol. 11. China.
  5. Zhao, Y., Lei, J., & Frank, K. (2005). The Ecological Analysis of Technology Use in Schools (I) Educational Technology Information, 10. China.
  6. Zhao, Y., & Lei, J. (2005). Preparing Teachers To Use Educational Technology. Educational Technology Information, Vol. 7-8. China.
  7. Zhao, Y. & Lei, J. (2005). The Major Issues in Launching Large-scale Technology Projects in Schools.  Educational Technology Information, 6. China.
  8. Zhao, Y. & Lei, J. (2005). The Uses of Technology in Teaching and Learning. Educational Technology Information, Vol. 5. China.
  9. Zhao, Y. & Lei, J. (2005). Defining Educational Technology: the Translation Between Education and Technology. Educational Technology Information, Vol. 4. China.
  10. Zhao, Y., & Lei, J. (2004). Handbook of Research on Educational Communication and Technology (Book Review). Education Review, Feb. 24 2004 http://edrev.asu.edu/reviews/rev255.htm