Angelica Pazurek
Teaching Associate Professor
Dr. Angel Pazurek leads the Learning Technologies undergraduate programs and teaches both undergraduate and graduate level courses. Her scholarship bridges research and practice, and it largely focuses on critical digital pedagogy and learning design in adult and higher education. Her current research interests include co-construction in higher education, emerging developments in educational uses of generative AI, and international initiatives in open and distance learning. Angel serves as the country director for the midwest region of the United States for the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association. She is also an associate editor for eLearn Magazine and is a member of the editorial advisory boards for the Asian Journal of Distance Education and Adult Literacy Education: The International journal of Literacy, Language, and Numeracy.
Education background
- Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 2013
- M.Ed. University of Missouri - St. Louis, 2008
- B.S. University of Missouri - Kansas City, 2003
Awards (selected)
2022 - 2023 Editor’s Best Reviewer Award in recognition of exemplary academic services in support of the Asian Journal of Distance Education
2022 Outstanding Contribution Award from the Learner Engagement Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology in recognition of exceptional leadership and service to the Division and AECT organization
2020 CEHD Outstanding Achievement Award for Professional and Administrative Staff for development of the undergraduate minor program in Learning Technologies
2020 Outstanding Contribution Award from the Learner Engagement Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology for exceptional leadership in the Division
Global OER Graduate Network (GOGN) Fred Mulder Awards 2020 - Joint Runner Up for Best Open Education Paper: A global outlook to the interruption of education due to COVID-19 pandemic: Navigating in a time of uncertainty and crisis (published in Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2020)
- Learning Technologies undergraduate programs lead
- CI 2311W + CI 4311W Technology and Ethics in Society
- CI 2312 + CI 4312 Digital Culture and Learning
- CI 3342 Social Media and Connected Learning
- CI 5321 Foundations of Distance Education
- CI 5323 Online Learning Communities
- CI 5325 Designing and Developing Online Distance Learning
- CI 5331 Introduction to Learning Technologies
- CI 8350 Readings and Research in Learning Technologies
Talks (selected)
Reese, R., Pazurek, A., Turner, E., & Bozkurt, A. Exploring identity, transformation, and educational technology. Panel discussion presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology Annual International Convention, Kansas City, MO. October 21, 2024.
Pazurek, A., Koseoglu, S., Scharber, C., & Heinsfeld, B. D. (Re)conceptualizing innovation in digital education through a critical lens and in conversation. Panel discussion presented at the International Society for Exploring Teaching & Learning Annual Conference, Montgomery, AL. October 17, 2024.
Pazurek, A. What Do Advances in Generative AI Mean for Educational Practice and Research? Invited virtual keynote speaker on educational technology and innovation at the International Conference on Advances in Social Sciences, Education, and Humanities. Istanbul, Turkey. September 22, 2024.
Pazurek, A., & Kreml, R. Phenomenology: A contemplative study of human experience. Invited virtual research presentation about phenomenology as an educational research methodology to graduate students and faculty in the Institute for Educational Development at The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. March 22, 2024.
Pazurek, A. Formative evaluation in instructional design. Virtual presentation to undergraduate students and faculty at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. December 2, 2022.
Pazurek, A. Productive intersections between feminist pedagogies and distance education. Presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology Annual International Convention, Las Vegas, NV. October 25, 2022.
Pazurek, A., Moore, J., & Dousay, T. Considerations of academic politics: Navigating as a student, emerging scholar, and early practitioner. Women’s leadership panel presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology Annual International Convention, Las Vegas, NV. October 25, 2022.
Learner Engagement Activated Podcast. Episode 9: Angelica Pazurek. Invited featured guest on this educational podcast to discuss ways social media can be leveraged to support connections for learning. October 7, 2022.
Pazurek, A. Learning with social media in online education. Presented at the International Conference on Social Media & Society, held virtually due to the pandemic. July 18, 2022.
Pazurek, A. Social media for connected learning and engagement in online education. Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Annual International Conference (virtual). November 6, 2020.
Pazurek, A. Cultural responsiveness through enactments of critical digital pedagogy and dialogic design. Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Annual International Conference (virtual). November 5, 2020.
Pazurek, A. A phenomenological investigation of engagement and connected learning with social media in online college courses. Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Summer Research Symposium. July 23, 2020.
Bozkurt, A., Xiao, J., Lambert, S., Pazurek, A., Crompton, H., Koseoglu, S., Farrow, R., Bond, M., Nerantzi, C., Honeychurch, S., Bali, M., Dron, J., Mir, K., Stewart, B., Costello, E., Mason, J., Stracke, C. M., Romero-Hall, E., Koutropoulos, A., Toquero, C. M., Singh, L., Tlili, A., Lee, K., Nichols, M., Ossiannilsson, E., Brown, M., Irvine, V., Raffaghelli, J. E., Santos-Hermosa, G., Farrell, O., Adam, T., Thong, Y. L., Sani-Bozkurt, S., Sharma, R. C., Hrastinski, S., & Jandrić, P. (2023). Speculative futures on ChatGPT and generative artificial intelligence (AI): A collective reflection from the educational landscape. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 18(1). https://www.asianjde.com/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE/article/view/709
Pazurek, A. & Koseoglu, S. (2023). Phenomenology. EdTechnica: The open encyclopedia of educational technology. https://edtechbooks.org/encyclopedia/phenomenology *also translated into Turkish by collaborator, Murat Sümer
Pazurek, A. (2021). Social media for connected learning and engagement in online education. In B. Hokanson, M. Exter, A. Grincewicz, M. Schmidt, & A. Tawfik (Eds.), Learning: Design, engagement, and definition (pp. 137-145). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85078-4_11
Bozkurt, A., Jung, I., Xiao, J., Vladimirschi, V., Schuwer, R., Egorov, G., Lambert, S., Al-Freih, M., Pete, J., Olcott, Jr., D., Rodes, V., Aranciaga, I., Bali, M., Alvarez, A. J., Roberts, J., Pazurek, A., Raffaghelli, J. E., Panagiotou, N., de Coëtlogon, P., Shahadu, S., Brown, M., Asino, T. I., Tumwesige, J., Ramírez Reyes, T., Barrios Ipenza, E., Ossiannilsson, E., Bond, M., Belhamel, K., Irvine, V., Sharma, R. C., Adam, T., Janssen, B., Sklyarova, T., Olcott, N., Ambrosino, A., Lazou, C., Mocquet, B., Mano, M., & Paskevicius, M. (2020). A global outlook to the interruption of education due to COVID-19 pandemic: Navigating in a time of uncertainty and crisis. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 15(1), 1-126. Retrieved from https://asianjde.org/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE/article/view/462
Pazurek, A. (2019). How to teach online: An interview with Dr. Angel Pazurek. Elearning Magazine. Retrieved from https://elearnmag.acm.org/archive.cfm?aid=3343235
Scharber, C., Pazurek, A., & Ouyang, F. (2019). Illuminating the (in)visibility of female scholars: A gendered analysis of publishing rates within educational technology journals from 2004 to 2015, Gender and Education, 31(1), 33-61. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09540253.2017.1290219