Rate My Professor Katherine Hayden

Katherine Hayden, Ed.D. from Pepperdine University, is Professor Emerita in the School of Education at California State University, San Marcos, where she served as full-time faculty from 2002 to December 2018. During her 16-year tenure, she taught courses including EDUC 608 on computer concepts and applications, and EDST E633 and EDST 636 on video production elements for educational purposes. Her doctoral dissertation focused on videoconferencing in K-12 education. Hayden directed the iQUEST project, funded by a $1.49 million National Science Foundation grant awarded in 2009, collaborating with Youwen Ouyang to improve science education for 7th and 8th grade students, especially from underserved and underrepresented groups, through technology resources like visualization tools, interactive games, online collaboration, and open-source applications. In 2015, she collaborated on a $1.2 million NSF grant for the Quality Understanding and Engagement for Students and Teachers on Computational Thinking project, refining research plans and developing curricula for 5th and 6th grade teachers in districts including Escondido Union, Santee, Encinitas Union, and Cardiff to integrate computational thinking into science and math activities.

Hayden's research interests center on educational technology, particularly professional development models to increase student interest and attitudes in STEM fields. She has 16 publications cited 198 times, including 'Increasing Student Interest and Attitudes in STEM: Professional Development and Activities to Engage and Inspire Learners' (2011, Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education), which describes iQUEST's summer camp outcomes for high Hispanic-population classrooms; 'Children’s Engineering and Computational Thinking' (2011); 'A Technology Infused Science Summer Camp to Prepare Student Leaders in 8th Grade Classrooms' (2010); 'Introducing Computational Thinking through Non-Programming Science Activities' (2018); 'AN ENGAGING AND ITERATIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODEL FOR POWERFUL CYBERLEARNING EXPERIENCES' (2016); 'Flash-Based Tool for Earthquake Epicenter Identification' (2009); 'CyberTEAM Interactive Epicenter Locator Tool' (2008); and 'K-12 Instruction in the United States: Integrating National Standards for Science and Writing through Emerging Technologies' (2002). Her work has influenced K-12 teacher training, STEM curriculum development, and student engagement strategies across disciplines.