Olha Ketsman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department

Learning Innovation, Leadership and Technology

Research Interests

• Technology integration
• Teacher education
• Mixed methods research

Education

• Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Classes

• ETT 401A Integrating Technology into the Elementary Classroom
• ETT401B Field Experience for Integrating Technology into the Elementary Classroom
• ETT 402 Teaching and Learning with Technology
• ETT 510 Instructional Media and Technology
• ETT 553 Professional Standards in Instructional Technology
• ETT 569 Practicum: Instructional Design
• ETT 586 Internship in Instructional Technology
• ETT 587 Instructional E-portfolio Design and Development
• ETT 592 Special Topics in IT Inquiry
• ETT 740 Seminar: Instructional Technology Foundations
• ETT 743 Seminar: Instructional Technology Problems
• ETT 749 Instructional Technology
• ETT 797 Independent Research in Instructional Technology
• ETT 770 Practicum: Instructional Technology
• ETT 786 Internship in Instructional Technology
• ETR 520 Introduction to Educational Research
• ETR 525 Qualitative Research in Education
• ETR 535 Mixed Methods Research
• ETR 586 Internship in Research and Evaluation
• ETR 587 Practicum in Research and Evaluation
• ETR 786 Internship in Research and Assessment

Recent Publications

Bamberger, M., Ketsman, O., Chiang, J., Poku, A. B., Kennedy, S., Sanderson, M., and Reeves, T. D. (2025).  Pre-service teachers’ use of technology to learn to teach: Exploring the roles of self-efficacy, resilience, and academic stress. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 53(4), 263-294.

Ketsman, O. and Reeves, T. (2025). Nuanced relationships between teacher collaboration and job satisfaction. Midwestern Educational Researcher, 37(1).

Ketsman, O., Droog, A. and Qazi, S. (2025). Mapping the prevalence of mixed methods research in educational technology journals. Computers & Education, 226, 105207. 

Ketsman, O. and Colon Santana, J. (2024). Engaging students with PocketLab interactive mobile technology in a science classroom: A mixed methods study. Midwestern Educational Researcher, 36 (1).

Ketsman, O., Kennedy, K., and Reeves, T. D. (2024). Integrating an Implementation Filter: What constrains changes in teacher practice in response to professional development. Professional Development in Education, 1-15.

Trudeau, A., Xie, Y., Ketsman, O., York, C., and Goldsmith, S. (2024). The power of storyliving: A Study of adolescent students’ responses to cinematic virtual reality in a school library setting. TechTrends, 10.1007/s11528-024-00995-6.

Ketsman, O., and Reeves, T. D. (2023). Standards-based grading in a small, suburban district: Teacher education, confidence, and implementation. Journal of School Administration Research and Development, 8(2), 65-75. 

Trudeau, A., Xie, Y., Ketsman, O., and Demir, F. (2023). “Breaking the Fourth Wall”: The effects of cinematic virtual reality fil-viewing on adolescent students’ empathetic responses. Computers & Education: X Reality, 2 100009. 

Ketsman, O. (2022). A mixed methods study of pre-service teachers’ perspectives and experiences with blended learning. Critical Questions in Education, 13 (3), 211-227.

Ketsman, O. (2019). Perspectives of Pre-Service Teachers about Blended Learning in Technology Integration Courses. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 11(4), 15-31.

Ketsman, O., Daher, T., and Colon Santana, J. (2018). An investigation of effects of instructional videos in an undergraduate physics course. E-Learning and Digital Media, 15 (6), 267-289.

Ketsman, O. (2017). Pre-service Teachers' Perspectives towards Blended Learning. In P. Resta and S. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1660-1663). Austin, TX, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Ketsman, O. (2015). Using Blended Learning Approach in Pre-service Technology Integration Courses. In Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (pp. 2417-2419). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Ketsman, O. (2014). A mixed methods study of foreign language teachers implementing technology-enhanced multimedia instruction. World Journal on Educational Technology, 6 (2), 158-180.