Doceo center

Innovative teaching and tech integration for educators at all levels

The University of Idaho Doceo Center for Innovation + Learning leads teaching innovation and technology integration initiatives at the university and in Idaho’s K-12 schools. The Doceo Center does this by supporting, teaching, modeling, and researching technology integration practices amongst teacher education candidates, school administration candidates, early career teachers, practicing teachers and administrators, university faculty and K-12 school districts and by providing resources and research to state and national audiences.

The Doceo Center for Innovation + Learning at the University of Idaho was established in 2013 by a grant awarded by the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation for the purpose of providing cutting edge training and technology integration resources to educators, teacher educators and administrators in Idaho as well as research for larger audiences.

U of I community members may also check out a variety of common and emerging technology tools through the Gary Strong Curriculum Center for use and exploration.

About the Doceo center

We pronounce the center's name as "do-CHAY-oh". The word "doceo" is Latin and means "I teach, tutor, or instruct."

Doceo center goals
  1. Identify effective strategies for integrating technology in the educational process that foster improved academic achievement.
  2. Build the capacity of all teaching candidates by modeling and using effective teaching strategies, including the appropriate integration of technology to support P-12 student outcomes.
  3. Build the capacity of partnering with or mentoring teachers to model, coach and provide feedback to teacher candidates on the use of effective teaching strategies, including the appropriate integration of technology to support student outcomes.
  4. Strengthen the capacity of first- and second-year teachers by providing quality mentoring and coaching support focused on the integration of technology with effective instructional strategies.
  5. Build the capacity of in-service teachers, schools, and districts to increase student achievement through the effective use of instructional strategies and the integration of technology.
  6. Build capacity of U of I faculty (education faculty and general education faculty) in modeling and using effective teaching strategies, including the appropriate integration of technology to support student outcomes.
  7. Develop a project design space where creativity and technology inspire innovation.
  8. Develop a library of tested and reviewed technology tools; tested and reviewed software programs that K-12 teachers, the state department of education, and other universities can explore; ongoing research on technology tools and software; research and evaluation data on best practices for technology integration; and research on the impact of technology on teacher’s teaching and their students’ learning.
  9. Become a national model for colleges of education.