The creation of ePortfolios as a capstone project for school counselors-in-training has many benefits for the students, instructors, and program. However, there can be tension due to misalignments in goals and lived experiences of the ePortfolio even when the students find ePortfolios useful. This paper explores this tension between instructor goals and student perceptions of […]
October 28, 2020 | Assessment, Daily News, ePortfolio, Higher Education
Online programs are growing in number, and their success and sustainability are dependent on the quality of the courses they offer. Online program administrators need to ensure the quality of individual courses and the program as a whole. While several course quality rubrics and evaluation instruments are available, administrators need to select an instrument that […]
October 27, 2020 | Accreditation, Assessment, Credentialing, Daily News, Higher Education, Instructional Design
This paper describes a protocol for an effective response to nontraditional online doctoral candidates based on the development of advanced cognitive processes, academic writing skills, and functional knowledge. The Design, Development, Implementation, and Support (DDIS) protocol is a three-phase protocol that integrates the requisite skills, concepts, and expertise with mentor and candidate response, interactions, technologies, […]
October 27, 2020 | Daily News, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Learner Support Services, Learners
Given recent findings on how research libraries can leverage emerging technologies to support research and learning, what approaches should research libraries take now, during the pandemic, to maintain the most essential and valuable aspects of their work? EDUCAUSE Review
October 26, 2020 | Daily News, Digital Media, Higher Education, Virtual Libraries
When the image of Sean Willems comes in over Zoom, he’s ebullient, sharp and engaging — not as much as he would be in person, but that’s not an option right now. edscoop
October 26, 2020 | Daily News, Faculty, Higher Education
Indiana’s University of Evansville is developing its online education and learning efforts thanks to a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment. The university will use the funds to “implement major initiatives that will enhance the campus as well as the online learning environment,” according to a news announcement. Campus Technology
October 26, 2020 | Announcement, Daily News, Higher Education, New Programs
While teachers’ initial education is key to ensuring that new teachers are prepared for their work, it is only one piece in the continuum of teachers’ professional growth. Continuing professional learning is vital for teachers to broaden and deepen their knowledge, keep up with new research, tools and practices and respond to their students’ changing […]
October 25, 2020 | Daily News, Higher Education, K-12, Teacher Education, Teachers
Increasingly educational providers are being challenged to use their data stores to improve teaching and learning outcomes for their students. A common source of such data is learning management systems which enable providers to manage a virtual platform or space where learning materials and activities can be provided for students to engage with. This study […]
October 24, 2020 | Analytics, Daily News, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Learning Management Systems
When developing engaging pedagogical approaches underpinned by the effective use of technology, having students engage with academic material while on social media presents itself as a worthwhile area of investigation. This study predominantly evaluates the effective development and use of a Twitter account specific to concepts and ideas of psychology on a degree in Applied […]
October 24, 2020 | Daily News, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Learner Engagement, Social Media, Social Networks, Social Presence
Repurposed solar panel research could be the foundation for a new ultrahigh-resolution microdisplay. The OLED display would feature brighter images with purer colors and more than 10,000 pixels per inch. Stanford University
October 23, 2020 | Daily News, Higher Education, K-12, Virtual Reality
