Dr. Jim Brown and Thomas Capone spoke about “Teaching Online to the World Community” as part of the Quality Matters (QM) Quality in Action conference earlier this year. They are part of The Global Distance Learning Association. Brown noted that there ar eno legal restrictions preventing foreign students residing in their home countries from earning […]
Tonight I started watching QM sessions from the online conference earlier this year. The title of the session was “Introducing HIDOC: The Course Design Model Purpose-built for Online Modalities.” HIDOC, Penny Ralston-Berg explained, stands for high-impact design for online courses. The approach was framed by research. The process is intended to be highly collaborative with […]
Tonight I watched the Quality Matters (QM) Research Connect Conference session on assessment. The title of this session was “Assessment in Online Courses in Higher Education: Perspectives of Instructional Designers in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” The presenters were Florence Martin, Jennifer DeLarm, both from NC State University, and Stella Kim from UNC Charlotte and […]
“Critical Review: The Effect of Synchronous Instructor Presence on Student Learning” is the title of the QM Research Online Conference session I watched tonight. Drs. Enoch Park and Mary Ellen Dello Stritto presented along with Lidija Krebs-Lazendic, Director of Graduate Diploma in Psychology at the University of New South Wales. Park is at UNC Charlotte […]
Tonight I watched Siobahn Day Grady, Director of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence & Equity Research at North Carolina Central University and Racheal Brooks, Director of Quality Assurance Implementation Solutions at Quality Matters present at the QM Research Online Conference. The session title was “Beyond Automation: Using AI to Create Engaging, Aligned, and Inclusive Online […]
Tonight I watched the Quality Matters (QM) session titled “Ensuring Quality in STEM and Beyond: inside Doane University’s Open Learning Academy.” Jim Snyder from QM introduced the session and shared QM resources including free resources and events. Dr. Catlin Runne-Janczy, the Chief Academic Officer with Science Interactive introduced the speakers: Dr. Andrea Holmes and Erin […]
Tonight I watched a MAXQDA session by Timothy C. Gutterman from the Mixed Methods Program at the University of Michigan. Gutterman does research and serves as the editor for the mixed methods journal. Based on Creswell and Plano Clark 2018, there are five features of mixed methods. Mixed methods collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative […]
Tonight I watched JMBE Live! Heather Bergan-Roller, Tina Ballard, and Jaime Sabel presented the work they are doing. Ballard spoke about how students may note be prepared for class. They noted that sometimes instructors assign readings but these may not be completed before the session. Ballard shared that research has found that outside and in […]
Tonight I watched a JMBE Live! session with the authors of the article “From Novice to Expert: An Assessment to Measure Strategies Students Implement While Learning to Read Primary Scientific Literature.” The session was presented on May 19, 2023 by Melissa McCartney, Min Zhong, Cerrone Foster, and Miriam Segura. The group worked together to study […]
Drs. Sharleen Flowers and Stephanie Gardner presented at JMBE Live! on September 29, 2023. Rachel Horak moderated the session. The title of the session was “Here Is the Biology, Now What is the Mechanism? Investigating Biology Undergraduates’ Mechanistic Reasoning within the Context of Biofilm Development.” Gardner spoke about the challenges of understanding complex biological systems. […]