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Category: student engagement
Exploring Self-Care
Shivani and Brantly reflect on self-care conversations in the research family.
Teaching Strategies
2020 Publications Huang, W. J. (2020). Cultivating teaching presence and social presence through multimedia intervention. In Glick, D., Cohen, A., & Chang, C. (Eds.), Early Warning Systems and Targeted Interventions for Student Success in Online Courses (pp. 140-160). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-5074-8.ch007
AECT 2020 Virtual Conference Full Time Volunteer Experience
This is my first time being a full-time volunteer on AECT. Especially it is my first time volunteering at a virtual conference! It is much better than I expected, and I had a great time with all the presenters and audience through this process. I made an infographic for sharing my experience.
Creating a Research Family
Challenges for graduate students (and faculty!) Enculturation into academic life requires acquiring tacit knowledge of norms, traditions, expectations, and behaviors that may not be as accessible outside of the program or department (Becher & Trowler, 2001; Golde, 2008) Getting used to culture of the program, college, and university Creating a new social network Creating a […]
Building a Research Family
Marisa and Wanju discuss their journey towards building a “research family” of faculty and graduate students.
Our Vision
Cultivate a holistic, inclusive, and culturally responsive environment for learning, professional, and personal growth – a diverse scholarly family, in which each member’s needs are met. What we do when we meet: Check in and share progress on individual goals and challenges as well as team initiatives Read and discuss readings on a range of […]
Interdisciplinary Course Design
Why We Explore This Topic Developing high-quality educational software is a complex task, and typically requires a team of professionals with diverse expertise, including software engineering (SE), software development (SD), instructional design (ID), user experience design (UX), computer graphics (CG), and other specialists, based on goals and complexity of the design. While each discipline has […]
Educational Software Design (EDCI 627)
What the Course is About In this hands-on course, you will work in interdisciplinary teams to design and prototype educational software to be used in a K-12, higher education, or work/community setting by real clients. You will learn the processes and terminology used by specialists from different disciplines to design and develop software, collaborate with […]
Ideation & Writing
Every other week, we meet as a group of peer writers and reviewers to provide each other support for our writing projects through formal and informal ideation, peer critiques, or just encouragement. There are many different types of writing circles or writing groups based on location, style of writing, or format. Current Projects: Design Case […]