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- Analysis of Management and Employee Job Satisfaction
- Article on an analysis of management and employee job satisfaction for gender, age group, length of time with the organization, and between management and non-management employees.
- Utilization of Technology-Enhanced Delphi Techniques
- This article discusses the Delphi consensus-building technique. Also discussed are the Delphi Technique's history, the process, and some advantages and disadvantages found in the literature. Finally, this article examines a technology-enhanced version of the process.
- Value and Pricing of MOOCs
- This article reviews the potential for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to transform higher education delivery, accessibility, and costs.
- Inclusivity Instead of Exclusivity: The Role of MOOCs for College Credit
- This book chapter reviews the extant model, programs, and available outcomes for the massive open online course (MOOC) credit acceptance process.
- Game design for visually-impaired individuals: Creativity and innovation theories and sensory substitution devices influence on virtual and physical navigation skills
- This article examines the design elements of three virtual reality games for functionality and transferability to orientation and mobility education for visually impaired individuals.
- Bot-teachers in hybrid massive open online courses (MOOCs): A post-humanist experience
- This article explores networked learning technologies and the development of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs). The study examines and explains hybrid MOOCs and focuses on the use of bot-teachers within a post-humanist perspective. The research findings reveal that, while the use of bot-teachers is beneficial in terms of facilitating and increasing discourse/interaction, it is ineffective in providing other components of teaching presence. Yet ultimately, learners' positive behaviors indicate that bot-teachers hold promise as an educational tool.
- Future Directions for digital Literacy Fluency using Cognitive Flexibility Research: A Review of Selected Digital Literacy Paradigms and Theoretical Frameworks
- Article discusses how as learners engage, test, and apply new subject knowledge, they often expend their cognitive capacity on the technological tools designed to capture their learning progress and outcomes. The author's research explores the value of developing digital literacy to improve learners’ cognitive flexibility by decreasing technological cognitive load and increasing learning fluency.
- The Development and Assessment of an Instrument for Measuring Mental Model Styles in Korea
- This article discusses a research study on the development and assessment of an instrument for measuring mental model styles in Korea.
- Educators', Administrators' and Students' Perceptions of Principles of Technology Programs in Pennsylvania
- This study assesses the Principles of Technology Applied Science high school courses taught in Pennsylvania.
- Longitudinal analysis of cognitive constructs fostered by STEM activities for middle school students
- This article studies whether the changes found to occur pre- to post intervention in students' cognitive structures continued to persist two years later.
- Smartphones, Smart Teens
- Video from the Fall 2018 3 Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition. In this video, Deborah Cockerham presents her research methods, findings, and its significance in non-technical language.
- Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Assistive Technology Services
- This article is an introduction to the special issue Assistive Technology Services During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic, which was created to provide a historical record of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of assistive technology services in schools.
- Applying Technology to Online Counseling: Suggestions for the Beginning E-Therapist
- Article discussing research on applying technology to online counseling and suggestions for the beginning e-therapist.
- Resident Assistant Training: A Southwestern Perspective
- Article discussing a study on the similarities and differences in public and private institutions training of resident assistants in the southwest United States.
- Campus Chaplains: Cult Training and Perceptions
- This article examines the perception of 43 college chaplains across the United States with regard to cult training and perceptions of college and university cult activity.
- The Challenges of Training and Retraining Mature Learners
- Article discussing research on the aging process from physical, cognitive, and social and psychological perspectives, accommodations for age related changes, retraining mature learners, adaptations of the classroom environment, training technology issues, and successful corporate retraining programs to better prepare vocational educators for the workforce of the new millennium.
- Leadership in Career and Technical Education: Beginning the 21st Century
- Leadership in Career and Technical Education: Beginning the 21st Century is the third edited book published by the University Council of Workforce and Human Resource Education (UCWHRE), formerly the University Council of Vocational Education (UCVE). The previous books, Beyond Tradition: Preparing the Teachers of Tomorrow's Workforce (Hartley & Wentling, 1996) and Beyond Tradition: Preparing Human Resource Development Educators for Tomorrow's Workforce (Stewart & Hall, 1998) reported trends in their respective fields and also addressed issues that are perennial to workforce education. This publication is somewhat different in that it represents a collaborative effort among members of the UCWHRE, the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education and the National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education. This collaboration symbolizes efforts to link theory and research to practice and practice to theory and research.
- Examining Scientific Literacy through New Media
- Article evaluates the impact of new media on scientific literacy. Content analysis with a coding scheme was performed on 42 filtered websites and 20 microblogs to analyze the role of new media in disseminating scientific knowledge. The results showed that the quality of science-oriented websites was higher than that of microblogs. Suggestions about how to improve the quality of science-oriented new media and how to develop students’ scientific literacy through new media are also discussed.
- Soft Skills for Entry-Level Engineers: What Employers Want
- This article is a review of literature for skills comprised within the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) criteria determined 26 topics necessary for the entry-level and continued success of engineers. The findings suggest that although entry-level engineers have proficiency in all of these ABET required skills, the entry-level engineers were not meeting the level of importance expressed by the organization for 24 of these 26 skills.
- Cross-Cultural Training and Success Versus Failure of Expatriates
- Article discussing cross-cultural training and the success versus failure of expatriates.
- [Review] Collaborate: The Art of We
- This article reviews the book "Collaborate: The Art of We," by Dan Sanker, published in 2012.
- The Effect of Stereoscopic Three-Dimensional Images on Vocabulary Learning
- Article describes study investigating the effect of stereoscopic three-dimensional (S3D) images on recall and retention of foreign language vocabulary.
- The impact of high-immersion virtual reality on foreign language anxiety
- Authors of the article assert that public speaking, especially in a foreign language, is associated with increased anxiety. The authors found that VR technology had a positive effect on practicing public speaking in a foreign language, the research findings have practical implications for professionals and curriculum designers in various domains where public speaking skills are essential.
- Digital Curation and Data Management Capacity Building: Curricula and Workforce
- Poster presented at the 2012 ALISE Annual Conference. This poster discusses digital curation and data management capacity building, as part of the iCAMP project.
- Contrasting Perceptions of STEM Content and Careers
- This article presents a second year analysis of baseline attitudinal data gathered from a National Science Foundation Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers project concerning contrasts between the perceptions of practicing professionals and students toward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and careers.
- Assessing approaches to learning with nonparametric multidimensional scaling
- Article reports on a trace-based assessment of approaches to learning used by middle school aged children who interacted with NASA Mars Mission science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) games in Whyville, an online game environment with 8 million registered young learners. Differences in approach to learning were found illustrating the potential value of the methodology to curriculum and game-based learning designers as well as other creators of online STEM content for pre-college youth.
- Tools to support interpreting multiple regression in the face of multicollilnearity
- This article argues that rather than using one technique to investigate regression results, researchers should consider multiple indices to understand the contributions that predictors make not only to a regression model, but to each other as well.
- EDUsummIT: A Global Knowledge Building Community for Educational Researchers, Practitioners, and Policy Makers
- This paper reports findings of an evaluative study conducted at the conclusion of EDUsummIT 2015 to investigate the effectiveness and impact of EDUsummIT.
- A Multilevel System of Quality Technology-Enhanced Learning and Teaching Indicators
- This paper elaborates and extends the work of the EDUsummIT 2015 Thematic Working Group 7 by proposing a set of indicators on quality Technology-Enhanced Learning and Teaching.
- Scaling Students' Self-Efficacy on Machine Translation Post-Editing: Psychometric Properties of the Scale and Their Associations
- Article describes how Machine Translation Post-Editing has emerged as a productivity-enhancing practice in the language service industry, where human editors correct the output of machine translation systems. this research paper aims to assess students' self-efficacy in translation learning, specifically in the context of MTPE, and explore the factor structure, psychometric properties, and internal associations of their self-efficacy.
- Time-Compressed Audio on Attention, Meditation, Cognitive Load, and Learning
- This article presents a study that examined how three auditory lectures delivered at different speeds – normal (1.0x), fast (1.5x) and very fast (3.0x) speeds – affected graduate students’ attention, cognitive load, and learning.
- The "Triple-P" Domains of Ethical Behavior for Higher Education
- This paper was awarded a Nicholas and Anna Ricco Ethics Award for 2013. In this paper, the author discusses the "Triple-P" domains of ethical behavior: (1) the understanding of privacy ethics, (2) regards to piracy and plagiarism, and (3) pilfering and profiteering.
- Challenges for Educational Technologists in the 21st Century
- This article describes the challenges that 21st century educational technologists are, and will be addressing as they undertake the effective integration of new technologies into K-12 educational systems and learning environments.
- Learning Analytics and Learning Technologies
- Presentation paper for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This paper discusses the roles of learning analytics and learning management systems in instructional design.
- Information Seeking, Information Sharing, and going mobile: Three bridges to informal learning
- This article introduces a new perspective on information behavior in Web 2.0 environments, including the role of mobile access in bridging formal to informal learning.
- iCAMP: Building Digital Information Curation Curriculum [Poster]
- Poster presented at the 2012 International iConference. This poster discusses building digital information curation curriculum, as part of the iCAMP project.
- Statistical assumptions of substantive analyses across the general linear model: a mini-review
- This article seeks to support researchers by concisely reviewing key statistical assumptions associated with substantive statistical tests across the general linear model. Additionally, the article reviews techniques to check for statistical assumptions and identifies remedies and problems if data do not meet the necessary assumptions.
- Job Satisfaction, Work Engagement, and Turnover Intention of Career and Technical Education Health Science Teachers
- Article describes study which examines the relationships between job satisfaction, work engagement, and turnover intention of Career and Technical Education (CTE) health science teachers in the United States (US).
- Ethical Challenges of Using Virtual Environments in the Assessment and Treatment of Psychopathological Disorders
- This article discusses ethical issues involved in the clinical use of novel technologies.
- Paradigm Shift Toward Digital Neuropsychology and High-Dimensional Neuropsychological Assessments: Review
- Article reviews opportunities for novel brain-behavior characterizations. Emphasis is placed on the increasing concern of neuropsychology with these topics and the need for development in these areas to maintain relevance as a scientific discipline and advance scientific developments.
- [Review] Social Media for Educators: Strategies and Best Practices
- This article reviews the book "Social Media for Educators: Strategies and Best Practices," by Tanya Joosten and published in 2012.
- An exploration of text mining of narrative reports of injury incidents to assess risk
- In this article, a topic model was explored using unsupervised machine learning to summarized free-text narrative reports of 77,215 injuries that occurred in coal mines in the USA between 2000 and 2015. Latent Dirichlet Allocation modeling processes identified six topics from the free-text data. The modeling success enjoyed in this exploratory effort suggests that additional topic mining of these injury text narratives is justified, especially using a broad set of covariates to explain variations in topic emphasis and for comparison of surface mining injuries with injuries occurring during site preparation for construction.
- Using the mTSES to Evaluate and Optimize mLearning Professional Development
- This article reports on the findings from the analysis of data collected using the Mobile Teacher's Sense of Efficacy Scale survey instrument, from an open course about mobile learning called Instructional Design for Mobile Learning that took place from May 4 through June 6, 2015.
- Enhancing Assignment Completion in Academically Diverse Vocational Classes
- Article on enhancing assignment completion in academically diverse vocational classes.
- From design to impact: a phenomenological study of HumanMOOC participants’ learning and implementation into practice
- Article investigates Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) impact on participants' actual practices.
- The Relationship between Administrative Intensity and Student Retention and Success: A Three-Year Study
- This article describes a secondary data analysis study linking the internal organizational elements of administrative intensity to institutional results as evidenced by higher education student retention and graduation rates.
- Multi-Institutional Partnerships for Higher Education in Africa: A Case Study of Assumptions of International Academic Collaboration
- This article examines the expectations, dynamics, and intricacies of academic partnerships and the reality of African academic institutions.
- A systematic literature review of personalized learning terms
- Article providing a review of the recent research literature on personalized learning as technology is changing how learning can be effectively personalized. The emphasis is on the terms used to characterize learning as those can suggest a framework for personalized and will eventually be used in meta-analyses of research on personalized learning.
- A Fixed Effects Panel Data Model: Mathematics Achievement in the U.S.
- Article discussing a study on a fixed effects panel data model and mathematics achievement in the United States.
- Distance learning during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: Examining K-12 students’ and parents’ experiences and perspectives
- Article examines K-12 students and parents in the United States’ experiences and challenges during the sudden shift to distance learning during the COVID19 crisis. This article is part of the special issue: Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19.