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Assessing approaches to learning with nonparametric multidimensional scaling

Description: 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… more
Date: September 5, 2022
Creator: Knezek, Gerald; Gibson, David; Christensen, Rhonda; Trevisan, Ottavia & Carter, Morgan
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A Bibliographic and Visual Exploration of the Historic Impact of Soft Systems Methodology on Academic Research and Theory

Description: This article produced descriptive narrative outcomes and data visualizations including information about top soft system methodology (SSM) authors, author citation impacts, common dissemination outlets for SSM work, and other relevant metrics commonly used to measure academic impact. The goal of this piece is to depict who, what, why, when, and where SSM had the greatest impact on research, systems thinking, and methodology after nearly 40 years of use, as we look towards its future as a method… more
Date: February 13, 2019
Creator: Warren, Scott J.; Sauser, Brian & Nowicki, David
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Bot-teachers in hybrid massive open online courses (MOOCs): A post-humanist experience

Description: 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… more
Date: July 20, 2018
Creator: Bozkurt, Aras; Kilgore, Whitney & Crosslin, Matt
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The Challenges of Training and Retraining Mature Learners

Description: 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.
Date: 1998
Creator: Ennis-Cole, Demetria & Allen, Jeff M.
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Complex Adaptive Team Systems (CATS)

Description: Presentation paper for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This paper introduces a new theoretical model utilizing Turner and Baker’s (2017) Team Emergence Leadership Development and Evaluation (TELDE) model as a tool to facilitate interactions imbedded in complex adaptive systems.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Turner, John; Romine, Kerry & Baker, Rose M.
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Contrasting Perceptions of STEM Content and Careers

Description: 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.
Date: January 2011
Creator: Knezek, Gerald; Christensen, Rhonda & Tyler-Wood, Tandra L.
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Creativity and Innovative Processes: Assemblages and Lines of Flight

Description: Article provides assemblage maps showing the elements related to creativity, innovation, and creativity and innovation. These assemblage maps highlight virtual and dynamic flight lines that represent potentially active components with varying intensity and direction, which provides a tool for managers and practitioners to identify potentialities for future predictions better.
Date: September 26, 2022
Creator: Turner, John R.; Baker, Rose M. & Thurlow, Nigel
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Distance learning during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: Examining K-12 students’ and parents’ experiences and perspectives

Description: 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.
Date: 2020
Creator: Simpson, Jenna Conan
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Distributed Learning for Undergraduate Programs in Data Science at Diverse Universities

Description: Data management plan for the grant, "Distributed Learning for Undergraduate Programs in Data Science at Diverse Universities." Here, we propose to expand on our previous NSF-supported work in developing a suite of courses in data science (DS) that were taught across a network of 4 undergraduate institutions in a distributed learning (DL) format. The current proposal seeks to expand the size and diversity of our network while adapting the advanced distributed learning (ADL) technology of the U.S… more
Date: 2022-10-01/2025-09-30
Creator: Spector, J. Michael
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