Debra Sharon Ferdinand-James

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Do you receive any points toward Tenure for being the Editor of a Special Journal issue in your discipline?

Professional service to the University and Research community is a category for fulfilling tenure requirements. What has been your experience with being an Editor for a Special Journal issue in...

17 August 2023 8,028 1 View

What are some of your innovative ways you have delivered TVET in a blended mode?

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18 November 2022 3,816 0 View

What technology tools can help us support teaching online in this COVID-19 time?

COVID-19 has changed our traditional F2F classroom to online teaching. What tech tools have been most helpful to you in making this shift? I look forward to your responses. Many thanks, Debra

14 July 2020 6,597 23 View

How are you calming the bullying storms in light of COVID-19?

Having to shift to remote or online teaching and learning is new to many of us. Unfortunately, not knowing how to make this shift is leading some of those in leadership to resort to bullying...

07 April 2020 7,658 3 View

Are you interested in research that directly relates to the social, economic, and political realities of Caribbean life?

Then you and your colleagues are invited to attend this annual research event (see attached published Abstracts and Programme): RESEARCH DAYS 2021 Virtual Event: When: Monday 1st February, 2021...

31 January 2020 4,197 2 View

What arrangements are in place at your University for students who bring their own devices to class?

The digital transformation of learning environments affords the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) option for students. But, what arrangements (e.g., policy and tech support) are in place at your...

05 January 2019 8,929 8 View

How is the Internet of Things (IoT) being integrated into higher education?

IoT is here to stay but appears to be more prevalent in industry, connecting machine-machine, human-machine, and human-things. But, is the latter happening in higher education institutions and if...

03 January 2018 2,582 3 View

How does your University treat with your course evaluations at the end of each semester?

Course evaluations can be subjective depending on the grades students receive in the course. I always respond to my course evaluations in bringing balance to what is reported to my Dean and...

01 January 2018 8,652 3 View

Do you have any set protocols for web-conferencing with students?

Web-conferencing is used more frequently with the rise in online and blended programs. I have had to frequently ask students to turn off their video cams because their dress and background views...

13 December 2017 7,491 9 View

What are some strategies you have used for increasing interactivity in online courses that have worked successfully?

Teaching and learning online (synchronously and asynchronously) can be demanding both in terms of time and engagement. The teacher has to "write" more in designing course materials and the learner...

26 August 2017 2,624 20 View

What are some of your best practice strategies for teaching students research methods?

Research methods courses do not carry the same success rates as other courses in higher education programmes due to their difficulty levels. Overall, I find many students are unable to apply what...

29 May 2017 4,603 20 View

What type of software do you use for creating infograhics?

infographics are becoming increasingly popular in fields of business and education. However, I am wondering if there is a particular software package that is specially suited or customized for...

07 April 2016 8,470 12 View

Have you used or considering using infographics in your teaching for higher education students and and if so, what has been the impact?

Colleagues: Infographics are increasingly being used in teaching and learning in condensing content but making it easier for students to learn. What has been your experience in using...

21 March 2016 2,423 40 View

Is the flipped classroom working for you and your students?

Today, a colleague shared with me that students are having to do more work in flipping the classroom. They have to do the in-class activities then go home and do another set of reading etc. Are...

05 February 2016 6,380 23 View

How do you get students to visit the Writing Center when referred?

Sometimes it becomes necessary to refer students to the Writing Center on campus to address their academic writing challenges from the undergraduate to graduate levels. However, as we are dealing...

18 January 2016 3,510 11 View

Does anyone have online academic writing exercises such as quizzes and the like?

I need to provide some practice academic writing exercises for graduate students doing their final research papers. However, I thought I can save time by using what's available, so I am asking if...

30 November 2015 8,104 26 View

Should course evaluation forms ask for student ethnicity?

Student course evaluations do not usually ask for the student's ethnicity (cultural group with which student identifies e.g., African American). But, if they don't, chances are that the aggregate...

02 November 2015 3,122 32 View

What are some good sources for teaching post-graduate students how to state/examine assumptions in academic writing?

Stating and examining assumptions for chosen topics/theses in post-graduate academic writing appears to be less emphasized in academic writing texts. I am looking for some good sources for the...

17 August 2015 3,057 7 View

What are some good models for conducting action research in your classroom?

Time to do research is sometimes challenging when you have a busy teaching schedule. Doing action research involving issues in your classroom is one way around the "research time" challenge, but...

18 June 2015 8,617 14 View

Can anyone provide some good examples of describing the Unit of Analysis in case studies?

Identifying and describing the Unit of Analysis in case studies is a key requirement in such research, but what are good examples of such descriptions?

27 May 2015 5,182 27 View

Are "perceptions" survey research or case study or both?

I have found that there is a "fine line" between examining "perceptions" of a specific group about a phenomenon using a questionnaire or doing so thru a case study using interviews. Which method...

26 May 2015 2,741 25 View

Is there a clear explanation or process for determining the unit of analysis in a case study?

The unit analysis is sometimes not always easy to define in case studies, especially when multiple sources of data are being collected. How do you clearly identify or determine your unit of...

26 May 2015 3,644 16 View

How do you deal with professional envy in the workplace?

Our work environments have become more competitive as there are more opportunities for advancement with the move away from specialization toward interdisciplinary teams for allowing different...

01 January 1970 8,367 24 View

Have you seen the Call for Proposals: SALISES 21st Annual Conference 5th-8th May, 2020?

The 21st Annual SALISES Conference invites participants to interrogate contradictions, crises, disconnections and policy implications for the Caribbean region. The influences of global populism...

01 January 1970 9,675 2 View

Have you used Mixed Methods in your research design and what were your challenges and/or successes with this third paradigm in research?

Mixed methods is seen as the third paradigm in research and I would like to hear from you how you have been using it and your experiences with it in your research. Sharing the latter can help...

01 January 1970 668 6 View