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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 8,110 1 View
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18 November 2022 3,949 0 View
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 6,735 23 View
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 7,730 3 View
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 4,271 2 View
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 9,029 8 View
There are different frameworks for technology integration that follow best practice (e.g., TIP, TPACK, SAMR), but are these applicable to online delivery or should different frameworks be used...
11 April 2018 5,258 3 View
The Literature Review in a master's research study does takes time and analysis to do, however, not all students are up to the challenge. I am interested in knowing the strategies you use for...
12 February 2018 5,920 17 View
Dear RG Colleagues: I am inquiring of the procedures used at your University for accessing and setting-up your graduate courses in your Learning Management System (e.g., Moodle, Canvas, etc.). At...
22 January 2018 7,572 3 View
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 2,636 3 View
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 8,783 3 View
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 7,589 9 View
Online and blended classes are now mainstream in higher education. What are some of your best practices for students' online presentations as part of course assignments. Do you advise they use...
30 November 2017 5,875 7 View
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 2,679 20 View
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 4,655 20 View
Dear RG Friends: Are you monitored for the number non-academic activities (e.g., farewells and holiday get-togethers) in which you participate in your faculty or department? Do you feel that these...
13 April 2017 6,240 10 View
I am kindly asking if you can share any surveys or guiding questions you may have used for students in offering a new technology course. Your contribution would help tremendously in moving work...
24 October 2016 8,763 5 View
It appears that online presentations require a little more skill than a F2F one. I am looking for a rubric for assessing student's online presentations that would take into account the additional...
18 October 2016 4,066 7 View
I have had to use Vokis in a class this semester that comprised several Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) students. However, I found the free choices available are not very culturally...
11 October 2016 9,105 4 View
Consistency in structure and organisation of online content is essential for students to easily find information and navigate their online learning resources. Do you have any templates that you...
21 July 2016 227 16 View
Sometimes in undergraduate programs, there are core courses that all students have to take regardless of their specialization within their undergraduate programs. But, I have found that the early...
18 July 2016 5,202 27 View
Sometimes, students may have a tendency to be less engaged and may fall asleep while watching an assigned video for an online class. What technology do you use for embedding questions into the...
13 April 2016 7,018 11 View
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 8,527 12 View
We have had a spate of school-related violent incidences in our local schools that even resulted in teenagers losing their lives. Have you had such experiences and what strategies were employed to...
29 March 2016 3,464 14 View
The analysis line seems blurry when differentiating between learning analytics and BIG data analysis that are becoming more prevalent for improving learning performance among students. Have you...
28 March 2016 2,093 16 View
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 2,496 40 View
As advocates of inclusive education, we sometimes mean well in showing the full faces of children with disabilities (perhaps, well mean) in our promotional materials in an effort to draw attention...
24 February 2016 8,763 16 View
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 6,459 23 View
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 3,598 11 View
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 8,190 26 View
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 3,195 32 View
I recently had some adult learners' almost "flipping out" over the change in the use of the discussion forum from the regular "comment-on-issue" to a debate. I had tried the latter several times...
30 October 2015 9,379 16 View
Measuring the effect of an independent variable on the dependent variable can be a tall order for novice researchers. In attempting the latter, is the use of only regression and correlation...
16 October 2015 5,441 15 View
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 3,152 7 View
In negative scoring, for example, after the the total score for the student's submission is tallied, penalities are then applied by deducting marks for language mechanics. Does this method benefit...
22 July 2015 5,434 42 View
I have seen where it is customary to have sub-questions to a main overarching question in my department for graduate research studies, but is there a rule of thumb on such an approach to writing...
06 July 2015 4,824 4 View
I am taken aback by the number of incidences I have had with some graduate students' integrity and responsibiity. I have had to resend e-mails several times in order to get some feedback on...
06 July 2015 4,370 56 View
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 8,670 14 View
It is customary to do a pilot test or trial of a new program or product before going live with it. There is the understanding that this pilot test would help to identify logistical and...
09 June 2015 9,450 10 View
Adults require a different approach to learning than children or teenagers. But how are faculty accommodating for such difference in their andragogy?
04 June 2015 7,260 11 View
It appears that our higher education curriculum focuses a lot on subject content and research. But would the latter alone fully prepare graduates for today's dynamic society with all its economic...
04 June 2015 9,111 24 View
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 5,245 27 View
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 2,798 25 View
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 3,694 16 View
Blended learning is now widely used as the preferred mode of delivery for many higher education institutions in responding to the needs of their students. The latter wanting more flexibility and...
26 May 2015 3,109 7 View
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 8,425 24 View
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 9,723 2 View
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 723 6 View
