November 5, 2018
CEITR members and UOP faculty members Linda Landon, PhD. Mary Stout, EdD, Douglas Neeley, PhD published an article in the Engaging Cultures and Voices journal. The title, abstract, and citation are included below.
Title: Increasing Graduate Students’ Cultural Competency by Using Many Social Media Site
November 5, 2018
Hello everyone,
November 2, 2018: CEITR member, April Lash, Esq. participated in the 5th Annual National HBCU Pre-Law Summit on September 15, 2018 at Emory Law School. Lashbrought knowledge, skills, and expertise to an eager audience of students who traveled from various geographical locations to attend this important event. Her topic was: How to start up a Solo Practice, which specializes in Business Law, Trust and Estate and Real Estate Law. Attorney Lash emphasized that it is never too late to follow your dreams. Being successful takes persistence, dedication, team building and business expertise.
November 5, 2018: CEITR member Dr. Nancy Bailey recently published a book chapter in Leader Volunteers and their Perceptions, involving the Greater Yellowstone Sights and Sounds Archive, a Purposeful Project. The chapter reflected existential phenomenological methods in an account of museum volunteer perceptions. Volunteers developed personal transformation leadership during the production of a museum digital collection, a purposeful project, creating an archive, a digital repository for video media, supporting mediated meaning, reflective thinking, and mindset coaching strategies.
Congratulations to Dr. Mary Townsend, whose published article was developed in a Dissertation to Publications (D2P) workshop. Congratulations also Dr. Rita Hartman, who was Mary’s D2P reviewer. Details of the publication, which was published by the Association for Computer Educators in Texas (ACET) appear below.
Townsend, M. (2018). The value of iPads for instruction and learning: A Grounded Theory study. ACET Journal of Computer Education and Research, 11(1), 1-22.
Abstract
The AECT 2018 convention (October 22-27) was held at the Marriott Hotel in Kansas City Missouri. SAS faculty members and alumni Members presented 12 research papers and projects that represented the Center for Educational and Instructional Technology Research (CEITR). Additionally, Dr. Mansureh Kebritichi and Dr. Laquisha Brown Joseph were honored with awards for innovative design. The theme for the 2018 AECT convention was Learning for All.
October 1, 2018 Dr. Carrie Miller, PhD, Caroline Kinskey, Grad student, and Hunter King, MA have been published in the Journal of Open and Distance Learning. Dr Miller is an active member of CEITR and an instructional designer with IT solutions at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She holds a PhD in Educational Technology from Arizona State University. Carrie has been an instructor in higher education for over 15 years, both in face-to-face and online classes. She currently facilitates online course in E-learning and Instructional Design for the University of Phoenix.
October 1, 2018- Dr. Carrie Miller, Hunter King, and Aryann Martin have been published in the Journal of Applied Instructional Design. Dr. Miller is an instructional designer with IT solutions at Minnesota State University, Mankato. In addition, Miller is a CEITR member and teaches classes in E-learning and Instructional Design for University of Phoenix. Hunter King, M.A. is an active researcher and a counselor for Women’s Protective Services. Aryann Martin is a graduate student at University of Minnesota Academic Technology Services.
Dr. Lequisha Brown, SAS faculty member and CEITR member was elected Vice President of Finance and Development for the Culture Learning and Technology (CLT) Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT).
The AECT is a forward thinking organization that holds conferences, supports professional development, and publishes journals and other materials of interest to scholars and practitioners around the world. Dr. Brown will assume her new position with the 2500 member organization at the October, 2018 conference in Kansas City, Kansas.
