University of Nebraska
Recipient of the 2004 Sloan-C Award for Excellence in Online Teaching & Learning Faculty Development, the University of Nebraska Summer Institute for Online Teaching emphasizes pedagogy—planning, instructional design, strategies for building online community, activities/assignments that promote critical thinking, assessment, and course management....
Devon A. Cancilla, Scientific Technical Services, Western Washington University
Simon P. Albon, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia
The Western Washington University Integrated Laboratory Network (ILN) is an initiative to provide anytime/anyplace access to scientific instrumentation for use in the classroom, laboratory, and research environments. The ILN provides students with greater opportunities to design and conduct real experiments remotely using advanced analytical instrumentation. This paper describes the use...
Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Distinguished Professor, Information Systems Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Pedagogy, software, and student motivation form an interactive system that either supports the emergence and growth of a vibrant online learning community, or does not. This article briefly reviews some of the research that has been carried out at NJIT and elsewhere over the last 25 years that supports this...
Rogue Community College
Rogue OWL is a unique, multi-discipline, online writing assistance resource, designed to equalize access for all students, across all digital boundaries. Its design and content is flexible and transferable, and it provides a cost-effective vehicle for addressing a variety of needs at multiple institutions. The Rogue OWL is a 24/7 online...
Gerd Kortemeyer, Michigan State University
Matthew Hall, Michigan State University
Joyce Parker, Michigan State University
Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli, Michigan State University
Guy Albertelli II, Michigan State University
Wolfgang Bauer, Michigan State University
Edwin Kashy, Michigan State University
The paper describes different feedback mechanisms available to instructors during the deployment of online formative assessment exercises....
Wayne P. Pferdehirt, Dept. of Engineering Professional Development, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thomas W. Smith, Dept. of Engineering Professional Development, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Karen R. Al-Ashkar, Dept. of Engineering Professional Development, University of Wisconsin-Madison
This case study explores several key design strategies behind the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Master of Engineering in Professional Practice (MEPP) program. Since its full-scale launch in 1999, this demanding graduate engineering degree program has achieved a graduation rate of more than 99% and has received major awards for instructional quality...
Jason A. Scorza, Fairleigh Dickinson University
This paper represents a rough and ready attempt to describe an approach to online teaching that favors empathy over efficiency in the hope of achieving both....
L. Dian Stoskopf, Director, Army Continuing Education System
Amy Moorash, Education Services Specialist, Army Continuing Education System
eArmyU.com, 2004 winner of two Sloan-C awards—Excellence in Online Teaching and Programming and Effective Practice for Providing Anytime, Anywhere Online Access to Higher Education for a Highly Mobile Learner Population—is the Army’s state-of-the art online education portal. Through eArmyU, Soldiers can earn a postsecondary certificate or an associates, bachelor or...
Maria Puzziferro-Schnitzer, Associate Dean, Virtual College, Florida Community College at Jacksonville
Jeff Kissinger, Instructional Program Manager, Virtual College, Florida Community College at Jacksonville
Because of growing demand for online courses, staffing and faculty support issues can become major obstacles to growth and instructional quality. In 2004, Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ) was awarded an Effective Practices Award at the Sloan-C conference in Orlando, Florida for its Virtual Adjunct Mentoring program. This paper...
