Call for Comprehensive Commonsense Gun Reform

  Let me begin by stating that I don’t have the answer for gun violence in America, but that doesn’t stop me from trying to understand the situation nor advocating on behalf of those who have lost their lives to it. This blog serves as a summary of the current gaps in legislation, school safety, consumer protection, and research. The

I’m becoming a Futurist!

This fall, at the University of California-Berkeley (UCB), I was selected to participate in the first cohort of Research, Teaching, and Learning staff to learn future thinking skills. This involves taking Coursera’s online Futures Thinking Specialization certificate program with the general public, reading three books selected by our team leaders, practicing the skills, discussing signals and drivers of the future,

Community of Inquiry: Research to Practice

My peers and I from the Division of Distance Learning with Association of Educational Communications and Technology gave this webinar in June that highlights research to practice of the community of inquiry framework by educators and instructional designers. Here’s the recording. I focused on my action research and general application of the Online Community of Inquiry Syllabus Rubric. I briefly

Design Media for How We Learn

One of the most impactful textbooks I read in my instructional design (ID) program was that of Clark and Meyer’s (2011) E-Learning and the Science of Instruction on how best to design the multimedia for online instruction. This post addresses Chapter 2 on how we learn from online media and some takeaways for ID. I included supporting learning theories not

Online Teaching Readiness Needs Assessment

I created this questionnaire prior to collaborating with instructors preparing for online course design. It helped me gather their prior knowledge and better address where to begin the instructional design process. Also, surveys serve as a way to inform the participant. Feel free to adapt and use it with your instructors, as this one is based on the Canvas LMS

My Second Research Publication

I developed the Online Community of Inquiry Syllabus Rubric© (OCOISR) during my doctoral studies with the support of my Professor, Dr. James Van Haneghan, and peer input from other students. This new publication is about my two case studies reviewing syllabi with it. “It serves as a proactive way to determine the inclusion and strength of interactive treatments that support

Presentation: Capture ID Perspectives and Practices for UDL and Active Learning

Who: Kapi’olani Community College Summer Camp (hyperlinked to website) Where: Online – register to access Zoom link. Registration is free! What: Professional development sessions for higher education faculty, staff, and graduate students. See program for complete details. When: August 2nd-5th, 2021 Join our 20-minute ‘Open Swim’ (session type) on Aug 2nd at 4:30 CST! Presenters: Drs. Sandra Rogers, University of

Cognitive Learning Strategies for Students

Dear Students, Here are some cognitive strategies that will help you learn and remember the information in the long term. 1. Concept mapping – This is a spatial cognitive strategy that utilizes visual arrangements. When you create a concept map for something, you’re learning. This activity takes the new information learned and places it into an organized structure. There are

Student Learning Organizer for Metacognitive Strategies

Metacognition is a way for you to self-monitor your learning and expand on it to increase short and long-term memory. Cognitive strategies differ from metacognitive strategies in their concreteness such as concept mapping and frames (tables with or without formulas like below). Metacognition is thinking about thinking, hence, meta-awareness. When you engage in this self-talk, you’re monitoring your cognitive processes. This is referred

Redesigning Online Discussions for Social Presence

A community of inquiry (COI) includes the social, cognitive, and teaching interactions among students, instructors, and experts in the field, as well as their interaction with the content provided. The presence of all three types of interactions are essential to the communication loop for an online COI (Garrison, 2000). Cognitive presence is the engagement in learning activities that demand higher-order

My First Research Publication

My peer, Susie Gronseth, and I conducted a case study research about active learning and the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework this year. It was published in an open access journal. Our paper is titled, Apply UDL to Online Active Learning: Instructional Designer Perspectives. Check it out! We hope to present our findings at this year’s Association of Educational