Community of Inquiry: Research to Practice

My peers and I from the Division of Distance Learning with the Association of Educational Communications and Technology gave this webinar highlighting 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 presented the

Design Media for How We Learn

One of the most impactful textbooks I read in my instructional design (ID) doctoral program was Clark and Meyer’s (2011) E-Learning and the Science of Instruction on how best to design 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 included in

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 the 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

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 is 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

Summary of a Dissertation on Gaming: Project Technologia

Slota, S. T. (2014). Project TECHNOLOGIA: A game-based approach to understanding situated intentionality (Doctoral dissertation, University of Connecticut). The reason that I selected this dissertation to review is because Slota (2014) used grounded theory to develop three perspectives on game-based learning: player-player, player-instructor, and player-game interactions. This reminded me of the interaction treatments I have researched about online learning such as

Summary of Surviving Your Dissertation Guide

The following is a summary of a book I read for class in preparation for my dissertation with my personal notes. I thought some readers might benefit from it who are going through their doctoral program or considering one. (Source: Rudestam, K. E., & Newton, R. R. (2014). Surviving your dissertation: A comprehensive guide to content and process. Sage.) Chapter