June 2013
Dr. Lora Dagel, a faculty member in The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership, was featured on “Higher Education Talk Radio” on BlogTalkRadio.com on April 29. She spoke about why literacy is an educational priority in every classroom, school, and district.
Dr. Kelley Jo Walters, a faculty member in The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership, co-authored the chapter “Online Course Activities: A Case Study of Assignments and Assessment Types” in Learning Management Systems and Instructional Design: Best Practices in Online Education (IGI Global, 2013).
May 2013
Dr. David Mathieu, a faculty member in The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership, published Way of Wakan: Reflections on Lakota Spirituality and Grief (CreateSpace, 2013). The book shares his understanding of Native American beliefs about death and reflects on the death of his 27-year-old daughter. Dr. Mathieu formerly served as the executive director for the College of Undergraduate Studies before transitioning to his new role as a faculty member.
April 2013
Dr. Barry Birnbaum, a faculty member in The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership, was quoted in “Seamless Teaching: Navigating the Inclusion Spectrum” in Teaching Tolerance (Vol. 43, Spring 2013). He spoke about how to inform and inspire teachers to best serve students in an inclusion classroom.
Dr. Stephanie A. Gaddy, a faculty member in The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership, published Creating, Sustaining, and Enhancing Your College's Office for Disability Services (CreateSpace, 2013), a comprehensive reference guide that details how to create and sustain an effective office for disability services.
March 2013
Dr. Mansureh Kebritchi, a faculty member in The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership, presented the paper “Issues and Challenges for Teaching Successful Online Courses” in November at the annual meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology in Louisville, Ky.
February 2013
Dr. Mark Clauburg, a faculty member in The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership, was interviewed Dec. 12 on “Higher Education Talk Radio” on BlogTalkRadio.com about preparing teachers for technology integration.
Dr. Rena Palloff and Dr. Henry Pratt, faculty members in The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership, were each recently honored with the 2012 Mildred B. and Charles A. Wedemeyer Award for Outstanding Practitioner in Distance Education, which was presented in August at the 28th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning in Madison, Wis. The award recognizes outstanding contributions in the application of important skills, concepts, techniques, meanings, and understandings of distance education in North America.
Dr. Marilyn Simon, a faculty member in The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership, and Dr. James Goes, a faculty member in the School of Management, published the next edition of Dissertation and Scholarly Research: Recipes for Success (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012), a comprehensive, user-friendly text that explains clearly how scholarly research is created, evaluated, and disseminated.
Dr. Judith Witt, a faculty member in The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership, co-presented “Decisions, Actions, Consequences: Keys to Immersive, Iterative Leadership Development” in October 2012 at the 35th annual international conference of the North American Council for Staff, Program and Organizational Development in Washington, D.C.
January 2013
Dr. Mansureh Kebritchi, a faculty member in The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership, presented the paper “Issues and Challenges for Teaching Successful Online Courses” at the Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT) 2012 International Convention in Louisville, Ky.
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