Session Description
Undergraduate transfer students are those that transition from one institution of higher education to another before earning their bachelor’s degree. Transfer students are often non-traditional in terms of their age, race, veteran status, family, and employment status. They also see higher attrition rates in distance learning programs. This presentation will describe a Ph.D. (instructional systems & learning technologies) student’s efforts to teach and develop an online 1-credit course on academic success for online and distance learning transfer students that are struggling academically at a 4-year institution. This online course features both asynchronous and synchronous activities such as video-based lectures, teacher-student conferences, discussion boards, journal writing activities and more.
Presenter(s)
Dawn Adolfson
Dawn Adolfson, Florida State University, FL
Dawn Adolfson is a doctoral student at Florida State University studying instructional systems and learning technologies. Her research interests are in transfer student success, distance education, and transactional distance.
Dawn Adolfson is a doctoral student at Florida State University studying instructional systems and learning technologies. Her research interests are in transfer student success, distance education, and transactional distance.Session Type
20-Minute Session
Audience
Novice, Intermediate
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Ronnie Tiffany-Kinder is a teacher educator in elementary education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She teaches courses in literacy methods and introduction to teaching. She also supervises student teachers on Oahu, Kauai and Lanai. Her research interests include critical literacy, self-study in teacher education and online/distance learning education.
Dr. Rayna Fujii is an Assistant Specialist and Statewide Coordinator for the Institute for Teacher Education Elementary Department. She teaches courses in elementary social studies, introduction to multicultural education, and introduction to teaching. Her research interests include elementary social studies education, social studies for social justice, and online/distance learning education.
Dr. Carolyn Stevenson is currently a full-time faculty member for Purdue University Global. She completed her Ed.D. from Roosevelt University, M.B.A. from Kaplan University, M.A. in Communications from Governor’s State University and B.A. in English from Northern Illinois University. She has been cited for her expertise in online learning, qualitative research, open educational resources, and prior learning. She is also a regular reviewer for conference papers and textbooks and has served on various offices and committees for the American Education Research Association. Carolyn has over 20 years teaching and administrative experience in higher education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and has taught Speech, Fine Arts and Humanities for City Colleges of Chicago. She is currently working on editing a text entitled Enhancing Higher Education Accessibility through Open Education and Prior Learning, to be published by IGI Global in 2020.
Ilene Ringler is a full-time faculty member. She serves as the course lead for the business perspectives course (part of the core MBA program) and the MBA capstone course. Ringler started her academic career while working for Bose Corporation and taught MBA courses at Babson University. She brings 30 years of work experience in the business field and is the principal of Ilene Ringler Associates, LLC, which provides services on values-based strategic growth and development. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Phoenix Chapter of National Association of Women Business Owners Mentoring Program, the Arizona Entrepreneurs, and the Women’s Enterprise Foundation. In addition to advising new and small business owners, Ringler has served as an advisor to the APS Academy for the Advancement of Small, Minority, and Women Owned Enterprises program. Research Interests: Ways to increase student satisfaction with discussion boards in the classroom and to promote effective collaborative work.
Carol Schubert is a full time professor at Purdue University Global and course lead for multiple courses within the MBA prgoram.
Dr. Glassman is an Assistant Professor of Management and IT Strategy in the College of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide. Dr. Glassman is the Chair of the Management & Technology Department and previously served as the Program Chair of the Master of Science in Management (MSM) Program. Prior to that he served as the Director of Academics for two ERAU-WW campuses. Dr. Glassman began his career at ERAU over a decade ago as an adjunct while still working in the aviation industry.
Hello, my name is Hajeen Choi and I am a doctoral candidate in the Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies program at Florida State University. My research interests include social learning, motivation and engagement in online learning, informal learning, and social media in education. Currently, I am working on the projects such as the feeling of othering in online learning, using social media to foster social engagement in formal learning, and Twitter Conference Backchannel for building PLN and online presence. In regards to teaching, I teach an educational technology course to pre-service teachers and had been working as a teaching assistant for various online courses.
My name is Ömer Arslan and I am a second-year doctoral student in Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies program at Florida State University. My interest in online learning began when I was a master’s student in Turkey. I learned about socio-cultural dynamics manifested in learning environments. Currently, I engage in activities that contribute to my personal and professional development inclusive of enrolling in graduate courses, teaching Introduction to Educational Technology, participating in research projects, and research group meetings. I am local to Tallahassee, Florida for more than one year, and spent my spare time walking around lakes, jumping rope, and listening to music.