Micro-Credentials: Personalized Professional Development
Micro-Credentials: Personalized Professional Development Author: Samantha Goldman In an earlier CIDDL Research and Practice Brief, we interviewed Dr. Richard Carter, an assistant professor at the University of Wyoming (UW), who researches the education of students with disabilities in modern learning…
Emerging Technology For Teaching And Learning Sign Language
Emerging Technology For Teaching And Learning Sign Language Author: Samantha Goldman In an earlier CIDDL Research and Practice Brief, we interviewed Dr. Lorna Quandt, who is an Assistant Professor in the Ph.D. in Educational Neuroscience (PEN) program at Gallaudet University, a…
Building Effective Professional Learning Networks to Improve Engagement
Building Effective Professional Learning Networks to Improve Engagement Author: Ling Zhang; Richard A. Carter Extensive research suggests that effective professional development (PD) programs usually build on teachers’ previous knowledge, meet personal development needs, provide active learning opportunities, promote community and…
Online course accessibility: A single path or multiple pathways to a single destination?
Online course accessibility: A single path or multiple pathways to a single destination? Author: Matthew Marino Covid-19 first appeared in the United States last March, colleges and universities across the country scrambled to move courses from face-to-face into online formats.…
Designing for Use of Technology and Innovation
Designing for Use of Technology and Innovation Author: CIDDL Team Technologies designed based on Universal Design for Learning The power of technology in improving student learning and engagement is contingent on its effective design and innovative use in various learning…
Gamify Your Classroom
Gamify Your Classroom Author: Ling Zhang What is gamification? Game it up! Let’s make learning more engaging and motivating! Gamification has become increasingly popular in non-game contexts. For education, gamification means that we use game thinking and design elements to…
Current State of Affairs: Technology in Preparation Programs
Current State of Affairs: Technology in Preparation Programs Despite innovations in digital technology and instructional design, tools to improve student engagement, and opportunities for digital learning, multiple decades of research in educator preparation and personnel development have identified the lack…
AI Episode 3: Implications for Thought Leaders and Policy Developers
AI Episode 3: Implications for Thought Leaders and Policy Developers Author: Matthew Marino In Episode 1 and Episode 2, we briefly described Artificial Intelligence in education and discussed how an AI teaching assistant looks like. To continue the conversation, what will the future…
AI Episode 2: What Does An AI Teaching Assistant Look Like?
AI Episode 2: What Does An AI Teaching Assistant Look Like? Jill Watson, an AI teaching assistant developed at Georgia Tech, turned 5 this year. Jill has been steadily improving since her 2016 rollout in Ashok Goel’s computer science course.…
Leveraging Competency-Based Micro-credentials
Leveraging Competency-Based Micro-credentials Author: CIDDL Team Micro-credentials (MCs) have gained increased traction in the field of education as an innovative model that addresses educators’ diverse professional learning needs, interests, and goals. MCs are often defined as small competency-based certifications, which…