A collaborative effort from the Department of Educational Technology & Literacy at Towson University and The University of Maryland School of Nursing resulted in the publication of Developing Online Courses in Nursing Education. Doctoral student, Matt Rietschel, and doctoral alumna, Professor Cheryl Fisher worked
hard as editors for the fourth edition of the textbook. Doctoral program director, Professor Bill
Sadera, doctoral alumna, Professor Kathy Gould, and current doctoral student, Shannon
Tucker, also contributed to chapters.
O’Niel, C., Fisher [SB1], C. & Rietschel, M. (2019). Developing Online Learning Environments in Nursing Education (4th ed.). New York, NY: Springer. doi:10.1891/9780826140579
Rietschel, M. J. (2019). Technical Considerations to Support Learning Environments. In C. A. O’Niel, C. A. Fisher & M. Rietschel (Eds.), Developing online learning environments in nursing education (4th ed.). New York, NY: Springer.
Rietschel, M. J. (2019.). Technology and Online Learning. Developing Online Learning Environments in Nursing Education. In C. A. O’Niel, C. A. Fisher & M. Rietschel (Eds.), Developing online learning environments in nursing education (4th ed.). New York, NY: Springer.
Sadera, W. & Gould, K. (2019). Theoretical applications in continuing education. In C. A. O’Niel, C. A. Fisher & M. Rietschel (Eds.), Developing online learning environments in nursing education (4th ed.). New York, NY: Springer.
Sadera, W. & Gould, K. (2019). Reflections on pedagogy in online learning. In C. A. O’Niel, C. A. Fisher & M. Rietschel (Eds.), Developing online learning environments in nursing education (4th ed.). New York, NY: Springer.
Tucker, S., & Rietschel, M. J. (2019). Flexible Learning Environments. Developing Online Courses in Nursing Education. In C. A. O’Niel, C. A. Fisher & M. Rietschel (Eds.), Developing online learning environments in nursing education (4th ed.). New York, NY: Springer.
Department chair, Professor Mahnaz Moallem collaborated with faculty from the University of North Dakota and George Mason University to publish the first Handbook of Problem-Based Learning. The first book of its kind to present a collection of original essays that integrate the research and practice of problem-based learning in one comprehensive volume. With contributions from an international panel of leading scholars, researchers, practitioners and educational and training communities, the handbook is an authoritative, definitive, and contemporary volume that clearly demonstrates the impact and scope of research-based practice in problem-based learning (PBL).
Professor Moallem was a featured speaker at the Common Ground Conference this past summer in Ocean City. The paper that Professor Moallem presented was nominated for best paper at the conference and will be published in a book entitled “Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.”
The Daily Record named doctoral alumna, Dr. Andrea Parrish, one of their 2019 Leading
Women. Winners were selected based on their professional experience and a commitment
to inspiring change.
Cai, Q. (2019). Designing learning journals to enhance online discussion among in-service teachers in a graduate course. In K. Graziano (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference (pp. 1137-1142). Las Vegas, NV, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
Robinson, D. (2019). A school library diversity model and assessment guide: Universal Design, best teaching practices and cultural competencies. Knowledge Quest: A Journal of the American Association of School Librarians, 48(2), E1-E5.
Robinson, D. & McFadden, C. (2018). Sexuality in a diverse society: Perspectives on the Quality Matters/Gold Review Process for online course transition. International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 14(2), 65-80.
Robinson, D. and McFadden, C. (2019). Designer and peer reviewer perspective on Quality Matters (QM) and a Gold Reviewer. Session presented at The Lilly Conference, Bethesda, Maryland.
Robinson, D. and McFadden, C. (2019). Online course redesign: Impact of Gold Review and Quality Matters (QM). Session presented at The Maryland Distance Leaning Association Conference, Linthicum, Maryland.
Parrish, A. & Sadera, W. (2019) Application of the 1:1 Learning Environment Competencies for Teachers. Paper presented at ISTE 2019 Conference. Philadelphia, PA
Parrish, A. & Sadera, W. (2019) Application of the One-to-One Learning Environment Competencies to Support Teacher Readiness and Technology Integration. Paper presented at the annual international conference for the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Las Vegas, NV
Parrish, A., Sadera, W. & McNary, S. (2019) Validation of Teaching Competencies Needed to Facilitate Instruction in Student-Centered, One-to-One Learning Environments. Paper presented at the annual international conference for the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Las Vegas, NV
Parrish A. & Sadera, W. (in press). A review of faculty development models that build teacher educators’ technology competencies. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education
Shargel, R. & Twiss, L. (2019). Evidenced-based thinking for scientific thinking. Development of Scientific Thinking in Higher Education. London: Palgrave Macmillan Press. Eds. K. Balloo & M. Murtonin.
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