Technology Innovation in Educational Research and Design

Mar 6, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

Rosa Milagros Santos, associate professor in Special Education at the College of Education at Illinois, is one of four investigators for a new Institute of Education Sciences (IES) grant that will examine men’s parenting behaviors in families of children with disabilities.

Mar 6, 2012, 00:00 by Sharita Forrest

A 2012 study by researchers in the College of Education at the University of Illinois suggests that social networking and video sharing applications could be effective in helping women transcend their computer anxiety and bridge the digital divide.

Mar 2, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

Three professors in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership have been invited to be inducted as an American Educational Research Association (AERA) Fellow: department head and Gutgsell professor James Anderson, William Trent, and Anne Haas Dyson. The three professors will be inducted on Saturday, April 14, 2012, during AERA’s annual meeting.

Mar 2, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

Students from Liora Bresler’s C&I 581 class got the chance to see how fourth-graders learn–not through typical classroom observation–but through a shared experience. Students from both the U of I and Thomas Paine Elementary School in Urbana attended "Spirit of Uganda" at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in February 2012.

Mar 1, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

Sharon Tettegah, associate professor in the departments of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Psychology at the College of Education at Illinois, has been appointed to two White House technology groups: a Federal Games Action Group, and its sub-group, a federal games working group.

Mar 1, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

The Spring 2012 Human Resources Development lecture series and the HRD Community of Scholars student organization hosted a delegation from Seoul National University.

Feb 27, 2012, 00:00 by Sharita Forrest

College of Education at Illinois professor Wenhao David Huang collaborated with graduate students Sun Joo Yoo and Seung Hyun Caleb Han on researching e-training initiatives. They found that companies need to focus on making programs enjoyable and mentally stimulating for employees whenever possible, and offering extrinsic incentives such as pay increases and promotions when employees need extra motivation.

Feb 24, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

Three College of Education at Illinois students have won a $2,000 Isabelle Purnell Education Award for 2012-13 from The Illinois Club. The winners, their majors and hometowns are: Andi Michelle Bonner, Elementary Education, Wheeling; Jessica Michnowski, Elementary Education, Elmhurst; and Jeanne Zeller, English, with a minor in Secondary Education, Hoffman Estates.

Feb 20, 2012, 00:00 by Alesha Williams and Sergio Bichao

2012 - Christopher Lubienski, a professor in EPOL at the College of Education at Illinois, was featured in a USATODAY.com article about home schooling demographics.

Feb 13, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

William Trent, a professor of EPOL in the College of Education at Illinois, was selected to give the 2012 Wallace Foundation Lecture by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The lecture was given on the first day of the AERA Annual Meeting, which was held April 13-17 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The theme of the meeting was “Non Satis Scire: to Know is not Enough.”

Feb 9, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

Lauren "Nikki" Vidal, a junior in Elementary Education, and Maggie Slingerland, a freshman in Pre-teacher Education, participated in the 2012 LeaderShape Institute at the Allerton Conference Center in January.

Feb 8, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

Sarah Lubienski, professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the College of Education at Illinois, has been named Director of the STEM Education Research Collaborative (SERC), formerly known as The STEM Collaborative. As part of the College of Education, the Collaborative advances teaching, learning, and policy in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

Feb 6, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) presented its 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award to James D. Anderson, Ph.D., William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor and head of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Education Policy, Organization and Leadership Department. The prestigious award, which recognizes an individual's distinguished and outstanding lifetime contributions to the educator preparation profession, was presented February 17 at AACTE's 64th Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Feb 2, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

A collaborative project between the Orpheum Children's Museum in Champaign and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign called "FIND Orphy" was launched, according to Barbara Hug, clinical assistant professor in Curriculum and Instruction at the College of Education at Illinois and principal investigator, and Donna Korol, associate professor in the Neuroscience Program and Psychology.

Jan 19, 2012, 00:00 by Diana Yates

A program designed to boost cognition in older adults also increased their openness to new experiences, researchers report, demonstrating for the first time that a non-drug intervention in older adults can change a personality trait once thought to be fixed throughout the lifespan. The research was led by Elizabeth Stine-Morrow, professor in Educational Psychology and chair of Cognitive Science of Teaching and Learning.

Jan 12, 2012, 00:00 by the College of Education and Best Colleges Online

Project STEP-UP was named in a “50 Essential Twitter Feeds for STEM Educators” list by Best Colleges Online. Project STEP-UP was listed in the “Underrepresented Groups” category.

Jan 6, 2012, 00:00 by Higher Ed Jobs

The website HigherEdJobs spoke with expert Timothy Reese Cain, assistant professor in EPOL at the College of Education at Illinois. Cain discussed reasons for formation beyond salary and tenure, perceptions of faculty unions, definition of academic freedom, and the potential direction of faculty unions.

Jan 5, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

Kathy Ryan, who has served the College of Education as an undergraduate academic adviser since 2004, has been named Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs. She has served on a number of College and campus initiatives, including the Undergraduate Admissions Campus Recruitment Committee, Parkland Pathways to Illinois, and the Ad Hoc Committee on Honors.

Jan 3, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

Effective in January 2012, the College of Education at Illinois announced that Stafford Hood and Fouad Abd-El-Khalick have accepted new leadership positions at the college. Sarah Lubienski, a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, has been named Director of the STEM Education Research Collaborative.

Jan 3, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

Laura English, who turned 70 on December 14, 2011, has surpassed the original goals others had for her by leaps and bounds. She is a doctoral student in Philosophy of Education in EPOL (at the University of Illinois) and has been enrolled in higher education courses for some part of every decade since the 1960s.