Technology Innovation in Educational Research and Design

May 20, 2010, 00:00 by The College of Education

West African drum beats emanated from the room as hundreds of parents and children watched, captivated by the intricate rhythms. Led by master drummer Bolokada Conde, around 20 drummers played together to create a sound unique to traditional African music. But unlike Conde, these drummers did not hail from West Africa. They were elementary students from the Champaign-Urbana area.

May 20, 2010, 00:00 by The College of Education

College of Education at Illinois students are strong in instructional knowledge of using universal and selected interventions to meet the needs of all learners and using methods of inquiry to develop higher thinking and achieving students. Read what our student teachers have to say about their experiences in the classroom.

May 9, 2010, 00:00 by The College of Education

With recent bullying tragedies dominating news headlines, and the federal government organizing its first-ever Bullying Prevention Summit in August, a once-shrugged "part of growing up" has sparked a national dialogue. Researchers in the College of Education seek to stamp out student harassment by reaching into classrooms to evaluate, to understand, and most importantly to prevent another tragedy.

May 5, 2010, 00:00 by Erica Yuenger

After three days learning from and exchanging ideas with the College of Education's University Primary School, 18 visitors from Korea's Keimyung University took away new, inspiring ideas to use in their own classrooms.

Apr 5, 2010, 00:00 by The College of Education

On Friday, April 9, 2010, the Inaugural College of Education Graduate Student Conference brings together approximately 60 graduate students representing all six departments in the College of Education.

Apr 1, 2010, 00:00 by The College of Education

2010 - You are invited to an event celebrating the official launch of the Ubiquitous Learning Institute of the College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The event will be held at the iHotel Conference Center (St. Mary's Road/1st Street) at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, April 7, 2010. We expect the event to end around 5:30 p.m.

Mar 9, 2010, 23:00 by Erica Yuenger

2010 - The College of Education is offering several opportunities for students to travel abroad this summer. With trips planned on three different continents, students are signed up to expand their knowledge of education and share what they have learned at Illinois around the globe in Argentina, Turkey and Morocco.

Mar 1, 2010, 00:00 by Erica Yuenger

2010 - As a special education teacher in an elementary school, Jessica Zanton witnessed firsthand how detrimental discriminatory language such as the word "retard" can be. To combat this, she and her students handed out stickers and buttons last year to the staff at her school as part of the first "Spread the Word to End the Word" event.

Mar 1, 2010, 00:00 by The College of Education

After learning that one classmate's family had crafted a quilt for earthquake victims in Haiti, Rebecca Johnson's preschool students voiced their intent to do the same with a patchwork of burlap, paper squares and buttons. In the end, however, the students brainstormed a different plan.

Feb 25, 2010, 00:00 by The College of Education

On January 13, 2010, Herbert Goldstein passed away in Teaneck, NJ, where he lived since his retirement from New York University in 1980. Widely published, Dr. Goldstein is regarded as an authority and pioneer in the field of special education.

Dec 1, 2009, 00:00 by The College of Education

The College of Education will host the First Annual College of Education Graduate Student Conference (COE GSC), planned and managed by graduate students. Your participation will make this inaugural event a success!

Aug 4, 2009, 00:00 by The College of Education

Professor Nick Burbules (Educational Policy Studies) is a contributor to Education Policy Blog, a multiblog about the ways that educational foundations can inform educational policy and practice. The blog was recently named in a list of 100 Best Blogs for Teachers of the Future.

May 6, 2009, 00:00 by The College of Education

College of Education Professor Dorothy Espelage appeared in an episode of the Oprah Winfrey show entitled "Bullied to Death: Two Moms Speak Out", which aired on May 6, 2009. The episode includes two mothers who lost their sons as a result of bullying.

Oct 21, 2008, 00:00 by The College of Education

The Robert and June Henderson Endowment Fund will be established from a deferred gift of about $750,000 from Robert Henderson of Urbana, Illinois, to support special education programs in the College of Education at Illinois.

Oct 13, 2008, 00:00 by The College of Education

Assistant Professor Dr. David Huang, Jeong-Hwan Choi, and Sun Joo Yoo from the Department of Human Resource Education at the College of Education have won the 2008 Outstanding Paper through the E-Learn World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education.

May 13, 2008, 00:00 by The College of Education

The College of Education is pleased to recognize Professors Lisa Monda-Amaya, Andrea Ellinger, and Michaelene Ostrosky for their continuing work within the College of Education's Special Education Department.

May 13, 2008, 00:00 by The College of Education

The IEP Quality Project web site was awarded one of four Cool Web Site Awards given by the Campus Webmasters at the 9th Annual Webmaster Forum. The web site was created by John Barclay and Rachel Weber from the college's Network Applications Group.

Apr 10, 2007, 00:00 by The College of Education

Fouad Abd-El-Khalick, Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, was among six Urbana-Champaign campus faculty members named as University Scholars. The program recognizes excellence while helping to identify and retain the university's most talented teachers, scholars and researchers.

Mar 13, 2006, 23:00 by The College of Education

Barry McGaw, the recently-retired Director for Education in the Directorate of Education in the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has been selected to receive the Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement.

Feb 1, 2005, 00:00 by The College of Education

The Human Resource Development program at the University of Illinois received the 2005 "Outstanding HRD Academic Program of the Year" award from the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD).