Technology Innovation in Educational Research and Design

Jan 9, 2014, 00:00 by The College of Education

The College of Education at Illinois started 2014 on a high note—it has been ranked in the top 10 in the nation for its online programs in the U.S. News and World Report’s Best Online Graduate Education Programs list.

Jan 5, 2014, 00:00 by Sal Nudo

Throughout her life, College of Education at Illinois alumna Alice Vernon has traveled the world and had different jobs and diverse interests. One constant, however, has been a sustained passion for educating others.

Jan 2, 2014, 00:00 by Amy Crawford

Researchers at the College of Education at Illinois have a new take on which schools work and why.

Dec 26, 2013, 00:00 by Meg Dickinson

Kenwood Elementary in Champaign teaches computer programming using EToys and help from departments at the University of Illinois.

Dec 16, 2013, 00:00 by Christy Kim

Robb Lindgren, assistant professor in curriculum and instruction at the University of Illinois, co-authored a paper for the November issue of the Educational Researcher. The paper, titled “Emboldened by Embodiment: Six Precepts for Research on Embodied Learning and Mixed Reality,” details the potential of immersive technologies called mixed realities to promote embodied learning through physical actions such as gestures or walking.

Dec 13, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education

The University of Illinois expanded its international reach with the official opening of the Illinois China office on December 9, 2012, in Shanghai. Representatives from the College of Education's Greater China Initiative desk were on hand to welcome Chancellor Phyllis Wise as well as Chinese dignitaries and educators.

Dec 11, 2013, 00:00 by Christy Kim

Ronald Jacobs, professor of human resource development in EduRonald Jacobs photocation Policy, Organization and Leadership, and director of the office of international programs at the College of Education, has been inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame at the University of Oklahoma College of Continuing Education.

Dec 11, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education

Three master’s students in Education Policy, Organization and Leadership received awards at the Ethnography of the University Initiative (EUI) conference, supported by the University Library. Part of an expansive undergraduate research program at the University of Illinois, the EUI focuses on social science and humanities research.

Dec 10, 2013, 00:00 by Gigi Douban

Encouraging kids to try computer programming with national Hour of Code.

Dec 9, 2013, 00:00 by Christy Kim

Professors and graduate students flocked to the Association for the Study of Higher Education annual conference in November 2013 to engage with higher education researchers from around the nation.

Dec 8, 2013, 00:00 by Eli Saleh

College of Education at Illinois alumna Lisa Patrick is doing her part to promote equality and diversity in society.

Dec 2, 2013, 00:00 by Tim Rees

Amanda Rowland, a senior in Special Education from Burr Ridge, Illinois, received the 2013 Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Award as the sole recipient from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Dec 1, 2013, 00:00 by Eli Saleh

A fortuitous failure leads a professor in the College of Education at Illinois to an illuminating career in education.

Nov 19, 2013, 00:00 by Christy Kim

Research by Gloriana González, assistant professor in Curriculum and Instruction (C&I) at the University of Illinois, and doctoral student in C&I, Anna F. DeJarnette, was published in a 2013 issue of the online journal The Mathematics Educator.

Nov 18, 2013, 00:00 by Sharita Forrest

Educational psychologist Dorothy Espelage recently led a study that examined factors predictive of workplace bullying. Espelage discussed her work in an interview with New Bureau editor Sharita Forrest.

Nov 15, 2013, 00:00 by Christy Kim

In her latest book, Ruth Nicole Brown, assistant professor in Educational Policy Studies and Gender and Women's Studies, documents her experiences with the organization Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths (SOLHOT) and its efforts to provide black girls and women a space for creative performance and expression.

Nov 15, 2013, 00:00 by Eli Saleh

Principles of love guide life of ambitious Educational Psychology student at University of Illinois.

Nov 13, 2013, 00:00 by Sharita Forrest

A 2013 book by Chris Lubienski and Sarah Theule Lubienski challenges popular assumptions about the superiority of private-school education and raises questions about the political imperatives behind current school-reform and policy initiatives that are based on market theory.

Nov 8, 2013, 00:00 by Inside Illinois

Professor and department head of Curriculum and Instruction Fouad Abd-El-Khalick is one of five University of Illinois faculty members to be named a 2013-14 fellow of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation’s Academic Leadership Program.

Nov 8, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education

Scholarship connects University of Illinois alumna and student from worlds apart.