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The article, “The Administration of a Higher Education Faculty Online Learning Community”, discusses previous research on how high-quality online teaching is sustained through professional development. The authors introduce the concept of an Online Learning Community (OLC) and how it is a space for educators to build their teaching practices and collaborate with other faculty to share their experiences, trends in their field and ensuring they are providing RSI (regular and substantive interaction) with the students. The article also provides a framework that guides the execution of an OLC in a higher education institution. https://lnkd.in/gJmEwYzB

The article, “A Positive Environment of Engagement and Retention in the Online Learning Environment”, discusses the different forms of student engagement (behavioral, emotional, and cognitive), how to promote engagement in an online learning environment, and some reasons why a student may be disengaged (boundaries, no personal connections, etc.). #onlinelearning #studentengagement #highereducation https://lnkd.in/gcJxizPk

As online learning grows in higher education, so does the need for accessibility in those online courses. Check out this review article, “Exploring universal design for learning as an accessibility tool in higher education: A review of the current literature”, to learn more about Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Current research discusses the theory around UDL and the evidence to support its use. #onlinelearning #UDL #highereducation #digitalaccessibility https://lnkd.in/g-vKzzYU

Check out this article review, “The emergent role of artificial intelligence, natural learning processing, and large language models in higher education and research”, if you are interested in the ongoing role of AI in higher education and research and how AI may develop educators and researcher's future practices. #artificialintelligence #highereducation #onlinelearning https://lnkd.in/dvDmS9Ht

The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than One Billion people with disabilities/impairments. https://accessibility.day/

Check out this article, “Ensuring Academic Integrity in Online Assessments: A Literature Review and Recommendations”, if you are interested in learning about different types of assessments that may be appropriate for an online course, strategies to ensure academic integrity when taking an online exam, and the technology that is available, (e.g. real time quizzes, proctored exams via lockdown browsers, etc.) to prevent academic dishonesty on online exams. #highereducation #onlinelearning #academicintegrity https://lnkd.in/eyvnpVHD

Meet Dr. Carrie McDermott Goldman, associate professor at Molloy University’s School of Education and Human Services since 2015. In addition to being an author, grant writer, teacher mentor, and curriculum developer, she has been teaching online asynchronous courses for over eight years and is an alumna of Molloy 2004. Her work focuses on equity, culturally responsive-sustaining pedagogies, equity, linguistic diversity, curriculum, and program development, ESOL methodology, theory, and language acquisition. Carrie received a Quality Online Course Design badge for her EDU 5140 (Teaching English as a New Language) course and is the recipient of the 2024 Innovative Online Course Design Award at Molloy University. Congrats, Carrie, on all your accomplishments! For more information on this badging program, visit our webpage at https://lnkd.in/ed283bBu.