Academic Partnerships Now Accepting Proposals for Round One of 2015 Faculty Research Grant Program

Academic Partnerships (AP), one of the world’s largest representatives of online learning, today announced that it is currently accepting proposals for Round One of its 2015 Faculty Research Grant Program, which supports faculty research on the impact and effectiveness of online learning. 

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Faculty Spotlight: Fall 2014 Faculty Research Grant Recipients, Part 3

We have spent the last several weeks spotlighting the recipients of the Fall 2014 Faculty Research Grants. Get to know these distinguished faculty members below!

Audrey TolouianName: Audrey Tolouian

University: University of Texas at El Paso

Title of Proposal: Factors Influencing Retention Rates for RN to BSN Students

Bio: Dr.

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Faculty Spotlight: Fall 2014 Faculty Research Grant Recipients, Part 2

We are going to spend the next several weeks spotlighting the recipients of the Fall 2014 Faculty Research Grants. Get to know these distinguished faculty members below!

Jiyoon YoonName: Jiyoon Yoon

University: University of Texas at Arlington

Title of Proposal: Teaching with Interactive Open Educational Resources (interactive OERs): Mapping-out the Interactive OERs for Teaching

Bio: Dr.

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Faculty Spotlight: Fall 2014 Faculty Research Grant Recipients, Part 1

We are going to spend the next several weeks spotlighting the recipients of the Fall 2014 Faculty Research Grants. Get to know these distinguished faculty members below!

Carlos Lee photoName: Carlos Lee

University: Louisiana State University

Title of Proposal: A Comparative Look at Community, Connectedness, and Learning within the Online and Traditional Face-To-Face Environments

Bio: Dr.

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Academic Partnerships Announces Fall 2014 Research Grant Recipients

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Nine Faculty Research Projects from Seven Universities to Study the Impact and Effectiveness of Online Learning

Academic Partnerships (AP), one of the world’s largest representatives of online learning, today announced that it has awarded nine grants to researchers from seven universities to study the impact and effectiveness of online learning.

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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Amy C. Smith

Amy C. SmithToday, we are spotlighting Dr. Amy C. Smith, Assistant Professor of English and Associate Director of the Quality Enhancement Plan, Lamar University. Dr. Smith was one of our Spring 2013 Academic Partnerships Faculty Research Grant recipients and has completed her final report.

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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Luke Dowden, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Receives OLC Award

Dr. Luke DowdenCongratulations to Dr. Luke Dowden of University of Louisiana at Lafayette for receiving the Online Learning Consortium’s Bruce N. Chaloux Award for Early Career Excellence in Online Education !

The OLC Awards recognize the tremendous advances in online learning that result from the ideas and initiatives of individuals and colleges and universities globally.

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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Hendrikus van Bulck, USC Palmetto College

Dr. Hendrikus van BulckHow long have you been teaching online?

I have been teaching online courses since the Spring of 2009. I have added online courses every year. I now have online sections of almost all my courses.

What was your initial reaction when you found out that you would be teaching online?

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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Cay Evans, LSU Shreveport

Dr. Cay EvansHow long have you been teaching online?

In the early 1990s, a call for training in distance education was sent out to our campus. I was curious about online classes and teaching and did not know what the research said about the effectiveness, or lack thereof, of online classes.

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Faculty Spotlight: Spring 2014 Faculty Research Grant Recipients, Part 4

We are spending several weeks spotlighting the recipients of the Spring 2014 Faculty Research Grants. Get to know these distinguished faculty members below!

Name: Joohi Lee & Leisa A. Martin

University: University of Texas at Arlington

Title: What makes online discussion more engaging?

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