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Category: ETRA

Message from the Chair

March 27, 2021 Mark McGowan Alumni eNewsletter, enewsletter, ETRA

Dear Alumni, Despite the pandemic, the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment (ETRA) has been as productive as ever, and I’m excited to share some updates with you. New Computer Science 5-12 Endorsement Starting in the Summer 2021 semester, teachers can

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Alumni Accomplishments

March 25, 2021 Mark McGowan Alumni, Alumni eNewsletter, enewsletter, ETRA

Congratulations to these Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment alumni! Andrew Allen, M.S.Ed. Educational Administration, ’04, M.S.Ed. Instructional Technology, ’00, was named executive director of Information Systems in the East Aurora School District. Allen comes to East Aurora from Community Unit

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Pi-Sui Hsu reaches across NIU campus to mentor rookie faculty in Engineering

March 8, 2021 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA

Pi-Sui Hsu has devoted much of her career to showing K-12 educators how to get the most out of the instructional technology available. Now the NIU College of Education’s senior faculty fellow is extending her expertise and guidance across campus to the

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Decade of distinction: U.S. News ranks online graduate degrees in nation’s best

February 3, 2021 Mark McGowan CAHE, enewsletter, ETRA, LEPF

Online graduate programs in the NIU College of Education are celebrating their 10th consecutive year of high acclaim from U.S. News & World Report. The College of Education is ranked 21, placing in the top 10% of the 296 institutions assessed with

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Alumni Accomplishments

February 3, 2021 Mark McGowan Alumni, CI, enewsletter, ETRA, LEPF

Congratulations to these alumni who are making a positive impact on the leadership and administration of education at all levels! Dan Bertrand, Ed.D. Educational Administration, ’05, was named director of Park Operations for the Marengo Park District. Bertrand was superintendent of Marengo

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Supporting students of color: Faculty share ideas to expand concept of equity

January 15, 2021 Mark McGowan CAHE, CI, enewsletter, ETRA, KNPE, LEPF, SEED

As the powerful messages from a panel of Black students concluded during the Jan. 7 all-college meeting, Dean Laurie Elish-Piper shifted the conversation to action. “I’ve asked each department to share an initiative that directly relates to supporting students of color, broadening

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Jobs, jobs, jobs! ETRA Ph.D. students, grads turn IT prep into prestigious gigs

December 8, 2020 Mark McGowan Alumni, enewsletter, ETRA

Max Anderson is on a unique journey. He was the first instructional designer hired by the University of Illinois College of Medicine. That was 2013. And when college administrators were ready a few years later to recruit and appoint a director of

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NIUSTEAM Professional Development: Join us for a new Virtual STEAM Professional Development Series

December 8, 2020 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA
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STEAMStudio: Put down the textbooks, pick up the fun!

December 8, 2020 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA
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NIUSTEAM Online Programs: Online doesn’t have to mean hands off!

December 8, 2020 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA
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Congratulations!

December 8, 2020 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA, External and Global Programs

Half of this year’s International Recognition Reception honors went to the College of Education. Ted Moen, program coordinator in the Office of External and Global Programs, received the award for Outstanding Staff Contribution to International Education. Moen is instrumental in providing infrastructure,

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Pi-Sui Hsu begins Senior Faculty Fellow work in promoting STEM fields to youth

October 6, 2020 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA

Pi-Sui Hsu wants to see more children enter the fields of science and engineering. Hsu, an associate professor in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment, has launched numerous initiatives over her career to advance that goal. These have included summer

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