Stephanie DeSpain can count herself among forward-thinking educators who were somewhat prepared to handle the sudden shift to remote learning in March 2020. An assistant professor of Early Childhood Education, DeSpain already had developed and was teaching some classes online in the
Read morePi-Sui Hsu reaches across NIU campus to mentor rookie faculty in Engineering
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
Read moreTech leaders discuss cyber challenges, benefits at Community Learning Series
Panelists at the NIU College of Education’s Fall 2019 Community Learning Series on cybersecurity could not have been clearer. We are under constant attack, to the tune of 1,500 malicious acts every minute. The attackers are well-financed, heavily resourced and, unfortunately, always
Read moreU.S. News raises NIU College of Ed score in annual online grad program rankings
The NIU College of Education remains in the country’s Top 10 among U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of online graduate programs. NIU ties for ninth with Pennsylvania State University-World Campus, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Virginia (Curry).
Read moreETRA summer course enables students to explore, tap research power of UX lab
As word spread around the NIU campus about the new and rare User Experience Lab in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment, interest in its possibilities grew immediately. Brainwave monitors! Remote eye trackers! Mobile eye trackers! “Students were contacting me,”
Read moreUser Experience Lab debuts
Students in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment (ETRA) and all of NIU returned from Spring Break to find the cutting-edge literally at their fingertips. Located in Gabel 212, the ETRA Innovation Lab features not only 3-D printers, Lego Education
Read moreU.S. News extols College of Ed online grad programs – again
Another January, another celebration of a Top 5 ranking from U.S. News & World Report for the NIU College of Education’s online graduate programs. NIU is tied for fifth with the University of Houston and Utah State University this year, bringing the
Read moreCoE online graduate programs earn high U.S. News rankings for fifth consecutive year
Online graduate programs in the NIU College of Education continue to perform near the top of the country, according to new rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report. NIU places fourth (tied with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln) in the current
Read moreAre MOOCs democratizing higher education?
Since the term was coined in 2008, MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, have been talked about as a potentially significant democratizing force in higher education. With open enrollment, virtually no limit to class size, and often free, MOOCs seem to offer
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