Questions and answers took center stage April 21 at the NIU College of Education’s Student Research Symposium. Held in the Learning Center of Gabel Hall (face-to-face for the first time since COVID forced an online format), the event featured five oral presentations,
Read moreETRA represents at MWERA conference
Eight members of the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment family attended the Mid-Western Educational Research Association annual meeting, held from Oct. 19 through Oct. 22 in Cincinnati. Representing the NIU College of Education were Associate Dean David Walker and ETRA
Read morePhotos: ETRA at STEM Fest
Several representatives from the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment staffed Booth 33 at NIU’s STEM Fest 2022, held Oct. 15. “Our VR and AR educational games were a great hit!” Chair Wei-Chen Hung said. “Kids and parents stood in long
Read moreHard fun: Naperville children provide data on robots, computational thinking
Some faculty in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment (ETRA) were busy this summer writing about robots – and children. Can children program robots to sort differently sized objects for recycling? Can they write code for robots to simulate an
Read morePh.D. student Marissa Bamberger earns milestone of first published research
As a first-year doctoral student preparing for a career as a professor, Marissa Bamberger is off to a tremendous start. Bamberger, who is pursuing her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, already has netted her first published research in the Social Science Journal. Writing
Read moreETRA Graduate Student Association sees benefits of community, communication
Student-Centered. Experiential. Research-Informed. Inclusive. Collaborative. Innovative. The Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment’s Graduate Student Association (ETRA GSA) meets all of these values of the college’s Strategic Action Planning Framework – and more, including informative. Made for and led by students,
Read moreMessage from the Chair
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
Read moreNIU to improve math content knowledge for teachers from Rockford, Sauk Valley
Northern Illinois University has received a $1.6 million grant from the Illinois State Board of Education to provide professional development in math pedagogy to 160 teachers from Rockford and the Sauk Valley area. Grant dollars also will fund the development of online
Read moreWell-prepared ETRA students present research at MWERA, AECT conferences
Several graduate students from the NIU College of Education – mostly members of the ETRA-GSA – traveled to and presented at professional conferences that began Oct. 25. First, however, many of them gathered Oct. 22 in Gabel 222 to rehearse their presentations
Read moreEducational Research and Evaluation teams with Honors on direct-admission
NIU Honors students of all majors now have guaranteed admission to the Master of Science program in Educational Research and Evaluation. The unique opportunity also includes a reimbursement of the Graduate Application Fee and a waiver of the GRE General Test. “In
Read moreETRA professor receives Publons Top Reviewer Award
Todd Reeves, an assistant professor in the NIU Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment, won a Top Reviewer Award for the Social Sciences from Publons for peer-reviewing 16 journal articles in the last year. The Top Reviewer Award for the Social
Read moreProfessor, grad student develop online training to help teachers make data-driven decisions
NIU has created an online training to help K-12 teachers to make data-informed decisions that will improve learning in their classrooms. Todd Reeves, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment (ETRA), and ETRA doctoral candidate Jui-Ling (Raye)
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