UMUC Research and Scholarship

- Winning through conflict: Successful management of multiple goals in the online education environment
- Andriasova, Anna; Pocheptsova, Anastasiya
- Goal conflict; Online courses; Conflict management
- Abstract: People often have multiple goals, and pursuing them at the same time creates a sense of inter-goal conflict, which is detrimental for successful goal pursuit. For example, majority of adult learners balance multiple important goals (such...
- E-books and electronic publishing for scholarship and academic libraries
- Miller, Stephen
- E-books; Electronic books; Academic Library; Libraries & electronic publishing; Electronic publishing
- The increasing acceptance of E-books in the consumer market in 2011 and new digital online-only publishing possibilities raise important and difficult questions for scholarship and academic libraries. Questions such as how academic libraries should...
- Established theory and violent female offenders
- Livojevic-Davis, Michele
- Violence; Women; Violent crimes; Violet offenders; Female offenders
- Abstract: According to Uniform Crime Report (UCR) arrest data, women’s violent offending has increased while men’s has decreased. The increase is slight for all violent offenses (less than 1%) and men continue to be arrested for over 80% of...
- Partnership between National Science Foundation and University of Maryland University College: Research about the mentoring program at the University of Maryland University College
- Meneses, Liliana; Robson, Gwyn
- Mentoring in education; Teacher-student relationships; Mentoring
- This session will demonstrate the importance of evaluating training using Kirkpatrick’s levels, especially levels one, two and three. Training must be evaluated. Most agencies spend money on level one, but actually training should evaluated...
- Conducting immersive group projects for core graduate level IT courses
- Bojanova, Irena
- Group work in education; Graduate students; Distance education; Educational technology; Student participation; Internet in education
- Abstract: Academia has to emphasize on developing virtual teamwork and leadership skills, as they are increasingly essential in the new era of globalization and information technology. An innovative approach for conducting immersive group projects...
- Identification of personalized instruction in an online MAT program: A new name and process
- Schwartz-Bechet, Barbara
- Online courses; Mobile communication systems in education; Individual needs; Individualized instruction
- Abstract: The current study seeks to determine if an online MAT program design promotes personalized learning within its learning management system. Personalized learning provides a medium to improve efficiencies in online learning. Personalized...
- Managing and surviving disruptions, emergencies, disasters: Resilience and its application for UMUC
- SchWeber, Claudine
- Crisis management; Internet in education; emergency management; hazard mitigation; Distance education
- Would you know what to do if a massive power outage or other natural disaster disrupted your ability to access your online classroom? This presentation will discuss key research about managing and surviving disruptions and the implications for...
- Organizational resilience: Is there evidence for what works to support business continuity?
- ScheWeber, Claudine; Bouchard, Marcia
- Success in business; Entrepreneurship; Business planning; Risk assessment
- The purpose of this presentation is to examine and critique the varied literature & commentary on sustaining organizational continuity and to determine if there is supporting evidence for what works. BP oil spill; Lehman Brothers; Wall Street...
- Assessing the benefits of online scenario simulation tools in security-related studies at UMUC
- Renda-Tanali, Irmak
- Simulation methods; Classroom simulators; Simulation of crimes
- Abstract: This research aimed at capturing the effectiveness of computerized simulation tools used in security related courses in online classroom environments at UMUC on student learning. The researcher identified one graduate course and 3...
- Study of multimedia to enhance teaching, social, and cognitive presence in online courses
- McDonough, Wendy
- Technology -- Study & teaching; Technology -- Study & teaching -- Audio-visual aids; Virtual classrooms
- Abstract: • Community of Inquiry (CoI), characterized by three levels of presence: cognitive presence, social presence, and teaching presence. Garrison et al.posit that this model is necessary for online courses where most communication is...
- Systems thinking and systems dynamics: Connecting the dots
- Aje, John
- Decision making; Executive ability (Management); Innovation management
- Recent breakdown in our homeland security system, which almost resulted in the fatal bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, has left many wondering how this could have happened. President Obama described the incidence as...
- E-mentoring research: One year later
- Khan, Rana
- Mentoring in education; Mentoring;
- Dr. Khan gave an overview of the mentoring program at UMUC and discussed the results of a program evaluation done in Spring 2010. She included testimonials from participants and outlined challenges and future plans.
- Where are we going?: What I learned at Leo Burnett Advertising Agency
- Andriasova, Anna
- Consumers' preferences; Benchmarking (management)
- Dr. Andriasova spoke of her experiences Leo Burnett Advertising Agency, where she participated in the Advertising Educational Foundation's Summer Visiting Professor's Program. She discussed how marketing is changing and research is responding, and...
- Behavioral finance: Applications to decision making
- Howard, James A.
- Heuristic algorithms
- Dr. Howard discussed the nature and background of behavioral finance, biases, heuristics, framing effects, findings from neuroscience, and debiasing.
- Impact factor and journal rankings
- Miller, Stephen
- Citation analysis; Impact factor (citation analysis); Peer review of academic writing
- The Impact Factor helps to determine which journals are most important in a given discipline, however it has also been called ""the number that's devouring science."" Stephen Miller, Associate Provost for Information and Library Services, will...
- Semantic database management: Its evolution and challenges
- Sayani, Hasan H.
- Database management; Semantic integration (computer systems)
- Dr. Hasan Sayani, Professor and Program Director of Software Engineering in the Graduate School, discussed the evolution of digital data management, from early record-based systems through current, state-of-the-art semantic models.
- Shift happens: Five critical forces that are changing U.S. higher education
- Allen, Nicholas H.
- Education, higher; Universities & colleges; Demographic transition
- Dr. Nick Allen, Provost Emeritus and Collegiate Professor in the Graduate School, discussed five forces that are changing U.S. higher education and what we must do to meet these challenges. The five critical forces discussed were: 1. An...
- Talent management in the new economy
- Jones, Rhonda
- Management; Career development; Knowledge workers;
- Dr. Rhonda Jones, Program Director for Human Resources Management in the Graduate School, presented ""Talent Management in the New Economy: Applying Lessons Learned From Knowledge Workers"" during a brown bag interactive lunch at the new Academic...
- How to get published: An editor’s perspective
- Liebowitz, Jay
- Science -- Periodicals -- Publishing; Peer review of academic writing
- UMUC Orkand Chair of Management and Technology, Jay Liebowitz, provided his perspective as an editor of an academic journal on the best ways to effectively work with editors and get published. He covered topics including: o...