UMUC Research and Scholarship

- 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
- This is a study on student experiences from immersive and traditional online group projects revealed the need of a reliable and valid measure of student engagement in group projects.
- Virtual facilitation of research projects: Demonstrating use of threaded discussions, voice enabled PowerPoint & Vimeo as pedagogical tools
- Vengadasalam, Sarbani
- Educational technology; Computer assisted instruction; Pedagogical content knowledge; Teaching; Online courses; Teaching method
- A presenter explains about pedagogical challenges in facilitating research projects online and demonstrates use of threaded discussions, voice enabled PowerPoint & Vimeo as pedagogical tools.
- Retrospective analysis of screening for concussion: The neuro/psychological consequences of war and violent conflict
- Jorgensen-Wagers, Kendra
- Brain -- wounds & injuries; Brain damage; Factor analysis; Diseases -- causes & theories of causation
- The objectives of this presentation are: 1. to define TBI and what research can tell us about TBI 2. Outline concussion screening and research database at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center 3. Describe the scope of the retrospective study 4. Discuss...
- Improving ethics education in cybersecurity and information assurance
- Chen, Jim, Q.
- Ethics -- Study & teaching; Cyberspace -- Moral & ethical aspects; Ethics; Cyberspace
- Abstract: In an ethics course taught within a cybersecurity or an information assurance program, the following topics are usually covered independently as different topics: privacy, intellectual property, crime, professional ethics and...
- Evaluating an online graduate career resources conference
- Marconi, Katherine; Bartoo, Diane; Levelt, Astrid
- Occupational training; Vocational guidance; Career development
- The presentation shows current online graduate career resources conference and gives recommendations after the evaluation of the conference.
- Assessing the benefits of online scenario simulation tools in security-related studies at UMUC
- Renda-Tanali, Irmak
- Simulation methods; Classroom simulators; Simulation of crimes
- INTRODUCTION Today, teaching the core concepts and underlying theories that constitute the backbone of Homeland Security and Emergency Management education effectively is an ongoing challenge faced by many higher education institutions. Teaching of...
- Role of intuition in decision making
- Gelatt, James
- Decision making
- We tend to remember our decision making successes more than our failures. We thus tend to make associations between a given decision making practice and the results. We spend little time thinking about how to make decisions. Decisions are often...
- 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...
- 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
- A study on student experiences from immersive and traditional online group projects revealed the need of a reliable and valid measure of student engagement in group projects.
- Shift happens II: How critical forces of change are reshaping the US higher education paradigm
- Allen, Nick
- Education, higher; Universities & colleges; Demographic transition
- This is a video of the presentation at the 1st Annual UMUC ShareFair on Research and Scholarship. Free registration is required to view this webcast.
- "How to get published" panel
- Wyzalek, John; Renda-Tanali, Irmak; Liebowitz, Jay; Aje, John
- Writing for publicaion; Faculty publishing; Higher education
- This is a video of the panel discussion. Free registration is required to view this webcast.
- Real-time global instruction in a virtual environment
- Mann, Barb; Lietzau, Julie Arnold
- Real-time data processing; Equivalence classes (Set theory); Online information services; Graduate students; Research skills
- The presentation introduces graduate students to online library and research skills and the tools necessary for effective use a variety of electronic retrieval systems. In addition to a brief explanation of online course real-time sessions, the...
- 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
- The following objective was created, identified, and researched over Summer 2011: To analyze current course design in the MAT program to develop an effective eteaching framework in order to strengthen personalized learning to develop maximum human...
- Normalizing gender stereotypes: The face of girls and boys in adverse situations in The Washington Post Kidspost
- Di Desidero, Linda
- Gender stereotypes; Child development; Human behavior; Gender identity
- The “My Name Is…” column in the online KidsPostprofiles children from different countries, thus offering readers an insider kid’s view of life in a different culture. Each child who is featured in one of these columns is portrayed as...
- Regulatory compliance influences knowledge sharing within the healthcare organization
- Prescott, Beryl K.
- Knowledge transfer (Communication); Organizational learning; Information sharing; Health care industry; Health insurance -- Law & legislation
- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 incorporates US legislation aimed at protecting the security and privacy of patient information, while imposing a tremendous burden on healthcare organizations and their...
- Remote management styles: Analyzing the effects of relational psychological contracts and leadership style on teleworkers
- Lombardo, Christopher P.
- Organizational culture; Psychological contracts; Transformational leadership; Organizational commitment; Intent to stay; Remote work environments
- The purpose of this presentation is to formulate a conceptual model framework in order to identify the positive effects of leadership style, psychological contracts, and management communication on organizational commitment and intent to stay for...
- Workforce diversity in higher education: Career support factors influencing ascendancy of African American women to senior-level positions
- Blackstone, Tondelaya K.
- Workforce diversity; Higher education; African American women; Senior-level administrators; Career success factors
- The purpose of the presentation is to identify the key career support factors that enable AAW to obtain senior-level positions in higher education.
- Repatriation turnover: The influence of employee expectations
- Brown, James W.
- Repatriation; Expatriate; Expectations; Retention
- The purpose of the study is to explore the relationship between unmet employee expectations and repatriation turnover.
- Situational leadership approach effects on employee motivation in multi-generational IT organizations
- Irby, Thaddaeus A.
- Situational leadership approach; Employee motivation; Baby Boomer; Generation X; Generation Y; IT organizations
- The purpose of the study is to explore IT Organizations preferred leadership approach, situational leadership, to determine what motivational effects it has on employees in Information Technology (IT) organizations where multiple generations of...
- Social network approach to systems thinking: Implications for DoD rapid fielding
- Pick, Leonard J.
- Network analysis (Communication); Social network theory (Communication); Systems integration; Rapid fielding program
- The Department of Defense has grappled with urgent warfighter needs in shorter time frames as rapidly-evolving threats counter existing tactics. Although acquisition/fielding has changed considerably over recent years in efforts to improve...