Looking forward to present on virtual academies in NC: Technology and Connectivity, Curriculum and Services, Teacher Characteristics, Organizational Development, Parent and Community Engagement for our FI Catalyst grant with Amy Walter Amy Walter Friday Institute #DLAC23

Heading home after a couple days at the Academia Involvement in Community Cybersecurity Conference in San Antonio. Very impressed with all the cybersecurity education efforts at UTSA, neighboring colleges and school districts.

I hope you all take the time to check out this Online Learning Journal special issue on Systematic Reviews which I got to co-edit with Curt Bonk and Vanessa Dennen. Vanessa Dennen travelinedman olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/…

Are you interested in helping students be digitally safe? Here are a few pointers - ced.ncsu.edu/news/2023/03/0…

An amazing team from the Friday Institute and NC State College of Education will be sharing understandings of the virtual landscape in North Carolina, as well as discussing emerging best practices for virtual academies at #ncties23. Join us! Florence Martin @blakewiggs Kendall Hageman

Wonderful time at NCTIES. Presented with the awesome FI team on Virtual Academies, represented North Carolina State LDT program at the exhibit hall, met several of the current and prior students, and connected with old and new colleagues. NC State College of Education @NCStateLDT Friday Institute

My fifth and last doctoral mentee at UNC Charlotte defended and passed her dissertation this morning. Liane is a foreign language instructor and studied faculty experiences teaching students with visual impairments in online language courses. Congratulations, Dr. Liane She!

Join the Friday Institute tomorrow for the NC breakout session of the CS is Elementary #CSK5 Summit! Session leaders Rebekah S. Davis, PhD Carrie Robledo + Russell Strand-Poole will discuss the local CS landscape, opportunities for growth and more. bit.ly/CSK5Summit #CS4NC

Are you looking for best practices for teaching online? Check out this piece in Educause Review that Albert and I wrote. Albert Ritzhaupt

FREE #ComputerScience professional development has never been more accessible in NC! Go to go.ncsu.edu/nccs for info + registration at Western Piedmont Community College in Morganton--convenient for educators in Catawba Schools Hickory City Schools McDowell Co Schools Mitchell County Schools Newton-Conover Sch.

We've partnered with NC Public Schools to help prepare schools for upcoming legislation on the #ComputerScience education graduation requirement, or NC House Bill 8. Join this live webinar for principals to discuss potential course options. Carrie Robledo bit.ly/3Owse5t

That makes it my 9th QM Certified Course.

It took a bit but now it is out 💃🏻💃🏻 check out the work of Julian Küsel with our partner Florence Martin ErikByker and @drewpolly on pre-service teachers beliefs regarding digital technology in Germany and the US tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

BIG NEWS! Our book "Instructor Competencies: The Standards (4th ed.) is complete! A huge thanks to Kathy Jackson, Florence Martin, and Albert Ritzhaupt for their work in authoring this text through IAP Order here: infoagepub.com/products/Instr…

2023 was another productive year for writing and publication. Thanks to all my research collaborators for the experience I have gained and learning that has happened through all these writing projects! Here is the list in case it benefits any of you.

Enjoyed chatting wtih Mark Nichols for the Leaders and Legends of Online Learning Podcast Series

Are you interested in reading about Bichronous Online Learning? Here is another article that was just published in the open access Online Learning Journal - olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/.../view/3945/…

Are you interested in an instrument to measure online learner satisfaction? Here is one that was recently developed and validated - lnkd.in/eppjZCm