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Ideas, theories and musings from my work...
Developing a Comprehensive Cybersecurity Curriculum with a Collaborative Learning Environment
The final version of this article was published as:Calhoun, C. D., & Nichols, J. (2015). Developing a comprehensive cybersecurity curriculum in a collaborative learning environment. National Cybersecurity Institute Journal, 2(2), 5-14....
Case Study: Designing a collaborative online learning environment for soft-skill development in a cybersecurity course
This Case Study was developed as a course assignment in EDF6931 Multiple Perspectives on Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida in Spring 2015 Background State College was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF), Advanced Technical Education (ATE)...
The role of theoretical frameworks in my research.
This article was written as a class assignment for EDF6931 Multiple Perspectives on Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida in Spring 2015. April 10, 2015 Self-Reflection As I look back on our class this semester, I really enjoyed the conversations and the...
Tools for an Educational Researcher
This article was written as a class assignment for EDF6475 Qualitative Research Methods at the University of Florida in Spring 2015. The Purple Notebook The purple notebook was purchased in a little shop in Orio, Spain. It lived in my closet for a few years, not...
Review: Gender and Entrepreneurship: An Ethnographical Approach
Overview Gender and Entrepreneurship: An Ethnographical Approach (Bruni, Gherardi, & Poggio, 2004) seeks to look at how gender and entrepreneurial activity are related. This study observes five small firms to discover how gender effects the roles of the...
Graduate Certificate in Information Assurance
Completed through the University of Illinois Springfield. Awarded Fall 2014. The Computer Science certificates are designed to provide specialized knowledge and skills required for teaching information assurance and systems security at the college level. The curricula...
Article Critique: Statistical Conclusion Validity
The article I selected for this critique is Benefits of emotional design in multimedia instruction by Richard E. Mayer, and Gabriel Estrella. In this study Mayer and Estrella (2014) attempt to determine whether or not emotional design in multimedia instruction has an...
Research Ideas: Increasing Women & Girls Participation in Computing
Author Note: This paper was written for EDG6226 Foundations of Research in Curriculum & Instruction during Fall 2014. This is the basis of my beginning thoughts about a dissertation research project. Introduction There has been a lot of focus in education on...
ADDIE: Evaluation
This article was written as an assignment in EME6606 at the University of Florida during Fall 2014. It was later published as: Wilson, M., Sahay, S., & Calhoun, C.D. (2014). ADDIE Explained: Evaluation. Retrieved from...
Human Performance Technology and Non-Intructional Performance Interventions
This article was written as an assignment in EME6606 Advanced Instructional Design at the University of Florida in Fall 2014. Discuss in your own words how models of Human Performance Technology differ from the traditional notions of instructional design. Traditional...
Dissertation Review: Women as CIO’s
Women as Chief Information Officers in Higher Education: A mixed methods study of women executive role attainment in information technology organizations by Elizabeth Ann Clark. Women make up 57 percent of the professional occupations in the 2013 US workforce, but...
Interview with Dr. Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko
Author Note: This interview was conducted on October 16, 2014 as part of an assignment in EDG6226: Foundations of Research in Curriculum & Instruction. Dr. Antonenko is an Associate Professor in the Educational Technology Program at the University of Florida....
On the functions of education…
Musings on the purpose of education for EDG6226 Foundations of Research in Curriculum and Instruction, Fall 2014. How do we resolve the varying needs and demands on our formal educational system? There are many differing and conflicting views about the purpose of...
Constructivist Design Theory
This article was written as an assignment in EME6606 Advanced Instructional Design at the University of Florida in Fall 2014. Discuss how the traditional models of learning, such as behavioral theory or cognitive theory, differ from the constructivist view point on...
Article Critique: External Validity
The article I selected for this critique is Benefits of emotional design in multimedia instruction by Richard E. Mayer, and Gabriel Estrella. In this study Mayer and Estrella (2014) attempt to determine whether or not emotional design in multimedia instruction has an...
Article Critique: Reliability and Validity of Assessments
Summary The article I selected for this critique is Benefits of emotional design in multimedia instruction by Richard E. Mayer, and Gabriel Estrella. In this study Mayer and Estrella (2014) attempt to determine whether or not emotional design in multimedia instruction...
Conditions-Based Theory
This article was written as an assignment in EME6606 Advanced Instructional Design at the University of Florida in Fall 2014. Based on your own interpretation, talk about the types of learning outcomes. Who were the major contributors to this notion? Do you agree with...
Tyler’s Four Elements of Curriculum and Instruction
This article was written as an assignment in EME6606 Advanced Instructional Design at the University of Florida in Fall 2014. Provide a description of Tyler’s four elements of curriculum and instruction. How have these four elements influenced modern day instructional...