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Category: Research

  • Many New Ideas are Quite Old

    Now that I’ve finished my dissertation, I finally feel free to turn my attention to other scholarly pursuits.  I feel an obligation to bring closure to the historical work I began a few years ago so I will be spending the next several months working with primary sources and reworking old drafts into publishable articles. …

  • They Said it Better Than I Can

    I’m a bit ashamed and embarrassed that I haven’t written anything here in so long!  The fall semester was very, very busy but one reason why I haven’t written anything is that there are so many eloquent, informed people who have written things that I want to say much better than I could have done…

  • Self-regulated Learning and Age in a Hybrid Course

    Earlier this spring, I worked with a wonderful faculty member to conduct research into a new hybrid version of an introductory Spanish course at our university.  He changed some sections of a 4-credit course that typically meets four days each week to so that they only met two days each week with a substantial increase…

  • Student Engagement Infographic

    Last week, my colleagues and I presented the final UD First Friday Roundtable on Teaching of this semester.  We focused on “student engagement,” specifically naming the session “What Does an Engaged UD Student Look Like?”  It was a good session with lots of great discussion but right now I want to narrowly and briefly focus…

  • Are High Impact Practices Available Online?

    I am still wrestling with my unease with MOOCs and I think I’ve finally figured out why: High impact educational practices, as we understand them today, are unlikely at best and impossible at worst in MOOCs and other similar online environments. First, it’s helpful to understand that “high impact practice” (HIP) is a term of…

  • Students Believe Their Computer Skills Are Below Average

    Our colleagues at the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at UCLA have publicly released some information from their annual survey of first-year students.  There are already several media reports on the topic and we can expect many more to come out over the next few days.  What caught my eye is that they shared some…

  • Venues for Publishing Student Affairs Technology Research

    One of my colleagues recently made an offhand remark about the timeliness of an article in the current issue of The Journal of College Student Development.  Rather than focus on the comment or the specific article, however, it seems more productive to explore appropriate and timely venues for publishing similar work in a more timely…

  • Plagiarism of ResNet Research

    This does not represent the views or opinions of anyone other than myself.   Specifically but not exclusively, this does not represent the views or opinions of anyone with whom I have worked in the past, my employer, or anyone associated with ResNet, Inc. I am very, very sad to have to write and publish…

  • Dorm vs. Residence Hall: A Silly Debate Nearly 100 Years Old

    In most professions, there are certain words or phrases that are used to mark oneself as a member, someone who is “in.”  Many student affairs professionals doggedly avoid referring to on-campus housing units as “dorms,” even going so far as to take offense at the term and trying to correct those who use the hated…

  • Ongoing Research Into Student Affairs Technology History

    I’ve written a few times about historical research I’ve done looking into how U.S. student affairs professionals have used and viewed technology throughout the 20th century.  Although I don’t know where my current job search will take me, I feel a responsibility to bring some closure to this research and then ensure it is somehow…