Learning and Teaching as Communicative Actions: A Mixed-Methods Twitter Study (open access)

Learning and Teaching as Communicative Actions: A Mixed-Methods Twitter Study

This article examines the design of a course that utilized the real-time information network Twitter to spark reflective thinking and communication based on classroom topics.
Date: 2011
Creator: Wakefield, Jenny S.; Warren, Scott J. & Alsobrook, Metta
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Learning and teaching as communicative actions: Improving historical knowledge and cognition through Second Life avatar role play (open access)

Learning and teaching as communicative actions: Improving historical knowledge and cognition through Second Life avatar role play

This article examines a higher education history course where virtual role play was implemented as an assignment.
Date: 2012
Creator: Wakefield, Jenny S.; Warren, Scott J.; Rankin, Monica A.; Mills, Leila A. & Gratch, Jonathan S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Life Between Big Data Log Events: Learners' Strategies to Overcome Challenges in MOOCs (open access)

The Life Between Big Data Log Events: Learners' Strategies to Overcome Challenges in MOOCs

This article discusses a study in which 92 MOOC learners were interviewed to better understand their worlds, investigate possible mechanisms of student attrition, and extend conversations about the use of big data in education.
Date: June 1, 2016
Creator: Veletsianos, George; Reich, Justin & Pasquini, Laura A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Longitudinal analysis of cognitive constructs fostered by STEM activities for middle school students (open access)

Longitudinal analysis of cognitive constructs fostered by STEM activities for middle school students

This article studies whether the changes found to occur pre- to post intervention in students' cognitive structures continued to persist two years later.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Christensen, Rhonda; Knezek, Gerald; Tyler-Wood, Tandra L. & Gibson, David C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multi-Institutional Partnerships for Higher Education in Africa: A Case Study of Assumptions of International Academic Collaboration (open access)

Multi-Institutional Partnerships for Higher Education in Africa: A Case Study of Assumptions of International Academic Collaboration

This article examines the expectations, dynamics, and intricacies of academic partnerships and the reality of African academic institutions.
Date: April 15, 2013
Creator: Semali, Ladislaus M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Multilevel System of Quality Technology-Enhanced Learning and Teaching Indicators (open access)

A Multilevel System of Quality Technology-Enhanced Learning and Teaching Indicators

This paper elaborates and extends the work of the EDUsummIT 2015 Thematic Working Group 7 by proposing a set of indicators on quality Technology-Enhanced Learning and Teaching.
Date: July 2016
Creator: Law, Nancy; Niederhauser, Dale S.; Christensen, Rhonda & Shear, Linda
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multiteam systems in an agile environment: a realist systematic review (open access)

Multiteam systems in an agile environment: a realist systematic review

Article describes a collaborate study between University of North Texas and Toyota Connected focusing on how to structure and manage multiteam systems (MTSs).
Date: June 3, 2019
Creator: Turner, John; Thurlow, Nigel; Baker, Rose M.; Northcutt, David & Newman, Kelsey
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A New Multiteam System (MTS) Effectiveness Model (open access)

A New Multiteam System (MTS) Effectiveness Model

The article focuses on a systematic review of current team effectiveness frameworks and models. A narrative-based method for theorizing was utilized to develop a new MTS team effectiveness framework. This research contributes to the MTS literature by providing a new formula for team effectiveness at both the team level (team effectiveness formula) and the MTS level (MTS team effectiveness formula).
Date: April 19, 2020
Creator: Turner, John R.; Baker, Rose M.; Ali, Zain & Thurlow, Nigel
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paradigm Shift Toward Digital Neuropsychology and High-Dimensional Neuropsychological Assessments: Review (open access)

Paradigm Shift Toward Digital Neuropsychology and High-Dimensional Neuropsychological Assessments: Review

Article reviews opportunities for novel brain-behavior characterizations. Emphasis is placed on the increasing concern of neuropsychology with these topics and the need for development in these areas to maintain relevance as a scientific discipline and advance scientific developments.
Date: December 16, 2020
Creator: Parsons, Thomas D. & Duffield, Tyler
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship between Administrative Intensity and Student Retention and Success: A Three-Year Study (open access)

The Relationship between Administrative Intensity and Student Retention and Success: A Three-Year Study

This article describes a secondary data analysis study linking the internal organizational elements of administrative intensity to institutional results as evidenced by higher education student retention and graduation rates.
Date: September 22, 2018
Creator: Romine, Kerry; Baker, Rose M. & Romine, Karla A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research-Informed Strategies to Address Educational Challenges Ina Digitally Networked World (open access)

Research-Informed Strategies to Address Educational Challenges Ina Digitally Networked World

This article provides the background and aim of EDUSummiIT, the Third International Summit on Information and Communication Technologies in Education, with an overview of the contents of this special issue.
Date: September 3, 2015
Creator: Voogt, Joke; Knezek, Gerald & Pareja Roblin, Natalie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Resident Assistant Training: A Southwestern Perspective (open access)

Resident Assistant Training: A Southwestern Perspective

Article discussing a study on the similarities and differences in public and private institutions training of resident assistants in the southwest United States.
Date: December 1, 2001
Creator: Elleven, Russell K.; Allen, Jeff M. & Sarkees-Wircenski, Michelle
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rethinking Learning in a Digital Age: Outcomes from EDUsummIT 2017 (open access)

Rethinking Learning in a Digital Age: Outcomes from EDUsummIT 2017

This article presents the scholarly articles that were written after the 2017 EDUsummIT, based on discussions within the Thematic Working Groups during the meeting itself. The article also present the Call to Action that was consolidated from the closing statements of the nine EDUsummIT 2017 Thematic Working Groups.
Date: August 3, 2018
Creator: Voogt, Joke & Knezek, Gerald
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retrospective Pretest: A Practical Technique For Professional Development Evaluation (open access)

Retrospective Pretest: A Practical Technique For Professional Development Evaluation

This article discusses the field test of an instrument incorporating a retrospective pretest to determine whether it could reliably be used as an evaluation tool for a professional development conference.
Date: 2007
Creator: Allen, Jeff M. & Nimon, Kim F.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retrospective Pretest: A Practical Technique for Professional Development Evaluation (open access)

Retrospective Pretest: A Practical Technique for Professional Development Evaluation

Article discussing a research study to field test an instrument incorporating a retrospective pretest to determine whether it could reliably be used as an evaluation tool for a professional development conference.
Date: 2007
Creator: Allen, Jeff M. & Nimon, Kim F.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Review] Collaborate: The Art of We (open access)

[Review] Collaborate: The Art of We

This article reviews the book "Collaborate: The Art of We," by Dan Sanker, published in 2012.
Date: 2012
Creator: Joshua-Gojer, Ashwini Esther
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Review of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education from 2010 to 2020 (open access)

A Review of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education from 2010 to 2020

This article provides a content analysis of studies from 2010 to 2020 aiming to disclose how artificial intelligence (AI) has been applied to the education sector and explore the potential research trends and challenges of AI in education. The content analysis shows that the research questions can be classified into development layer (classification, matching, recommendation, and deep learning), application layer (feedback, reasoning, and adaptive learning), and integration layer (affection computing, role-playing, immersive learning, and gamification).
Date: April 20, 2021
Creator: Zhai, Xuesong; Chu, Xiaoyan; Chai, Ching Sing; Jong, Morris Siu Yung; Istenic, Andreja; Spector, Michael et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Review] Social Media for Educators: Strategies and Best Practices (open access)

[Review] Social Media for Educators: Strategies and Best Practices

This article reviews the book "Social Media for Educators: Strategies and Best Practices," by Tanya Joosten and published in 2012.
Date: 2012
Creator: Pasquini, Laura A.
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scaling Students' Self-Efficacy on Machine Translation Post-Editing: Psychometric Properties of the Scale and Their Associations (open access)

Scaling Students' Self-Efficacy on Machine Translation Post-Editing: Psychometric Properties of the Scale and Their Associations

Article describes how Machine Translation Post-Editing has emerged as a productivity-enhancing practice in the language service industry, where human editors correct the output of machine translation systems. this research paper aims to assess students' self-efficacy in translation learning, specifically in the context of MTPE, and explore the factor structure, psychometric properties, and internal associations of their self-efficacy.
Date: November 1, 2023
Creator: Li, Qing & Huang, Tai-yi
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Single Source - University of North Texas Professional Development Dissemination Collaboration (open access)

Single Source - University of North Texas Professional Development Dissemination Collaboration

Data management plan for the grant "Single Source - University of North Texas Professional Development Dissemination Collaboration."
Date: 2021-05-24/2022-05-24
Creator: Knezek, Gerald
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Smartphones, Smart Teens captions transcript

Smartphones, Smart Teens

Video from the Fall 2018 3 Minute Thesis (3MTĀ®) Final Competition. In this video, Deborah Cockerham presents her research methods, findings, and its significance in non-technical language.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: Cockerham, Debbie
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soft Skills for Entry-Level Engineers: What Employers Want (open access)

Soft Skills for Entry-Level Engineers: What Employers Want

This article is a review of literature for skills comprised within the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) criteria determined 26 topics necessary for the entry-level and continued success of engineers. The findings suggest that although entry-level engineers have proficiency in all of these ABET required skills, the entry-level engineers were not meeting the level of importance expressed by the organization for 24 of these 26 skills.
Date: October 14, 2021
Creator: Hirudayaraj, Malar; Baker, Rose M.; Baker, Francie & Eastman, Mike
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Statistical assumptions of substantive analyses across the general linear model: a mini-review (open access)

Statistical assumptions of substantive analyses across the general linear model: a mini-review

This article seeks to support researchers by concisely reviewing key statistical assumptions associated with substantive statistical tests across the general linear model. Additionally, the article reviews techniques to check for statistical assumptions and identifies remedies and problems if data do not meet the necessary assumptions.
Date: August 28, 2012
Creator: Nimon, Kim F.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strategic Planning of Technology for Education: A Beginning Framework (open access)

Strategic Planning of Technology for Education: A Beginning Framework

Article discussing strategic planning of technology for education and a beginning framework for future technology implementation in school districts.
Date: 1996
Creator: Allen, Jeff M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library