On April 17, 2015, Dr. Steve Ehrmann gave a talk at the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools 40th Annual Meeting entitled, Faculty Development for Highly Effective (Online) Programs.
The talk answered the questions:
1.Why are so many institutions developing online programs? How can we compete?
2.How many faculty need to be prepared?
3.In what ways do they need to be prepared?
4.How in the world can we pull that off?
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Dr. MJ Bishop, director of the Center for Academic Innovation, will deliver the keynote address for the 12th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age 2015, 24 – 26 October in Maynooth, Greater Dublin, Ireland.
(Adelphi, Md., April 20, 2015) – At a tribute for retiring Chancellor William E. "Brit" Kirwan, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents announced that it is naming the Center for Academic Innovation for Kirwan.
On Tuesday, February 24th, Dr. DeRionne P. Pollard and Montgomery College Innovation Works invited viewers to join in this engaging discussion about change and innovation in higher education.
The program was moderated by Chief Innovation Officer of Montgomery County Dan Hoffman. Panelists included Dr. MJ Bishop director of the Center for Academic Innovation, University System of Maryland and Dr. Shelli Fowler senior director of Networked Pedagogies and Professional Development at Virginia Tech University.
Across Boundaries: Delivering on Edtech’s Promise
The purpose of Across Boundaries is to promote dialogue about digital learning. Our 3rd annual conference will examine how the most promising digital tools are being implemented in educational settings to increase student learning. The conference brought together a diverse set of voices to discuss the most challenging questions facing the edtech industry today.
Dr. Bishop participated on the panel entitled, College of the Future: How Edtech is Pushing Instructional Models
(Adelphi, Md., Dec. 5, 2014) – The University System of Maryland's Center for Academic Innovation at its inaugural Leading Academic Change Summit, co-hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, identified two leading barriers to academic innovation: shortage of funding and institutional culture.
The Kirwan Center and the USM Student Council are collaborating on the Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative, which is providing interested faculty with opportunities to explore the feasibility of adopting open-source materials for use in their courses.
The average American student pays about $1,200 a year for books alone. An experiment currently underway is turning up some hopeful results. In effect, professors would be encouraged to put class material online instead of charging students hundreds of dollars for a printed textbook.
BALTIMORE — An experiment with open-source online textbooks at several Maryland universities last semester yielded promising results, and officials are preparing to expand the program this fall.
Using free online materials such as massive open online courses in traditional classes can help colleges teach more efficiently without harming students, according to a long-awaited report from Ithaka S+R, an education-technology nonprofit group, and the University System of Maryland.
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