Internet Learning Volume 5, Number 1, Fall 2016/Winter 2017 | Page 7

Internet Learning Volume 5 Number 1 - Fall 2016/Winter 2017
compare several K-12 school apps, such as ClassDojo, RedCritter Teacher, SWIS
Suites, Check-In/Check-Out, PBIS, and SWPBS. Though the apps are typically
used in traditional K-12 schools, there are implications for wider use across educational
settings.
Two invited pieces are included in this issue’s From the Field section. First, Dr.
Tanya Joosten provides keen perspectives on several topics in 3 Questions for an
Online Learning Leader. She offers seasoned suggestions for social media use, evaluates
higher education’s addressing of information literacy skills, and discusses her
favorite technological tools for instruction. In Teach like a Video Journalist Thinks,
Dr. Mike Howarth shares his approaches and considerations for using technology
to effectively provide more engaging instruction and feedback to students about
their undergraduate honor’s writing projects, or dissertations. Drawing from his
years as a radio producer for BBC Education, he explains how to operate as a
backpack journalist to create better multimedia learning experiences for students,
especially in online formats.
The articles in this issue examine varied topics, with common connections to instructional
effectiveness and quality. Dr.’s Kwon, DiSilvestro, and Treff used Quality
Matters™ (QM) standards to evaluate courses in a graduate adult education
program. Survey responses were analyzed descriptively, correlation analysis was
used to examine inter-rater reliability among students and peer instructors, and
Pearson’s correlation analysis was used to view the relationship between students’
and instructors’ evaluations. Dr. Erik Bean applied customer experience (CX) theory
and content analysis to examine a research center website iteration to define
the customer personas of dissertation chairs. Implications indicate that higher education
staff and faculty should understand how to create meaningful student interactions.
Finally, Dr. Nancy Heath presents the MScC in E-learning Programme
at the University of Edinburgh’s Manifesto for Teaching Online and discusses its
aspects. She includes multiple considerations for this framework and prompts the
reading audience to use it to guide deeper discussion about online learning, especially
in the United States.
This issue provides tools and resources for instructors, trainers of faculty members,
and decision makers to consider. There are tips and implications included
for those who teach any level: K-12, undergraduates, graduate, or beyond. Articles
capture research, theory, and experience from the field. After reading the contents,
I hope you find points that you can take to your own students, colleagues, or supervisors
to prompt new discussions, studies, and practices.
Enjoy!
Dr. Kathleen J. Tate,
Editor-in-Chief of Internet Learning Journal
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