News from Instructional Technology Education
On February 21, 2014 the Department of Engineering and the Center for STEM Education hosted approximately 300 high school students from counties in our service area, known as High School STEM Day. These students attended various interactive STEM activities throughout the day, led by faculty from various STEM departments, such as Construction Management, Physics, Biology, … Read more
Congratulations to Dr. Abbie Brown, East Carolina University’s recipient of the 2014 Board of Governors’ Award for Excellence in Teaching. Every year one faculty member from each of the 17 University of North Carolina institutions are selected for this prestigious award. According to Peter D. Hans, Chairman, UNC Board of Governors, Dr. Brown has been … Read more
Rob Moore has been selected for a fellowship award from Western Carolina University. Rob is a 2013 graduate of the Masters of Science in Instructional Technology program at ECU. He currently works as an instructional designer with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Government. He has worked at UNC since 2004 … Read more
Krista Bond, a 4th/5th grade looping teacher and MAEd student in Instructional Technology was awarded $3000 by the North Carolina Technology in Education Society to implement learning with IPods in her classroom. Ms. Bond writes, “The students will use iPod Touch devices as a method of hands-on instruction that will increase student engagement, provide real … Read more
Recent MSITE graduate student, Rob Moore, publishes a case study that he wrote about the webinar series delivered at the School of Government, UNC Chapel Hill. It went live on November 4, 2013. Rob Moore is an instructional designer with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Government. He received his M.S. … Read more
Fellow Pirate, Ken Hubbell, received the Nova Southeastern Award for Outstanding Practice by a Graduate Student in Instructional Design. All materials submitted to the competition must have been designed no earlier than 2012, while the nominee was enrolled as a graduate student. Hubbell states: “I applied my own customized version of ADDIE that incorporates spiral … Read more
Last Thursday (8/29/2013), MSITE graduate and undergraduate students took advantage of the opportunity to meet & greet with one another, and make small-talk with their professors outside of the classroom! Faculty and staff provided heavy hors d’oeuvres for everyone to snack on while they were engaging in lively conversations. Overall, 59 students and 15 faculty/staff … Read more
North Carolina Online lists Dr. Abbie Brown in their list of Top 20 Education Professors in North Carolina. Dr. Brown was selected for his recent achievements, winning both the Presidential Service Award from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) and an Excellence in Distance Learning Teaching award from the North Carolina Distance Learning … Read more