When the Course Management System Isn\u27t Enough

Many articles have been written extoling the need for interactivity in the online classroom. Zundel (2006) states that not only should interactivity be effectively integrated, but that it is essential for enhancing the learning in online courses just as interactivity is essential for on-campus learners. Mabrito (2004) contends that success is enhanced in online courses by engaging students as active learners rather than passive participants. Mabrito goes on to state that this engagement should include ample opportunities for students to interact with not only the course content, but also with the instructor and fellow classmates

Obesity in adolescence : an epidemic in the face of modern medicine

Scholarly project (M.S.)

HIP CIRCLE TO HANDSTAND ON THE UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS

Public interest in women's gymnastics has increased over the past two decades as a result of the publicity accorded such performers as Cathy Rigby, Olga Korbut, and Nadia Comenici. Many researchers and gymnastics coaches have sought to explain gymnastics skills through the use of scientific techniques, but because of the dearth of quantitative information available about women's gymnastics, the coach and performer have had to rely on subjective information which has been disseminated from past performers and coaches (Cureton & Welser, 1970). Because there is a lack of scientific information available, gymnastics coaches and performers have tended to adopt the methods and techniques of the current champions, often disregarding correct technique (Wilkerson, 1978). It is the hope of the investigator that the findings of this study may be beneficial to future studies of gymnastics related skills , and may also contribute to the improvement of teaching and coaching the skills performed on the uneven parallel bars

MS

thesisA descriptive survey of the Nutrition;al status of 27 pregnant women was conducted at Hill Air Force Base Hospital. Socioeconomic survey, three day diet history and laboratory assessment of blood and urine parameters of protein were used to determine Nutrition;al status and were related to maternal and infant outcome variables. The purpose of the investigation was to answer the following research questions. 1) What is the relationship between reported dietary intake of protein and calories and measurable laboratory parameters of protein during pregnancy? 2) What is the relationship between reported dietary intake of protein and calories and the course and outcome of pregnancy? 3) What is the relationship between measurable laboratory parameters of proteins and the course and outcome of pregnancy? Pearson “râ€, Chi Square and two tailed “t†tests were used to compare data and answer the research questions. The findings indicated a significant decrease in protein and calorie intake between the first and second trimesters (p=.05). The third trimester reported calorie intake was below the mean in the literature. The reported dietary intake of protein and calories correlated with the laboratory parameter of total protein level in the second trimester significant at the .05 level. The other laboratory parameters failed to correlate significantly with reported dietary intakes. Correlations were found between second trimester reported protein intake and the Ponderal Index of the infant (p=.05). Second trimester reported protein intake also correlated with the fetal/placental weight ratio (p=.05). Dietary intake failed to correlate significantly with any maternal or infant outcome parameter. Protein parameters were correlated with infant outcome variables more frequently than with maternal outcome variables. Second trimester blood urea nitrogen correlated with fetal/placental weight ratio (p=.05). Third trimester albumin levels correlated significantly with placental weight (p=.01), infant weight and occipital-frontal circumference (p=.05). The only maternal outcome variable that correlated with any laboratory parameter was second day postpartum hematocrit to third trimester sermon total protein (p=.01), This was an inverse correlation, as the third trimester protein increased, postpartum hematocrit decrease. There were no significant relationships between maternal complications in the antepartum, intrapartum, or postpartum period and any of the Nutrition;al parameters surveyed

Designing for learning : online social networks as a classroom environment

This paper deploys notions of emergence, connections, and designs for learning to conceptualize high school students’ interactions when using online social media as a learning environment. It makes links to chaos and complexity theories and to fractal patterns as it reports on a part of the first author’s action research study, conducted while she was a teacher working in an Australian public high school and completing her PhD. The study investigates the use of a Ning online social network as a learning environment shared by seven classes, and it examines students’ reactions and online activity while using a range of social media and Web 2.0 tools.The authors use Graham Nuthall’s (2007) “lens on learning” to explore the social processes and culture of this shared online classroom. The paper uses his extensive body of research and analyses of classroom learning processes to conceptualize and analyze data throughout the action research cycle. It discusses the pedagogical implications that arise from the use of social media and, in so doing, challenges traditional models of teaching and learning

Decision Data Services: A New Resource For Communications Planning

While communicators benefit from communication research to guide their planning, external and internal constraints often prevent them from carrying out the research

Look! Up in Cyberspace! Is it Web 2.0? Is it Web 3.0? No! It’s SuperWeb – Technologies for the Classroom!

Using the familiar Bloom‟s Taxonomy pyramid, traditionally applied in educational learning objectives, can be useful in helping to choose the right technology to assist in reaching the desired educational outcomes. Many Web technologies provide free or low-cost teaching tools. Some of the many options available for the computer are provided here along with lesson ideas to incorporate these tools into the learning environment

Action Research: Fly in the Cloud then Share the View

There is a growing bifurcation of society into those who are Informed (techno-savvy) versus the increasing number of people who are Uninformed (non-techno-savvy) when it comes to utilization of cloud-based Web 2.0 applications. The authors propose wide-spread participation in a cloud-based application. This action research is designed to gather input about one cloud-based technology that has the potential to move users from Uninformed to Informed by the nature of efficient work flow, collaboration, and shared resources (Charles & Dickens, 2012; Fisher, 2011)