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The Advanced Learning Center is involved with research in
areas including learning practices, copyright law, gaming
theory, and distributive learning. Research is performed to
support the mission of the center and includes collaborative
partnerships with faculty/staff from campus and peer
institutions, industry, and non-profit organizations.
Completed Research:
-
Developing a Community of Practice at the University of
Memphis (by Joanne Gikas)
- Look, Listen, Learn: Collaboration in the 21st Century.
Case Study
with inSORS Multimedia Conferencing & Collaboration
Software (by Corey Ray, Joanne Gikas, Roy Bowery and
Ramsan Varghese)
- Synopsis of Campus Support
of Macintosh Computers at UofM and Peer Institutions (by
Mary Marjorie Weber)
- The Advanced Learning Center has
conducted research on personal
response systems, also known as clickers, and their use
at the University of Memphis.
The purpose of the research was to
determine if standards need to be implemented regarding the
use of personal response system technology at the University
of Memphis. Some
questions concerning standardization have arisen with the
growing popularity of this technology. Both students and
instructors have voiced concerns regarding different systems
being used in classrooms across campus. This in turn could
possibly force students to purchase multiple response units
for different courses. Read the PRS Findings Report (by Kristy
Conger)
- Gikas, J., Penrod, J., Robertson, J. Schaeffer, S. (2005)
Final Report: NLII Community of Practice Project University
of Memphis: Technology Fellows Teaching and Learning
Collaboration (April 22, 2004-January 14, 2005)
Current Research:
- Evaluation Pilot of Matchware Software Suite: Open Mind,
Mediator, and Screencorder applications. This software is
designed to provide easy creation of rich media documents
including work flow, mind mapping, interactive tutorials and
more (For additional information on the software see http://matchware.com.). The
pilot period will have a combination of faculty, staff, and
students who will provide qualitative and quantitative data
to the evaluation team. The pilot period is scheduled to run
from September 15 - November 15, 2006.
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