Research Colloquium Series
Titles of the 2008-2009 Colloquium Sessions
Fall Semester
- Sept 11: OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH: SOFTWARE, A/V, AND MORE FROM NOLDUS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (Noon; Allen Hall Rm. 512) (Mr. Joel Gough)
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- Oct 17: Promoting Communication and Motivation at a Distance: The Experience of C&I Shepherdstown Doctoral Cohort (Noon; Allen Hall Rm. 511) (Ardeth Deay and Eastern Panhandle Doctoral Cohort)
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- Oct 22: Through Students’ Eyes (TST): An Innovative Project That Employs Photo Voice and Embraces Diversity. (4 pm, Percival Hall Rm 316) (Dr. Kristien Zenkov, TST Director, George Mason University)
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- Oct 29: Implementing Response to Intervention (RTI): Implications for Schools (4pm; Allen Hall Rm. 802-B) (David Hoppey, Special Education)
- Nov 7: Evaluation of Rubric Used by “Dual Degree 5” Cooperating Teachers to Assess Preservice Teacher Performance (Noon; Allen Hall Rm. 511) (Marc Debiase, Graduate Assistant and Doctoral Student, Technology, Learning and Culture)
- Dec 4: Cross-College Collaboration on Grant Proposal Development: Example NSF-Funded Project That Emerged From Interactions Between Curriculum & Instruction/Literacy Studies and Geology/Geography(4pm; Allen Hall Rm. 601) (Jim Rye, C&I/LS, and Rick Landenberger, Geol/Geog)
Purpose of the Series
- To further stimulate a research climate among faculty and doctoral students, including research that leverages/focuses on educational technology innovations.
- To further collaborative research.
Structure of the Series
- Twice monthly, Friday noon (unless noted otherwise)
- Brown-bag (bring your own) lunch with drinks and fruit/cookies provided.
Content of the Series
- Each month will have a theme.
- One of the sessions will be a formal presentation by one or more faculty on their research related to the theme.
- The other session is where faculty and doctoral students bring to the table research ideas related to the theme that they want to discuss.




