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News Articles
Dr. Ikseon Choi, Online Learning Design and Technology Professor, Begins Robotics Lab at Local Elementary School
October 20, 2015Dr. Ikseon Choi, associate professor in the Department of Career and Information Studies in the University of Georgia College of Education, has initiated a new robotics lab at a local school through a partnership with South Korean robotics company RoboRobo. He has worked with the Department of Career and Information Studies’Research for the Advancement of Innovative Learning (RAIL) Program to create new curriculum for fifth-grade classrooms in Georgia counties based on the technology.
UGA Online Educational Psychologist Mark Runco Contributes 30 Years of Creativity Research to NEA Report
October 6, 2015Mark Runco, a professor of educational psychology at the College of Education, who teaches in the Master of Education in Educational Psychology, Gifted and Creative Education online program, recently participated in a workshop and a report called, "How Creativity Works in the Brain." He was selected to represent the creativity research field during the two-day meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico with several artists, neuroscientists and National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) representatives.
Guest Blog: The Move to Online Learning
September 22, 2015By: Craig Piercy, Ph.D. It seems like only yesterday since we first planned to move our Master of Internet Technology online. It’s hard to believe that we will be graduating our first cohort of fully online students in May 2016.
So, You Are About to Teach Online
September 17, 2015By: Lloyd P. Rieber, Ph.D. Professor of Learning, Design and Technology The University of Georgia, College of Education Since I started teaching online in about 2001, I have learned many things about teaching and myself. I’ll share a few of these insights in this post. The most basic…
Caroline Morris: An Alumna Whose Peers Changed Her Career
September 3, 2015Caroline Morris, an alumna of the UGA online Masters in Food Technology program, and current McDonald’s Protein Manager, cultivated an interest in food beginning in high school. She won a few culinary competitions through Vocational Industrial Clubs of America, so when he didn’t find her calling at the University of Georgia as an undergraduate student, she took an offer at Johnson & Whales University in Rhode Island and attained her associate degree in Culinary Arts. She decided to enroll in the UGA online Masters in Food Technology program after some mail marketing.
A Teacher With a Love of Learning Wants to Extend Her Career Using Her LDT Degree
July 30, 2015Beth Littlejon has been a lifelong teacher. She’s been teaching since the 1970’s when she graduated with her undergraduate degree, and has taught middle school for most of her teaching career. She has also been an avid learner for much of her life, achieving her master’s degree in 1997, and…
Healthy Eating at UGA is Supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
July 28, 2015Online students at the University of Georgia, primarily the students of the Masters of Food Technology program, will be glad to hear of the immense support that healthy eating receives at the university. On July 23, the U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary for food, nutrition and consumer services visited…
M. Ed. Student Tracy Arner Gets Formal Training Through Her Online Program
July 9, 2015Tracy Arner, a current student in the M. Ed. Learning Design and Technology program, has gradually evolved in her profession from an accountant to someone who provides training for local and state governments on all of the aspects of financial management that they would need to know about.
How M.S. Pharmacy Alumna Charnelle Ross Used Her Degree for a Career Shift
July 9, 2015Charnelle Thomas, a native of Little Rock, Arkansas, attained her undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Clarke Atlanta University, but is now a Global Regulatory Affairs Technical Leader II, specializing in medical devices for Kimberly Clarke. This drastic career change didn’t just come about randomly- it took hard work on…
Cheryl Stanga Took A Chance With Her Online Degree & Found Her Place
July 1, 2015Cheryl Stanga graduated from Emory University in 2008 with a double degree in Political Science and Women's Studies. She graduated right into the midst of the Great Recession. It was not a great time to graduate with liberal arts degrees--even if she had two of them. A lot of her friends were going off to law school and not getting jobs, but she knew that she had to get a job and think about improving or changing her career.