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Nafiza Akter is an instructional designer at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She has an M.A. in Educational Technology and B.A. in Psychology, both from Adelphi University. She graduated in 2013. What was your experience at Adelphi’s EdTech Program? One of the best things about the program is that the professors there are student-centric.…

Linking Physical and Virtual Learning Environments Integrative Masters Project Final Document (Released August 31, 2014) Access as a PDF file: Linking Physical and Virtual Learning Environments About the Project How do we design a 21st Century learning environment that is responsive to the constantly evolving technology landscape and needs of its community of learners? How do the…

The first phase of my project has been to synthesize research related to learning spaces, educational resources, physical and virtual space, learning pedagogy, etc.  It’s been a great opportunity to go back through research we’ve worked on in different classes throughout the program, and apply it to a focused project. In keeping with the open…

Survey & Interviews Researching current trends and best practices is important, but the practical application of a plan really requires tailoring to meet the realities you are working with.  To that end, I’ve been piecing together an assessment of the current state of the program’s resources. To gain insight into the student perspective, I emailed…

The Educator’s Multimedia Studio is a capstone course that asks students to build on the skills they acquired in their prior coursework (e.g., Programming, Digital Literacies) and apply it towards a semester-long multimedia project. Each semester, the course has a unique theme that reflects a contemporary social concern. Students read a shared text based on…

Open Access platforms: Open Educational Resources, or something else? Open Access (OA) resources are obviously different from Open Education Resources (OER). Open Access concerns itself with access only, or primarily, and less with the anarchistic/democratic remixing and repurposing that are key (though unpopular and underutilized) to Open Education Resources. With Open Access, the format (scholarly…

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According to the American Diabetes Association, an estimated 30.3 million people in the U.S.—over 9 percent of the total population—live with diabetes. Keeping their conditions under control requires careful monitoring, regularly taking any prescribed medication and making informed diet, fitness and other lifestyle choices. A diabetes educator plays a vital part in supporting diabetics by…

In the latest rankings from BestColleges.com, Adelphi University was named one of the best online institutions of higher education in New York. Adelphi placed in the top 20 on the website’s list of Accredited Online Colleges in New York and among the top 10 for the state’s Most Affordable Online Colleges. This recognition reflects our…

As most people are aware, many major health problems can be linked to poor nutrition, including heart disease, diabetes, obesity, tooth decay, and osteoporosis. And, these problems aren’t limited to a small number of people: According to the CDC, about half of all American adults have one or more preventable chronic diseases, many of which…