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Conference Proceedings by Dustin Bessette
Society of Applied Learning Technologies (SALT) Reston, VA 2014 Conference , Aug 13, 2014
Current American doctoral education does not serve the current needs of today’s academic society.... more Current American doctoral education does not serve the current needs of today’s academic society. Many industries are becoming more involved in the non-traditional education with regards to its flexibility, increased career navigation, and performance of function. With a low number of tenure-track careers in the higher education market and the enrollment towards non-traditional doctorates increasing, the results continuously show a lag in steady employment. This forces recent doctoral graduates to competitively apply against one another in hopes of obtaining academic positions within higher education. This presentation will discuss best practices for academic career development for non-traditional doctoral education.
EDU LEARN14 Proceedings, Jul 7, 2014
Training and development is ideal for businesses process improvements in many public service fiel... more Training and development is ideal for businesses process improvements in many public service fields. Education, development, and training tools are not new concepts, but are ideal, crucial, and responsive in the central utilization of employee training systems for public service fields. The need for public workforce has increased and demanded accelerated technological training and development process that have positive value and achievable gains. One method to surge this problem is to flip the technological training and development tools that have been issued and over used in the past. These tools not only hold back vicious potential from employees, but employees are potentially reaching new method of accelerated and developed education.
The choice of literature for the general stipulation has evolved over a great period of time to encompass walls and barriers to technology and advanced educational transitions. It is these barriers that are currently preventing goals and achievements from being reached through process improvement tactics and tools such that practitioner need to take a different approach to this concept. The critical perspective of ‘quality systems management’ is an approach that positively influences the internal and external practices through processes of benchmarking and integrated methodology to improve and engage new tactics in ways that create and generate achievable and desired goals. The concept of this practice is increasingly wide, but varies depending on the formulation of services that are provided to increase and improve exposure, processes, and results for the department. Only a matter of time separates the given potential from the driving force that creates gains from educational transformations.
INTED 2014 Proceedings, 8th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Mar 12, 2014
Social media technology is being adapted into blended learning methods of digital marketing for a... more Social media technology is being adapted into blended learning methods of digital marketing for adult learners in higher education. Universities are continuously adapting and integrating the marketing methods for blended learning programs via social media. The growing populations of adult learners are utilizing how to learn and adapt to blend learning programs based on their current occupation, previous experience in the field, and living styles. Andragogy is an ever-lasting field for adult learners to gain high quality educational information with an institutional background. Universities need to support this type of continuous learning on a sustainable basis that will help the quality of education be advertised in the digital marketing.
The connections of blended learners that are currently based on social media technologies have together infused the learning styles of today’s student. University recruitment processes are assisted by social media technology based on the new “word of mouth.” Disseminating knowledge without physical or virtual borders is a new way for marketing tools to be highly utilized. Such tools as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are just a few tools that are utilized by deans, administrators, and faculty in terms of information sharing for recruitment processes in higher education.
The study of this paper is to outline the current digital marketing processes that universities have taken to recruit, retain, and control their current blended learning programs. The high visibility of social media is a key factor in this endeavor based that universities are infusing marketing advertisements to gain viewers from new locations.
INTED 2014 Proceedings , Mar 12, 2014
"Student retention in non-traditional management programs has recently been a concern for univers... more "Student retention in non-traditional management programs has recently been a concern for universities with adult learners. Management programs, especially those that are non-traditional are becoming a leading way for organizations and businesses to obtain high quality management skills and abilities that can be taught to professionals. The ability for adult learners to retain into continuing education programs is viable to the community, the businesses and organizations, and the university. The concepts learned are valuable such that the operations used in creating these programs needs of that value based on the specific outcomes for the program.
Continuing education programs need to adjust specific plans that market and enhance the features and benefits of the programs. Creating adjustments to existing programs will enhance the perspective of the student, giving them a positive field on the outcome of the general theme of the program. These changes are minimal but have very large external factors that help control the enrollment of students from the organization. In turn, this will increase the benefits received by the organization to help trigger represented effects to the university. The quality of these programs can be measured by the return on this investment as well as the overall outcome.
Benchmarking has the power to legitimize business goals based on high external operations instead of extracting from internal practices and past trends. With all external environments constantly changing, new focused ideas are needed for plans to successfully enable assets to conform new expectations to retain adult learners. The importance of this study is to create a better-rounded continuing education program by comparison to other well-known systems. These changes affect both the internal and external concepts given off by the program.
The importance of benchmarking can help increase retention in continuing educational programs with little to no massive makeovers. Benchmarking is one of the most powerful business practices tools that had been adapted into metrics of standardized process improvement practices. In higher education, this process will be flawless and overall create a management system that will help engage new options for adult learners in higher education. "
5th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Jul 1, 2013
Technology continues to influence educational administrators’ decisions and actions as they lead ... more Technology continues to influence educational administrators’ decisions and actions as they lead instructors in effective quality virtual learning deliveries. Andragogy, continuous education, and technology have to be in partnership to deliver quality results, as well as engage learners. To maintain quality results instructors’ knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies must be enhanced. Enhancements have to be in the areas of virtual understanding and technique application as technologies continue to evolve. This presentation reviews how distance education wrapped in andragogy, continuous education, and technology can support enriched learner engagement, enhance facilitator development, and drive departmental practices towards a model of best practices. Additionally this presentation will examine the intertwinement of learner perceptions, policies and procedures, on andragogy, continuous education, technology, and how these points affect learning outcomes. Participants will inform their methods around leveraging technologies to shape perceptions, improve and sustain quality results, and augment learner engagement.
5th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Jul 1, 2013
Delivering quality educational competence with reduced cost (e.g., reusability) continues to stee... more Delivering quality educational competence with reduced cost (e.g., reusability) continues to steer online educational initiatives. Scholars and the business sectors are striving to determine cost-savings, cost-benefits, and cost efficiencies of online education. Technology’s push on job advancements is energizing learners to seeking new knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies in a rapidly changing technical climate. This information and technological period is intermingled in networked infrastructures within dynamic ecosystems. Distance education is altering the rules concerning the return-on-investment (ROI) since it requires planned engagements and investments, as it relates to online business enterprises. Although past data and performance can be used to modify ideas, different and innovative facts and documents must be evaluated to drive continuous process improvements. The goal is to electrify success that can be measured. This presentation will assess (1) aligning training with business objectives, (2) tracking and evaluating business results, and (3) the value of on-line investments in technology for training professionals (Burton, Bessette, and Brown-Jackson, 2013). Additionally, learning professionals will widen their knowledge base on why business values and organizational learning capabilities should be in partnership.
The Evolllution, Mar 2, 2013
CELDA 2013 Conference Proceedings, Fort Worth, TX, Oct 22, 2013
Being aware of what is absent in faculty development programs is important for practitioners and ... more Being aware of what is absent in faculty development programs is important for practitioners and researchers so that they can create and advance programs, and support the development of knowledge, skills, and abilities for distance education instructors. Requests for distance education courses persist to grow at the college and university levels, as students and corporations push for more flexibility in education. Administrators emphasize the return on investment, while faculty members develop distance education courses. More and more faculty members are being prompted to facilitate in the distance education and online arena. This paper focuses on the current state of knowledge needed by facilitators to teach and deliver education using androgogical techniques and technologies. Additionally it emphasizes the need to understand the different types of available technologies and understand their applicability to facilitate learning. These technologies are becoming more and more important to facilitators and administrators as the Internet continues to energize educational deliveries.
ACHE 2013 Conference Proceedings , Lexington, KY, Nov 5, 2013
The value of adjunct online professors has gradually increased at many institutions. This increas... more The value of adjunct online professors has gradually increased at many institutions. This increase of faculty also helps the reputation of the institution by adding professionals whose backgrounds create a diverse interest for department chairs and add collective data from several fields. Tenured faculty are known for their valuable publishing in top tier journals and their intellectual knowledge of various subjects. Published works assist online adjunct faculty in gaining and receiving various incentives that help them pursue advances within their departments. The main problem lies within certain incentives and how online adjunct faculty are able to advance based upon receiving these benefits. Online adjunct faculty currently does not receive the same incentives and benefits as that of tenured traditional faculty. This incentives and benefits problem causes variations that create negative bias against online adjunct faculty within academic departments. To assist professionals in terms of advancement and institutional reputation, publishing and receiving recognition is one of the most valued items that any one professional can receive. The main focus of this paper is to assist the audience‘s perception of the value of publishing in the academic arena through the lens of online adjunct faculty. The researchers will locate operational focal points requiring business process improvements that institutions can embrace to enhance incentives and performance of online adjunct faculty. Some of the focused items will be the following; conference reimbursement, quality of information collected, types of published work, reputation of journals, quality of published work, and how institutions can best use adjunct faculty members published works.
ICERI 2013 Proceedings , Nov 22, 2013
Digital literacy endures to sway educational leaders’ choices and actions as they guide faculty i... more Digital literacy endures to sway educational leaders’ choices and actions as they guide faculty in effectual distance education. Andragogy, continuous education, and digital literacy, the frameworks, should be in sync to provide quality outcomes through business process improvement. To sustain excellent results, faculty must develop and maintain key performance measures to deliver successful job performance. Skill enhancement is important to current and future successes. The development of knowledge, skills, ability, and competency augmentations must be contextualized in digital literacy understanding and application. If left unchecked, unchallenged, and latent, a chasm in digital literacy will limit intellectual growth, and diminish educational standings on the world’s stage of accomplishments. This paper assesses digital literacy requirements, needs and influences as they continue to control and shift 21st century actions and ideals. Moreover this presentation investigates educational technological understandings of students, faculty, and educational administrators. A survey was conducted and revealed key data points into the direction of future technological educational needs. Further, this document serves to guide practitioners and inform academes in digital literacy structure, methodology, and challenges
ICERI 2013 Proceedings , Nov 22, 2013
It is not a common fact that most non-traditional doctoral students will not get their academic j... more It is not a common fact that most non-traditional doctoral students will not get their academic job of their dreams, its more of a common fear. This fear relates to how the current non-traditional doctoral student is viewed compared to the traditional student in ways that give the university or college advantages upon employment. For years, non-traditional doctoral students have tried ways of preparing themselves in ways to give them an advantage over traditional doctoral students. In these attempts, some have made the conversion successful and some have not. Based on the results of the highest impacting factors that attest this process, some basic practices have been announced to help reassure these students.
With the overgrowing community of non-traditional students increasing every year, there is a dire need for these soon to be graduates in the higher educational workplace. The difference that these non-traditional student shave compared to traditional graduates is that they have the ability to create a new avenue for professional practices, new relations and establish valuable connections to better the ways of what makes them stand out. These practices are to be used in several different academic needs such that these doctoral students can provide ideas, plans, and processes for US colleges and universities.
This paper serves as a supplementary item that will assist non-traditional doctoral students in their academic career endeavors and pursuits. The significance of this paper will assist many doctoral students in ways to creatively match themselves up to doctoral students of traditional universities and colleges. With this, the process that these doctoral students take will be applicable marketing the needs that fit into the nature and value of the higher education department.
AACE Site Conference , Mar 25, 2013
Positive instructional practices and principles can affect online learners in various ways. Curre... more Positive instructional practices and principles can affect online learners in various ways. Currently, these reflections are shown and contribute to various degrees of professionalism, which students see and recognize. As these attributes show how faculty uses real life managerial practices and principles in the online learning environment, variables also help configure studies and research related relate to the topic. The tools and styles used are practices of students in virtual learning environments. This brief research paper highlights current practices, reviews managerial techniques, and provides sustainable solutions to integrate into virtual programs. Additionally, this paper provides virtual practices for faculty to change learning styles with managerial experiences.
The increasing desire for distant programs is currently outweighing the congruent processes for t... more The increasing desire for distant programs is currently outweighing the congruent processes for traditional methods of education. Currently, more colleges and universities, specifically Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), are beginning to encourage blended learning for students in doctoral programs. This encouragement will help build a leadership factor for education and assist in increasing the value of leadership for minority learners in these doctoral programs. Overall, the increase enrollment help will justify for the institutional investment of faculty and technology. The overall change will assist in creating environments for students virtually and create a positive reputation for the institution. This paper outlines the specific methods and steps to take in order to increase leadership with minority learners in blended doctoral programs. The balance of computer science, online learning, and virtual communication has been taken into account in order to produce this document. Areas of interest include doctoral programs in virtual education, distant learning and blended learning.
5th International Conference on Education, Research, and Innovation , Nov 19, 2012
The learning paradigm for students has shifted over the past decade, creating uncertainty in the ... more The learning paradigm for students has shifted over the past decade, creating uncertainty in the higher education department. The return on investment (ROI) for students learning under these circumstances is in jeopardy based on several factors such as; future accreditation, future employment, and actual learning outcomes. These factors have created a connection for students to the virtual learning environment to assist them and give them positive outcomes. The accreditation factor has been dependent on the accreditation body in the institute’s geographic location. Many institutes have implemented virtual learning programs to create a more sustainable working academic platform for working adults and distant students. This gives every student the option to study the specified program from the university in a various locations.
The return on investment (ROI) measures the students gain from these platforms and online programs. This has been a major topic spreading internationally based on distant learning is acceptable, accredited, and used in various geographic locations. The ability to measure the outcomes and return on investment for every student body is dependent on the institute and the virtual department. Institutes need to have a successful model to successfully instruct students to learn and understand concepts used in this academic method. This creates a major concern why the model which institutes use to work from needs to be a specific and sustainable for any institute.
The framework for creating a sustainable platform for online learning has to pass by specific checkpoints in order to become manageable and implementable for institutes. This model is not reinventing the wheel but implementing new sources and information into a pre-existing concept. The model will also create new opportunities, possibilities, and give every student equal opportunity for learning outcomes to be reached. Faculty will also have a training system which will need to be implemented in order for the entire platform to be acceptable.
This paper will outline the framework and a given model for virtual learning to show the simplified ways of making a sustainable virtual learning environment. These examples are based on pre-existing programs in the higher education department implemented at US universities.
7th International Technology Education Development Conference, Mar 3, 2013
Institutions have a dire challenge in measuring and reading performance requirements from various... more Institutions have a dire challenge in measuring and reading performance requirements from various programs. Blended learning has become a higher choice for several institutions as the numbers of enrolled students increase. This method will result in a higher turnover for students of professionals in the next and upcoming generations. This change will shift the academic role as institutions create opportunities for students on other areas of professional departments other than on-campus based programs. Even as institutions change role in the academic shift, areas of quality measurement will become missed or overlooked.
Performance measurements tools help enhance new learning opportunities for institutions in future plans of academic change. Several variables control these methods and measurement tools, but also help institute new plans for change. Ideally, these institutions need to be able to assist with every program they are capable of as well as areas of new blended learning. Having a solvent (plan) for this type of platform will help overall in the quality of education for learners of this generation.
This paper has been developed to enhance the power of performance measurement tools, specifically in blended learning.
7th International Technology Education Development Conference, Mar 4, 2013
Organizations face challenges in transforming their instructions into effective blended learning ... more Organizations face challenges in transforming their instructions into effective blended learning formats. Barriers include administrative challenges, system challenges, course design concerns, faculty preparation, and quality assurance. The presentation details how to cross these barriers and develop an affective and quality blended learning program. Participants will enhance knowledge on overcoming the administrative challenges (e.g., awareness deficiencies, plans, and goals), system challenge (e.g., platforms to house the educational materials, conferencing equipment, and bandwidth concerns), faculty competencies (e.g., online delivery, active learning, and participant engagement), as well as measuring for quality assurance and compliance. Additionally participants will better understand the benefits of blended learning such as enhanced access to personalized learning and development, increased flexibility for instructors and learners, increased global interaction, and amplified cost benefits. This presentation will provide a model to leverage blended learning and improved productivity.
Florida Academy of Sciences 2013 Proceedings , Mar 8, 2013
Increased influence from professionals in social science graduate programs, have triggered gradua... more Increased influence from professionals in social science graduate programs, have triggered graduate students to create publishable articles. Program department chairs require more faculty and professors to use vital realistic information for these changes. Students use these assignments and projects to publish to help generate more material for academic data. These virtual published articles become used as references for further research studies on areas of various disciplines. The need for new dynamics for various disciplines of social sciences is like no other. With virtual publishing accessible for student and faculty use, the availability of research is never ending. These current graduate programs can use methods and technology to generate new ideas and theories, which have not been able years ago. The researcher uses the concepts to help boost data and correlate new findings within this study.
Journal Articles by Dustin Bessette
Current American doctoral education does not serve the current needs of to- day’s academic societ... more Current American doctoral education does not serve the current needs of to- day’s academic society. Many industries are becoming more involved in non-traditional edu- cation with regards to its flexibility, increased career navigation, and performance of function. Current demands show that academic doctoral degrees are serving as valid educational tools based that education can be taught in a wide variety of platforms and can also become adapted by many universities. With universities and colleges increasing the non-- traditional enrollment, the job market tends to become much more competitive.
There is a declining rate of tenure-track careers in the higher educational field. This low number of tenure-track careers is the reason why the higher education field and the status of enrollment towards non-traditional doctorates are increasing. The affects result in a continuously slow lag in steady employment for graduate students. The end result forces doctors and graduates to competitively apply against one another.
Society of Applied Learning Technologies (SALT) Reston, VA 2014 Conference , Aug 13, 2014
Current American doctoral education does not serve the current needs of today’s academic society.... more Current American doctoral education does not serve the current needs of today’s academic society. Many industries are becoming more involved in the non-traditional education with regards to its flexibility, increased career navigation, and performance of function. With a low number of tenure-track careers in the higher education market and the enrollment towards non-traditional doctorates increasing, the results continuously show a lag in steady employment. This forces recent doctoral graduates to competitively apply against one another in hopes of obtaining academic positions within higher education. This presentation will discuss best practices for academic career development for non-traditional doctoral education.
EDU LEARN14 Proceedings, Jul 7, 2014
Training and development is ideal for businesses process improvements in many public service fiel... more Training and development is ideal for businesses process improvements in many public service fields. Education, development, and training tools are not new concepts, but are ideal, crucial, and responsive in the central utilization of employee training systems for public service fields. The need for public workforce has increased and demanded accelerated technological training and development process that have positive value and achievable gains. One method to surge this problem is to flip the technological training and development tools that have been issued and over used in the past. These tools not only hold back vicious potential from employees, but employees are potentially reaching new method of accelerated and developed education.
The choice of literature for the general stipulation has evolved over a great period of time to encompass walls and barriers to technology and advanced educational transitions. It is these barriers that are currently preventing goals and achievements from being reached through process improvement tactics and tools such that practitioner need to take a different approach to this concept. The critical perspective of ‘quality systems management’ is an approach that positively influences the internal and external practices through processes of benchmarking and integrated methodology to improve and engage new tactics in ways that create and generate achievable and desired goals. The concept of this practice is increasingly wide, but varies depending on the formulation of services that are provided to increase and improve exposure, processes, and results for the department. Only a matter of time separates the given potential from the driving force that creates gains from educational transformations.
INTED 2014 Proceedings, 8th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Mar 12, 2014
Social media technology is being adapted into blended learning methods of digital marketing for a... more Social media technology is being adapted into blended learning methods of digital marketing for adult learners in higher education. Universities are continuously adapting and integrating the marketing methods for blended learning programs via social media. The growing populations of adult learners are utilizing how to learn and adapt to blend learning programs based on their current occupation, previous experience in the field, and living styles. Andragogy is an ever-lasting field for adult learners to gain high quality educational information with an institutional background. Universities need to support this type of continuous learning on a sustainable basis that will help the quality of education be advertised in the digital marketing.
The connections of blended learners that are currently based on social media technologies have together infused the learning styles of today’s student. University recruitment processes are assisted by social media technology based on the new “word of mouth.” Disseminating knowledge without physical or virtual borders is a new way for marketing tools to be highly utilized. Such tools as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are just a few tools that are utilized by deans, administrators, and faculty in terms of information sharing for recruitment processes in higher education.
The study of this paper is to outline the current digital marketing processes that universities have taken to recruit, retain, and control their current blended learning programs. The high visibility of social media is a key factor in this endeavor based that universities are infusing marketing advertisements to gain viewers from new locations.
INTED 2014 Proceedings , Mar 12, 2014
"Student retention in non-traditional management programs has recently been a concern for univers... more "Student retention in non-traditional management programs has recently been a concern for universities with adult learners. Management programs, especially those that are non-traditional are becoming a leading way for organizations and businesses to obtain high quality management skills and abilities that can be taught to professionals. The ability for adult learners to retain into continuing education programs is viable to the community, the businesses and organizations, and the university. The concepts learned are valuable such that the operations used in creating these programs needs of that value based on the specific outcomes for the program.
Continuing education programs need to adjust specific plans that market and enhance the features and benefits of the programs. Creating adjustments to existing programs will enhance the perspective of the student, giving them a positive field on the outcome of the general theme of the program. These changes are minimal but have very large external factors that help control the enrollment of students from the organization. In turn, this will increase the benefits received by the organization to help trigger represented effects to the university. The quality of these programs can be measured by the return on this investment as well as the overall outcome.
Benchmarking has the power to legitimize business goals based on high external operations instead of extracting from internal practices and past trends. With all external environments constantly changing, new focused ideas are needed for plans to successfully enable assets to conform new expectations to retain adult learners. The importance of this study is to create a better-rounded continuing education program by comparison to other well-known systems. These changes affect both the internal and external concepts given off by the program.
The importance of benchmarking can help increase retention in continuing educational programs with little to no massive makeovers. Benchmarking is one of the most powerful business practices tools that had been adapted into metrics of standardized process improvement practices. In higher education, this process will be flawless and overall create a management system that will help engage new options for adult learners in higher education. "
5th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Jul 1, 2013
Technology continues to influence educational administrators’ decisions and actions as they lead ... more Technology continues to influence educational administrators’ decisions and actions as they lead instructors in effective quality virtual learning deliveries. Andragogy, continuous education, and technology have to be in partnership to deliver quality results, as well as engage learners. To maintain quality results instructors’ knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies must be enhanced. Enhancements have to be in the areas of virtual understanding and technique application as technologies continue to evolve. This presentation reviews how distance education wrapped in andragogy, continuous education, and technology can support enriched learner engagement, enhance facilitator development, and drive departmental practices towards a model of best practices. Additionally this presentation will examine the intertwinement of learner perceptions, policies and procedures, on andragogy, continuous education, technology, and how these points affect learning outcomes. Participants will inform their methods around leveraging technologies to shape perceptions, improve and sustain quality results, and augment learner engagement.
5th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Jul 1, 2013
Delivering quality educational competence with reduced cost (e.g., reusability) continues to stee... more Delivering quality educational competence with reduced cost (e.g., reusability) continues to steer online educational initiatives. Scholars and the business sectors are striving to determine cost-savings, cost-benefits, and cost efficiencies of online education. Technology’s push on job advancements is energizing learners to seeking new knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies in a rapidly changing technical climate. This information and technological period is intermingled in networked infrastructures within dynamic ecosystems. Distance education is altering the rules concerning the return-on-investment (ROI) since it requires planned engagements and investments, as it relates to online business enterprises. Although past data and performance can be used to modify ideas, different and innovative facts and documents must be evaluated to drive continuous process improvements. The goal is to electrify success that can be measured. This presentation will assess (1) aligning training with business objectives, (2) tracking and evaluating business results, and (3) the value of on-line investments in technology for training professionals (Burton, Bessette, and Brown-Jackson, 2013). Additionally, learning professionals will widen their knowledge base on why business values and organizational learning capabilities should be in partnership.
The Evolllution, Mar 2, 2013
CELDA 2013 Conference Proceedings, Fort Worth, TX, Oct 22, 2013
Being aware of what is absent in faculty development programs is important for practitioners and ... more Being aware of what is absent in faculty development programs is important for practitioners and researchers so that they can create and advance programs, and support the development of knowledge, skills, and abilities for distance education instructors. Requests for distance education courses persist to grow at the college and university levels, as students and corporations push for more flexibility in education. Administrators emphasize the return on investment, while faculty members develop distance education courses. More and more faculty members are being prompted to facilitate in the distance education and online arena. This paper focuses on the current state of knowledge needed by facilitators to teach and deliver education using androgogical techniques and technologies. Additionally it emphasizes the need to understand the different types of available technologies and understand their applicability to facilitate learning. These technologies are becoming more and more important to facilitators and administrators as the Internet continues to energize educational deliveries.
ACHE 2013 Conference Proceedings , Lexington, KY, Nov 5, 2013
The value of adjunct online professors has gradually increased at many institutions. This increas... more The value of adjunct online professors has gradually increased at many institutions. This increase of faculty also helps the reputation of the institution by adding professionals whose backgrounds create a diverse interest for department chairs and add collective data from several fields. Tenured faculty are known for their valuable publishing in top tier journals and their intellectual knowledge of various subjects. Published works assist online adjunct faculty in gaining and receiving various incentives that help them pursue advances within their departments. The main problem lies within certain incentives and how online adjunct faculty are able to advance based upon receiving these benefits. Online adjunct faculty currently does not receive the same incentives and benefits as that of tenured traditional faculty. This incentives and benefits problem causes variations that create negative bias against online adjunct faculty within academic departments. To assist professionals in terms of advancement and institutional reputation, publishing and receiving recognition is one of the most valued items that any one professional can receive. The main focus of this paper is to assist the audience‘s perception of the value of publishing in the academic arena through the lens of online adjunct faculty. The researchers will locate operational focal points requiring business process improvements that institutions can embrace to enhance incentives and performance of online adjunct faculty. Some of the focused items will be the following; conference reimbursement, quality of information collected, types of published work, reputation of journals, quality of published work, and how institutions can best use adjunct faculty members published works.
ICERI 2013 Proceedings , Nov 22, 2013
Digital literacy endures to sway educational leaders’ choices and actions as they guide faculty i... more Digital literacy endures to sway educational leaders’ choices and actions as they guide faculty in effectual distance education. Andragogy, continuous education, and digital literacy, the frameworks, should be in sync to provide quality outcomes through business process improvement. To sustain excellent results, faculty must develop and maintain key performance measures to deliver successful job performance. Skill enhancement is important to current and future successes. The development of knowledge, skills, ability, and competency augmentations must be contextualized in digital literacy understanding and application. If left unchecked, unchallenged, and latent, a chasm in digital literacy will limit intellectual growth, and diminish educational standings on the world’s stage of accomplishments. This paper assesses digital literacy requirements, needs and influences as they continue to control and shift 21st century actions and ideals. Moreover this presentation investigates educational technological understandings of students, faculty, and educational administrators. A survey was conducted and revealed key data points into the direction of future technological educational needs. Further, this document serves to guide practitioners and inform academes in digital literacy structure, methodology, and challenges
ICERI 2013 Proceedings , Nov 22, 2013
It is not a common fact that most non-traditional doctoral students will not get their academic j... more It is not a common fact that most non-traditional doctoral students will not get their academic job of their dreams, its more of a common fear. This fear relates to how the current non-traditional doctoral student is viewed compared to the traditional student in ways that give the university or college advantages upon employment. For years, non-traditional doctoral students have tried ways of preparing themselves in ways to give them an advantage over traditional doctoral students. In these attempts, some have made the conversion successful and some have not. Based on the results of the highest impacting factors that attest this process, some basic practices have been announced to help reassure these students.
With the overgrowing community of non-traditional students increasing every year, there is a dire need for these soon to be graduates in the higher educational workplace. The difference that these non-traditional student shave compared to traditional graduates is that they have the ability to create a new avenue for professional practices, new relations and establish valuable connections to better the ways of what makes them stand out. These practices are to be used in several different academic needs such that these doctoral students can provide ideas, plans, and processes for US colleges and universities.
This paper serves as a supplementary item that will assist non-traditional doctoral students in their academic career endeavors and pursuits. The significance of this paper will assist many doctoral students in ways to creatively match themselves up to doctoral students of traditional universities and colleges. With this, the process that these doctoral students take will be applicable marketing the needs that fit into the nature and value of the higher education department.
AACE Site Conference , Mar 25, 2013
Positive instructional practices and principles can affect online learners in various ways. Curre... more Positive instructional practices and principles can affect online learners in various ways. Currently, these reflections are shown and contribute to various degrees of professionalism, which students see and recognize. As these attributes show how faculty uses real life managerial practices and principles in the online learning environment, variables also help configure studies and research related relate to the topic. The tools and styles used are practices of students in virtual learning environments. This brief research paper highlights current practices, reviews managerial techniques, and provides sustainable solutions to integrate into virtual programs. Additionally, this paper provides virtual practices for faculty to change learning styles with managerial experiences.
The increasing desire for distant programs is currently outweighing the congruent processes for t... more The increasing desire for distant programs is currently outweighing the congruent processes for traditional methods of education. Currently, more colleges and universities, specifically Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), are beginning to encourage blended learning for students in doctoral programs. This encouragement will help build a leadership factor for education and assist in increasing the value of leadership for minority learners in these doctoral programs. Overall, the increase enrollment help will justify for the institutional investment of faculty and technology. The overall change will assist in creating environments for students virtually and create a positive reputation for the institution. This paper outlines the specific methods and steps to take in order to increase leadership with minority learners in blended doctoral programs. The balance of computer science, online learning, and virtual communication has been taken into account in order to produce this document. Areas of interest include doctoral programs in virtual education, distant learning and blended learning.
5th International Conference on Education, Research, and Innovation , Nov 19, 2012
The learning paradigm for students has shifted over the past decade, creating uncertainty in the ... more The learning paradigm for students has shifted over the past decade, creating uncertainty in the higher education department. The return on investment (ROI) for students learning under these circumstances is in jeopardy based on several factors such as; future accreditation, future employment, and actual learning outcomes. These factors have created a connection for students to the virtual learning environment to assist them and give them positive outcomes. The accreditation factor has been dependent on the accreditation body in the institute’s geographic location. Many institutes have implemented virtual learning programs to create a more sustainable working academic platform for working adults and distant students. This gives every student the option to study the specified program from the university in a various locations.
The return on investment (ROI) measures the students gain from these platforms and online programs. This has been a major topic spreading internationally based on distant learning is acceptable, accredited, and used in various geographic locations. The ability to measure the outcomes and return on investment for every student body is dependent on the institute and the virtual department. Institutes need to have a successful model to successfully instruct students to learn and understand concepts used in this academic method. This creates a major concern why the model which institutes use to work from needs to be a specific and sustainable for any institute.
The framework for creating a sustainable platform for online learning has to pass by specific checkpoints in order to become manageable and implementable for institutes. This model is not reinventing the wheel but implementing new sources and information into a pre-existing concept. The model will also create new opportunities, possibilities, and give every student equal opportunity for learning outcomes to be reached. Faculty will also have a training system which will need to be implemented in order for the entire platform to be acceptable.
This paper will outline the framework and a given model for virtual learning to show the simplified ways of making a sustainable virtual learning environment. These examples are based on pre-existing programs in the higher education department implemented at US universities.
7th International Technology Education Development Conference, Mar 3, 2013
Institutions have a dire challenge in measuring and reading performance requirements from various... more Institutions have a dire challenge in measuring and reading performance requirements from various programs. Blended learning has become a higher choice for several institutions as the numbers of enrolled students increase. This method will result in a higher turnover for students of professionals in the next and upcoming generations. This change will shift the academic role as institutions create opportunities for students on other areas of professional departments other than on-campus based programs. Even as institutions change role in the academic shift, areas of quality measurement will become missed or overlooked.
Performance measurements tools help enhance new learning opportunities for institutions in future plans of academic change. Several variables control these methods and measurement tools, but also help institute new plans for change. Ideally, these institutions need to be able to assist with every program they are capable of as well as areas of new blended learning. Having a solvent (plan) for this type of platform will help overall in the quality of education for learners of this generation.
This paper has been developed to enhance the power of performance measurement tools, specifically in blended learning.
7th International Technology Education Development Conference, Mar 4, 2013
Organizations face challenges in transforming their instructions into effective blended learning ... more Organizations face challenges in transforming their instructions into effective blended learning formats. Barriers include administrative challenges, system challenges, course design concerns, faculty preparation, and quality assurance. The presentation details how to cross these barriers and develop an affective and quality blended learning program. Participants will enhance knowledge on overcoming the administrative challenges (e.g., awareness deficiencies, plans, and goals), system challenge (e.g., platforms to house the educational materials, conferencing equipment, and bandwidth concerns), faculty competencies (e.g., online delivery, active learning, and participant engagement), as well as measuring for quality assurance and compliance. Additionally participants will better understand the benefits of blended learning such as enhanced access to personalized learning and development, increased flexibility for instructors and learners, increased global interaction, and amplified cost benefits. This presentation will provide a model to leverage blended learning and improved productivity.
Florida Academy of Sciences 2013 Proceedings , Mar 8, 2013
Increased influence from professionals in social science graduate programs, have triggered gradua... more Increased influence from professionals in social science graduate programs, have triggered graduate students to create publishable articles. Program department chairs require more faculty and professors to use vital realistic information for these changes. Students use these assignments and projects to publish to help generate more material for academic data. These virtual published articles become used as references for further research studies on areas of various disciplines. The need for new dynamics for various disciplines of social sciences is like no other. With virtual publishing accessible for student and faculty use, the availability of research is never ending. These current graduate programs can use methods and technology to generate new ideas and theories, which have not been able years ago. The researcher uses the concepts to help boost data and correlate new findings within this study.
Current American doctoral education does not serve the current needs of to- day’s academic societ... more Current American doctoral education does not serve the current needs of to- day’s academic society. Many industries are becoming more involved in non-traditional edu- cation with regards to its flexibility, increased career navigation, and performance of function. Current demands show that academic doctoral degrees are serving as valid educational tools based that education can be taught in a wide variety of platforms and can also become adapted by many universities. With universities and colleges increasing the non-- traditional enrollment, the job market tends to become much more competitive.
There is a declining rate of tenure-track careers in the higher educational field. This low number of tenure-track careers is the reason why the higher education field and the status of enrollment towards non-traditional doctorates are increasing. The affects result in a continuously slow lag in steady employment for graduate students. The end result forces doctors and graduates to competitively apply against one another.
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](Journal of Review of Management Innovation & Creativity , Mar 10, 2012
Principles, management, and leadership tactics within standards of businesses recently have prove... more Principles, management, and leadership tactics within standards of businesses recently have proven to become nonconforming in terms of education which prevails and is exercised in businesses. Simplistic operations techniques which have been used and nurtured in the
past three decades have shown to become obsolete in terms of the new visions and focuses on realistic goals and plans within companies and organizations. Sustainable methods, with the increased concentration in operations management techniques, have proven to be useful and educational in terms of task completion. When companies, associations, and organizations plan and show significant impacts on environments, ecosystems, and societies, they have the ability to enable humans to significantly help improve the surrounding educational methods towards businesses.
Journal of Applied Learning Technology , Dec 20, 2013
Learning effectiveness with reduced cost continues to drive distance education programs. Academic... more Learning effectiveness with reduced cost continues to drive distance education programs. Academicians and business professionals want to know cost-savings, cost-bene- fits, and cost efficiencies of e-learning. Learners are seeking new knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies in a briskly transforming and very technical climate. The information and digital age is intertwined in networked substructures within working environments. Online learning is pushing the rules regarding the return-on-investment (ROI) because it necessi- tates more planned programs and investments, as it corresponds to online business enter- prises. While historic data can be used to reposition ideas, new information needs to be reviewed for continued process improvements. This paper reviews (1) aligning training with business objectives, (2) tracking and evaluating business results and (3) the value of an on- line investment in terminology for training professionals. Also, learners will better under- stand why business values should be attached to organizational learning capabilities. Prac- titioners will increase their knowledge of the components needed to calculate ROI.
Academic Business World, May 2013
Globalization is affecting business in all units and divisions. Business development is the prima... more Globalization is affecting business in all units and divisions. Business development is the primary objective of numerous companies. However, active engagement and understanding of a global economy by all levels of management in business units remains somewhat sluggish. The focus of this paper is to review a case study in which five business units had to prepare an initial project plan outline centered on continued communications for global success. The business units were Human Resources, Customer Satisfaction, Disputes, Collections, and Telecommunications. The subjects were “think globally and adapt, culture clashes, avoiding cultural pitfalls, and globalization increases complexity.” Also, in transitioning staff from administrative roles to strategic partnerships the following will be addressed — skill gaps, and system upgrades. The importance of ensuring all staff was updated on the three year project plan is clarified. However, the focus on this paper is not to suggest this solution is the exact one for all companies; but to give a general framework of the preparation required that incorporates all staff levels and not just the mid to executive management levels.
Kaleidoscope Learning Inc.
The shift of higher education learning competencies has altered the learning methods of education... more The shift of higher education learning competencies has altered the learning methods of education in today’s society. Employers, fellowships, and professional organizations are beginning to require applications and systems that engage graduate abilities and learning competencies in order to reach common goals. These applications and systems are results of processes that provide improvements both internal and external for businesses and organizations. To measure higher education’s professional footprint in terms of learning engagement, specific online and distance learning outcomes must be met. A key item in this measurement tool is benchmarking the E-learning program in terms of its engagement for communication and overall results.
Benchmarking has been noted to be a key method for measuring the engagement of a particular practice in a given industry. E-learning has shifted the way that students are engaging the workplace in vital ways. With employers requiring student to receive their graduate degrees for employment, it is essential that students learn the main skills and abilities during their education. High application and system use is key when it comes to how employers view their applicable career oriented students.
The basis of this research is to discriminate knowledge and create discussion on the current practices of E-learning processes in higher education. The essential components of this research are contributed to show the quality process improvements that are key methods for successful graduate programs. New visions of E-learning can compensate the learning styles of new graduate students and ways they can transition in the workplace.
The value of adjunct online professors has gradually increased at many institutions. This increa... more The value of adjunct online professors has gradually increased at many institutions. This increase of faculty also helps the reputation of the institution by adding professionals whose backgrounds create a diverse interest for department chairs and add collective data from several fields. Tenured faculty are known for their valuable publishing in top tier journals and their intellectual knowledge of various subjects. Published works assist online adjunct faculty in gaining and receiving various incentives that help them pursue advances within their departments. The main problem lies within certain incentives and how online adjunct faculty are able to advance based upon receiving these benefits. Online adjunct faculty currently does not receive the same incentives and benefits as that of tenured traditional faculty. This incentives and benefits problem causes variations that create negative bias against online adjunct faculty within academic departments. To assist professionals in terms of advancement and institutional reputation, publishing and receiving recognition is one of the most valued items that any one professional can receive. The main focus of this paper is to assist the audience‘s perception of the value of publishing in the academic arena through the lens of online adjunct faculty. The researchers will locate operational focal points requiring business process improvements that institutions can embrace to enhance incentives and performance of online adjunct faculty. Some of the focused items will be the following; conference reimbursement, quality of information collected, types of published work, reputation of journals, quality of published work, and how institutions can best use adjunct faculty members published works.
2014 CIDER Conference Proceedings
As institutions cut vital funding in outdoor recreation programs, limited resources such as techn... more As institutions cut vital funding in outdoor recreation programs, limited resources such as technology become essential to students in the recreational field of study. The uses of visual concepts on digital platforms become essential to the main functions of classrooms and studies. Research has the ability to show that the use of online and distance learning can create diverse and prepared professionals for parks and recreation careers. With more students becoming profound users of online and distance learning via technology, the use for the digital platform methodology is becoming more important.
A virtual parks and recreation system for higher education is a two- part system that correlates an efficient method of transforming higher education distance learning programs into secure transformations for career development. The system will initially prepare students for career development and employment in park and recreation locations. Professional work is intimately tied to the provision of service to clients (Carr-Saunders & Wilson, 1933). The main components of this application are to highlight and enhance the skills, competencies, and abilities of students seeking careers in parks, recreation, or leisure fields.
The National Parks & Recreation Association (NRPA) COAPRTs standards for 2013 are correlated with a process of the existing accreditation standards. This process is responsive to the need of the accredited COAPRT programs. Based that they are on the forefront of the parks, recreation, and leisure services education, it is important that this system and application mainly include these items. Incorporating these concepts is a skillful way of empowering scholars with tools for success.
Information Security in Diverse Computing Environments, 2014
Hyperconnectivity is a growing trend that is driving cyber security experts to develop new securi... more Hyperconnectivity is a growing trend that is driving cyber security experts to develop new security architectures for multiple platforms such as mobile devices, laptops, and even wearable displays. The futures of national and international security rely on complex countermeasures to ensure that a proper security posture is maintained during this state of hyperconnectivity. To protect these systems from exploitation of vulnerabilities it is essential to understand current and future threats to include the laws that drive their need to be secured. Examined within this chapter are the potential security-related threats with the use of social media, mobile devices, virtual worlds, augmented reality, and mixed reality. Further reviewed are some examples of the complex attacks that could interrupt human-robot interaction, children-computer interaction, mobile computing, social networks, and human-centered issues in security design.
EDULEARN14 Proceedings, Jul 2014
Training and development is ideal for businesses process improvements in many public service fiel... more Training and development is ideal for businesses process improvements in many public service fields. Education, development, and training tools are not new concepts, but are ideal, crucial, and responsive in the central utilization of employee training systems for public service fields. The need for public workforce has increased and demanded accelerated technological training and development process that have positive value and achievable gains. One method to surge this problem is to flip the technological training and development tools that have been issued and over used in the past. These tools not only hold back vicious potential from employees, but employees are potentially reaching new method of accelerated and developed education.
The choice of literature for the general stipulation has evolved over a great period of time to encompass walls and barriers to technology and advanced educational transitions. It is these barriers that are currently preventing goals and achievements from being reached through process improvement tactics and tools such that practitioner need to take a different approach to this concept. The critical perspective of ‘quality systems management’ is an approach that positively influences the internal and external practices through processes of benchmarking and integrated methodology to improve and engage new tactics in ways that create and generate achievable and desired goals. The concept of this practice is increasingly wide, but varies depending on the formulation of services that are provided to increase and improve exposure, processes, and results for the department. Only a matter of time separates the given potential from the driving force that creates gains from educational transformations.
In proceeding of: 6th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Nov 2013
It is not a common fact that most non-traditional doctoral students will not get their academic j... more It is not a common fact that most non-traditional doctoral students will not get their academic job of their dreams, its more of a common fear. This fear relates to how the current non-traditional doctoral student is viewed compared to the traditional student in ways that give the university or college advantages upon employment. For years, non-traditional doctoral students have tried ways of preparing themselves in ways to give them an advantage over traditional doctoral students. In these attempts, some have made the conversion successful and some have not. Based on the results of the highest impacting factors that attest this process, some basic practices have been announced to help reassure these students.
With the overgrowing community of non-traditional students increasing every year, there is a direct need for these soon to be graduates in the higher educational workplace. The difference that these non-traditional students have compared to traditional graduates is that they have the ability to create a new avenue for professional practices, new relations and establish valuable connections to better the ways of what makes them stand out. These practices are to be used in several different academic needs such that these doctoral students can provide ideas, plans, and processes for US colleges and universities.
This paper serves as a supplementary item that will assist non-traditional doctoral students in their academic career endeavors and pursuits. The significance of this paper will assist many doctoral students in ways to creatively match themselves up to doctoral students of traditional universities and colleges. With this, the process that these doctoral students take will be applicable marketing the needs that fit into the nature and value of the higher education department.