Related Conference Attendance (past and present: “Name of presentation,” authors, conference title, dates and location)
Faculty in the Online Learning & Education Research Program (OLERP) and students attended the 2024 Pan-Pacific Business Research Conference (PPBRC).
Four papers on online learning and education were presented, they are Revealing Students’ Perceptions on Rehearsal and Testing in An Online Education Setting: Evidence from Students in An URM Serving University, presented by Dr. Yu Liu from the Accounting and Finance Department, Lectures in Online Courses presented by Dr. Jesus Canelon from Information and Decision Science Department, Post-COVID Student and Faculty Perceptions of Online Computing Labs: Better Targeted, Better Perceptions, but Still Need Improvement, presented by Dr. Yunfei Hou from the school of Computer Science & Engineering, and Hispanic-Serving Institutions as Catalysts for Belonging and Community in Online STEM Education, presented by Dr. Pamela Medina, from the Public Administration Department.
In another session, eight students from various majors were interviewed about their “candid” opinions of the strengths and weaknesses of online courses (bottom row of picture).
Online Learning in STEM Programs: An Analysis of Challenges and Best Practices in Higher Education, Ni, A.Y. and Van Wart, M. 17th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, Spain, March 6-8, 2023.
“A Comparative Study on Student and Faculty Perceptions of Online Computing Labs”, Yunfei Hou, Miranda McIntyre, Jesus Canelon Herrera, Joyce Fu and Hani Aldirawi, SIGCSE Technical Symposium 2024 program, 20–23 March 2024 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon (poster presentation)
Lily Conference, January, 2024:
- "Comparing STEM Students' Online Learning Experience between CSUSB and UCR" Joyce Fu, Miranda McIntyre, Montgomery Van Wart, Jesus Canelon, Yunfei Hou, and Hani Aldirawi, ITLC Lilly Conference in San Diego. CA January 4-6, 2024 (poster)
- “Hispanic Serving Institutions as Catalysts for Community & Belonging in STEM Education”, Pamela S. Medina, Miranda McIntyre, Ana Ni, Donna Garcia, ITLC Lilly Conference in San Diego. CA January 4-6, 2024
CSU Symposium on Teaching and Learning. (Feb 23, 24, at CSUSB and virtually on March 1)
- “Why do students take (or avoid) online classes? A theory-driven examination of distance learning adoption.” Miranda McIntyre. [Based on McIntyre MM, Medina PS, Zhang J, Ni A. Understanding student intentions to take online courses: A theory-driven examination of adoption factors and prior experience. Educ Inf Technol (Dordr). 2023 May 1:1-26.]
- “Lectures in Online Courses.” Jesus Canelon
(From left to right, Dr. Yingzhuo(Joyce) Fu from UC Riverside, Dr. Pamela Medina, Dr. Monty Van Wart, Dr. Miranda McIntyre, and Dr. Hani Aldirawi from CSU San Bernardino attending CSU Symposium on Teaching and Learning)
"Are Online ‘Best Practices’ Universal? A Cross-Disciplinary Examination of Online Teaching Strategies” Miranda M. McIntyre, Kristof Csaba, & Donna M. Garcia, Society for the Teaching of Psychology Pre-Conference, Feb. 8, 2024, San Diego (Presentation/Talk)
"Belonging in Online Classrooms: Examining Underrepresented STEM Students’ Sense of Inclusion at Hispanic-Serving Institutions" Geoffrey Cui & Miranda M. McIntyre, Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, Feb. 9 - 10, 2024, San Diego (Poster)
Click and read the A Dozen Online Teaching Best Practices (developed based on surveys of over 1000 students.)
Other Activities
(December 2023) research team finalizes year 2 qualitative research plan. Received IRB approval.
(September 2023) The research team begins to consider a detailed Track 2 proposal. Reach out to other universities for potential collaboration.
(August 2023) See the new research on online education trends in higher education. “2023 Faculty and Technology Report: A First Look at Teaching Preferences since the Pandemic” by Nicole Muscanell in Educause, Monday, August 21, 2023. https://www.educause.edu/ecar/research-publications/2023/faculty-and-technology-report-a-first-look-at-teaching-preferences-since-the-pandemic/methodology-and-acknowledgments
(June 2023) research team completes the empirical phase of the project. (July) Initiates three research papers based on empirical data (regarding online higher education and DEI, labs, and Information and Decision Sciences)
(August, 2022) CSUSB online learning research team awarded NSF grant to study STEM online learning with a focus on equity. The project begins in October 2022.