by Amanda Rockinson-Szapkiw | Nov 1, 2015 | Distance Education, News
At its simplest, resilience is defined as success despite adversity (Luthar, Cicchetti, & Becker, 2000), and resilience research is nested within an ecological model that emphasizes the interactions between individuals and their environment. Given the decades of...
by Amanda Rockinson-Szapkiw | Nov 19, 2012 | Distance Education
In October, my husband, Michael, and I traveled to California to watch the taping of and to do a walk on for a popular TV sitcom that will air tonight. All sitcoms are episodic comedies that range from 20-45 minutes in length; all episodes have 3 common...
by Amanda Rockinson-Szapkiw | Oct 24, 2012 | Distance Education, Educational Technology, News
This week begins the start of a new semester term for my online courses. Ice breaking activities, as Conrad and Donaldson (2004) would refer to them, are in full swing. Ice breakers in online learning environments are central to the establishment of a positive...
by Amanda Rockinson-Szapkiw | Jun 10, 2012 | Distance Education, Educational Technology, Resources
It’s summer time. For me, that means that it’s time to teach intensives. This means teaching from 8:30 to 5:00, scheduling meetings with students after class, and then doing a task that very few find truly enjoyable, grading. I actually enjoy grading as I get to see...
by Amanda Rockinson-Szapkiw | Apr 22, 2012 | Distance Education
I have spent a good amount of time searching the literature to an useful and applicable frameworks for designing and evaluating effective distance education – one framework that I like best is the Community of Inquiry Framework. Based on John Dewey’s (1933)...
