The Office of Academic Innovation (OAI) seeks to promote and support effective student learning at PSU by building sustainable instructional capability, collaborating with educators across campus to come up with innovative instructional solutions, and fostering creative communities committed to teaching and learning. The Office of Academic Innovation was formerly known as the Center for Academic Excellence.

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Submissions from 2024

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Persona Journey Mapping to Drive Equity During an LMS Transition, Kam Moi Lee, Kari Goin Kono, and Megan McFarland

Submissions from 2022

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How Data Visualization Can Facilitate Active Learning and Undergraduate Research in an Online Class, Kari Goin Kono and Shawn Smallman

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Informing the Community-based Learning Experience with Harold McNaron and August White, Harold McNaron and August White

Submissions from 2021

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Student-Faculty Partnerships in Curricula, Kari Goin Kono and Sophia Ryker

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Using an Ethos of Care to Bridge the Digital Divide: Exploring Faculty Narratives During a Global Pandemic, Kari Goin Kono and Sonja Taylor

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Adaptive and Active: The Integration of Adaptive Courseware Through the Lens of Blended Learning, Janelle Voegele and Raiza Dottin

Submissions from 2018

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Are Private Universities Exempt from Student Concerns About Textbook Costs? A Survey of Students at American University, Lindsay Renee Murphy and David Rose

Submissions from 2017

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Communities of Practice in Higher Education: Transformative Dialogues Toward a Productive Academic Writing Practice, Janelle De Carrico Voegele and Dannelle D. Stevens

Submissions from 2011

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Assessment alchemy: Transforming data into action--Why it is mostly myth and what to do about it, Gary R. Brown

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Compared to what? Reconsidering assessment in higher education, Gary R. Brown

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A few questions we're no longer asking about assessment : The assessment landscape and possible futures, Todd Lundberg, Gary R. Brown, and Robin Jeffers

Submissions from 2009

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Assessment Issues Direct, Indirect, and Assessment Utility, Gary R. Brown

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ePortfolios, the Harvesting Gradebook, Accountability, and Community, Gary R. Brown, Nils Peterson, Meriem Chida, and Theron Desrosier

Submissions from 2008

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The LMS Mirror: School as We Know IT versus School as We Need IT and the Triumph of the Custodial Class, Gary R. Brown and Nils Peterson

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Out of the classroom and beyond, Gary R. Brown, Nils Peterson, Adrian Wilson, and Jim Ptaszynski

Submissions from 2007

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Developing students' critical thinking skills, Gary R. Brown

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Out of the cabbage patch, Gary R. Brown

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Piloting a Program-level Learning Assessment Plan in Plant and Soil Science, Teresa Cerny-Koenig, Catherine A. Perillo, Caroline Pearson-Mims, Kathleen M. Williams, Gary R. Brown, Andrew Morozov, William L. Pan, and William E. Hendrix

Submissions from 2006

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Association of course performance with student beliefs: An analysis by gender and instructional software environment, J. Richard Alldredge and Gary R. Brown

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Online Student Evaluations and Response Rates Reconsidered, Joan Anderson, Gary R. Brown, and Stephen Spaeth

Submissions from 2003

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Formal course design and the student learning experience, Gary R. Brown, Carrie B. Myers, and Sharon E. Roy

Submissions from 2001

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The Support Service Crisis: A Misnomer, Gary R. Brown

Submissions from 2000

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Where do we go from here?, Gary R. Brown

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Teaching online: Now we're talking, Gary R. Brown and Lisa Johnson-Shull

Submissions from 1999

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Digital Diploma Mills or Socratic Gymnasium? The Future of the University, Gary R. Brown and Mary Wack

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Online Collaboration and Implications for Learning and Society, Gary R. Brown and Mary Wack

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The difference frenzy and matching buckshot with buckshot, Gary R. Brown and Mary Wack