The Department of Leadership and Learning is pleased to announce the official launch of the Interactive Journal of Global Leadership and Learning (IJGLL). This peer-reviewed journal is associated with the Doctor of Education degree program at MSUM. Special recognition should be given to Dr. Ximena Suarez-Sousa, the IJGLL’s managing editor, for her efforts to make this journal a reality. The […]
Dr. Courtney LaLonde, Dr. Belma Sadikovic, and Dr. Mike Coquyt (Department of Leadership and Learning) gave their presentation, Inquiring Minds Want to Know: The Value of Adding Optional Synchronous Elements into Online Asynchronous Courses on Monday, June 22. The session focused on the value of including optional synchronous elements in asynchronous classes. In traditional classroom settings, building relationships with students […]
Recently Drs. Aaron Peterson, Belma Sadikovic, and Renée Harmon from the Educational Leadership Graduate Studies program traveled to Orlando, Florida to attend the NASPA 2019 Student Success Conference, which was really four conferences in one. The themes addressed at the conference were Assessment, Persistence, and Data Analytics, Closing the Achievement Gap, First-generation Success, and Student Financial Wellness. There were over […]
Dr. Courtney LaLonde and Dr. Belma Sadikovic recently presented a session titled Creating Collaborative Learning Communities in Asynchronous Courses at the STAR Symposium. Drs. LaLonde and Sadikovic shared their framework for fostering collaboration and active learning in online asynchronous courses. Through systematic planning that focuses on faculty-faculty, faculty-student, and student-student interaction, they described key elements of synchronous instruction that they […]