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Dr. Angelica Safanova
Doctoral Portfolio
EDTC 802--Principles of Educational Technology Leaders (3 credits)
A research paper on MOOCs which includes a brief history, some of the challanges, pros, and the future of MOOCs
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Assignment 2 Technology Use Proposal
A proposal for a MOOC to help newly arrived immigrant ELL students that may be functioning below grade level in the U.S. to catch up to peers (includes an artifact)
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Assignment 3 Leaders in the Field
A power point presentation with narration highlighting the book Big Data by Vikor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier
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EDTC 804--Global Issues in Educational Technology Leadership (3 credits)
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Research on how the world views technology taking into account the cultural values of the people of the different regions.
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Educational and technological highlights in Latin America and their implications on K-12, higher education, and corporate institutions
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Assignment 3 A College Level Course Integrating Global Issues
Proposal for a new course at NJCU on how to integrate STEM into the curent curriculum of a school
EDTC 625--Using Integrated Software across the Curriculum (3 credits)
Assignment 1 Universal Design for Learning
A Power Point Presentation presenting a UDL Lesson based on The Incredibles Movie
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A Proof of Concept that employs the student centered activity of video editing
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Assignment 3 Instructional Videos
A series of instructional materials to flip the classroom
EDTC 631--Administration and Supervision of Technology in Educational Settings (3 credits)
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A long term vison for a fictitious district’s three new schools which includes a systematic approach to technology management, an analysis of resources required, evaluation tools, and an explanation of the procedures used to control the system and conduct on-going decision making.
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Assignment 2 Hiring Three Technology Coordinators
A job description for three Technology Coordinators (Elementary School, Middle School, High School), includes a policies and procedures manual
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Assignment 3 Technology Implementation Action Plan
A Technology Implementation Plan geared at increasing mathematics scores at a fictitious school district with recommendations, related costs with supporting research and theory, this plan take into account diverse learners and the Core Content Standards
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Assignment 4 Professional Development Plan in Support Of LMS Adoption
A Professional Development Plan geared at getting 100% compliance from teachers at a fictitious school district in the use of a new Learning Management System, includes everything from a needs assessment to an evaluation instrument.
EDTC 812--Teaching in the Adult Learning Environment (3 credits pending)
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EDTC 805--Cross-discipline Studies in Technology (3 credits)
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Assignmnet 1 Emerging Technologies
Prezi Presentation on the Flipped Classroom
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A White Paper on being a CODiE Judge
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Assignment 3 Technology Theme Park
A Website created with a park-like theme on the mathematical concept of Transformations
EDTC 807--Implementation and Evaluation of Curriculum (3 credits)
Assignment 1 The Progressive Movement
A brief history of the Progressive Movement and how it impacts us today
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A closer look at Bloom's Taxonomy and how it developed
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Assignment 3 Technology and Young Children
Research on the use of Technology with young children and recomendations for developmentally appropriate guidelines
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Assignment 4 Transdisciplinary Education
Research on what Transdiciplinary Education is and how it developed
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Assignment 5 Bilibgual Education
A look at business opportunites in Bilingual Education
EDTC 676--Effective Models of E-Learning (3 credits)
Assignment 1 Mount Everest Hiking Simulation
An excercise on leadership and team builing provided through the Harvard Business School
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Two case studies highlighting two different senarios with a needs analysis, task analysis, learner analysis and goals and objectives
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Assignment 3 Leadership Vision and ELearning Plan
A systems approach ELearning Plan for Professional Developement on technology use by teahcers
EDTC 677--Advanced Methods of Building Online Communities (3 credits)
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Assignment 1 Exploring Online Communities
An analysis of Meetup.com through the prism of Digital Habitats, the Wenger et. al. model
An analysis of Megomuseum.com’s strategy
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Assignment 3 Creation of an Online Community with a Prototype
The creation of an online community prototype that focuses on branding public schools and the relevant research to backup design decisions
EDTC 678--Developing and Managing Distance Learning Programs (3 credits Pending)
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EDTC 811--Summer Institute III (2 credits Pending)
EDTC 803--Data Analysis and Report Writing (3 credits)
Assignment 1 Constructing Visual Aids
Proffesional correspondence with the purpose of starting a task force to investigate ways to help female students and alumni to integrate
themselves back into the labor force and balance careers and children, includes visual aids
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Assignment 2 Using Secondary Data
Proffesional correspondence reccommending stock with an analysis of the Technology Sector stocks: Tableau Software (DATA),
Oracle Corporation (ORCL), and SAP SE (SAP)
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Assignment 3 Using Primary Data
Proffesional correspondence which includes a report on the ficticious Smalltown Opera House Renovation Project
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Proffesional correspondence for a ficticious Mr. Kwanta’s recommendation for a professional stipend
EDTC 806--Research Methods in Educational Technology Leadership (3 credits)
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Preparing an assignment done in EDTC 804 for publication in the Journal of Applied Learning Technologies (JALT)
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Recommendations and suggestions on the table of contents for an upcoming book on thesis and dissertaion writing
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Assignment 3 Dissertaion Chapter 3
A template and partial writing of chapter 3 of a dissertaion
EDTC 809--Assessment and Evaluation (3 credits)
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Assignment 1 Observational Experience
An exercise in collecting observational data on site at Newport Mall in Jersey City, New Jersey
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Assignment 2 Proposal of Field Research Study
A proposal to study how computers in a 1:1 enviroment are being used
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Assignment 3 Pilot Field Study with IRB
A proposal to study how educational professionals are using social media to participate in communities of practice and
the implications of comingling personal and professional lives in a virtual world
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A project proposal to study best practices in social media for creating Communities of Practice for professional
growth and advancement
EDTC 810--Statistics for Educational Research (3 credits)
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Assignment 1 Reporting Statistics, Mainstream Media and Scholarly Article
Highlights the differnces in reporting statistics in mainstream media and scholarly articles with attention to p-value
Assignment 2 Statistics Reference Website
A resource website containing samples, instructional videos, and data sets ​highlighting correlation, p-value, z-test, t-test, and ANOVA and how they are reported in APA
Assignment 3 Anonymous Peer Critique of Reference Website
An accurate and complete critique of a peer's reference site against a rubric (anonymous no artifact available)
Assignment 4 Mini Research Study
A mini research study on data downloaded from Lock5stat and analyzed using SPSS
EDTC 901--Dissertation I (6 credits)
EDTC 902--Dissertation II (6 credits)