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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
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)
Assignment 3 Leaders in the Field
A power point presentation with narration highlighting the book Big Data by Vikor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier
EDTC 804--Global Issues in Educational Technology Leadership (3 credits)
Research on how the world views technology taking into account the cultural values of the people of the different regions.
Educational and technological highlights in Latin America and their implications on K-12, higher education, and corporate institutions
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
A Proof of Concept that employs the student centered activity of video editing
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)
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.
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
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
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)
EDTC 805--Cross-discipline Studies in Technology (3 credits)
Assignmnet 1 Emerging Technologies
Prezi Presentation on the Flipped Classroom
A White Paper on being a CODiE Judge
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
A closer look at Bloom's Taxonomy and how it developed
Assignment 3 Technology and Young Children
Research on the use of Technology with young children and recomendations for developmentally appropriate guidelines
Assignment 4 Transdisciplinary Education
Research on what Transdiciplinary Education is and how it developed
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
Two case studies highlighting two different senarios with a needs analysis, task analysis, learner analysis and goals and objectives
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)
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
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)
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
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)
Assignment 3 Using Primary Data
Proffesional correspondence which includes a report on the ficticious Smalltown Opera House Renovation Project
Proffesional correspondence for a ficticious Mr. Kwanta’s recommendation for a professional stipend
EDTC 806--Research Methods in Educational Technology Leadership (3 credits)
Preparing an assignment done in EDTC 804 for publication in the Journal of Applied Learning Technologies (JALT)
Recommendations and suggestions on the table of contents for an upcoming book on thesis and dissertaion writing
Assignment 3 Dissertaion Chapter 3
A template and partial writing of chapter 3 of a dissertaion
EDTC 809--Assessment and Evaluation (3 credits)
Assignment 1 Observational Experience
An exercise in collecting observational data on site at Newport Mall in Jersey City, New Jersey
Assignment 2 Proposal of Field Research Study
A proposal to study how computers in a 1:1 enviroment are being used
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
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)
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)