Current Goals and Objectives

 

 

This year, thanks to the support of faculty and fellow students, I have participated in many professional development activities. As co-lab manager for Research And Innovation in Learning (RAIL) lab, I have been able to participate in projects at every stage -- from attending initial brainstorming meetings, to writing proposals, obtaining funding, beginning a project, managing data collection and analysis, and creating evaluation reports. I continue to work on projects I started  with in the master's program, such as the GSLEAD project and the STEM-Integrated Robotics program. I have also added new projects to the list. The biggest opportunity for me came with the NIH-funded grant for the development of a Career Navigation System, a project that is part of the Georgia CTSA's Translational Workforce Development team. I am the project manager for UGA's side of this grant, and I have been presented with many challenges and opportunities as a result. I am glad to get to collaborate and learn with faculty, staff, and students at UGA and Emory University as we engage in this highly dynamic and complex project. 

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My goals for the next year include,

• Collaborate with other students and faculty on research and writing

• Complete my conceptual framework and prepare it for submission to a top-tier journal

• Write a piece for the history column in TechTrends (AECT)

• Continue and look for new opportunities to engage in informal learning experiences

 

 

 

Professional Development Activities

 

General Participation

• Attended and presented at the AECT Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL, November 7-11, 2017

• Attended COE's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Diversity Conference, Athens, GA, March 2, 2018

• Participant in RAIL Research Study Group on Educational Data Mining, Spring 2018

• Attended and had a poster presentation at UGA's Integrative Research and Ideas Symposium (IRIS), April 14, 2018

 

Research Roles + Activities 

• Co-lab manager for Research and Innovation in Learning (RAIL) 

  • Developing and Implementing a Medical Faculty Workshop on Integrated Curriculum

    • Creating an analysis of integrated curriculum (literature review)

    • Assisting in the development of a customized workshop

  • VetMed, Initial Research Proposal

    • Participate in initial meetings and creation of a draft proposal

• Research Assistant for Translational Workforce Development, Career Navigation System Development

  • Analyze and prepare presentations on key content for research team (literature reviews)

•  Research Assistant for GSLEAD Assessment Team

  • Conducted qualitative data collection and analysis 

  • Collaborated on writing NSF and internal evaluation reports

  • Currently participating in writing a paper on the first year of the project

• Interviewer for Putnam County Community Engagement/Local History Curriculum Project 

  • Interviewed two Putnam County high school history teachers and one of their former students. 

  • The analysis of these interviews will be included in a paper on the project, currently in progress.

  • This project represents an ongoing partnership between the Georgia Virtual History Project, Putnam County Charter School System, UGA's Wilson Center and College of Education, and others. 

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Teaching Roles + Activities 

• Co-facilitator, Doctoral Seminar on Grant Writing | EDIT 9990, Fall 2017

• Co-facilitator, Learning Environment Design II | EDIT 6210, Spring 2018

• Mentor new students in RAIL

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Project Management Roles

• Project Manager, Translational Workforce Development, Career Navigation System Development

• Co-Project Manager, STEM-Integrated Robotics Project

• Co-Project Manager, Traffic Safety Project in EDIT 6210

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Service Provided

• Served as Secretary of the Career and Information Students Graduate Association (CISGA)

  • Represented CISGA at finance allocation meeting

  • Helped organize Brown Bags for CIS students and faculty

  • Presented at Brown Bag on NSF Research Funding

• Organized annual strategic planning meeting for RAIL student and faculty members

• STEM-Integrated Robotics Team, Honduras Project

  •  Leading the organization and preparation of workshop materials for summer outreach and research trip

  • Work with contacts at COE to develop stories on RAIL’s outreach and research

    • Link to Article: Robots Help Change Learning in Honduras​

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