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APUS in the News
- APUS’ Dr. Wallace Boston, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Phil Ice, Associate Vice President, Research and Development, and Dr. Angela M. Gibson, Instructional Design Project Leader, had their study, “Comprehensive Assessment of Student Retention in Online Learning Environments” published in the Spring 2011 edition of the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration. View the article here.
- APUS’ Dr. Phil Ice, Associate Vice President, Research and Development, spoke at the 1st International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge in Banff, Alberta, Canada on February 28th. He was an invited speaker and presented on Multi-level Institutional Application of Analytics.
- APUS’ Dr. Fred Stielow, Associate VP & Dean of Library & Educational Materials, has been invited to serve a 2 year appointment as a Member of the Association of College & Research Libraries' Distance Learning Section Research Committee, where he will be contributing his expertise to ACRL and leading academic and research librarians in advancing learning and scholarship.
- APUS’ Dr. Phil Ice, Associate Vice President, Research and Development, will be presenting "Five Technologies That Will Change Instructional Design Forever," in Orlando, Florida at the ELearning Guild Learning Solutions Conference and Expo, March 2011.
- APUS’ Dr. Frank McCluskey, Executive Vice President and Provost, was invited and served on the Servicemen’s Opportunity College Panel at the Council of College and Military Educators (CCME) Symposium in Tampa, Florida, this February 2011.
- APUS' Dr. Fred Stielow, Associate VP & Dean of Library & Educational Materials, has been invited to serve as a member of the International Relations Committee for a two-year term beginning at the end of the 2011 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA, and expiring at the end of the 2013 Annual Conference in Chicago, IL.
- At the 34th annual Southwest Educational Research Association (SERA) conference in San Antonio, Texas, February 2-5, 2011, Dr. Phil Ice, Associate Vice President, Research and Development, American Public University System, Rob Mitchell, Solutions Designer, American Public University System, Dr. Angela M. Gibson, Instructional Design Project Leader, American Public University System, and Dr. Lori P. Kupczynski, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership & Counseling, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, presented the paper entitled, “Experiences of the Online Learner: A Study of Demographic Factors in Student Success”. Also presented, was the paper entitled “Student Success in Online Courses: The Impact of Frequency on Student Achievement,” by Dr. Lori P. Kupczynski, Dr. Angela M. Gibson, Dr. Phil Ice, and Dr. Linda Challoo from Texas A&M University – Kingsville. In addition, a presentation was given including the panel of Dr. Lori P. Kupczynski, Dr. Angela M. Gibson, Dr. Melissa Burgess, Texas Virtual Learning Center, and Dr. George Moore, Sam Houston State University, entitled “Online Learning at For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Universities: A Discussion of Institutional Models”.
- APUS' Dr. Frank McCluskey, Executive Vice President and Provost, served as a featured panelist alongside representatives from Oracle, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Google at the 2011 HigherEdTECH Summit and Exhibition, January 6, 2011 in Las Vegas.
- APUS' Dr. Wallace Boston, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Karan Powell, Senior Vice President and Academic Dean, and Dr. Phil Ice, Director of Course Design, Research, and Development, were featured panelists last week at the 2011 Hawaii International Conference on Education, in Honolulu.
- APUS’s Dr. Jennifer Stephens, Dean of Assessment and Associate VP, Dr. Phil Ice, Director of Course Design, Research, and Development, Dr. Frank McCluskey, Executive Vice President and Provost, and Dave Becher, Director of Academic Information Analysis, will be presenting at the 16th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning on November 4th. Their Group Presentation titled, “Measuring Digital Learning in the 21st Century - Data Warehouses, Dialects, and Dashboards,” will discuss strategies to promote a culture of assessment, continuous improvement, and data-based decision-making.
- Dr. Angela M. Gibson, Instructional Design Project Leader, American Public University System, Dr. Lori P. Kupczynski, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership & Counseling, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, and Dr. Phil Ice, Director of Course Design, Research, and Development, American Public University System, wrote a paper entitled "Student Success in Top 20 Courses of an Online Institution: Demographic Differences in a Multi-Semester Cross-Curricular Study." This paper has been accepted for publication in the July - Sep'10 issue of i-manager's Journal of Educational Technology.
- APUS’ Dave Becher, Director of Academic Information Analysis, and Tim Daciuk, Predictive Analytics Solutions Architect, IBM, will be presenting, “Taking the “Risk” Out of “At-Risk” – Identifying Students Before They Drop Out,” on October 20, 2010. They will discuss how predictive analytics can help attract and retain customers.
- APUS Faculty member, James F. Smith PhD, P.E., Captain USNR (Ret.), will be speaking on a panel on airport disaster management at the 20th Airports Council International World / Latin America - Caribbean Annual General Assembly 1-3 November 2010 in Bermuda. His presentation will be based on his 2008 and 2009 APUS-funded research into airport disaster preparedness in a community context and regional cooperation among airports during disasters. In addition he will be serving as principal investigator for the Airport Cooperative Research Program's FY2010 Project # 04-10, "Airport-to-airport mutual aid." The goal of the project is to produce a guidebook for U.S. airports to guide them through the formation, use, and maintenance of airport-to-airport mutual aid pacts for disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. For more information please visit http://www.trb.org/ACRP/Public/ACRP.aspx.
- Faculty Speaking Venues
September 9th: JR Reilly, FBI National Academy California Chapter Conference, Topic: Inspiring the Generation X Workforce
September 15th: Jennifer Hesterman and Anthony Mangeri, 2010 Emergency Services Conference
September 22nd: Eric Shoemaker, FBI National Academy Tennessee Chapter Conference, Topic: North Korea-The Continuing Criminal Enterprise
September 30th: Steve Rynecki, FBI National Academy Illinois Chapter Conference, Topic: Internal Affairs, Discipline, Rumor Mongering
October 14th: Jennifer Hesterman, FBI National Academy North Carolina Chapter Conference, Topic: Leading Generation X Law Enforcement Officers
- APUS Provost Dr. Frank McCluskey, Dean of Assessment and Associate VP, Dr. Jennifer Stephens, and Director of Academic Information Analysis, Dave Becher presented a webinar through Campus Technology, titled, “Create an Online Learning Environment that Ensures Academic Quality and Integrity,” on August 25, 2010.
- Jennifer Staley, head of Instructional Design, was chosen for the Penn State University Institute in Online Leadership in August.
- Phil McNair (US Army Retired)) our Academic Vice President, gave the keynote at the FBI Academy in Florida on August 8th.
- APUS was awarded a best practice award for their work on Semantic Analysis at the Sloan Emerging Tech Conference in Silicon Valley this July.
- A manuscript authored by Dr. Angela Gibson, APUS Instructional Design Project Leader, has been accepted for publication in the May edition of the peer-reviewed Community College Journal of Research and Practice. Dr. Gibson and her colleague Dr. John Slate from Sam Houston State University wrote the manuscript titled “Student Engagement at Two-Year Institutions: Age and Generational Status Differences”, based on research they conducted on data from over 40,000 students in 2-year institutions in the State of Texas.
- Dean of Libraries and Course Materials Dr. Fred Stielow named University of Rhode Island’s Library School Alumnus of the Year - He will be honored at the URI Faculty Club in Kingston, Rhode Island on March 26th.
- Dr. Phil Ice, APUS Director of Course Design, Research and Development, co-authored the book “An Introduction to Distance Education: Understanding Teaching and Learning in a New Era”, which is being published in March - Dr. Ice wrote the chapter “The Future of Learning Technologies: Transformational Developments.” Over 200 bookstores have pre-ordered the book to use as a text at the master’s and doctoral level.
- Gates Foundation seeks APUS input - APUS Provost Dr. Frank McCluskey and Director of Course Design and Research Dr. Phil Ice have been asked to participate with a small number of other institutions in a discussion about quality in online education sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to be held in April 2010.