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Landing page for work that the Community College Research team at SRI has conducted, including publications, presentations in workforce education and general education, and policy.

(PDF) Shea, P. (2007). Bridges and barriers to teaching online college courses: A study of experienced online faculty at 36 colleges. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 11(2), 73-128. From abstract, "This paper reports on initial findings from a research study of factors that enable and constrain faculty participation in online teaching and learning environments."

Citation provided in Engaging Faculty thread in Jam.

Author posted in Jam sections from his article to highlight some significant differences that might shape adoption of innovation among faculty: Gender - Two differences were identified with regards to gender. First, female respondents were more likely to report that they were motivated to teach online because online teaching accommodated other life needs (such as child care, transportation, and other family needs). Additionally females identified reduced commuting time or hassle as a motivator more frequently than their male counterparts (Tables 3 and 4). Age - With regards to age, more "mature" faculty (those 45 or over) were more motivated by opportunities to experiment with new pedagogy then were younger faculty (Table 5). Younger faculty were more motivated (perhaps unrealistically) by opportunities to demonstrate competencies important for tenure or promotion that they believed online teaching provided (Table 6). Younger faculty also reported being motivated by other material incentives that might be available for online teaching (Table 7) and were more likely to report that online teaching might be a condition of employment as a motivating factor (Table 8). Full-Time/Traditional versus Part-Time/Non Traditional. - Motivational differences were also identified by the employment status of the faculty. Part-time/Non-Traditional faculty (lecturers,instructors, and adjuncts) were over represented as a group that identified the capacity of online teaching to accommodate other life needs as a motivator for online teaching, while Full-time/Traditional faculty (assistant, associate, and full professors) were under represented in this category (Table 9). Part-time faculty were also somewhat more motivated by the possibility that online teaching could provide more free time for other professional activities and reduce commuting time or hassle (Tables 10 and 11). Parttime instructors were also more motivated by the opportunity to teach a new subject area and b

"(1) How well are students learning? and (2) How effectively are teachers teaching? Classroom Research and Classroom Assessment respond directly to concerns about better learning and more effective teaching. "

Project of the University of California to create "student-centered educational opportunities" online and to enable researchers to then use assessment data to look at "how online education can be effectively integrated into the UC undergraduate curriculum."

This UC project is a Wave 1 grantee.

By Nick DeSantis on Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 23, 2012. Article is about Sebastian Thrun, a research professor of computer science at Stanford who has given up teaching to found Udacity, a start-up offering low-cost online classes.

By Robert J. Mislevy, Linda S. Steinberg, & Russell G. Almond, Education Testing Service, December 4, 1999. Overview of program of research and application that introduces a framework for designing, producing and delivering educational assessments.

(PDF) Presentation by Louise Yarnall & Judi Fusco, SRI International and Ken Kubo, American River College on October 14, 2011.

Home page for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Cyberlearning Transforming Education program's Summit. Summit organized by SRI International and the Lawrence Hall of Science, with key support from the National Geographic Society, to advance the vision of the future of learning with a goal towards scalable and sustainable development in STEM education. Mentioned in Deeper Learning thread in context of others using data mining approach and building models.

By Grant P. Wiggins and Jay McTighe. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1998. (On Worldcat) "With an expanded array of practical strategies, tools, and examples from all subject areas, the book demonstrates how the research-based principles of Understanding by Design apply to district frameworks as well as to individual units of curriculum. "