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For program sponsors, we design new, or audit existing, motivation, incentive and reward programs to increase their effectiveness and reduce your costs. Through the use of proven motivational theory, behavioral economics and social psychology we can help you drive extraordinary company performance. For incentive companies we provide a unique perspective when designing programs for their clients as well as support for their marketing and sales efforts.

Welcome to the companion website to our ELI presentation on Assessing Learning Spaces. We have made many of our instruments and resources available for your reference. However, since we have worked in cooperation with several institutions and modified their instruments for our use, we'd ask that you contact them directly to get permission to do the same. The San José State University Academic Success Center opened in October 2006 with a goal to increase student success by providing 21st-century technology, informal and formal learning spaces, and the services and support. The objective was to build an integrative center that provides students with an innovative space and technology tools for collaboration and promotes faculty pedagogical innovation through the use of our Incubator Classroom, winner of the 2007 Campus Technology Innovators Award. By combining physical space, technology tools, and an intensive professional development program, the ASC exemplifies a new synergistic model for the campus.

"The purpose of this chapter is to 1) discuss the nature of qualitative inquiry, 2) explore different kinds of qualitative inquiry, 3) explain the role of interpretation, 4) present various participant observation stances, 5) offer ways of gaining access and achieving reciprocity, 6) review stages of qualitative research, 7) suggest practical procedures related to research methods as well as research writing, 8) present sociocultural problems, and 9) give future alternatives for qualitative research. Specifically, stages of qualitative research to be described are data collection, content analysis, and comparative analysis. Practical suggestions for analysis will include such examples as computer programming, icon and color coding of concepts, focus groups and key informants, and spread sheets for comparative and cross-site analysis"

For the first time, TalentSmart unveils its step-by-step program for increasing emotional intelligence via 66 proven strategies that teach: self-awareness self-management social awareness relationship management The book also includes access to the enhanced online edition of the world′s most popular EQ test-the Emotional Intelligence Appraisal-that pinpoints the strategies that will increase your emotional intelligence the most and tests your EQ a second time to measure your progress.

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"evaluation process in the general style of action research illustrates some points about qualitative research and evaluation"

"5pm™ is an intuitive web based project management tool Looking for a better way to stay organized? 5pm can be your central location for project and task management, team collaboration, time tracking, reporting and more..." Can also connect SpiderScribe (Mindmapping online program) to incorporate visual mapping functionality

"The Text Analysis Developers Alliance is an international group of designers and developers of text analysis tools. The mission of TADA is to encourage collaboration among researchers and to provide useful resources to developers and users."

Resources for Qualitative Research

"Quality Matters (QM) is a faculty-centered, peer review process that is designed to certify the quality of online and blended courses. QM is a leader in quality assurance for online education and has received national recognition for its peer-based approach and continuous improvement in online education and student learning."

Higher Ed and K-12 Education - online course design assessment, benchmarking, evaluation, assessment