UMUC Research and Scholarship

- Factors that impact success in an online capstone course with biotechnology business partners
- Conroy, Richard
- Distance education;Curriculum development;Business internships;Online classroom;Capstone course;Biotechnology
- Abstract: Internships provide a valuable opportunity to students at all levels of education to build career-relevant experience. With increasing numbers of students moving to online courses and programs, experiences that were traditionally only...
- Instructor authenticity in mediating a sense of online community
- Starr-Glass, David
- Distance education; Community; Classroom environment; College teacher-student relationships; Collaborative learning
- Distanced learning poses challenges for all participants. Creation of a sense of learning community in online environments can reduce student isolation, attrition, and sense of disconnect with educational institution. It can also increase...
- Mentoring of biotechnology graduate students through virtual media: An ongoing study of challenges and impact
- Kahn, Rana
- Mentoring; Biotechnology; Distance education; Industry
- The Professional Science Master’s (PSM) Biotechnology program at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) developed a novel online mentoring program that pairs students with mentors from the biotechnology industry. The mentoring...
- Discussion question design and administration
- Benson, Ronald
- Online learning; Web-based instruction; Peer communication; Virtual classrooms; Teaching method
- Discussion questions are a critical aspect of online education and can often determine the difference between a positive student learning experience verses courses being a chore at best. While discussion questions are often the last task addressed...