Recognition Award for Information Management Research
The University of Oregon Applied Information Management (AIM) Master’s Degree Program is well known for the cutting edge research conducted by students in the final phase of study. AIM students all work full time while attending school online part time. Writing a research paper provides them with an opportunity to select a topic in the larger field of information management and build a clearly defined link between their professional activity and an academic inquiry.
Research studies are grounded in a variety of contexts, including higher education, government operations and private industries (within both the US and a global context). For a complete list of titles and abstracts of the research papers produced by AIM students, visit the AIM Capstone Research Papers page.
Each year an award is presented by the AIM Program academic director to recognize excellent research, with focus on three categories: (a) execution of the overall research process, (b) depth of the research design, and (c) quality of the research outcome. This year the award was presented to Linda Mears. Linda is the communications director at the University of Oregon College of Education. The title of her research study is "An Overview of Faculty-centered, Peer-reviewed Online Course Development Models for Application within Accredited Institutions of Higher Education".
Ms. Mears’ study examines faculty engagement in the development of high quality online instruction. Thirty refereed case studies of standards-driven online course development in higher education since 2004 are annotated and analyzed for common principles, procedures, or recommended practices. Discussion explores strategic planning for faculty and online administrators, including four phases of implementation, faculty support needs, barriers to engagement, and instructional and technology characteristics faculty must weigh carefully in specific pedagogical designs.
For more information on the AIM master’s degree program, please view the website at aim.uoregon.edu. For specific questions, you can call 800-824-2714 or e-mail aim@uoregon.edu.
POSTED: October 25, 2011
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