Also Co-Presents At Oxford Internet Institute on Leveraging Analytic
Data in Online Higher Education
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 25, 2012--
American
Public University System (APUS) today announced that Dr.
Phil Ice, vice president of research and development, has been named
a 2012 Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) Fellow for distinguished service to
Sloan-C and for outstanding research that has advanced the field of
online learning.
In recognition of unusual professional distinction, the Sloan-C Board of
Directors recognizes individual members of the Sloan Consortium who have:
• outstanding and extraordinary qualifications in the field of online
learning;
• significant experience in online learning or an allied field;
• a record of distinguished service to Sloan-C or the field; and
• extraordinary contributions or leadership in the field of online
learning.
In addition, Sloan-C Fellows are recognized for advancing quality, scale
and breadth in online and blended education in areas represented by the
Sloan-C Pillars of learning effectiveness, access, faculty and student
satisfaction and scale. Dr. Ice and three fellow recipients from
Michigan State University, SUNY Learning Network and University of
Central Florida will be honored at the 18th
Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning in Orlando,
FL, in October 2012.
“Dr. Ice has set and consistently maintained a high bar of
excellence on many pioneering distance learning initiatives, most
recently including his contributions to the WCET’s Predictive Analytics
Framework,” said APUS President and CEO Wallace E. Boston. “This
prestigious honor is a well-earned validation of his online education
thought leadership.”
The award marks the latest industry laurels for Dr. Ice, who received
the Wagner
Award for
Innovation in Distance Learning Administration in 2011 and three Effective
Practice of the Year Awards (2007, 2009 and 2010) from the Sloan
Consortium, which also recognized his leadership of an APUS team with
the Gomory
Award for Data Driven Quality Improvement in 2009. He was a member
of the advisory council for the 2011 and 2012 NMC / ELI Horizon Reports,
is a member of Adobe's Education Leaders Group and Higher Education
Advisory Board, and also received the Adobe Higher Education Leaders
Impact Award for 2010.
Dr. Ice’s vision for the future of technology in higher education has
covered the use of technology-mediated feedback, which has been adopted
by more than 50 institutions of higher education in five countries. It
also encompasses multi-level institutional assessment techniques and
application of semantic analysis for mapping institutional learning
assets.
Dr. Ice has conducted more than 200 peer-reviewed and invited
presentations and workshops, as well as authored more than 30
publications related to the integration of emerging technologies in
eLearning. He is also involved with seven other researchers in the US
and Canada in numerous other research initiatives related to the
Community of Inquiry Framework. This research has resulted in the
development of a validated instrument that captures the intersection of
teaching, social and cognitive presence in online learning environments.
In related news, Dr. Ice, APUS President and CEO Dr. Wallace E. Boston,
and APUS Vice President and Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Frank McCluskey
presented “Learning from Big Data: Feedback Loops Between Online Higher
Education and Pedagogic Strategies,” at the Internet, Politics, Policy
2012 -- Big Data: Big Challenges Conference at Saint Anne’s College at
the University of Oxford on September 19-20, 2012. APUS co-sponsored the
event, organized by the Oxford Internet Institute and European
Consortium of Political Research standing group on Internet and Politics.
About American Public University System
American
Public University System, winner of the Sloan Consortium’s 2009
Ralph E. Gomory Award for Quality Online Education and two-time
recipient of Sloan’s Effective Practices Award, offers 87 online degree
programs through American
Public University and American
Military University. APUS’s relevant curriculum, affordability and
flexibility help more than 100,000 working adults worldwide pursue
degrees in a diverse variety of subjects. For further information,
please visit www.apus.edu.
Source: American Public University System (APUS)
American Public University System (APUS)
Brian Muys, 571-358-3145
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