Unizin and TopHat co-sponsor new research opportunities: Unizin, in close collaboration with our partner Top Hat, is embarking on a novel cross-institutional initiative to study technology-driven impact pedagogy on learner outcomes. The objective is to leverage the Unizin Data Platform (UDP) power, combined with institutional systems of record, to determine how learning can be made more inclusive, engaging, and effective. TopHat is funding $10,000 per study, and Unizin is matching. Two selected research proposals will be co-sponsored at $20,00 each.
Unizin will be seeking the partnership of two (2) institutions to join us in this exciting endeavor. Together, with TopHat, Unizin will define the research theme(s) to study, enlist faculty to participate who are currently using Top Hat in their courses, work with them to determine the research questions, obtain and analyze data required from Top Hat, and potentially other LMS/LTI tools via the UDP and other institutional systems, and surface the findings. These studies will focus on success objectives in which Top Hat plays a role, such as facilitating engagement, Peer-led Team Learning (PLT) modalities, or feedback; or objectives where Top Hat plays a direct and focused part in a success objective, such as the impact of a custom-designed Top Hat textbook.
Contact Chad Brassil for more information: cbrassil@unl.edu