Aimee deNoyelles

In the summer of 2011, Aimee joined the Instructional Design team at the Center for Distributed Learning and is now a Senior Instructional Designer. She graduated with a Doctor of Education degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Instructional Design and Technology from the University of Cincinnati in 2011. Her research interests include eTextbooks, online discussion strategies, and technology and gender. Dr. deNoyelles has published in several journals including Computers & Education, Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, and Journal of Special Education Technology.

Featured Articles

• Incorporate Online Student Personas to Promote Faculty Empathy and Reflection
  Most often, the conversation about personas in higher education has been focused on teaching persona, which is “who you are, what your beliefs…
• Incorporate Online Debates to Stimulate Critical Thinking and Engagement
  Online debates have been found to elicit higher levels of cognitive presence in online discussions versus the more traditional question-and-answer format (Zydney, deNoyelles,…
• Implement Tuning Protocol to Improve Online Discussion Peer Replies and Assignment Quality
  Asynchronous discussions are often utilized in online courses and while they can be effective toward creating and sustaining a learning community, they are…
• Encourage Authentic Learning in Online Discussions through Photovoice
  Description One of the major challenges in higher education is for students to find relevance and value in the content they are learning…
• Support Project-Based Learning Through Flipboard
  Description Project-based learning is a method of inquiry-based learning where students are required to develop an end product using their knowledge of a…