Internet Learning Volume 4, Number 2, Fall 2015 | Page 50

Internet Learning Voume 4 Number 2 - Fall 2015
3 Questions for an Online Leader
Dr. Phil Ice
Vice President of Research and Development, American Public University System
My Thoughts on Re-envisioning Online Teaching and Learning
Dr. Phil Ice is the vice president of research and development for American Public
University System. For over a decade, Ice’s research has focused on the impact of
new and emerging technologies on cognition in online learning environments.
Work in this area has brought him international recognition in the form of four Sloan-C
Effective Practice of the Year Awards (2007, 2009, 2010 and 2013) as well as the esteemed
Gomory Award for Data Driven Quality Improvement in 2009. He has been recognized by
industry through membership in Adobe's Education Leaders Group and Adobe's Higher
Education Advisory Board, as well as a recipient of the Adobe Higher Education Leaders
Impact Award in 2010. Ice's vision for the future of technology in higher education has
also been demonstrated by his inclusion on the advisory council for the 2011 NMC / ELI
Horizon Report and his role as Principal Investigator on a $1.05 million WICHE/WCET
grant to explore online retention patterns across six institutions. His work has covered
the use of technology mediated feedback, which has been adopted by over 50 institutions
of higher education in five countries, multi-level institutional assessment techniques,
learning analytics and application of semantic analysis for mapping institutional learning
assets. Ice has also worked with seven other researchers in the United States 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.
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