Publications AND REPORTS

Scholarly Publications

Recently authored/co-authored by UF Online team

• Wang, X., Kumar, S., Pollard, R., Ritzhaupt, A., Lu, J., & Martin, F. (2024). An analysis of Centers for Teaching Excellence (CTEs) operations within US higher education institutions [Manuscript submitted for publication].

• Kumar, S., Gunn, A., Pollard, R., Rose, R., Johnson, M., & Ritzhaupt, A. D. (in press). Instructional designers’ integration of AI in their practice. Online Learning Journal.
• Pollard, R. (2022). Past, Present, and Post(?)-Pandemic Future: Instructional Designers in Higher Education [Doctoral Dissertation, University of Florida]. https://ufl-flvc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01FALSC_UFL/175ga98/alma99384097893006597 
• Pollard, R. & Kumar, S. (2022). Instructional Designers in Higher Education: Roles, Challenges, and Supports. Journal of Applied Instructional Design, 11(1). https://edtechbooks.org/jaid_11_1
• Kumar, S., Pollard, R., Johnson, M., & Ağaçlı-Doğan, N. (2021). Online research group supervision: Structure, support and community. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 58(6), 647-658. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14703297.2021.1991430
• Pollard, R., & Kumar, S. (2021). Mentoring graduate students online: Strategies and challenges. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 22(2), 267-284. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14703297.2021.1991430

Conference Presentations

Recently presented/co-presented by UF Online team

UF Online presentations

• “Insource Your Outsource: Building Your Own Marketing Team,” University and Professional Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) MEMS Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2024. Proposal accepted.
• “Listening to Student Voices (and Asking the Right Questions): The Evolution of UF Online’s Student Experience Survey,” Online Learning Consortium, Orlando, Florida, 2024. Proposal submitted.
• “Instructional Designers in Higher Education: Twenty Years of Research,” UF College of Education Symposium, Gainesville, Florida, 2022.
• “Gator Pathways: Enhancing Access to the University of Florida,” University and Professional Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) in Orlando, Florida, 2022.

Co-presentations with collaborators outside of UF Online

• “Instructional Designers’ integration of generative AI in their practice.” Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, 2024. Proposal accepted.
• “The role of instructional designers in the integration of generative artificial intelligence in online and blended learning in higher education.” European Distance Education Network (EDEN) Annual Convention,, Graz, Austria, 2024.
• “Instructional Designers + Generative AI: Integration and Support,” UF Interface, Gainesville, Florida, 2024.

• “Meeting the GenAI: An Ed Tech Intro to AI and Beyond,” UF ID Symposium, Gainesville, Florida, 2023.

• “Center Directors on the Roles and Services Provided by Centers of Teaching Excellence (CTE) in American Universities,” Association for Education, Communication, and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2022.