Dear Colleagues, Graduate Students, Staff, Here is an excellent virtual opportunity for retooling and building new research skills that will accelerate us to Tier I. I hope you are Healthy, Safe, and Blessed, as we begin a new academic year at UTSA! Rosalind Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: AERA Professional Development <profdevel(a)aera.net&gt; Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 9:04:48 AM To: Rosalind Horowitz <Rosalind.Horowitz(a)utsa.edu&gt; Subject: [EXTERNAL] AERA Virtual Research Learning Series Continues with Last Three Courses **EXTERNAL EMAIL** This email originated outside of The University of Texas at San Antonio. Please exercise caution when clicking on links or opening attachments. [AERA 2020 Virtual Research Learning Series]<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F... The AERA 2020 Virtual Research Learning Series Continues with Last Three High-Quality, Interactive Courses Register Now! All courses are from 1:00–5:00 p.m. EDT. / FEE $35 Live or On Demand Access Empowerment Evaluation (RL-7) Wednesday, August 26 Instructor David M. Fetterman, Fetterman and Associates Employing lecture, activities, demonstration, and discussion, the course will introduce participants to the theory, concepts, principles, and steps of empowerment evaluation as well as the technological tools to facilitate the approach. View full course description<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3...;. Using Factor Analysis for Survey Design and Validation (RL-8) Tuesday, September 1 Instructors Katherine Picho, Howard University (course director) Marie Plaisime, Howard University Intended for educators (including administrators) and researchers at all levels, this interactive course provides a primer on survey development and the use of factor analysis to validate surveys. View full course description<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3...;. Co-Decolonizing Research Methods: Toward Research Sustaining Indigenous and ‘Other’ Community Engaged Ways of Knowing (RL-9) Tuesday, September 15 Instructors Lorri Many Rivers Johnson Santamaría, Mixteco Indígena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) (course director) Cristina Corrine Santamaría Graff, Indiana University—Purdue University at Indianapolis For those interested or engaged in research produced by or serving Indigenous peoples or people of Color in the United States directly or indirectly impacted by colonization, this course provides a way forward toward authentic collaboration with stakeholders and interested parties. View full course description<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3...;. [information here]<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2... [register here] <https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faera.inf... [https://www.aera.net/Portals/38/images/VRLC/AERA-Logo-VRLS.png?ver=2020-0... The American Educational Research Association (AERA) is the largest national interdisciplinary research association devoted to the scientific study of education and learning. Founded in 1916, the Association strives to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good. [https://www.aera.net/Portals/38/images/Annual%20Meeting/2020%20Annual%20M... [https://www.aera.net/Portals/38/images/Annual%20Meeting/2020%20Annual%20M...] <https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faera.inf... #VirtualResearchLearningSeries UNSUBSCRIBE<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3... [Higher Logic]<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%...