Susan N. Kushner Benson

Susan N. Kushner Benson is an associate professor in the LeBron James Family Foundation College of Education at the University of Akron. She has been teaching fully online since 2001 and is the co-designer of a fully online master’s degree in Assessment, Evaluation, and Data Literacy. She is the recipient of the College of Educations Outstanding Teaching Award. Dr. Kushner Benson’s areas of expertise include classroom assessment, the pedagogy of online teaching and learning and applied research methods. Her work is published in journals such as Journal of Educational Computing Research, Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, and Social Psychology of Education. Dr. Kushner Benson is a co-author of the book Decision-Making in Planning and Teaching, and the book chapter The Essential Role of Pedagogical Knowledge in Technology Integration for Transformative Teaching and Learning.

Publications

Beyond Content and Pedagogy: The Importance of Social-Emotional Learning in Higher Education
Beyond Content and Pedagogy: The Importance of Social-Emotional Learning in Higher Education
Susan N. Kushner Benson. © 2023. 25 pages.
The changing dynamics of higher education and societal experiences overall make it critical that higher education faculty and staff understand and embrace the importance of...
A Review of Literature and a Model for Scaffolding Asynchronous Student-Student Interaction in Online Discussion Forums
A Review of Literature and a Model for Scaffolding Asynchronous Student-Student Interaction in Online Discussion Forums
Kristin L. K. Koskey, Susan N. Kushner Benson. © 2017. 18 pages.
The purpose of this chapter is to overview types of asynchronous student-student interactions with a focus on designed interaction in an online discussion forum context, as well...