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From Teacher to District Leader to Retiree -- and Now, Back to the Classroom
Mary Anne Rafferty has taught nearly every grade from kindergarten through high school and in schools across America and overseas. She’s been a classroom teacher, a district literacy coach, and, for a short while, a retiree.
April 22, 2025News
Rewriting the Equation: A New Way Into Computing
Jing Wang doesn’t like to hear the phrase, “I’m not a math person.” “You can learn math at any stage, at any age,” she says. “If you decide to start now, you can be good at it.”
April 21, 2025News
How Saying Yes Shaped a Career in Research and Teaching
When Ken Christensen began his career, he wasn’t chasing a dream job — he was chasing opportunity. “You work hard, you don’t say no, and doors open,” he says, summing up the career philosophy that has carried him through decades of work in computing, research, and education.
April 21, 2025News
Teaching Adult Learners About the Impossible. So They Can See What’s Possible
University of South Florida faculty member Shaun Canavan begins his course by telling students that some problems can’t be solved — at least not yet.
April 21, 2025News
Rediscovering the Why: How An Educator Reconnected with Purpose in aoa体育’s Reading Education Program
Genesis Zabrzenski has worked with students for more than 20 years, but it was one seventh-grade boy — and aoa体育’s Master of Arts in Reading Education — that helped them reconnect with the reason they became a teacher.
April 15, 2025News
Srinivas Baireddy prepares for graduation as part of aoa体育’s first MSDI cohort, ready to make an industry impact
As part of the first-ever cohort of aoa体育’s Master of Science in Data Intelligence program, Srinivas Baireddy says he took a leap of faith when choosing a brand-new program over a more traditional computer science degrees. Now, as he prepares to graduate in May, he reflects on how the program equipped him with the technical expertise and industry-level skills needed for a career in AI and data analytics.
April 8, 2025News
aoa体育’s Free AI Micro-Course Draws Global Audience, Highlights Demand for Workforce-Ready Skills
The University of South Florida’s Innovative Education team recently wrapped up GenAI in Action: Impact and Possibilities, a timely, free micro-course that drew more than 7,700 participants and positive feedback from learners across industries and around the globe.
April 8, 2025News
Creating civically engaged students: A behind-the-scenes first look at InEd’s transformation of aoa体育’s Public Policy course
This semester, I had the opportunity to go behind the scenes with aoa体育 Innovative Education’s Digital Learning team to see firsthand how they collaborate with faculty to transform online courses. I tagged along on one course.
April 7, 2025Learning Design
aoa体育 InEd Studios' “Portraits in Patriotism” Series Nominated for International Webby Award
The University of South Florida’s Innovative Education Studios has received another prestigious nomination for its work with on a documentary series with the aoa体育 College of Education – this time in the 29th Annual Webby Awards.
April 3, 2025Awards
From hospitality to tech: Rita Sharipova’s Pathway to Computing
Growing up, Rita Sharipova was fascinated by technology, but when it came time to choose a college major, she opted for hospitality management at the University of Central Florida. At the time, tech felt intimidating, especially as a male-dominated industry with lingering gender stereotypes. Hospitality seemed like a safer choice.
March 31, 2025News
How a Sony Handycam sparked John Cundy’s passion for video production
As a kid, John Cundy wasn’t sure what he wanted to do when he grew up. He knew he enjoyed taking things apart and figuring out how they worked, and he had an interest in photography. But his love for video production began when his family bought a Sony Handycam camcorder.
How a Teacher of the Year Took Her Teaching to the Next Level
Maggie Robertson Stemme was born to teach. And she’s good at it. As a kindergarten teacher who brings passion, purpose and play to her classroom, she was named Teacher of the Year at her school in 2021. She loved being in the classroom and was thriving in her role, even earning a promotion as she neared her tenth year in the school system. So why take on the extra challenge of a master’s degree?
March 31, 2025News