Robert Morris Gray Jr
Position
Associate Professor
Affiliation
Research groups
Research
- Interaction in online courses
- Use of video in instruction
- Blended learning
- Race, privilege, and social justice
Teaching
- UPED632 How Can Canvas Enhance My Your Courses?
- UPED637 How to Create Effective Instructinal Videos
- UPED636 How to Design and Teach Blended Courses
- Canvas Workshops
Publications
Feature article
Academic lecture
- Sætre, Steinar; Gray Jr, Robert Morris; Ssempijja, Nicholas (2024). Navigating Challenges in Blended Learning: A Case Study of Technological Resource Constraints in a Capacity-Building Project in East African Higher Education. (external link)
- Darcie, Isabela; Gray Jr, Robert Morris (2023). Making Teaching and Learning Visible: How openly discussing new teaching and assessment approaches increased student engagement and learning. (external link)
- Harlap, Yael; Gray Jr, Robert Morris (2022). Did the pandemic change faculty assumptions about education?. (external link)
- Vander Kloet, Marie A.; Gray Jr, Robert Morris (2022). Bad Timing?! Redesigning a pedagogy program in a pandemic. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert Morris (2022). Student-Centered Teaching: The meaning and importance of active learning and formative assessment. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert Morris; Vander Kloet, Marie A. (2022). Timing is all: Redesigning a university pedagogy program to serve all faculty (during a pandemic). (external link)
- Raaheim, Arild; Gray Jr, Robert Morris (2022). Building a local and international SoTL community through collaborative research, development, and networking. (external link)
- Harlap, Yael; Gray Jr, Robert Morris (2022). How did the pandemic change our minds?. (external link)
- Jr, Robert Morris Gray; Lazareva, Aleksandra (2020). The implications of digital assessment technology for transforming student learning in Norwegian higher education. (external link)
- Lazareva, Aleksandra; Gray Jr, Robert (2019). Digital Assessment as Feedback to Support Effective and Meaningful Learning. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert; Nerheim, Magnus Svendsen; Darcie, Isabela Pires (2019). Addressing the “Border” between Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Norwegian Higher Education. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert; Andersen, Rune (2019). Crossing Institutional Borders with Digital Tools, Universal Design Principles, & SoTL Perspectives. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert Morris (2018). Assessment in the Digital Age: Using Canvas to Improve Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert Morris; Nerheim, Magnus Svendsen (2018). Building a Learning-Centered, Scholarly Culture for Digital Assessment in a Norwegian University. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert Morris (2018). Current Status and Challenges for OER in Norway. (external link)
- Karlsen, Jan Reinert; Gray Jr, Robert Morris (2018). Using formative assessment to change thinking and broaden perspectives in an interdisciplinary course. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert Morris (2018). Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age: Redesigning Assessment Strategies in Norwegian Higher Education. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert; Nerheim, Magnus Svendsen (2017). Changing how we've always done things: Making fundamental changes in assessment to focus on learning. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert (2017). Rethinking learning through teaching and assessment. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert (2017). Digital Assessment: Current and Future Developments across Europe. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert (2017). Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age: Alternative Assessment and Course Redesign at a Norwegian University. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert; Nerheim, Magnus Svendsen (2017). Institutional Change: Changing how educators assess their students with the help of Canvas. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert; Nerheim, Magnus Svendsen (2017). Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age: An exploration into how to change how we've always done things. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert (2016). Theory and Practice in Pedagogy and Didactics. National and International Educational Practices. (external link)
Academic article
- Tulipan, Andreas Julius; Gulati, Ankush; Haslerud, Torjan Magne et al. (2024). Rebooting nuclear medicine specialist education under the COVID-19 pandemic: From plenary lectures to active e-learning. (external link)
- Darcie, Isabela; Vander Kloet, Marie A.; Gray Jr, Robert Morris (2024). Finding your feet in the dark: how making teaching and learning visible enables change in course and assessment design. (external link)
- Løvskar, Trude; Lea, Kjersti Elisabet; Gray Jr, Robert Morris (2024). Unmasking the depoliticisation of ICT in digital competence frameworks for educators: a critical discourse study. (external link)
- Misiejuk, Kamila; Ness, Ingunn Johanne; Gray, Robert et al. (2023). Changes in online course designs: Before, during, and after the pandemic. (external link)
- Gjerde, Vegard; Jr, Robert Morris Gray; Holst, Bodil et al. (2021). The Covid-19 shutdown: when studying turns digital, students want more structure. (external link)
- Darcie, Isabela Pires; Jr, Robert Morris Gray (2020). An innovative approach to implementing and evaluatingformative assessment strategies in higher education: A Norwegian case st. (external link)
- Biermann, Martin; Kanoun, Salim; Davidsen, Trond et al. (2020). An Open Source Solution for “Hands-on” teaching of PET/CT to Medical Students under the COVID-19 Pandemic. (external link)
- Gulati, Ankush; Schwarzlmüller, Thomas; du Plessis, Elsa et al. (2019). Evaluation of a new e-learning framework for teaching nuclear medicine and radiology to undergraduate medical students. (external link)
- Heyn, Lena; Olsen, Unni Solveig Johansen; Phelps, Joshua et al. (2019). Taksonomitabellen - En oversettelse av The Taxonomy Table til norsk. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert Morris (2019). Meaningful interaction: Toward a new theoretical approach to online instruction. (external link)
- Haslerud, Torjan Magne; Tulipan, Andreas Julius; Gray Jr, Robert et al. (2017). E-learning for medical imaging specialists: introducing blended learning in a nuclear medicine specialist course. (external link)
Lecture
- Gray Jr, Robert Morris; Kordts, Robert (2023). University Pedagogy at the University of Bergen: Challenges and Developments. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert (2016). Canvas and Assessment at a Norwegian University. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert; Harlap, Yael (2016). From Personal Identity to Knowledge Production. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert (2016). Using the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Improve My Teaching. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert (2016). Getting the Word Out: Helping instructors make better use of UiB’s new learning platform. (external link)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
- Schaffer, Connie; Hillen, Prof. Andrea Stefanie; Jr, Robert Morris Gray et al. (2021). The multifarious nature of assessment. (external link)
- Jr, Robert Morris Gray; Lazareva, Aleksandra (2021). When the past and future collide: Digital technologies and assessment in Norwegian higher education. (external link)
- Gray Jr, Robert (2017). Teaching and learning as textual acts: Roland Barthes, assessment, and the value of the writerly. (external link)
- Johnson, Burke; Gray Jr, Robert (2010). A history of philosophical and theoretical issues for mixed methods research. (external link)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
- Hillen, Prof. Andrea Stefanie; Wolcott, Peter; Schaffer, Connie et al. (2021). Assessment theory, policy, and practice in higher education - Integrating feedback into student learning. (external link)
- McLaughlin, Becky; Gray Jr, Robert (2017). Putting Theory into Practice in the Contemporary Classroom: Theory Lessons. (external link)
Non-fiction book
See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.
Gray, R. & Lazareva, A. (2021). When the past and future collide: Digital technologies and assessment in Norwegian higher education. In Hillen, S.A., Wolcott, P., Schaffer, C., Lazareva, A., & Gray, R. (Eds.) Assessment theory, policy, and practice in Higher Education: Integrating feedback into student learning. Berlin, Waxmann, pp. 39-58.
Schaffer, C., Hillen, S.A., Gray, R., Wolcott, P., & Lazareva, A. (2021). The multifarious nature of assessment. In Hillen, S.A., Wolcott, P., Schaffer, C., Lazareva, A., & Gray, R. (Eds.) Assessment theory, policy, and practice in Higher Education: Integrating feedback into student learning. Berlin, Waxmann, pp. 11-18.
Gray, R. (2021). Preface. In Hillen, S.A., Wolcott, P., Schaffer, C., Lazareva, A., & Gray, R. (Eds.) Assessment theory, policy, and practice in Higher Education: Integrating feedback into student learning. Berlin, Waxmann, pp. 11-18.
Gjerde, V., Gray, R., Holst, B., and Kolstø, S. D. (2021). The Covid-19 shutdown: when studying turns digital, students want more structure. Physics Education 56(5): 055004.
Darcie, I. P. & Gray, R. (2020). An innovative approach to implementing and evaluating formative assessment strategies in higher education: A Norwegian case study. ETH Learning and Teaching Journal 2(2): 248-252.
Biermann, M., Kanoun, S., Davidsen, T., Gray, R. Jr., (2020). An Open Source Solution for “Hands-on” teaching of PET/CT to Medical Students under the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nuklearmedizin.
R. M. Gray. (2019). Meaningful interaction: Toward a new theoretical approach to online instruction instruction, Technology, Pedagogy and Education, DOI: 10.1080/1475939X.2019.1635519
A. Gulati, T. Schwarzlmüller, E. du Plessis, E. Søfteland, R. Gray Jr., ann M Biermann. (2019). Evaluation of a new e-learning frameworkfor teaching nuclear medicine and radiology to undergraduate medical students. Acta Radiologica Open 8(7) 1–6.
T. Haslerud, A. J. Tulipan, R. M. Gray, and M. Biermann. (2017). E-learning for medical imaging specialists: introducing blended learning in a nuclear medicine specialist course. Acta Radiologica Open 6(7): 1-5.
R. M. Gray. (2017). Teaching and learning as textual acts: Roland Barthes, assessment, and the value of the writerly. Theory Lessons: Constructing, Deconstructing, and Reconstructing the Classroom. Ed. Becky McLaughlin. Newcastle up Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 95-115.
Mobile in Black and White (2013), a documentary film project
Technology Integration in Higher Education: Social and Organizational Aspects (2011), a reference book co-edited with Daniel Surry and Tres Stefurak
Jesus Walks the Southland (2014), a book of poems
Gray, R. M, and Dwight, J. (2011). "Toward a New Standard of Quality in Online Learning: Critical Interaction and the Death of the Online Instructor." Technology Integration in Higher Education: Social and Organizational Aspects. IGI.
Johnson, R. B. & Gray, R. M. (2009). "A Brief History (Past and Present) of Mixed Methods Research Issues." SAGE Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social & Behavioral Research, 2nd ed. SAGE.
Vanguri, P. R., & Gray, R. M. (2004). "Current Issues in Athletic Training: Faculty Technology Development." Athletic Therapy Today.
Gray, R. M. (2002). "Assessing Student's Written Projects." New Directions for Teaching and Learning: Assessment Strategies for the Online Teacher: From Theory to Practice. Jossey-Bass.
Projects
Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age: Online Tools and Assessment Practices, funded by Norgesuniversitetet
Mobile in Black and White, a documentary film project on race relations in the United States
- Development of Tools for Enhancing the Quality of University Teachers´ Scholarship of Teaching and Learning