Billi L. Bromer

Billi L. Bromer is a Professor of Education at Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia. She teaches a range of undergraduate and graduate courses in the university's online educator preparation program. She is a member of multiple professional organizations related to education and child development. She has presented numerous papers at state, national and international educational conferences on a variety of topics related to child development, educator preparation, and higher education. She has also authored multiple book chapters and recently co-edited the Handbook of Research on Learner-centered Practices in an Age of Transformational Change. Dr. Bromer’s research interests include social-emotional learning, generational differences in higher education teaching and learning, social presence in online learning, and the importance of a liberal arts education.

Publications

Online Educator Preparation That Meets the Needs of Today's Early Childhood Professionals
Online Educator Preparation That Meets the Needs of Today's Early Childhood Professionals
Billi L. Bromer. © 2023. 22 pages.
Online educator preparation can provide a useful format for the many early childhood professionals seeking to attain teacher licensure requiring a four-year college degree. Many...
Intergenerational Relations That Guide Educational Planning: Perspectives on the University Course Experience
Intergenerational Relations That Guide Educational Planning: Perspectives on the University Course Experience
Caroline M. Crawford, Billi L. Bromer, Noran L. Moffett, Sharon K. Andrews, Virginia Dickenson, Janice Moore Newsum, Jennifer K. Young Wallace, James Dillard. © 2023. 40 pages.
The university faculty instructor is a curiously stealth yet dynamic pilar of academia. With the threefold expectations of teaching, research, and service responsibilities, one...
Learning and Leading Within a Multigenerational University Course Experience: Differences, Similarities, Conflicts, and Strengths
Learning and Leading Within a Multigenerational University Course Experience: Differences, Similarities, Conflicts, and Strengths
Janice Moore Newsum, Jennifer K. Young Wallace, James Dillard, Billi L. Bromer, Sharon K. Andrews, Virginia Dickenson, Noran L. Moffett, Caroline M. Crawford. © 2023. 38 pages.
The university instructor experience around leading a course learning experience that includes multigenerational students with different levels of subject matter knowledge and...
Handbook of Research on Learner-Centered Approaches to Teaching in an Age of Transformational Change
Handbook of Research on Learner-Centered Approaches to Teaching in an Age of Transformational Change
Billi L. Bromer, Caroline M. Crawford. © 2022. 385 pages.
Institutions of education are in an age of transformational change in which learning has a wider scope of understanding and long-term impact than ever before. Those involved in...
Transformations in K-12 Teaching: Using What Was Learned During the Pandemic
Transformations in K-12 Teaching: Using What Was Learned During the Pandemic
Billi L. Bromer, Anna M. Dudney Deeb. © 2022. 24 pages.
The pandemic caused a sudden shift to virtual learning for K-12 students. It also pointed out the inequities that online teaching produced for students without online access...
Spotlighting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Higher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Spotlighting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Higher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Anna M. Dudney Deeb, Billi L. Bromer. © 2022. 22 pages.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges and opportunities to higher education, including a renewed focus on efforts to promote diversity, equity, inclusion...
Social Presence in an Online Learning Environment
Social Presence in an Online Learning Environment
Billi L. Bromer. © 2021. 21 pages.
Technology alone cannot create the sense of community that is needed for effective online learning. Participants in an online environment can perceive a sense of isolation when...
Online Educator Preparation That Meets the Needs of Today's Early Childhood Professionals
Online Educator Preparation That Meets the Needs of Today's Early Childhood Professionals
Billi L. Bromer. © 2021. 23 pages.
Online educator preparation can provide a useful format for the many early childhood professionals seeking to attain teacher licensure requiring a four-year college degree. Many...