Jessica Hilton

Jessica Hilton is an Adjunct Professor at Logan University, contributing to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) through research on digital pedagogy and online education. Her work focuses on enhancing instructor presence and student engagement in virtual graduate classrooms.

Research interests include:

• Online education technologies
• Student engagement in remote learning environments
• Instructional design for digital platforms
• Graduate-level teaching strategies
• Educational psychology applications

In 2022, she published a study titled "Effect of Video Announcements on Instructor Presence and Student Engagement in the Graduate Online Classroom" in the Journal of Instructional Research. This work explores how multimedia tools can strengthen human connection in online pedagogy.