The Gift Of Signature Work, 2015 Augustana College - Rock Island
The Gift Of Signature Work, Mike Egan, Stephanie Fuhr, Shara Stough, Anne Earel, Connie Ghinazzi
Center for Faculty Enrichment
The September 25, 2015 Center for Faculty Enrichment program was a GIFT session (Great Ideas For Teaching) focused on the theme of fostering Signature Work (SW). As defined by the AAC&U, "Signature Work" represents a culminating production by students that reflects each student's personal interests, builds on a student's unique experiences, integrates multiple components of a student's educational journey, and projects toward each student's personal goals. Presenters will share teaching strategies that can help prepare novice students to produce a future piece of SW or that can help experienced students identify a meaningful SW project and integrate prior …
Kathryn Howard Cd Spring 2014, 2015 CSUSB
Kathryn Howard Cd Spring 2014, Kathryn Howard
Innovative Course Redesign Grant Reports
Supports faculty to redesign or develop a course in ways that implement high-impact, evidence-based, and/or innovative teaching strategies to improve student learning.
Summer In The City: Respect And Autonomy In The Urban Classroom, 2015 Illinois State University
Summer In The City: Respect And Autonomy In The Urban Classroom, Matthew Brill
SPACE: Student Perspectives About Civic Engagement
This article is a reflection on my time as a STEP-UP fellow. In the course of the article I discuss what I believe I have learned about education from my time in this program.The lessons learned about urban education are valuable to any educator.
Technology Literacy Skills Needed In Further Education And/Or Work: A Delphi Study Of High School Graduates’ Perspectives, 2015 University of South Florida
Technology Literacy Skills Needed In Further Education And/Or Work: A Delphi Study Of High School Graduates’ Perspectives, Christina Louise Smith
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Technology and the importance of computers in education have been recognized since the educational reform movement of the 1980’s. Change that acknowledged a need for high school students to: understand the computer as an information, computation, and communication device; use computers for personal and work-related purposes; and understand the world of computers, electronics, and related technologies (A Nation at Risk, 1983, p. 26). The study, A Nation at Risk recognized our nation’s lack of computer technology skills and since, the standards in education have changed to design curriculum and integrate technology to better prepare high school students with necessary ready …
Sjsu Erfa Board Minutes, September 14, 2015, 2015 San Jose State University
Sjsu Erfa Board Minutes, September 14, 2015, San Jose State University, Emeritus And Retired Faculty Association
SJSU ERFA Minutes
SJSU ERFA Executive Board Minutes
September 14, 2015
Signature Work And The Core Curriculum, 2015 Augustana College
Signature Work And The Core Curriculum, Brian P. Katz
Center for Faculty Enrichment
Signature Work and the Core Curriculum - Thursday 9/10 4:30-5:30pm in the Wilson Center
What is the goal of a Liberal Arts education? The college's Mission is to prepare students for meaningful lives of service and leadership in a diverse and changing world, and the notion of "Vocation" asks students to seek the intersection of their skills, their interests, and the needs of their communities during and after college. On the national stage, the AAC&U is advocating for ALL students to have access to "Signature Work", in which they pose and explore problems important to themselves and the world. …
Preparing Computer Science Graduates For The 21st Century, 2015 The University of Western Ontario
Preparing Computer Science Graduates For The 21st Century, Paul Parsons
Paul Parsons
The nature of computer use has changed remarkably in the past fifty years. However, most undergraduate computer science courses are still often taught through an old paradigm that is not adequate to address modern concerns. This 90 minute seminar will address some issues relevant to preparing computer scientists for the 21st century. These include issues central to human-computer interaction (HCI) such as cognitive and perceptual aspects of computer users, ergonomics, and human factors. Although there has been literature on this topic for at least the past 15 years, it is still not widely recognized nor understood by the majority of …
Leaping Into Signature Work, 2015 Augustana College
Leaping Into Signature Work
Center for Faculty Enrichment
Augustana College was one of eight highly selective higher education institutions invited by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to participate in the LEAP Challenge. The LEAP Challenge calls on colleges and universities to provide opportunities for all students to produce a meaningful piece of "Signature Work."
This session focused on the meaning of "Signature Work," the goals of the LEAP Challenge, the degree to which Augustana's efforts already align to the goals of the LEAP Challenge, and steps that we might take as a campus in moving even closer to fulling realizing the vision of "Signature Work …
Editorial: New Voices And . . . Familiar Voices, 2015 West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Editorial: New Voices And . . . Familiar Voices, Jeff Sommers
English Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
A Primer On Grant Writing For Foundation Support For First-Time Grant Writers In Academic Libraries: Challenges And Opportunities, 2015 University of Utah - J. Willard Marriott Library
A Primer On Grant Writing For Foundation Support For First-Time Grant Writers In Academic Libraries: Challenges And Opportunities, Peter L. Kraus
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
In a majority of academic disciplines, grant writing is a skill that is often self-taught or acquired informally by trial and error. Few academic disciplines have grant writing as standard part of their curriculum at the graduate level. In the past, grant writing has received little or no emphasis in traditional library education since library science faculty themselves have a poor record of pursuing external funding. Yet, grant writing is a critical skill for new and experienced librarians. For many librarians, the prospect and challenge of writing a grant can seem daunting; however, with institutional support and the support of …
Minnesota Institute For Early Career Librarians From Traditionally Underrepresented Groups, 2015 Washington University in St Louis
Minnesota Institute For Early Career Librarians From Traditionally Underrepresented Groups, Trevor A Dawes
University Libraries Publications
The Minnesota Institute for Early Career Librarians from Traditionally Underrepresented Groups (MNTIEL, or the Minnesota Institute) is offered every two years for librarians with less than five years’ professional library experience and is intended to provide an “opportunity to learn about leadership and organizational behavior in institutions of higher education." This chapter provides an overview of the program highlighting some benefits and potential shortfalls.
Gendered Pronouns In The Classroom (August 24, 2015), 2015 Augustana College
Gendered Pronouns In The Classroom (August 24, 2015)
Center for Faculty Enrichment
Gendered Pronouns in the Classroom- Monday 8/24 4-5pm in Gävle Room 1
Last spring, the college community asserted that it will be inclusive of people of all genders. Since this affirmation, members of the campus community have requested professional development about the basic ideas in this discussion ("What is the difference between sex and gender?") as well as techniques for being inclusive ("How can I avoid misgendering a student or respond when others do?"). In this session, we will share foundational vocabulary, develop strategies for inclusion around gendered pronouns, and hold a Q&A with a couple of students about …
Students As Satirists: Encouraging Critique And Comic Release, 2015 Butler University
Students As Satirists: Encouraging Critique And Comic Release, Carol Reeves
Carol Reeves
No Abstract Available
Living On The Border: Ethotic Conflict And The Satiric Impulse, 2015 Butler University
Living On The Border: Ethotic Conflict And The Satiric Impulse, Carol Reeves
Carol Reeves
No abstract provided.
Campus Writing Centers, Student Attendance, And Change In Student Writing Performance, 2015 University of Southern Mississippi
Campus Writing Centers, Student Attendance, And Change In Student Writing Performance, Suzana G. Brown
Dissertations
This dissertation examined the relationship between students attending a writing center and the change in students’ writing performance over the course of a semester. The study also sought to determine whether demographics (age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, and whether a student is a first-generation college student) were related to students’ change in writing after they attended a college writing center.
Five Mississippi colleges and universities participated in the study. The study began with 110 students; however, only 78 students submitted two essays during the semester. Of those, 34 reported that they attended the writing center, 28 reported that they did …
Teaching & Learning Workshops At The Center For Teaching & Learning At Thomas Jefferson University Ay15-16, 2015 Thomas Jefferson University
Teaching & Learning Workshops At The Center For Teaching & Learning At Thomas Jefferson University Ay15-16, Center For Teaching And Learning
Academic Commons and Scott Memorial Library Staff Papers and Presentations
No abstract provided.
The Relationship Between University Employees’ Work Engagement And The Perception Of Their Influence On Student Integration And Retention, 2015 University of Southern Mississippi
The Relationship Between University Employees’ Work Engagement And The Perception Of Their Influence On Student Integration And Retention, Janea Sims Mcdonald
Dissertations
The retention of college students is an issue that affects the student, the university, and the workforce. When a student does not graduate, they often either earn less over the period of their lifetime, or are unable to find a job. The workforce is affected because this means fewer qualified applicants to fill positions. Universities are impacted in many ways, including financially. Lower retention rates lead to less income from tuition and decreased funding from state and federal sources which base funding formulas on performance outcomes (National Conference of State Legislatures, 2014).
One way to increase the likelihood of student …
Fall 2015 E-Certi Newsletter, 2015 Missouri University of Science and Technology
Fall 2015 E-Certi Newsletter, Center For Educational Research And Teaching Innovation
CAFE Faculty Newsletters
Hello S&T Instructors - It’s the start of another academic year with new challenges and opportunities, including a record number of incoming students. In this issue we feature some innovative and award-winning instructors, including Joel Burken, Theresa Swift and Greg Story. Also find information about the upcoming Curators’ Teaching Summit and learn about projects that have been funded where S&T instructors will be examining and assessing best teaching practices.
Paramedicine And Social Work: Case Studies In Authentic Student Recruitment, 2015 Edith Cowan University
Paramedicine And Social Work: Case Studies In Authentic Student Recruitment, Nathalie Collins, Lynelle Watts, Renee Strauss, David Hodgson
eCULTURE
Selling the course experience to future students has been corporatised across the Higher Education sector. At many universities marketing and sales specialists, such as ECU’s Student Recruitment Team, rather than academic staff, field prospective student enquiries. Representing courses authentically is crucial to matching future students with an appropriate course experience and career, as well is managing future students’ expectations. A challenge for academics is communicating the course/career experience to university sales agents (recruiters). A challenge for recruiters is conveying an authentic course experience to future students when they have not taken a course themselves. This paper selects two ECU courses, …
Performance, Assessment And Communication In One App: Mobile Tablet Assessment Is Here To Stay, 2015 Edith Cowan University
Performance, Assessment And Communication In One App: Mobile Tablet Assessment Is Here To Stay, Alistair Campbell Phd, Susan J. Main Mrs
eCULTURE
It is high time we moved performance assessment into the mobile age. Performance is one of the most difficult tasks to assess using traditional methods. The pen-and-paper method generates multiple administrative bottlenecks that prevent the assessor from focusing on their primary task of professional judgment. The application of mobile technology and tablet devices can now replace pen-and-paper assessment, and achieve significant synergies resulting from the combination of technology with the assessors’ professional judgment.
The presentation will demonstrate how the application of mobile technology to the assessment of performances can be successfully achieved. The Touch2Assess (T2A) software process developed …