Digital Commons Network^™

Teaching At Southern, Georgia Southern University

Faculty Center Newsletter (2017- 2023)

• Call for Proposals Now Open
• CTE Support for SoTL Research
• ISSOTL in Atlanta
• ijSoTL: A Georgia Southern Publication
• Recognizing SoTL Contributions: Dr. Trent Maurer
• Badge Workships
• Evidence-Based Teaching
• Teaching with Technology
• Folio Foundations and Integrations

The Current State Of High School Female And Minority Self-Efficacy And Interest In Stem In Chatham County, Georgia, Sara Gremillion, Sarah Zingales, William Baird, Nia Hunter, Amy Durden, Sabrina Hessinger

Georgia Educational Researcher

With the growing demand for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) jobs in the U.S., the attainment of college degrees in these areas is of paramount importance. Both federal and state governments have established initiatives to grow the number of STEM degrees earned by women and racial minorities, as these groups graduate in STEM disciplines and work in STEM fields at a lower rate than that of their majority counterparts. The factors that can deter women and underrepresented minorities from pursuing STEM careers have been identified with one of the most prominent being low self-efficacy, or a reduced belief in …

An Applied E-Mentoring Model For Academic Development, Reflection And Growth, Christopher C. Tisdell Prof, Giriraj Singh Shekhawat

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Effective mentoring brings positive outcomes for mentees, mentors and their organizations. Modern mentoring is developing through employment of technology and thus it is important to better understand these new opportunities and their limitations. Termed as “e-mentoring”, the field remains under-researched and sub-optimally theorized.

In this work we introduce and critically examine an innovative model for mentor-mentee engagement. Termed “DARP”, our model is designed to foster a cycle of reflection for academic development and growth. DARP stands for: Discuss; Archive; Reflect; Prepare. We ground our model in Kolb’s experiential learning cycle and link our theory to practice through discussion of an …

Student Satisfaction And Learning In Online Classes: The Case Of A Us Midwestern University, Samit Chakravorti

Association of Marketing Theory and Practice Proceedings 2019

This paper explores the factors impacting business undergraduate student’s perceptions of learning and satisfaction in a US midwestern public university. Data collected through a survey was statistically analyzed. Results show that satisfaction and learning are impacted by different factors with some overlap. These factors lie in the areas of course content, compatibility of technology with learning style, preference for online classes over face to face classes and degree of comfort in approaching instructors for help and advice. The paper also showed that there are distinct differences between students who said they have learned a lot and are satisfied with online …

Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders Who Participate In First Robotics, Karin M. Fisher, Benjamin Gallegos, Taylor Bousfield

Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching and Learning Conference (2017-2019)

One of the challenges of educating adolescents with autism spectrum disorders is to find activities that are interesting and engaging. Researchers have shown that adolescents with autism often are attracted to technology. Using an exploratory research method, the experiences of three students with autism who participated in after school robotics clubs were analyzed. Common themes to emerge were the students with ASD were engaged and interested in FIRST robotics and technology. Specifically, they enjoyed coming up with ideas, inventions, and creating or solving missions. Their confidence increased and they learned to work better on teams. Additionally, they needed significant supports …