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Doctor Of Business Administration At Franklin University, Wendell Seaborne

Learning Showcase 2014

This poster highlights doctoral education at Franklin University, and more specifically, within the Ross College of Business with our proposed Doctor of Business Administration. We define and show the areas where Franklin University and Ross College of Business are addressing the difficulties that students face in more traditional settings and how we intend to facilitate, along with the faculty from the Doctor of Professional Studies, a community of learners at Franklin University. This poster showcases the joint research core courses for all doctoral students and highlights the major area courses within the Ross College of Business, as well as a …

Emergency Management & Homeland Security In Higher Education: The Critical Need For Standardized Curriculum, Redd R.J.G Branner

Learning Showcase 2014

Over the past few decades, higher education has become an important factor in advancing organizations, as well as individuals advancing within their organization. There are many staple programs in higher education such as business administration, management and organizational behavior. These standardized programs have often been used by public servants to advance their careers. Public servants such as law enforcement officers and firefighters receive a more beneficial education attaining degrees designed specifically for their disciplines. Law enforcement personnel commonly use the criminal justice degree to advance their careers and Firefighters often use the Fire and Emergency Services degree to advance their …

Value Risk Perceptions Of Elearning, Andy Igonor, Bill Mcmullen

Learning Showcase 2014

The influence of information technology on learning and higher education would seem a no-brainer for a lot, especially institutions that have already embraced the notion of eLearning as the new mode of education delivery. To others, notably traditional educational institutions, the perception of the risks of eLearning may sometimes be seen to outweigh its potential value, making it an unattractive way to deliver learning. Several research has been conducted to measure the impact of eLearning specifically on higher education faculty. Others have focused specifically on the perception of eLearning amongst students, and in some instances institutional administrators.

It is the …

How Can We Improve Government Performance?, Alexander C. Heckman

Learning Showcase 2014

We expect our governments to tackle a diverse array of problems and take on a myriad of responsibilities. Often, we are frustrated at their apparent lack of success at doing so. What are the key factors that impact how effectively government agencies perform? Drawing upon my own empirical research and the public administration literature, I present a framework for thinking about the answer to this question, along with ideas for how to improve government performance. Specifically, I focus on the impact of management quality on government performance; including its interrelationship with other important factors such as resources, politics, and the …

A Study Of The Possible Implications Of Current Institutional Practices On The Future Of International Higher Education And A Broader Higher Education Bubble, Tamer Khadre

Learning Showcase 2014

The hypothesis of a higher education bubble in the United States is one that has been discussed in literature for a number of years, with parallels being drawn to the inflation and deflation of prices of commodities in industries such as housing and the stock market. This study examines the applicability of such a hypothesis to the international education sector of the higher education industry in the United States. The focus of this study is (a) the perceived impact of current institutional practices in the field of international education on the long term viability of the field overall and (b) …

Genomic Sequencing Data Analysis Workflow For Bioinformatics Core Facilities, Selen A. Yilmaz, Jie Zhang, Gulcin Ozer

Learning Showcase 2014

Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) is becoming a common tool in the practice of biomedical research and the future of how medicine will be practiced. To keep up with the explosion in new NGS experiments and the growing need in data analysis, we identified bottlenecks of our NGS data analysis workflow, evaluated and tested feasibility of solutions. To address main bottlenecks we incorporated two solutions into our

workflow: (1) Globus Genomics, a well-maintained cloud based sequencing data analysis framework which leverage advanced tools and data management, and (2) GenomAnalytics from GenomOncology, an interactive platform for data integration, annotation, filtering an interpretation. …

Student Learning Center - Save Time And Money: While Increasing Graduation Rates With Prior Learning Assessments, Tyler Marinelli

Learning Showcase 2014

In July 2013 the Ohio Board of Regents (OBR) Launched the PLA with Purpose initiative, which tasks Ohio colleges and universities with making Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) options more accessible to students. OBR understands that many students come to college with previously acquired knowledge that can be demonstrated through various PLA options, helping a student save time and money. At Franklin University we are well ahead of most schools in Ohio, relative to our infrastructure to award college credit for prior learning and through the diversity of our PLA options. Recognizing the importance of this initiative, next steps include enhancing …

The Race Card Project, Barbara Carder, Sarah Gepper

Learning Showcase 2014

The Race Card Project was originally created by National Public Radio’s Michele Norris. It is meant to spark conversations on the issues and personal meaning of race. Participants are asked to express their thoughts, feelings, experiences, or observations on race using only six words, written on a note card.

Minding The Gap: Connecting Students To Academic Support Resources, Heather Sherman, Elisha Teague

Learning Showcase 2014

Delivering academic support to the students who need it the most is a constant challenge for the Student Learning Center. Although, we know students tend to be more successful in a course if they participate in some type of academic support (tutoring, workshop, etc.), we still see a large number of students who never seek out any type of assistance even when they are struggling. Knowing this information, the question then becomes how do we to “Mind the Gap” or connect students who need additional assistance to the academic support resources. In order to gain a better understanding the who, …

Transfer Students: Helping With The Transition, Blake J. Renner

Learning Showcase 2014

A significant number of students transfer from institutions of higher education which creates challenges for both the student and the institution of higher education. The purpose of this study is to investigate transfer students, provide challenges for transfer Students, and provide recommendations for student affairs professionals of how to best serve transfer students. This study provides insight into previous research on this topic, recommendations focused on student success (graduation) of transfer students, and barriers experienced by transfer students to prepare student affairs professionals with the information to assist this student population.

Diversity Dimensions Committee: A Historical Review, Barbara Carder, Sarah Gepper

Learning Showcase 2014

The Diversity Dimensions Committee began in 2010 as an initiative from Human Resources leadership. A diversity group was needed on campus to serve the Franklin University community. Research was completed and a small group of Human Resources staff members were charged with working on educational and awareness events.

Sarah Gepper now coordinates this group that has expanded to include interested employees from a cross-section of departments, interests, and backgrounds. The committee now boasts 15 members who meet on a monthly basis to brainstorm events that will benefit and enrich a University community, and thereby fulfilling the charter of the committee: …

Technology-Enhanced Work Examples: Techniques For Using Mobile Devices To Enhance Learning Through Teaching, Collaboration, And Sharing, Julie A. Wuebker

Learning Showcase 2014

Many principles and concepts are best explained and demonstrated through worked examples. Worked examples can take many forms from fill-in-the-blank to fully written-out from scratch. Research shows that students and faculty alike find great value in spontaneous written examples on a whiteboard or chalkboard. This spontaneity allows instructors to quickly adjust to the learners needs. In this showcase, you will see how to use technology to transfer this concept of the classroom-based spontaneous worked example to online and hybrid class environments.

10 Tips For Creating Awesome Powerpoint Presentations, Barbara Carder

Learning Showcase 2014

Introduction and Background: Franklin University faculty and staff create PowerPoint presentations to supplement information being presented. These presentations may be given in the classroom or the boardroom, but all too often are poorly constructed.

Response: This poster presentation provides 10 tips to keep in mind as a PowerPoint presentation is being created:

1. Know your audience
2. Use templates
3. Select two fonts
4. Font size matters!
5. Color counts
6. Follow the 6x6 rule
7. Highlights only please
8. Use quality images
9. Animate thoughtfully
10. Proofread!

Assessment For Learning: A Systematic Approach, Yuerong Sweetland, Souren Soumbatiants

Learning Showcase 2014

Are students learning? It is a fundamental questions that all colleges and universities have to address. This poster will provide an overview of the comprehensive assessment system that Franklin has built for more than a decade. This system is built upon cascading structure of outcomes, from the program level down to the course, module and assignment levels. Each academic program has mapped its outcomes with courses and uses a variety of direct methods to measure learning, such as exams, rubric-based projects and portfolios. To help inform decision making, results from direct methods are coupled with indirect methods that help to …

10 Tips To Increase Student Engagement In The Classroom, Barbara Carder

Learning Showcase 2014

Introduction and Background: Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.—William Butler Yeats.

A growing body of research has made it clear that the overall quality of teaching and learning is improved when students have opportunities to question, clarify, and apply new knowledge. No longer can faculty use a lecture-only technique to impart information. Therefore, when faculty create opportunities for our learners to engage new material and use active learning techniques they help “light the fire” of learning.

Response: This poster presentation provides 10 tips to Franklin University faculty to increase student engagement …

Hosting Exchange Visitors At Franklin University: Why It Matters And How To Make It Happen, Bridget Banaszak

Learning Showcase 2014

In 2009, Franklin University was designated by the U.S. Department of State as an exchange visitor program sponsor, eligible to host foreign nationals entering the U.S. on a J-1 visa. Since that time, the program has generated numerous questions about its benefits and administration. Faculty, staff, and students have asked: what is the Exchange Visitor Program? What is a J-1 visa? What can it do for me or my program? Learning that the program is designed to foster cross-cultural educational exchange and bring talented students, researchers, educators, and specialists to the University from around the world, individuals often follow with: …

Respect Learned Or Earned: A Misinterpretation Between Generations, Ashton Sellers

Learning Showcase 2014

Respect, whether viewed as value by some or a specific point of reference by others, causes one to wonder whether it is a learned behavior or detail that one earns. In review of this topic and asking groups of individuals from multiple generational eras, the results vary as to whether respect can be taught or even deserved based upon one’s behaviors and actions.

Many youth of today, do not take the ‘view of having respect for others’ serious enough to know that it is has been taught, it can be taught, and should remain a generational life lesson. Youth have …

Construction Industry Workforce Development Initiative: From High School To High Rises, Barton Hacker

Learning Showcase 2014

In 2012, Associated Builders and Contractors Central Ohio (ABC) conducted informal surveys of its member companies’ workforce development needs of the local public career centers’ ability to meet them. Based on these surveys: 1.) ABC member companies expressed frustration in their ability to find local, young talent to enter the construction trades; 2.) Company owners and leaders believed that students were not encouraged to explore the possibility of careers in the construction industry; 3.) Career centers have discontinued many programs and enrollments have declined over the past two decades; 4.) More Career Center graduates attend college rather than enter the …

Anticipators Job Stressors Of Nurses Returning To The Workplace: A Mixed Methodology, Carol Peterson

Learning Showcase 2014

Multifactorial reasons have produced a growing nursing shortage. One possible group that could reverse this shortage in inactive nurses. Many stakeholders wonder about allocating scarce resources to identify, locate, educate, and redeploy this group into active practice. The purpose of this one-phase embedded validating quantitative mixed methodology was to identify the anticipated job stressors of registered nurse (RN) refresher students as they prepare to enter the work force following a career break. The Likert-type Expanded Nurse Stress Scale (French, Lenton, Walters, & Eyles, 2000; Gray-Toft & Anderson, 1981) was used. The independent variables were the job stressors of RNs. The …

Casa Of Franklin County, Megan Ellis, Maureen Conley

Learning Showcase 2014

Franklin County, children are appointed by the courts either a private attorney or a CASA volunteer GAL. CA abuse appointed SA volunteers complete an extensive screening and training process and are officially sworn officers of the court. CASA exists to serve the most at-risk and severe cases of child abuse and neglect in the community.

In 2014, over 3,000 children will enter the Franklin County Juvenile Courts System through no fault of their own as victims of abuse and neglect. CASA of Franklin County is on tract to serve over 805 of these; the most children CASA of Franklin County …

The Value Of The Franklin University Nationwide Library, David Mignerey, Tiffany Lipstreu, Julie Blake, Carmen Byg, Alyssa Darden, Kristi Lobrano 9476223, Brandon Houseman, Luke Mccash

Learning Showcase 2014

The Franklin University Nationwide Library (FUNL) has long been considered a significant contributing resource to our university community. Yet, in spite of our high level of professional competence and credibility, we are reticent to “tell our story” or to promote to others the list of services we provide. This reluctance is rooted in the professional academic preparation and service ethic that characterizes librarianship.

Compelling contemporary trends in higher education mandate that all academic programs provide robust performance evaluation and verified and validated measures of Return on Investment (ROI). ROI is a technique for quantifying the extent to which investment in …

Choose Ohio First: Franklin University Does Its Part For An Important Ohio Educational Program, Franklin University

Learning Showcase 2014

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Medicine (STEMM)-related disciplines are critical to the future success of the State of Ohio and the nation. Many employers in Ohio cannot find the STEMM talent they need to stay competitive and grow in the global marketplace. Even during the most recent economic downturn, STEMM skills have remained in high demand – for the STEMM workforce there are 2.3 jobs for every unemployed person; for the non- STEMM workforce there are 3.9 unemployed people for every job. The primary objectives of the Choose Ohio First (COF) scholarship program are to support increased participation and retention …

Cristo Rey: Working To Learn And Learning To Work, James Ragland

Learning Showcase 2014

Helping to rebuild the community by investing in under-served youth in central Ohio, Cristo Rey Columbus High School offers students a college-preparatory high school curriculum that prepares them to graduate from college and achieve a lifetime of success. In 2013, Columbus became one of 26 schools in the United States operating in the Cristo Rey Network. Students benefit from the unique Professional Work Study Program that exposes them to financial benefits that contribute to their education and reinforces in them the thinking strategies and lifelong learning behaviors emphasized in the classroom. Integrating academic knowledge and real-world experiences, students learn connect …

Burglars On Burglary: Tips From The Big House To Your House, Robert H. Meader

Learning Showcase 2014

The crime of Burglary affects all socioeconomic levels in every community. The experts who are best situated to educate the community on burglary are actual felonious burglars. To help the community prevent burglary before it occurs the Columbus Police Property Crimes Bureau—Burglary Unit joined with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to create an education video featuring career burglars in prison who provided prevention tips. In 2014, two Columbus Police Officers; one a seasoned Community Liaison Officer and the other a seasoned Burglary Detective, interviewed three burglars in two different Ohio Prisons; Chillicothe Correctional Institution and Marion Correctional Institution. …

Factors That Hinder Underrepresented Minority Adn Students From Initially Pursuing Baccalaureate Nursing Education, Tanika Cherry-Montgomery

Learning Showcase 2014

The lack of minority representation in the nursing profession has been an area of concern for quite some time because of its direct correlation on the health of our nation. However, the lack of minority representation in the nursing workforce and on baccalaureate (BSN) college campuses persists. Students from underrepresented backgrounds comprise 26.6% of entry-level nursing baccalaureate programs (AACN, 2014) and 16.8% of the nursing workforce (HRSA, 2010), yet 32% of the US population is from a racially or ethnically diverse background (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011). The numbers of diverse nurses who are in practice pales in comparison to the …

An Examination Of Violation Behavior Among Participating Offenders Involved In The Grant-Funded Rural Reentry Initiative Of Ohio Within Six Months After Release From Prison, Douglas Patrick, Brian Martin

Learning Showcase 2014

Prisoner reentry services currently face multiple implementation challenges when providing parolees an access to resources in rural communities. As an extension of existing evaluation efforts on Ohio’s Second Chance Act Grant-funded Rural Recidivism Reduction Program (OR3), this project will investigate post-prison violation behavior among a sample of offenders under supervision in a rural setting. Specifically, the project will serve as an examination of violation behavior among participating offenders involved in the grant-funded rural reentry initiative of Ohio within six months after release from prison.

Utilizing quasi experimental methods to compare outcomes among grant-funded participants and an appropriately selected comparison group, …

Building The Future Of Healthcare, Gregory D. Norton

Learning Showcase 2014

The Wexner Medical Center (WMC) at The Ohio State University (OSU) is a non-profit, academic medical center serving central and southern Ohio. WMC is a large system with 6 hospitals and a vast support network of healthcare providers and researcher. This presentation contains an overview of OSUWMC and its strategic plans, key result areas and challenges it will face during its ongoing growth and development as a premiere health system.

Columbus City Attorney’S Office, William R. Martin

Learning Showcase 2014

From the non-stop pull of smart phones to overcommitted working parents, the average American worker is constantly plugged in and on the go. Such a cognitive overload can have dire consequences. These consequences include: memory and concentration problems; hostility and aggression; anxiety; and poor judgment (Smith, 2014). These effects of overload most certainly decrease the effectiveness of work productivity. To get the best out of their employees, restoring their wellbeing and re-engaging them at work should be of value to organizations across the country.

Being mindful can increase wellbeing and engagement in activities along with improving concentration. Mindfulness also decreases …

Franklin County Adult Probation Department, Antoinette Leigh

Learning Showcase 2014

The Franklin County Adult Probation Department was created in 1945 and was located 401 South High St. in downtown Columbus. The first chief was Joseph H. Palmer and he grossed $4500 a year. The mission of the Franklin County Adult Probation Department is to assist in the protection of the community by safely and effectively supervising probationers and pre-trial reporters at the most appropriate level to affect habilitation and rehabilitation. This is a collaborative department that works together to ensure quality of services. Community Corrections Act of the state of Ohio (1979): In Ohio, community-based alternatives to prison were established …

From Zen To C-Level, Carie Martin

Learning Showcase 2014

From the non-stop pull of smart phones to overcommitted working parents, the average American worker is constantly plugged in and on the go. Such a cognitive overload can have dire consequences. These consequences include: memory and concentration problems; hostility and aggression; anxiety; and poor judgment (Smith, 2014). These effects of overload most certainly decrease the effectiveness of work productivity. To get the best out of their employees, restoring their wellbeing and re-engaging them at work should be of value to organizations across the country.

Being mindful can increase wellbeing and engagement in activities along with improving concentration. Mindfulness also decreases …