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The Hood Of The Determining Ba At Oxford, Nicholas Groves

Transactions of the Burgon Society

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An Argument For The Wider Adoption And Use Of Traditional Academic Attire Within Roman Catholic Church Services, Seamus Addison Hargrave

Transactions of the Burgon Society

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Back Matter: Authors, Shop, Stephen Wolgast

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Building A Community Of Practice: Strategies Developed By Librarians In The Sparc Opened Leadership Program, Amanda Larson, Abbey Elder, Elaine Thornton, Grace Atkins, Talea Anderson

OER From Vision to Action

Do you want to know how other universities develop their OER initiatives? This panel of five librarians will discuss their participation in the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program, a two-semester professional development experience aimed at building expertise and capacity to advance open education in academic libraries, and how it helped shape the development of OER initiatives at their institutions. Over two semesters, the program blends online, peer-to-peer, and project-based learning opportunities to develop participants into subject matter experts with the practical know-how to advance open education initiatives on their campuses.

The panelists will discuss how their participation in the SPARC …

State And Legislative Oer Panel, Margaret Brown-Sica, Lily Todorinova

OER From Vision to Action

Discussion of Colorado and National OER Legislation

Many state governments are supporting or considering supporting OER though related legislation, funding or other significant action. These actions, if executed well, have the power to substantially increase use and production of OER in the given state. Some examples of state supported initiatives are Open Oregon and BCcampus. States have many options for action such as providing funding, creating centralized programs, and requiring certain actions on the part of public institutions such as identifying courses as using OER or having a plan related to OER or the cost of course materials. This …

Oer Incentive Programs: Reflection And Learning As You Go To Establish Approaches And Tactics For Campus Success, Elaine Thornton, Stephanie Pierce

OER From Vision to Action

The University of Arkansas Libraries along with campus partner, Global Campus, initiated their OER Incentive Program in the 2017 spring semester. The program provides faculty with structured financial awards to create, adapt, or adopt open education textbooks and other learning resources, publish these resources with open licenses, and use them in University of Arkansas courses in lieu of traditional textbooks. This presentation will provide an overview of the inception of the program, its structure, and management, as well as lessons learned by the OER team through reflection processes. Changes that have been implemented post-reflection will also be discussed. Audience members …

“Open Education Resources: There’S Something In It For You.” Unearthing The Hidden Value Of Oer To A Mid-Size Academic Community, Stan Trembach

OER From Vision to Action

As higher education in the United States has undergone radical transformation in recent decades, open education resources (OER) are becoming more and more vital for supporting core institutional missions of enriching student college experiences through research, teaching and learning. While academic libraries subscribe to the idea of making education more affordable despite the constraints of the current financial climate, they often face the challenge to devise innovative and concrete programming to promote the use of OER among members of their campus communities.

This lightning talk will highlight the efforts of Subject Librarians at James A. Michener Library, University of Northern …

Engaging Graduate Students In The Online Learning Environment: A Universal Design For Learning (Udl) Approach To Teacher Preparation, Marla J. Lohmann, Kathleen A. Boothe, Andrea R. Hathcote, Amy Turpin

Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research

Today’s classroom is more diverse than ever; it is imperative that universities find solutions for meeting these diverse learning needs. One potential solution is Universal Design for Learning (UDL), which is a promising practice in the K-12 classroom. UDL is based on the idea that diversity among students is predictable and systematic adjustments to the curriculum should be made based on that predictability. While there is strong research supporting the use of UDL for traditional K-12 classrooms, there is little research regarding its implementation in the online university teacher preparation classroom. This study explores the use of UDL for increasing …

Shuffle Lit!: Using Ipod Shuffles To Encourage Literacy Experiences At Home, Ashlee B. Hover

Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research

A kindergarten teacher used action research to examine how literature, audio books, homework, and Apple iPod Shuffles can be combined to encourage and improve literacy at home. The research participants consisted of 16 kindergarten students in Middle Tennessee and their parents. The kindergarten students took home a tote bag with the following contents: an Apple iPod Shuffle loaded with many audio stories, six books, two types of headphones, and an iPod listening/reading log. The students took the project materials home for a week to enjoy with their parents and other family members. The parents or siblings recorded the students’ experiences …

A Scaffolding Approach Using Interviews And Narrative Inquiry, Sharon Heilmann

Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research

This article examines how educational scaffolding was used in a graduate research methods course to encourage student mastery of two qualitative research concepts, interviews and narrative inquiry. Findings suggest that scaffolding resulted in students’ mastery of both concepts as well as students’ increased attention to quality of interview questions and outcomes. Further implications suggest scaffolding would be useful in combining other qualitative topics such as integrating content analysis skills with research designs such as phenomenology, grounded theory, and case studies.

Una Destinatio, Viae Diversae – One Destination, Many Paths: An Invitation To Design Curriculum, Aviva B. Dorfman

Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research

One goal of early childhood teacher educators is to teach in ways that model teaching young children. What better way to study curriculum than to design it? This article describes a graduate early childhood curriculum course in which the students participate in the process of designing the syllabus. They receive a syllabus empty of topics, schedule, and readings. Together, we design the course according to their interests and needs. By semester’s end there is a full reading list and schedule. The invitation to co-design curriculum provides opportunities for investigation, representation and reflection as does constructivist teaching for children, and demonstrates …

Using Student-Produced Videos To Communicate About Science, Ricky W. Telg, Kathryn Stofer, Rachel Deconna

Journal of Applied Communications

This professional development article provides a case study of the Explore Research at the University of Florida video project, conducted by University of Florida undergraduate and graduate students. Students take an advanced digital media production course where they develop videos documenting research at the university. The videos are then displayed at the Museum of Natural History and various online, broadcast, and cable television outlets. This article also provides suggestions for individuals who may want to develop their own partnerships with similar organizations in their courses.

An Alternative Pathway To Elementary Teaching, Lotta Larson, Tom Vontz

Educational Considerations

This article describes an alternative pathway to elementary teaching through the MAT online program at Kansas State University.

2018 Spring - Seek - Full Issue (Pdf), News And Communications Services

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Spring 2018 issue of Seek

Time Flies, News And Communications Services

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Back cover art work: An Aquarelle graphite and oil crayon drawing on Stonehenge paper, “Time Flies” is by Teresa Schmidt, professor of art at Kansas State University.

The Past: Master Of Glass, News And Communications Services

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Mitsugi Ohno was Kansas State University’s first full-time scientific glassblower. Ohno created custom glass research apparatus for many departments on campus.

Explain It: Scanning Electron Microscope, News And Communications Services

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Douglas McGregor, university distinguished professor of nuclear engineering and director of the Semiconductor Materials and Radiological Technologies Laboratory, or S.M.A.R.T. Lab, in K-State’s College of Engineering, explains in just a little over 100 words how a Hitachi scanning electron microscope was used to produce an image of the honeybee on the cover of Seek...

Graduate Scholars: Real-Time Design, Taylor Provine

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Real clients, real research and real building materials await these students, who work on real projects — many of which have received attention regionally and nationally.

Udp Focus: Jankowiak Shines Light On The Mysteries Of Photosynthesis, Sarah Caldwell Hancock

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The chemistry lab in your mind’s eye contains glass beakers full of different-colored chemicals bubbling over Bunsen burners or sitting under fume hoods. That’s definitely not what you’ll find in Ryszard Jankowiak’s lab at Kansas State University.

When The Wells Run Dry, Pat Melgares

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Agriculture in race for solutions to the declining Ogallala Aquifer

Keeping It Moving, Jennifer Tidball

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By studying physical activity, kinesiology researchers improve our daily lives.

• Exercise for astronauts
• Army strong and fit
• Matters of the heart (and blood vessels, too)
• Upstanding workplace behavior
• Keeping hearts beating with beetroot

Bugs With Benefits, Mary Lou Peter, Stephanie Jacques

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Why we should appreciate the creepier, crawlier life forms of Earth.

Fighting Fallacies, Stephanie Jacques

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Researchers battle false factoids that surround people every day.

Experimenting For Success, Beth Bohn

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The benefits of undergraduate research at Kansas State University.

Faculty Focus: Making A Career Of It, Jennifer Tidball, Beth Bohn

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The Faculty Early Career Development Program, or CAREER program, in the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards program for junior faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.

Patent Focus: Grand-Slam Inventions, Sarah Caldwell Hancock

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Kansas State University Research Foundation helps researchers run the bases

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Shorts

• New initiative highlights successes, future of K-State innovations
• 2018 Research Showcase
• A bested discovery: R&D 100 Award for wearable radiation detection technology
• What's really in the air we breathe? Holograms and lasers giving a clearer picture
• USDA-funded robotic farming project could increase world's food supply
• Chomp on this: Alligators eat sharks
• Cancer is target of university's newest center of excellence
• Compound in red wine, chocolate prevents smallpox virus cousins from replicating

Table Of Contents And Introduction, Peter Dorhout

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Table of Contents and a message from Vice President for Research Peter Dorhout for the Seek Magazine Spring 2018 issue.

Teaching As A Political Act: Critical Pedagogy In Library Instruction, Melia Erin Fritch

Educational Considerations

This article establishes a theoretical framework for critical library instruction (and thereby critical information literacy) that is built upon critical feminist theory, critical race theory, and engaged pedagogy, among others. Using the ideas and work of theorists to create a path linking the ideas of critical analyses together, the author demonstrates the importance and need for critical information literacy within library instruction to empower students, creating opportunities for lifelong learning. Noted within the article are the obstacles for librarians who focus on feminist engaged pedagogy in their teaching; however, the author shares with readers that the challenge is in fact …

Interpreting Audit Data In Program Assessment, Jacqueline Kress

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

Academic programs are multidimensional and operate in a distributed decision-making environment. Assessment that focuses solely on student learning outcomes may overlook context factors contributing to or detracting from program success. This session introduces program audits and guides participants’ practice interpreting sample audit data and relating them to program outcomes.