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Course Management System Best Practices For Accessing Library Resources, Casey Duevel, Nat Gustafson-Sundell

Library Services Publications

Faculty want course readings to be conveniently posted within D2L, but posting PDFs on D2L is illegal in many cases and might accidentally lead to the loss of online resources provided by the library. In this session, we’ll explain these issues and suggest best practices for sharing articles and chapters with your students.

Rasheed Al-Arami Honors Portfolio, Rasheed Ahmed Abdurabu Al-Arami

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Rasheed Al-Arami's honors portfolio captured in November 2017.

Jonathan W. Smith Honor Portfolio, Jonathan William Smith

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Jonathan W. Smith's honors portfolio captured in November 2017.

Parker Scott Honor Portfolio, Parker Steven Scott

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Parker Scott's honors portfolio captured in November 2017.

Muna Omar Honors Portfolio, Muna M. Omar

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Muna Omar's honors portfolio captured in November 2017.

Sarah Aldrich Honors Portfolio, Sarah Anne Aldrich

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Sarah Aldrich's honors portfolio captured in November 2017.

Katelynn Malecha Honors Portfolio, Katelynn Louise Malecha

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Katelynn Malecha's honors portfolio captured in November 2017.

Stephanie Peterson Honors Portfolio, Stephanie Rose Peterson

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Stephanie Peterson's honors portfolio captured in November 2017.

Jacob Tschann Honors Portfolio, Jacob Capra Tschann

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Jacob Tschann's honors portfolio captured in November 2017.

Jaci Ullrich Honors Portfolio, Jaci Danielle Ullrich

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Jaci Ullrich's honors portfolio captured in November 2017.

Tyler Keller Honors Portfolio, Tyler James Keller

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Tyler Keller's honors portfolio captured in November 2017.

Supporting Faculty In Learning, Adopting, And Embracing Oers, Kimberly Johnson, Carrie Lewis Miller, Karen Pikula

IT Solutions Publications

Minnesota State, a public system of 7 universities and 30 colleges serving nearly 400,000 students, has partnered with the Open Textbook Network (OTN) since 2014 to deliver training to nearly 300 faculty to OTN and the need, purpose, and possibilities of OER use in the classroom. Many of these faculty have gone on to peer review one or more texts housed in the Open Textbook Library. While there is still need for these basics, there is also growing interest in aiding faculty to move beyond reviewing existing OERs to adopting, redesigning courses, and even authoring their own open texts. To …

09-2017 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for September 2017.

Leading Meaningful Change, Lynn D. Akey, Tina Dee, Robert Delprino, Nicholas R. Santilli

Academic Affairs Publications

While strategic planning is often approached from a theoretical perspective, it is in the implementation that the rubber hits the road. The importance of leadership in this shift from a theoretical plan to actual implementation cannot be underestimated. Change agents from a variety of institutional types—community college, public institution, and private institution—will discuss strategies used to inspire and guide others toward the achievement of shared objectives while managing institutional complexities. You will learn about issues leaders must successfully address to implement a meaningful strategic planning process.

A Strategic Priority Funding Process: Advancing Big Ideas, Lynn D. Akey, Pat Nelson

Academic Affairs Publications

This session will showcase a strategic priority funding process used to make organizational investments that advance big ideas, priorities and innovation. The speakers will share how the core components of the process were developed, implemented, and improved to increase results.

Leading A Campus Team To Navigate Through The Comprehensive Evaluation, Andrea L. Lassiter, Lynn D. Akey, Joan Roca

Academic Affairs Publications

What are some best practices to help your institution prepare for a comprehensive evaluation? This presentation will include discussion of how to gain broad campus community participation by assembling a team to help lead the process. Committee membership, information sharing, meeting topics and timelines will be shared.

2017 Minnesota Undergraduate Scholars Posters At St. Paul Abstract Booklet, Minnesota Undergraduate Scholars

Posters at St. Paul

Abstract booklet from the fourth Minnesota Undergraduate Scholars Posters at St. Paul event.

The multi-disciplinary poster presentation was held on March 2, 2017 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the State Capitol rotunda. Participating campuses included: Bemidji State University, Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota State University, Moorhead, Rochester Community and Technical College, Southwest Minnesota State University, St. Cloud State University, and Winona State University.

03-2017 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for March 2017.

Allison Maleska Honors Portfolio, Allison Spanier Maleska

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Allison Maleska's honors portfolio captured in February 2017.

Natalie Moses Honors Porfolio, Natalie Marie Moses

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Natalie Moses' honors portfolio captured in February 2017.

Hailey Gorman Honors Portfolio, Hailey Rose Gorman

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Hailey Gorman's honors portfolio captured in February 2017.

Trisha Walker Honors Portfolio, Trisha Kathleen Walker

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Trisha Walker's honors portfolio captured in February 2017.

01-2017 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for January 2017.

The Structure Of Discussions In An Online Communication Course: What Do Students Find Most Effective?, Laura Jacobi

Communication Studies Department Publications

The purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives of students regarding what was effective about the way in which the asynchronous discussions were structured in an upper level online organizational communication course. Surveys from 27 student participants were used, with questions focused upon the structure of discussions in the online course as compared to other online courses and to traditional classrooms. Results indicate structured and relevant discussion prompts, small group placement, visible postings, and required weekly postings as significant factors to student success. The majority of students also found online discussions more effective than live discussions in traditional …