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Social Media Tools And The Policies Associated With Them, Anne M. Arendt

Anne M Arendt

This paper summarizes the social media and Web 2.0 field in regard to policies from the perspective of a Web resource director. The paper is 50 pages and was created specifically for the Best Practices in Policy Management Conference sponsored by the UVU Policy Office on November 6, 2009.

Are There Instructional Differences Between Fulltime And Parttime Faculty?, R. Eric Landrum

R. Eric Landrum

Using data from 8 academic departments and 361 courses taught during a semester, I examined differences between fulltime and parttime faculty in the areas of general demographic variables, student evaluation of teaching outcomes, and the distribution of grades earned. I expected fulltime faculty to exhibit higher teaching evaluations and less lenient grade distributions, yet neither hypothesis was supported. However, substantial differences exist in the support mechanisms provided to parttime and fulltime faculty. These results are discussed in the context of a growing national reliance on parttime faculty, and the potential implications of this trend.

How To Commit A Legal Rip-Off: Creative Commons, Anne M. Arendt

Anne M Arendt

In order to not be plagiarizing materials, we need to ensure adequate copyright release and attribution for resources we use inside and outside the classroom. This presentation, instead of focusing on copyright issues and limitations, will focus on items placed in whole or in part into the public domain.

Using Open Educational Resources In The Basic Composition Classroom, Anne M. Arendt

Anne M Arendt

A 90 minute presentation was given in a lab setting for the TYCA West Conference (http://tycawest.org/) entitled Point and Counterpoint Converging Fugues within Composition and Community. This is the document that was given during this presentation.

The Power Of Fair Use For Media Literacy Education, Renee Hobbs

Renee Hobbs

No abstract provided.

A Problem Based Learning Meta Analysis: Differences Across Problem Types, Implementation Types, Disciplines, And Assessment Levels, Andrew Walker, Heather Leary

Heather Leary, Ph.D.

Problem based learning (PBL) in its most current form originated in Medical Education but has since been used in a variety of disciplines (Savery & Duffy, 1995) at a variety of educational levels (Savery, 2006). Although recent meta analyses have been conducted (Dochy, Segers, Van den Bossche, & Gijbels, 2003; Gijbels, Dochy, Van den Bossche, & Segers, 2005) that attempted to go beyond medical education, they found only one study in economics and were unable to explain large portions of the variance across results. This work builds upon their efforts as a meta-analysis that crosses disciplines as well as categorizes …

Using Cross-Disciplinary Action Learning Sets When Designing Online Assessment, Meg O'Reilly

Dr Meg O'Reilly

The drive to find appropriate ways to integrate online technologies into assessment has come about within Australian higher education as a consequence of widely held aspirations to remain competitive in the global marketplace. An action research initiative at Southern Cross University reported in this paper suggests both extrinsic and intrinsic reasons why academics considering online assessment may or may not follow through with immediate implementation. More specifically, a crossdisciplinary action learning set in the case study presented has shown benefits in approaching educational design as a cyclical, collegial, creative and reflexive process for planning, implementing and evaluating online assessment.

Reducing Cognitive Overload: Easy Technological Solutions, Melissa H. Koenig

Melissa Koenig

In the online environment it is important to display course content in a way that doesn’t cause cognitive overload. There are a number of software solutions that faculty and instructional designers can use to easily chunk and sequence their content, including various forms of multimedia, for a more professional display either in Blackboard or through the web. This session will introduce partici¬pants to a variety of tools that are readily available and present pros/cons of each with examples and feedback from both instructors and students.

Web 2.0 And Other Web Technologies At Uvu, Anne M. Arendt

Anne M Arendt

Whereas the original Web was more of a one-way medium with content going from the publisher to the reader, Web 2.0 is a bi-directional medium where people interact with each other and/or with the content. Basically, it is a change from an environment with a few content authors and many readers to one in which users generate, re-purpose, and consume shared content.

There is a seemingly ever-increasing interest in using Web 2.0 related technologies. Some examples of incoming requests include: Interactive Catalog of Engagement Opportunities, searchable/filterable calendaring and event posting system, E-portfolio system, collaborative communication platform, and podcasting. Equally, there …