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Leading A Horse To Water: Writing Workshops For Engineering Graduate Students, Susan Wainscott, Julie A. Longo
Leading A Horse To Water: Writing Workshops For Engineering Graduate Students, Susan Wainscott, Julie A. Longo
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A workshop series sponsored by the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) seeks to dispel the myth that engineers cannot be good writers.
Developing A Campus-Wide Information Literacy Agenda, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
Developing A Campus-Wide Information Literacy Agenda, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
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Delta Project On Postsecondary Costs, Productivity, And Accountability: A Campus Perspective – University Of Nevada, Las Vegas, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
Delta Project On Postsecondary Costs, Productivity, And Accountability: A Campus Perspective – University Of Nevada, Las Vegas, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
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I will start by pointing out that I don’t completely agree with Director Wellman’s conclusions that it’s a horrible state of affairs when investments from tuition and state sources are misdirected to support non‐instruction infrastructure. As a research university with aspirations of enhancing its research agenda, in a state that desperately needs that research UNLV expects to grow those support services in order to grow its research initiatives, and thereby contribute in meaningful ways to the reinvention of the Nevada economy – one sorely hampered by its single industry focus. The Delta Project data calls into question the relationship of …
The Role Of Assessment In Furthering Student Engagement, Inclusion, And Achievement, Mary Allen, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
The Role Of Assessment In Furthering Student Engagement, Inclusion, And Achievement, Mary Allen, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
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Assessment is a vital component of any program or initiative in terms of monitoring and strengthening its impact. Assessment involves establishing outcomes (programmatic, learning, etc.), verifying that efforts are aligned with those outcomes, assessing impact, and “closing the loop” by using what is learned to make improvements. This presentation focused on characteristics of quality assessment, such as the need for it to be valid, reliable, actionable, and efficient. AAC&U’s cluster of intellectual and practical skills for a liberal education include inquiry and analysis; critical and creative thinking; written and oral communication; quantitative literacy; and teamwork and problem solving. Information literacy …
Learning For Success In The 21st Century, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
Learning For Success In The 21st Century, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
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Content Knowledge — what do we want them to know?
Skills and Abilities — what are the essential skills and abilities we want them to apply to their learning?
Behaviors and Attitudes — what behaviors, attitudes, values do we want them to live?
Changing Learning, Changing Roles: Collaboration At Every Angle, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
Changing Learning, Changing Roles: Collaboration At Every Angle, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
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When I look out into this audience I see a room of campus leaders – by the very nature of our professional expertise and training. I see generalists who think broadly about student learning – who see the connections between disciplines as well as between research and teaching – and between learning that happens within the classroom and external to it. I see organized, articulate, service oriented professionals who know how to facilitate – who are committed to group process – who are task oriented – product driven – and creative. I see strong collaborators – that’s why I want …
21st Century Literacies: Transforming Education For Next Generation Learners, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
21st Century Literacies: Transforming Education For Next Generation Learners, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
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- 21st Century Literacies
- Millennials as Learners
- Engaging the Digital Native
- A Vegas Perspective
The Libraries Role In The Reinvention Of Undergraduate Education, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
The Libraries Role In The Reinvention Of Undergraduate Education, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
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Shifting Library Culture:
- Traditional Model
- New Model
Some In-house Strategies:
- focus on instruction as related to collections
- redefine role of liaison
- clarify expectations — link to performance review
- provide professional development
- build prestige (rewards) around instruction
- emphasize faculty voices
The Library As Laboratory, Patricia A. Iannuzzi, Diane Harvey
The Library As Laboratory, Patricia A. Iannuzzi, Diane Harvey
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Overview of Issues:
— Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Research
- Working with students and faculty
- Curricular and Extracurricular models
— Advancing the Undergraduate Research Agenda on Campus
- strategies
- partners
- projects