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Leveraging Campus Partnerships And Creating Library Advocates, Jessica Alverson, James Lefager, Kate Daniels

Jessica Alverson

Representatives from the libraries and faculty instructional technology support unit at a mid-sized, private university discuss several cross-departmental collaboration projects, including: a university-wide mobile learning initiative, the integration of library widgets into the course management system, and the creation of course-specific online research tutorials. Speakers from both units discuss benefits and potential hurdles associated with cross-departmental collaboration.

Assessing Student And Employer Satisfaction In A Liberal Arts/Engineering Bachelor Of Arts Degree, Michael Haungs

Michael Haungs

No abstract provided.

Altmetrics For The Information Professional: A Primer, Linda M. Galloway, Janet L. Pease

Linda M. Galloway

Altmetrics, or alternative citation metrics, provide researchers and scholars with new ways to track influence across a wide range of media and platforms. From deciding what to read based on tweets, to enhancing scholarship with collaboration, altmetrics will exert more and more influence on the scholarly landscape. Awareness of altmetric tools, and the ways in which they can be used, will position information professionals at the forefront of this exciting new era in knowledge dissemination and assessment.

As social media plays an ever increasing role in the communication of scholarship, the authors will discuss how altmetrics can be a valuable …

Social Media And Citation Metrics, Linda M. Galloway, Anne E. Rauh

Linda M. Galloway

Quantifying scholarly output via traditional citation metrics is the time-honored method to gauge academic success. However, as the tentacles of social media spread into professional personas, scholars are interacting more frequently and more meaningfully with these tools. Measuring the influence and impact of scholarly engagement with online tools and networks is gaining importance in academia today.

Assessing the impact of a scholar’s work can be measured by evaluating several factors including the number of peer-reviewed publications, citations to these publications and the influence of the publications. These metrics take a relatively long time to accumulate, some are available only via …

Network Security, Mojtaba Mehrdad Nasehi

mojtaba nasehi

Security Overview  What is security?  Different area of security  Principals of it security

Unikl Mimet At Itex’13, Azman Ismail

Azman Ismail

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Noncognitive Skills In College Completion, Linda Knicely

Ohio College Access Network

When did you last read a 200 page book in under sixty minutes? Everyone’s buzzing about journalist Paul Tough’s bestselling book How Children Succeed. These PPT slides accompanied the May 2013 webinar where we checked that off your bucket list and “unpacked” the book in an interesting and engaging manner. More importantly, hear the most current thinking (and the research behind it) about soft skills-noncognitive skills-social capital-executive functioning (choose your own label) and how vital it is that we, as youth advocates, realize their integral role in college completion.

Metaphors Used By Malaysian Teachers-In-Training: Implications For Language Teacher Education, Zuwati Hasim

zuwati hasim

Over the past 20 years, there has been increasing interest in exploring what language teachers believe (Borg, 2006). Often these beliefs are expressed in terms of metaphors (Richards, 1998; Woodward, 1991), but there has been little recent research connecting the two strands. The present study is based on the per-sonal reflections of a group of 72 trainee teachers in a Malaysian University after a three-month practicum in local high schools. In these reflections, as well as currently fashionable constructs such as facilitator and motivator, these students often described their perceptions of the role of the language teacher using various metaphors. …

New Adventures In Screencasting, Stephen X. Flynn

Stephen X Flynn

No abstract provided.

Working On A Dream: Educational Returns From Off-Campus Paid Work, Hamish Coates

Professor Hamish Coates

No abstract provided.

Why The Model Minority Stereotype Is Divisive To All Communities Of Color, Nicholas Daniel Hartlep

Nicholas Daniel Hartlep, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Openorbiter: A Student Space Program, Jeremy Straub, Joshua Berk, Christoffer Korvald

Jeremy Straub

OpenOrbiter is a student-conceived, student-run small spacecraft program operating at the University of North Dakota. It involves students from numerous departments including both STEM (computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, space studies) and non-STEM (business, entrepreneurship, education) disciplines. The program is comprised of 19 student-lead, faculty-mentored groups focusing on all areas of spacecraft design and fabrication.

This paper presents the OpenOrbiter space program as a model for emulation. It focuses specifically on the utility of participation for students and faculty in the Computer Science discipline, while briefly summarizing the motivation for participants in other disciplines. These benefits include learning the …

The Development Of Operating Software For An Open Small Spacecraft, Donovan Torgerson, Christoffer Korvald, Jeremy Straub, Joshua Berk

Jeremy Straub

The OpenOrbiter program aims to design and demonstrate the Open Prototype for Educational NanoSats (OPEN) framework. OPEN reduces small spacecraft development costs by making the design plans freely available to any institution that wishes to use them. OpenOrbiter will demonstrate the viability of this design via being launched into low-Earth orbit (LEO).

This poster presents the initial design work for the Operating Software for the OpenOrbiter spacecraft. Operating software efficiency is extremely important due to the limited level of communication with ground-based operators and limited onboard power production. The operating software performs task scheduling, constraint compliance management, and schedule optimization …

Educating And Transforming The Future Public Health Workforce: Lessons Learned From Developing & Implementing An Innovative, Interdisciplinary Mph Graduate Course For Public Health Practice, Leah Neubauer, Kristin Jacobson

Leah C. Neubauer

The Affordable Care Act allocated $250 million in 2010 for disease prevention via four critical priorities, including Public Health Training and Research & Tracking. Public health educators in academia have an opportunity to reexamine and reconstruct educative preparations for public health workers to adequately identify and address the environmental, social, and behavioral issues that impact health across the life span. Public health professionals are obligated to consider the larger political, social, and economic implications forces surrounding their work to affect the largest possible positive outcomes in communities ' health. This presentation will highlight the establishment of a graduate MPH course …

Demonstrate Your Value: Choosing And Using A Blend Of Methods To Assess The Effectiveness Of Information Literacy Instruction, Carrie C. Leatherman

Carrie C Leatherman

Academic librarians face a challenge: how to use assessment methods to demonstrate the value of library instruction to library and campus administrators. This presentation will emphasis the importance of using multiple, direct and indirect assessment methods in order to triangulate results and will give applications from real-world assessment studies. It will also examine the appropriateness of various assessment methods, as well as the use of both rubrics and statistical analysis when assessing instruction effectiveness.

Dilemas Y Retos De Los Cursos En Línea, Marion Lloyd

Marion Lloyd

A un año del lanzamiento de los primeros MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses), el modelo llega al público en español.

Understanding High-Achieving African American Students, John A. Gipson Jr.

John A Gipson Jr., M.Ed.

No abstract provided.

Student Transition Programming, Linda Knicely, Kim Ebbrecht, Sarah Collins, Jim Collins

Ohio College Access Network

ALL students, but especially those with obstacles to overcome in their lives, benefit from being connected to school and community resources that can help ensure a smooth and successful transition from one educational environment to the next. This PPT accompanied a webinar by the same title held in April 2013 and included research-proven best practices about student transition programming. Three panelists also shared the successful Elementary to Middle School; Middle School to High School; and High School to Higher Education programs that they have developed and implemented within a variety of settings, both urban and rural.

Interpreting Financial Aid Awards, Laura Meek

Ohio College Access Network

These presentation slides accompanied a timely webinar held on April 12, 2012 to share information about the financial aid verification process and how to help students understand the award letters as they receive them. Laura Meek, Director of Financial Aid at Ohio Dominican University, shared her expert knowledge on these topics. In addition to providing attendees with an overview of both verification and award letters, she provides examples/case studies that will help college access & success professionals, school counselors, and youth-serving organization staff in working with their students.

Open To The Inevitable: Librarians As Open Content Professionals, Anna K. Gold, Sarah F. Cohen

Anna K. Gold

Open content is a movement that includes open access, open science, open educational resources, and open culture. A rising tide of open content challenges libraries to develop services that comprehensively address the explosion of “open” across all areas of education, science, and society. Learn what a public university envisions for a new professional position - an open content librarian to lead the integration of open content into all areas of undergraduate learning, and teacher education.

Ipedagogy For Adults, Jessica Alverson, Susan Shultz

Jessica Alverson

No abstract provided.

Beyond Chocolates & Roses: Community, Love And Commitment After The Kimani Gray Shooting, Toby S. Jenkins

Toby S Jenkins

No abstract provided.

Changing Strategies For Electronic Theses And Dissertations: Communication Between An Academic Library, Graduate School, Academic Departments, And Students, Lyndsey E. Calico, Cleophus V. Price, Adrian K. Ho, Jonathan Garrett

Adrian K. Ho

Technology has eliminated the need for paper copies of theses and dissertations in an academic library. The latest practice for receiving, reviewing, and archiving graduate student scholarship is to have students submit their electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) to an institutional repository (IR). The University of Kentucky Graduate School and the University of Kentucky Libraries have teamed to create a new workflow for the online submission of ETDs to UKnowledge, the University's IR. To ensure the success of the workflow, clear and efficient communications between the library, the graduate school, academic departments, and students are imperative. This presentation addresses the …

An Account Of My Life’S Blessings And My Spanish Ancestors - Among The First Families Of New Mexico, Frank Cortez Flores

Frank Cortez Flores

A concise history of Frank Cortez Flores’ life blessings: Frank achieved, at the young age of 27, his first doctoral degree (later on two more doctoral – total: one academic and two vocational), three masters (MS, MA, & MPH) and two post-doctoral along a life time of bench and field research, visiting fellow, faculty member and volunteer health care provider, mainly in global underdeveloped countries. Frank was graduated from USC's College of Letters, Arts and Sciences - School of Dentistry - School of Medicine - School of Education and was a faculty member as well. His other alma maters include: …

Social Justice From A Point Of View Of An 8-Year-Old Boy., Cristobal Salinas Jr

Cristobal Salinas Jr

No abstract provided.

Goal Setting Within A Career Advising Framework, Sarah Lopienski, Carolyn George

Ohio College Access Network

PLEASE NOTE: This PPT slide deck accompanies a webinar by the same title (the link to which is also posted on this website) which was held in March 2013 in Columbus, OH. As professionals, we are faced with limited time in our work day to focus on the multiple aspects of the academic, career, and personal/social development of our students. Career development often falls last due to the pressing needs of academic and personal/social development. Integrating goal setting/career advising into existing curricula is the intent of Career Connections, a joint initiative among the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation, Board of …

Quranic Verse Recitation Recognition Engine For Self Learning Of Al-Jabari Method: A Review, Noor Jamaliah Ibrahim, Zulkifli Mohd Yusoff, Mohd Yamani Idna Idris

Noor Jamaliah Ibrahim

In our reality of life, there are still a lot of Muslims can’t read Al-Quran properly with a better understanding of Tajweed rules. Moreover, the correct recitation of Quran is required and important for prayer and worship in Islam. Reality of hours provided, particularly for Quranic learningsyllabus (Pendidikan Islam) during schools hours, were particularly less and limited. Due to this matter, Al-Jabari method of learning Al-Quran has been introduced through effective and faster way, just only in 30 hours. This method is a new approach in learning Al-Quran, which formerly founded in Bandung, Indonesia. This technique and skill is believed …

Gay And Greek: Supporting Lgbq Fraternity And Sorority Members, Larry D. Long, Monica Crissman

Larry D. Long

No abstract provided.

Is Saving Black Males A Natural Disaster?, Edward Earl Bell

Edward Earl Bell

Saving Black Males: Natural Disaster

Spiritual Development And Education: A Spiritual Needs/Motivation/Volition Framework, Russell Yocum, Susan James, Laura Staal, Elyse Pinkie

Russell Yocum

No abstract provided.