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Make Summer Great Again -- Do The Research Experience For Teachers (Ret) Program, Dan Broadbent
Make Summer Great Again -- Do The Research Experience For Teachers (Ret) Program, Dan Broadbent
Faculty Publications
What is the RET Program?
- “Research Experience for Teachers”
- It is a National Science Foundation (NSF) program that…
- “supports the active involvement of K-12 teachers and community college faculty in research in order to bring knowledge and innovation into their classrooms.”
- So, research universities apply for a grant from the NSF and then set it up.
- Usually paired with REU
Best Practices Developing Service Learning Protocol For Hospitality Administration, Mary Olle, Chay Runnels, Gina Fe Causin, Todd Barrios
Best Practices Developing Service Learning Protocol For Hospitality Administration, Mary Olle, Chay Runnels, Gina Fe Causin, Todd Barrios
Faculty Publications
Developing Service Learning Protocol for students in the Hospitality Administration program at Stephen F. Austin State University provides an opportunity for students to experience these values such as networking, commitment, and building self-confidence. In 2015 SFA Hospitality Administration faculty made a decision to institutionalize service learning throughout their program. This presentation discusses its implementation.
E-Valuating Local Collections For Open Acces: The Nlu Experience, Rob Morrison, Deana Greenfield
E-Valuating Local Collections For Open Acces: The Nlu Experience, Rob Morrison, Deana Greenfield
Faculty Publications
National Louis University (NLU) provides access to local collections through an Institutional Repository and Special Collections and Archives digital collections. We use open access as an effective and value-added method for contributing to scholarship and outreach to different communities, including alumni. As NLU celebrates our 125th anniversary this year, we utilize digital collections to promote and provide access to our unique history. This presentation will discuss materials selected for inclusion and the multiple ways open access collections can contribute to a university's scholarship and reputation.
Librarianship In The 21st Century: Lessons In Leadership, Rob Morrison, Jack Fritts
Librarianship In The 21st Century: Lessons In Leadership, Rob Morrison, Jack Fritts
Faculty Publications
Many of the challenges librarians face in the 21st century have existed for years and reflect the nature of higher education and society in the United States. One issue the presenters have observed is that librarians, like many educators, react to rapidly changing systems, pressures, economics, and technologies by “balancing” workloads and budgets and not by deeply reflecting on how to change strategies in order to integrate themselves more fully into academic curricula, prove the library’s value to administrators, and develop meaningful services and resources.
In order to thrive and survive, librarians must be proactive at their institutions in areas …
Digital World Update For Nlu Cmb, May 2009 Revised, Kathleen A. Walsh
Digital World Update For Nlu Cmb, May 2009 Revised, Kathleen A. Walsh
Faculty Publications
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Intro To The Digital World -- For Nlu Academic Cabinet, August 2008, Kathleen A. Walsh
Intro To The Digital World -- For Nlu Academic Cabinet, August 2008, Kathleen A. Walsh
Faculty Publications
Designed as a "beginner's intro" to online life and online learning; themed around 3 questions: what's going on in the digital world?, what's wrong with these kids today (Gen M)?, and what could all of this mean for online teaching and learning at NLU?