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Making The Ucf Libraries Part Of Your Course, Carrie Moran, Sarah A. Norris, Barbara G. Tierney

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Plenary presentation given to UCF faculty attending the Center for Distributed Learning's IDL Showcase on November 18, 2016 by Carrie Moran, User Engagement Librarian, Sarah Norris, Scholarly Communication Librarian, and Barbara Tierney, Head of Research & Information Services.

The presentation highlights UCF Libraries services and resources available to faculty teaching courses online at the university.

Decisions On Risk And Mental Health Hospital Admissions By Approved Mental Health Professionals, K Stone

More Faculty of Health Research

No abstract provided.

Forget Gate Counts: Assessing Transformative Programming, John Jackson

Librarian Publications & Presentations

One of the five strategic goals of the William H. Hannon Library is to contribute to “formative and transformative education of the whole person through outreach and programming.” Through events such as the annual Haunting of Hannon, the Hannon Human Library, and the Spring Women’s Voices series, the library outreach team at Loyola Marymount University seeks to create experiences that reach beyond connecting students to information resources and highlight the library as a transformative force in student life. Measuring the success of these experiences requires targeted evaluation methods similar to those used for library instruction. This presentation will outline the …

Shortened Not Stirred: Managing Eresources With Yourls, Junior R. Tidal

Publications and Research

Presentation that highlights the use of YOURLs, an open-source URL link shortener program to improve the workflow of managing eResources across various web platforms. Presented to the ACRL New England Chapter eResources Management Program.

Sources Of Strength: An Evidence-Based Student-Led Suicide Prevention Program, Tammi Clarke, Cheryl Benefield

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Sources of Strength is designed to provide both awareness and early prevention as well as to support intervention systems already in place. Although suicide prevention is the primary goal, this program has shown to reduce violence and bullying as well. Through the use of peer leaders, Sources of Strength empowers students to spread hope, help and strength messages utilizing the influence of friendship networks and positive norming. The formula of one part fun, one part sharing and one part planning builds momentum and sustains interest in this peer leader program that is one of the most heavily researched.

During our …

Author Rights: Undergraduate Workshop, Sarah A. Norris

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Workshop given to undergraduate students on November 16, 2016. The workshop provides information about general copyright and author rights for undergraduate students interested in publishing in academic journals and monographs.

Social Skills Tools For Teachers, Amanda C. Oxford, Jenny Carpenter

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Social skills are the abilities that enable us to relate with people honestly and positively, to feel good about ourselves, and to make friends. Social Skills "Tools for Teacher" by the University of Massachusetts at Boston is intended to guide classroom teachers and other educational team members in developing these skills in school aged children. Its content is based upon the social cognitive model of social skills that has been validated in research for more than two decades. Instead of a curriculum to purchase it is an approach to analyzing and lesson planning based on existing state standards. This presentation …

Year 1 Implementation And Staff Readiness, Jessica E. Dunn, Lyndsey S. Whisner

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

This presentation will outline a structure to assist schools in building capacity for staff members as the school begins to implement PBIS. The presenters will provide examples of how their local schools prepared the faculty to implement PBIS. The presenters will also provide specific examples of how their local schools involved home and community atmospheres in the implementation of PBIS. They will discuss the direct, positive impact seen as a result of PBIS incorporation across all atmospheres. Audiences, including schools, parents, and communities, will be able to take away ideas to successfully implement PBIS expectations, matrices, and a reward system.

Developing Teen Health Information Literacy, Sharon A. Weiner, David Walker, Kathryn Dilworth, Lalatendu Acharya, Lisa Kirkham, Bethany Mc, Laura Henzl

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

This presentation discusses a health information literacy project for teens that was a collaboration between librarians and experts in health communications and school administration. They co-developed and co-taught a required high school health course in Spring 2016 using student-centered active learning techniques. The course project was a “Teen Health” website developed by the students.

Using Fundamental Chemistry To Make Functional Materials For Solar Energy Conversion Applications, Kylie N. Heupel, Haley M. Sizemore, Judith L. Jenkins

Posters-at-the-Capitol

Population growth and rapidly increasing energy consumption necessitate innovative materials for energy conversion and storage. Gains in solar electricity and battery technologies are evidenced by the availability of commercial products. However viable solar fuel platforms—where the energy in sunlight is used to form storable fuels such as hydrogen gas—have not yet been realized, motivating the work presented here. In order to produce hydrogen gas from sunlight and water, a photocatalyst is required. The ideal photocatalyst for hydrogen gas generation absorbs solar photons (sunlight), producing high-energy electrons necessary for the reduction of hydrogen ions in water. The host nanocrystal studied here, …

Reintegrating Returning Citizens In Kentucky, Anna Reeves

Posters-at-the-Capitol

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the rehabilitation of ex-offenders and the impact that rehabilitation has on recidivism rates. Recidivism of general offenders and drug offenders in both the U. S. and Kentucky will be addressed. Next, the paper will explore the program that Mission Behind Bars and Beyond facilitates, the Nurture Support and Accountability Group (NSAG), and give details about NSAG’s mission and how it assists ex-offenders with reentry from incarceration back into our communities. Ryan Rivard, an ex-offender, is currently a core member of the NSAG group at Eastern Kentucky University. His progress since he has …

06_從德輔道中看香港的歷史軌跡, Ka Kin, Kelvin Chow

專題講座

昔日德輔道中建有不少古味盎然的英國及歐陸式建築，極富殖民地色彩。現今兩旁商業樓宇林立，人群穿梭其中，往往忽略這裡既是香港政經中心，亦是文康之地。德輔道中不只展現出香港商業發展的成果，亦蘊藏著大小不同的故事，見證香港人辛勞的足印。

United States Federal Courts And Inter-Branch War Powers, Erica Lindsey Fields

Posters-at-the-Capitol

US Federal Courts and Inter-Branch War Powers

Author: Erica Fields, with Dr. Jasmine Farrier and Dr. Laura Moyer

Department of Political Science- University of Louisville

Introduction

When a separation of powers issue arises between the branches of the United States government, they can seek remedy in the federal courts. This has become especially relevant in the area of war powers. Over the past 40 years, members of Congress have challenged Presidential encroachment of war powers 10 times in the courts.

Purpose

To determine if the rulings in the 10 war powers cases could best be explained by the ideologies of …

Swimming Mechanisms Of Temperate Forest Ants, Noah D. Gripshover, Evan M. Gora, Stephen P. Yanoviak

Posters-at-the-Capitol

Swimming Mechanisms of Temperate Forest Ants (Camponotus pennsylvanicus and Formica subsericea)

Noah D. Gripshover, Evan M. Gora, and Stephen P. Yanoviak

University of Louisville

Abstract

Environmental challenges shape the evolution of animal behavior and morphology. For wingless terrestrial invertebrates like ants, pools of water on the forest floor are particularly dangerous. Here we show that ants can overcome this obstacle using a modified gait to transverse the water surface. We compared the locomotor morphology and swimming performance of two arboreal ant species that are common in Kentucky (Camponotus pennsylvanicus and Formica subsericea). We defined performance as speed …

Viewing History From The Sky: Geo-Rectification Of An Aerial Photography Collection, Kate F. Boyd

Faculty and Staff Publications

After years of looking for funding, in 2013 USC Libraries was awarded a grant from the Gaylord & Donnelly Foundation to scan and geo-rectify the South Carolina historical aerial photographs from 1930-1980s. This presentation, given at the Digital Library Federation Forum in 2016, documents the efforts to receive funding and the process of bring these photographs online for users. Thanks to Bill Sudduth of Government Information for his efforts in continuing this process.

A Digital Celebration Of The National Park Service Centennial, Joshua Morgan, Rachel Wittmann

Presentations

After six years of digitization, metadata, and web-development, the Open Parks Network repository is online to celebrate the National Park Service Centennial. We have campfire stories to share on lessons learned from a rocky trail, which will help other institutions steer clear of hidden obstacles and persevere through tough projects.

Pull Don't Pour" Using Oral Language And The Power Of Dialogue To Shape Intellectual Capacity, Janice Elam Carter

Inclusion Across the Lifespan Conference

For students who struggle to learn it is difficult to confidently participate verbally in class discussions, make recitations, or simply respond to questions posed orally. Let's build a sense of intellectual curiosity by using Socratic questioning, drawing out of the student rather than simply pouring information in. Help students extract meaning from the text with the assistance of an expert mediator, not a worksheet. Participant Objectives: Historically, teaching has included lecturing, dispensing information and imparting knowledge to our students. The primary "student talk" in the classroom had been recitation. It has been found that this method inhibits student thinking. Participants …

Take-A-Stand: Looking At Super Bowl Event From A Media Planner’S Perspective, Jin-Woo Kim

Marketing: Faculty Presentations (2005-2021)

No abstract provided.

A Tale Of Two Campuses: Open Educational Resources In Florida And California Academic Institutions, Sarah A. Norris, John Raible, Alejandra Nann, Julia Hess

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

A panel presentation presented at the 2016 Charleston Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.

Open Educational Resources (OER) provide a high-quality and low-cost alternative to traditional textbooks. The University of Central Florida (UCF) and the University of San Diego (USD) have been engaged in a multitude of efforts related to textbook affordability. This presentation will discuss the textbook affordability climate at the national, state (Florida and California), and local (UCF and USD).

The University of Central Florida constituents will highlight an unique partnership with three different units across campus. Macro and micro ventures and lessons learned will be shared ranging from …

Disproportionality In Special Education: Current Data And Recommendations, Jasolyn L. Henderson, Paula Freer

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

This presentation will focus on disproportionality in special education in Georgia over the last five years. We will describe what disproportionality is, how it is calculated, and the State Education Agency (SEA) and Local Education Agency (LEA) statutory requirements related to disproportionality determinations. In addition, disproportionality trend data over the last five years will be discussed. The presentation will also describe the initiatives that the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) is implementing to help reduce disproportionality across the state.

In Georgia and across the nation, disproportionality is oftentimes a symptom of ineffective educational policies, practices, and procedures. Reviewing the policies, …

Why Organizations Cannot Operate With Narcissistic And Toxic Leaders Or Can They?, David B. Ross

Faculty Presentations

No abstract provided.

Migrating And Usability In Libguides Version 2, Junior R. Tidal

Publications and Research

Online presentation outlining City Tech Library's migration to LibGuides, a research guide content management system. It was presented to the Association of College and Research Libraries' Universal Accessibility Interest Group LibGuides SubCommittee virtual meeting.

The Sky’S The Limit: Scholarly Communication, Digital Initiatives, Institutional Repositories, And Subject Librarians, Lee Dotson, Richard Harrison, Sarah A. Norris, Barbara Tierney

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

A panel presentation presented at the 2016 Charleston Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.

The University of Central Florida's institutional repository, STARS (Showcase of Text, Archives, Research & Scholarship), has presented new opportunities for collaboration amongst the Libraries' Office of Scholarly Communication, Digital Initiatives, Research Services, and Subject Librarians. Building on efforts to proactively promote scholarly communication initiatives to the university community, these four units have used the institutional repository as a foundation for collaboration, outreach, marketing and educational efforts. This presentation will give an overview of STARS and highlight the role the IR has in increasing the collaborative efforts of …

Site Layout Optimization Using Gis, Sulyn Gomez, Mohd Samrah, Jenan Almullaali

Purdue GIS Day

The aim of the research if to analyze the use of ArcGIS to optimize site layout and reduce the cost associated with the construction of a university campus by: - Optimizing the productivity of the equipment fleet after selecting the spatial position, type, and number of equipment with GIS. - Minimizing travel time (Noncontributory activity or waste) and maximizing labor productivity by selecting the spatial position and the number of warehouses. Although there are many temporary facilities in the construction site, the study is focused in managing warehouses and the lifting equipment (cranes). One important step for site layout optimization …

Drone Panel Presentation: Unmanned Aerial Systems In Agriculture Research, Keith A. Cherkauer, Anthony Hearst, Yan Zhu

Purdue GIS Day

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Management On The Movement And Home Range Size Of Indiana's Eastern Hellbender Salamanders, Emily B. Mccallen, Bart T. Kraus, Nick G. Burgmeier, Rod N. Williams

Purdue GIS Day

Eastern hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) are a large, fully aquatic salamander species distributed throughout watersheds in the eastern United States. In Indiana, hellbenders were once found in tributaries of the Ohio River and the Wabash River but are now restricted to a single river in the southern portion of the state. Monitoring within the Blue River over twenty years has revealed a steady decrease in the total abundance of hellbenders and a shift towards older individuals in the age structure of the population. Concerned over the apparent lack of recruitment, the Indiana department of natural resources performed a series of …

Predicting U. S. Presidential Elections: From 1900 Until Today, Richard L. Hogan

Purdue GIS Day

This presentation is scheduled for the weekend before the presidential election of 2016. By then, we might all need a break from pollsters and predictions, although we still might be looking for some assurance that this will not be the end of Western Civilization as we knew it. Toward that end, a little historical perspective on presidential elections since 1900, complete with cool maps, of course, indicating partisanship by state, will illustrate several important hypotheses that the data suggest we might incorporate in our efforts to predict the future by explaining the past. Neither candidate has approved this message.

Drone Panel Presentation: Application Of Unmanned Aerial Systems (Uas), Brian Kozak

Purdue GIS Day

No abstract provided.

Gis In Archaeology: The Pedestrian Survey Of Dana Island In Turkey, Noah Kaye, Gunder Varinlioglu, Nicholas K. Rauh

Purdue GIS Day

An international team of archaeologists conducted a surface survey of the remains on Dana Island, ancient Pithussae, near Silifke in south Coastal Turkey. The island sits 2 km offshore and is uninhabited. Architectural remains of stone quarries, large cisterns, houses and churches extend approximately 1.6 km along its western coast. At the crest of the mountain that rises above the shore stands the remains of an Iron Age fortress incorporated into later Byzantine structures. Relying on a base map constructed of the Google earth view of the island, digitized topographical maps, and an aerial photograph from 1990, the pedestrian team …

How Gis Will Support Next Gen 9-1-1, Jim I. Sparks

Purdue GIS Day

While most practitioners have a general awareness that GIS will play a more prominent role in Next Generation 9-1-1, few have much definitive information about what that means for Indiana GIS. This presentation will provide background information and an introduction to the requirements that NG 9-1-1 will place on our location data. Time will be left for some discussion centered on the challenges that are ahead of us.