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Building An Undergraduate Cohort In High Altitude Ballooning, Mike Davis

2017 Academic High Altitude Conference

City Colleges of Chicago (CCC), in partnership with DePaul University and the Illinois Space Grant Consortium, has recently been awarded a grant from NASA to develop a research and education program in high-altitude ballooning. The project builds on the Chicago Initiative for Research and Recruitment in the Undergraduate Sciences (CIRRUS) model of undergraduate research and community college/four year college collaborative projects, a successful NSF-funded collaboration between DePaul and CCC. The project has four goals: (1) initiate a year-round undergraduate research program to recruit promising community college students into the STEM disciplines, (2) provide tuition support and fellowships to support student …

Nasa Nebraska High Altitude Ballooning And The Fab Lab, Kendra Sibbernsen, Michael Sibbernsen

2017 Academic High Altitude Conference

The NASA Nebraska High Altitude Ballooning (N-NHAB) program has collaborated on projects with the Fab Lab at Metropolitan Community College (MCC) in Omaha, NE. Based on the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms, the Fab Lab contains 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines, and much more. In its trial phase, the Fab Lab encouraged projects from the sciences. In response to this request, one of these projects involved a HAB student who wanted to streamline custom circuitry for measuring the efficiency of solar cells. The circuit pathways were designed and precisely cut from a copper sheet and the laser cutter …

Using Tank Pressure To Determine The Lift Of A Balloon, Sarah M. Biver

2017 Academic High Altitude Conference

An important aspect of high altitude ballooning is accuracy regarding the calculation of helium inflation in the balloon. If the balloon is over-filled it will increase rapidly in velocity and burst too quickly to record data. If the balloon is under-filled the rate of ascension will be too slow or not at all. This paper highlights the importance of accuracy in helium inflation by examining a method that uses pressure to control the inflation of a high altitude balloon. On every helium tank there is a pressure gauge, which can be used to monitor the change in pressure. Using that …

Parafoil Recovery Of A High Altitude Balloon Payload, Chelsea Velasquez, Zachariah Benedict

2017 Academic High Altitude Conference

The Recovery Guidance System is a subproject of Iowa State Universities’ High Altitude Ballooning Experiments in Technology (HABET) group. The system is designed to avoid common hazards during descent including large area objects such as populated areas and roadways, as well as smaller objects such as trees in a field, with an accuracy within tens of meters. RGS provides guidance for the payload using a two servo system aboard the payload in conjunction with GPS and radio communication. Navigation will be handled by a mixture of GPS and video analysis. For guidance, only longitudinal and directional dynamics of the payload-parafoil …

Enough To Be Dangerous: 00000110 Things Every Beginner Needs To Know About Coding, Jason Tubinis, Leslie Grove

Presentations

Covers the fundamentals of coding by looking at some of the most popular and important programming languages used today. Uses different examples and the ways in which they share key commonalities to demonstrate concepts necessary to read and understand a block of code. Concludes with an opportunity for participants to create and execute a simple script.

Competency-Based Education (Cbe) And The Measure Of Quality: The Shift In Value And Worth In Today’S World Of Higher Education, Robert W. Hill

Faculty Presentations

No abstract provided.

Internship And Practicum Requirements In Archival Education, Gavin T. Strassel, Meghan M. Courtney

Reuther Library Scholarly Publications

Archivists have long debated the nature of archival internships and practicum requirements as components of archival education. Advocates cite these requirements as the best way for emerging archivists to acquire hands-on training, while critics worry they can be used to further student exploitation and a devaluation of professional archivists’ labor. This presentation examined requirements in graduate archives programs and compared them to accepted guidelines for internships in the archives profession and the American economy at large. These presentations draw on original survey data collected by the presenters from educational programs listed on the Society of American Archivists’ Directory of Archival …

Crystal Balls And Tea Leaves: Predictors Of Repository Success, Eli Windchy, Morgan Ziontz

Digital Commons Southeastern User Group

Where are repositories headed? Let's look at some predictors of repository success and spot several new approaches and features that can help time warp your library to the future.

Eli Windchy is the Vice President of Consulting Services and Morgan Ziontz is a Senior Outreach Associate at bepress.

Design And Implementation Of An Interactive Animatronic System For Guest Response Analysis, Brian Burns

Phi Kappa Phi Research Symposium (Archived)

In theme park based entertainment applications, there is a need for interactive, autonomous animatronic systems to create engaging and compelling experiences for the guests. The animatronic figures must identify the guests and recognize their status in dynamic interactions for enhanced acceptance and effectiveness as socially interactive agents, in the general framework of human-robot interactions. The design and implementation of an interactive, autonomous animatronic system in form of a tabletop dragon, Kronos, and the comparisons of guest responses in its passive and interactive modes are presented in this work. The dragon capabilities include a four degrees-of-freedom head, moving wings, tail, jaw, …

Promoting Your Scholarship Through Open Access, Andrew Wesolek

Presentations

Many academic librarians are required to publish as part of the promotion and tenure process. And if they are not, they surely consult with faculty who are. Often, it is not enough to simply have published works, but one must also demonstrate the impact of those works. Luckily, there are strategies you can use to bolster the visibility and impact of your work. This presentation will cover author's rights, negotiating publication agreements, open access publishing, and free resources you can use to boost the visibility of your work.

Enhancing Discoverability: How To Describe Digitalcommons Content For Harvest Into Cultural Heritage Institutions, Andrew Wesolek, Joshua Morgan

Presentations

Both institutional repositories and cultural heritage institutions have broadly defined collection development policies. As such, many collections could appropriately reside in both. However, at many institutions digital libraries that support cultural heritage collections are often supported by CONTENTdm, while institutional repository initiatives are supported by another platform--in Clemson's case, DigitalCommons. Librarians at Clemson University identified several key collections that fit both the scope of its institutional repository and digital library. In order to leverage the "google-ability" of the institutional repository with the discoverability that comes with inclusion in the DPLA, we embarked on a process to describe our collection and …

Critical Whiteness Studies For Academic Librarianship: Problems And Possibilities, Gina Schlesselman-Tarango

Library Faculty Publications & Presentations

Does critical whiteness studies have anything to offer to interrogations of race and racism in academic librarianship? This presentation provides an introduction to critical whiteness studies, outlining its origins, major questions, and debates. LIS scholarship that has incorporated elements of this framework will be highlighted, followed by a discussion of the criticisms of and contradictions within critical whiteness studies. The presenter will conclude by suggesting strategies for addressing these limitations while remaining committed to exposing whiteness and white supremacy at work in academic librarianship.

The Memeing Instructor: Increased Attention = Increased Retention, Megan Hodge

Emerging Learning Design Conference

Ignite

Making Way For Makers: A Closer Look At The Nmc Horizon Report > 2015 Higher Education Edition, Victoria Estrada

Emerging Learning Design Conference

Concurrent Session C

Corralling Digital Chaos: Case Studies In Digital Preservation From The Far North, Rachel Seale, Angela Schmidt, Stacey Baldridge

Faculty and Staff

This presentation was given as a panel presentation at the Western Roundup 2015 in Denver, Colorado, on May 28, 2015. This presentation include case studies on the methods by which four different units in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library have addressed digital preservation and digital collections management.

A Multi-Dimensional Approach To Understanding Blended Learning Courses: A Pilot Assessment Project Of A Blended Intensive Beginning Italian Course, Daniela Bartalesi-Graf, Verónica Darer

Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts Conference

In this presentation, we will share a pilot assessment project to better understand students and instructor perspectives in a blended Intensive Beginning Italian course at Wellesley College. Daniela Bartalesi-Graf created and taught the Intensive Beginning Italian course last semester, fall 2014, as the first blended course on the Wellesley College campus. After presenting a brief overview of the course, we will go into the details concerning both quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis used in the pilot assessment. Participants of the session will have the opportunity to examine the different assessment instruments we used, such as an on-line survey, …

Workshop: Enhancing Content For Mixed Skill Classrooms, Lesley Skousen

Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts Conference

The explosion of online learning has provided many unbelievable new options for reaching students and engaging them on a personal level. However, so many options make responsible lesson-planning a daunting task. This presentation will explore the best practices of using online platforms for both native speakers and an international audience. Dr. Skousen draws from her experience working with international students and seven years of online course design, teaching, and consulting in order to present various lesson plans that engage students personally. In addition to discussing the creation of modules to facilitate different learning styles, there will also be a practical …

Comparing Learning In Flipped And Standard Introductory Physics Classes, Beth Parks

Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts Conference

Colgate University’s introductory physics course, Atoms and Waves, was taught in both standard and flipped formats in Fall 2014. In the standard format, students attended lecture on Mondays and Wednesdays, followed by problem-solving classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In the flipped classroom, students watched lecture videos online and answered multiple-choice questions, then came to class only for problem-solving sessions. (Both groups of students also had a three-hour lab once per week.) I will report on the results of this experiment, including student movement between sections (several students transferred into the flipped classroom section), student-reported use of educational resources (lecture, videos, …

Working Together: Community And Cross-Campus Collaborations Through Blended Learning, Jessica Egan, Rogelio Miñana

Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts Conference

We seek to explore the possibilities for meaningful, ongoing collaboration and lasting partnerships that blended learning enables. We will be drawing from our experience as Instructional Technologist and Faculty Director in the Five College Blended Learning Program, as well as from the current literature on blended learning. Besides enhancing student learning with online components, blended learning can also facilitate collaboration across fields, departments, institutions, as well as with off-campus organizations, resulting in lasting learning communities. Dating back to 2004, research has shown extremely positive outcomes in the area of faculty learning communities, including: connections for isolated teachers, establishing networks for …

Computational Skill-Building In The Natural Sciences Using A Blended Approach, Elizabeth Mccormack, Mark Matlin

Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts Conference

Our project is motivated by a desire to improve student learning of computer programming and algorithmic thinking. The approach is designed to not impact time-to-degree or faculty staffing demands. It purposely integrates skill building with content knowledge and emphasizes a culturally inclusive learning environment in an effort to improve the persistence and success of all students. The course is designed around a sequence of learning modules that use a combination of online and classroom instruction. The modules incorporate computational techniques in the context of scientific applications. They include exercises to provide practice in applying these techniques and assessments for students …

Objects, Omeka, And The "Oops!" Factor: Two Case Studies Of Collection-Based Projects At Wheaton College, Claire Buck, Leah Niederstadt

Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts Conference

In Spring 2014, Omeka was first used as part of a course assignment at Wheaton College. Students in Professor Leah Niederstadt’s Introduction to Museum Studies were each asked to conduct provenance research on an object from Wheaton’s Permanent Collection. They shared their research using Omeka, an online content management platform. Throughout the semester, students learned new technology, conducted research using primary and secondary sources, and identified images to support the provenance narratives they discovered. Lastly, they presented their research using Omeka. Assessment was conducted at the start and end of the semester to determine the project’s effect on student learning. …

Out With The Old, In With The New: Blended Learning In Elementary Italian, Bruno Grazioli, Jessica Egan, Maria Succi-Hempstead, Morena Svaldi

Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts Conference

Technology has provided unlimited potential for language learning. In this session four presenters will share their experience in creating an Elementary Italian Blended Course. We will share recent and innovative pedagogical, methodological and technological approaches. Participants will learn how to build a Blended Course and how to develop material to provide students with tailor-made resources to review, practice, and consolidate the instruction they receive in class. After briefly outlining the motivations for which an innovative Italian Blended Course in an Elementary Italian has been created, we will introduce the technique for a productive and rich collaboration among faculty. We’ll present …

Teaching Critical Thinking Through Online Writing And Debate, Douglas Harvey

Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts Conference

Establishing an asynchronous learning environment that fosters critical thinking can be difficult due to the constraints of the format. The value of back-and-forth exchange of ideas and points can be muted by the lag time between posts. Students also tend to view forum posting as an individual writing activity, not the debate or discussion that faculty designed such environments to foster. This presentation will examine an attempt during the spring 2015 semester to employ a scaffold approach that supports moving students from individual blogging to debate in an online course. The course content involves the study of the impact of …

The Open Access Advantage For American Law Reviews, Carol Watson, James M. Donovan, Caroline Osborne

Presentations

Open access within legal academia provides a case study for the effective use of digital formats to promote scholarship. The presenters review the background historical developments in this field, and consider the benefits and rationales for providing open access to legal scholarship, including the special faculty concerns arising from SSRN and its relationship to the institutional repository. Results from the presenters’ recent empirical study of the citation advantage for open access scholarship in American law reviews will be discussed and placed in broader context of the benefits of open access scholarship.

Agriculture For Life: A Guide For Health Promotion And Participation For Farmers With Health Challenges, Cynthia Chavez, Celicia Perez, Carla Wilhite

Occupational Therapy

Background/Purpose: A growing number of people are using the Internet to access health information, including rural and agricultural community members. Reliable health information content promotes self-management of health and self-advocacy. Many farmers in the United States now have computers and Internet access, with those having online access expanding annually. Agricultural producers and their families are more likely to experience occupational injury and fatality, compared to most other work sectors in the country, as well as being susceptible to the same major health issues as their non-rural counterparts including skin cancer, arthritis, diabetes, and depression. Farming families also need health information …

A Phenomenological Study Of Farmers Or Ranchers' Quality Of Life Perceptions Who Have Conditions Of Aging, Chronic Health Issues, Or Disability', Myra Peel, Geneva Nolan, Carla Wilhite

Occupational Therapy

Background/Purpose: A person's perception of their health and how it impacts participation in chosen occupations may shape their perceptions of quality of life (QoL). Healthcare providers may make recommendations relating to participation in occupations with the intention of promoting health or preventing decline. Therefore, it is important for healthcare providers to understand the lifestyle, beliefs, and values of the people they treat. The purpose of this study is to collect data from farmers and ranchers who have conditions of aging, chronic health issues, or disabilities regarding their perceived QoL. The data will be used to describe the phenomenological perceptions of …

Developing An International Curriculum: Why And How?, Pj Magne

Plymouth Institute of Education

Today’s globally interconnected world offers a vast array of new opportunities, but has simultaneously created a need for greater intercultural understanding (Koehne, 2006). This workshop aims to explore the role that Higher Education has to play in preparing graduates for this global market place through internationalisation of the curriculum. In order to achieve this we must first agree what we mean by ‘the curriculum’: should we focus on disciplinary content (Bridges, 2000); the pedagogic approaches we use (Pegg, 2013); the architecture of programmes (Boyd et al, 2007); or a combination of these? Secondly we need to delve into the term …

Modeling The Degree Of Branching In Vdf/Hfp Copolymers, Benjamin Hoseman

Polymer Reaction Engineering IX (2015)

No abstract provided.

Obfuscation And Strict Online Anonymity, Tony Doyle

LACUNY Institute 2015

I consider the case for genuinely anonymous web searching. Big data seems to have it in for privacy. The story is well known, particularly since the dawn of the web. Vastly more personal information, monumental and quotidian, is gathered than in the pre-digital days. Once gathered it can be aggregated and analyzed to produce rich portraits, which in turn permit unnerving prediction of our future behavior. The new information can then be shared widely, limiting prospects and threatening autonomy.

How should we respond? Following Nissenbaum (2011) and Brunton and Nissenbaum (2011 and 2013), I will argue that the proposed solutions—consent, …

Social Media, Privacy, And The Academic Classroom, Julia Frankosky

LACUNY Institute 2015

We live in a world full of social media and portable technology that allows for the effortless access to, and sharing of, information. While this constant connection can be viewed as a benefit by some, there have been recent, sometimes embarrassing, instances throughout the world that show just how quickly any expectation of privacy can be destroyed. From pictures of poorly dressed shoppers at a grocery store to customers recording interactions with their servers at restaurants, the internet is full of media (all with the potential to go viral) created and posted without consent of all parties captured.

This risk …