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Trials And Triumphs: Piloting A Web Conference System To Deliver Blended Learning Across Multiple Sites, Marty Laubach, Laura J. Little

Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Research

Barriers to classroom-based education such as high gas prices, inclement weather, and job and family requirements often make travel to campus more difficult for people who want to continue their educations (Fletcher, 2008). The promise of synchronous tools such as Wimba LiveClassroom can provide a cost-effective alternative to a real-time classroom experience by allowing students to attend a class wherever they are, thus allowing a classroom experience despite geographic barriers. Indeed, other reports have also indicated that hybrid learning can result in increased student outcomes when compared to traditional classroom learning (Brunner, 2006; McFarlin, 2008). To attempt to overcome these …

The Honor Roll, Vol. 2, Iss. 3, Fall Finals 2009, Illinois State University, Honors Program

Honor Roll

Honors Program Newsletter

Enrollment Report, Fall 2009, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Enrollment Reports (2004-2019)

Enrollment Report for Fall 2009 for Illinois State University

Institutional Repositories & Discipline Repositories Eposter, Stacy Righini

Institutional Repositories: Disseminating, Promoting, and Preserving Scholarship

Electronic poster about the Institutional Repository and how a Discipline Repository fits into the landscape.

Nota Bene, September 30, 2009

Nota Bene, 2009

No abstract provided.

Banner News, Candace Daiker, Shannon Jefferson, Chelsea Magee, Jamie Stueve, Tanner Sandrock, Josie Kramer, Derrick J. Roffman, Lisa Gutierrez, Eric Thiel, Brad Burton, Coty Mallicoat

Banner News

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily September 30, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 133, Issue 17

The Utah Statesman, September 30, 2009, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Diamond, September 30, 2009, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Covenant Fiesta Spices up Friday Night; "First Monday" Series Brings New Voice
• News: Dordt Partners with Zambian University; Students Show Love for Library; Women's Golf at Dordt?; Runners Support Work on Ivory Coast; Symposium Update; Counseling Services Return to Campus
• Features: Putting a New SPIN on Classes; Former Director's Donation Adds Some Color to Student's Studies; Seven Surviving in Southview; "What Was Your Favorite Part About Going Off-Campus?
• Opinion: Dating Daze: Ridiculous Rules or Safety Precautions; Reality Check: The War in Afghanistan; Perceptive Polly; Who on Earth Are You People?
• Sports: Men's Cross-Country Scores a Perfect 15; Women's …

Panther- September 2009 - Vol. Lxxxix, No.4, Prairie View A&M University

PV Panther Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Final Report Of The Information Technology Subcommittee For The Campus Master Plan, Apurva Mehta, Ramakrishna Ayyagari, Eric Berry, David Cesario, Christine Depalma, Peter Fejer, Meghan Flynn, Kitty Galaitsis, John Jessoe, Lusa Lo, Daniel Ortiz-Zapata, Virginia Perelson, Mike Pollard, Kathleen Polley, Jamie Soule

Campus Master Planning Publications

Through its work, data collection, outreach, and careful review of various studies and information, the committee is led to conclude that as it moves forward with implementation of its Master Plan, UMass Boston has a tremendous opportunity to plan for and design spaces that support and promote the learning, teaching, and research requirements of the campus community. It is hoped that the recommended guidelines and standards outlined in this report will assist and inform the planning and design of new and renovated campus facilities and specifically address the technological needs of classrooms, laboratories, offices, informal study areas, and social spaces …

Patterns Of Affiliation And Agonism In A Ringtailed Lemur, , Society: Tests Of The Socioecological Model And Other Hypotheses, Gena Christine Sbeglia

Theses

Efforts to understand the variation in primate social systems and the underlying social interactions have focused on both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. In the socioecological model, food distribution and abundance have been argued to be the primary influences on the social relationships and resulting social organization of primate groups. In the first part of this study, I examined the relationship of food and three additional factors (kinship, proximity, previous agonism) with patterns of affiliative and agonistic interactions in two semi-free ranging ringtailed lemur, , social groups (n=14) at Duke Lemur Center in Durham, NC. Affiliation and high intensity agonism patterns …

The Colby Echo (2009-09-30), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

Montana Kaimin, September 30, 2009, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

The Second Opinion: Religion, Democracy, And Community, Andy Ver Steegh

Macalester Civic Forum

No abstract provided.

Working The System: The Role Of Islam In Student Negotiations Of A Midwestern Charter School, Liza Baer

Macalester Civic Forum

No abstract provided.

The Ticker, September 29, 2009

The Ticker

The Ticker is the student newspaper of Baruch College. It has been published continuously since 1932, when the Baruch College campus was the School of Business and Civic Administration of the City College of New York.

Maternally Derived Antibodies In Avian Eggs And Offspring: Ecology, Life History, And Development, Brianne Ashley Addison

Dissertations

Mothers can alter offspring phenotypes through a variety of indirect effects, including the deposition of nutrients, hormones, and defense proteins in to the egg. Defense proteins, and antibodies in particular, may be tremendously important for neonatal defense against pathogens and the direction of resources into growth rather than immune responsiveness. Moreover, maternally derived immunoglobulins have been proposed to have an imprinting effect on the development of humoral immunity. In my dissertation, I explored a variety of ecological, life history, and developmental factors that could contribute to the evolution of yolk antibody allocation in a variety of avian species. In the …

Wolf Totem’S “Rational Exploration” Of Civilization And Barbarians, William A. Callahan

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

China Beat has examined the bestselling novel Wolf Totem (Lang tuteng) from a number of different angles, including reviews (by Nicole Barnes and Timothy Weston) as well as several cultural critiques of the book and its media coverage (by Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Haiyan Lee). Now, on the eve of China’s big anniversary, and in a moment, simultaneously, when ethnicity is a crucial flashpoint in the PRC, William Callahan reflects on what the book tells us about China’s nation-building ideology.

The fantastic success of Jiang Rong’s Lang tuteng [Wolf Totem] shows how notions of Chinese identity and culture are moving in …

Mustang Daily, September 29, 2009

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Methods For Cancer Detection, Kimberly W. Anderson, Kimberly M.L. May, Leonidas G. Bachas

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Patents

A method is provided for detecting an analyte indicative of a cancer or a metastatic disease condition, which utilizes the ability of the analyte to induce permeability in a barrier. The method includes providing a biosensor having a barrier which is substantially impermeable to an ion, a permeable membrane which is selective for the ion, and a detector capable of detecting the ion. The biosensor is contacted with a sample including at least one of the ion and the analyte, wherein the analyte causes at least a portion of the ion to pass through the barrier and the membrane. Passage …

The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, September 29, 2009, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

September

No abstract provided.

College Voice Vol. 34 No. 3, Connecticut College

2009-2010

No abstract provided.

Methods And Animal Model For Analyzing Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Jayakrishna Ambati

Ophthalmology and Visual Science Faculty Patents

Methods for testing candidate drugs for treatment of age-related macular degeneration are provided. Ccl2-deficient, and Ccr2-deficient mice are used to determine the effect of candidate drugs and treatments on development of age-related macular degeneration. Also provided is a Ccl2-deficient, Ccr2-deficient dual knockout mouse, which is a useful animal model for age-related macular degeneration.

The Daily Egyptian, September 29, 2009, Daily Egyptian Staff

September 2009

No abstract provided.

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, September 29, 2009, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The September 29, 2009, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

Genetic Adjuvants For Immunotherapy, Shyam S. Mohapatra, Mukesh Kumar

USF Patents

The present invention pertains to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for modulating an immune response. The method of the present invention involves administration of an effective amount of nucleic acid molecules encoding interleukin-12 (IL-12), interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), or a combination thereof, to a patient in need of such treatment. The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention contain nucleic acid molecules encoding IL-12 and/or IFN-γ and an operably-linked promoter sequence. In another aspect, the present invention concerns expression vectors containing a nucleotide sequence encoding IL-12 and IFN-γ, and an operably-linked promoter sequence. In another aspect, the present invention concerns cells generally modified with a …

The Bg News September 29, 2009, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. September 29, 2009. Volume 100-Issue 27.

The Synergy Of Making Teaching Public, Karen V. Busch

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at EMU

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Web Resources By Preservice Teachers, Paula Storm, Laura Eidietis

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at EMU

Paula Storm and Laura Eidietis have collaborated on a chapter that deals with information literacy and preservice teachers. Eidietis, who teaches classes on biology education for future elementary teachers, became concerned about the poor job her students sometimes did when searching for Internet resources for use in their classes. She combined with Paula Storm, EMU's Science and Technology Librarian, to develop and assess workshops aimed at helping students perform more productive Internet searches on scientific topics. The two authors report here on their study; they demonstrate that the criteria students use in assessing Internet sites are often rather different from …