Cloud Computing Security, S Srinivasan

Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference

No abstract provided.

Implications Of Social Media Use On Instruction And Student Learning: An Exploratory Study, Mayur S. Desai, Lucy Ojode

Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference

In this paper we explore the use of social media on the content delivery aspects of instruction and potential impacts on student learning. It is our conjecture that impacts of social media use might depend on factors such as the interface of particular medium and learning style, teaching style and instructor skill, and the demographics of students and their instructors. We propose a framework that links instructor to students through social media. That is, social media becomes a channel though which learning occurs. Classifying multimedia technology as tools and social media as interactive Web 2.0 Internet-based applications, we employ …

Service Learning Project For Promoting Student Engagement: Takeaway And Results From A Sustainability Survey Project, Balaji Janamanchi

Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference

Student engagement has received a lot of attention in recent times in higher education from all stakeholders. Many academic institutions are purposely promoting the initiatives that are reputed to promote student engagement in academic settings which include Service Learning (SL) initiatives. My presentation is about a service learning project that I implemented in my POM class in fall 2015 and spring 2016 semesters and my findings and takeaways from this project.

Affordances Of Technology Enhanced Interactive Classrooms: From The Perspective Of A Learner, Sedef U. Smith

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Educational researchers have found Wenger’s community of practice (CoP) theoretical framework (Wenger, 1998) to be very relevant to student learning in higher education. According to this framework, learning is a community activity that takes place in the convergence of two processes: participation and reification

Cloud-Based Learning Tools: Supporting The Invisible Learner (Silent Sufferers) With Socioeconomic Challenges, Lynita A. Robinson Emba, Jimmy Johnson

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Today's students are learning at unprecedented speeds. There are a pockets of learners who may be isolated/silent sufferers who face tremendous socioeconomic challenges while seeking higher education. Providing cloud-based technology solutions to strengthen support services and family learning engagement through a series of student family portals will provide the support needed to make student learning opportunities family-based projects or community-based projects successful in graduation completion rates and job placement opportunities.

Instructor As A Student - Influences On My Online Course Design, Marion Smith

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I will discuss how my experiences as a student with Massively Open Online Courses (MOOC’s) from Coursera.org have influenced the design of the online courses that I teach at Texas Southern University. The discussion will include a description of the common and disparate elements of the Coursera courses I have taken.

keywords Instructional design; online; MOOC

Creating The Entrepreneurial Mindset In Post-Millenial Students Using Interactive Techniques To Supplement Practical Methods, Leigh Johnson, Cris Houston

Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference

A discussion of the benefits of a curriculum that prepares business students for successful transition to entrepreneurial activities using technology-based interactive learning techniques.

Establishing The Identity Of The Class And Instructor, Dale Rude

Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference

Major tasks faced by instructors include establishing class identity and their identity for students. I will share tips for doing so based upon almost 40 years of teaching and ask participants to share their tips. To establish the course identity, I use advance assignments for the first day to get them thinking about the course before the semester starts and to set a tone. To set work expectations, a book and an associated quiz are assigned for the second week of class. I have an overarching theme for each course I teach which organizes the material and motivates the student …

Technology Readiness – What Does This Matter?, Chynette Nealy Dr.

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The Use Of Mobile Technology To Extend Or Replace The Classroom In Business Administration Education, Robert Vinaja, Robert Burdwell, Richard Green

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This study seeks to understand if utilizing simulations beyond the classroom and accessing the simulations daily with mobile devices provide a holistic understanding and comprehension for learning and strategy building. It is concluded that mobile devices can become an extension of the traditional classroom, and in some cases, it can even become a substitute for classroom interaction.

A Spirit Of Shared Learning: Bringing Classroom Content Alive, Lamar University

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Courses designed to teach outcomes related to skill building and problem solving in real world contexts offer unique opportunities for shared experiential learning. For certain content, the normal classroom environment may not be adequate, requiring faculty and students to work closer than is possible from lectures and concepts to apply the content as it is learned.

The Impact Of Technology-Based Instruction In Undergraduate Tax Courses, Stephen M. Miller

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Mobile technology-savvy, techno-hungry post-millennial students’ needs for a different approach to learning, and the positive impact of technology-based instruction have been extensively discussed in academic literature over a number of years. Classroom response systems (CRS), presentation software, and tax return preparation software are positively regarded by students and instructors alike, dependent upon the mode of use.

New Technologies Supporting Teaching And Learning, Emmanuel Finnih

Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference

This abstract discusses the need for a fundamental change in the teaching of marketing at our universities, and presents a new curriculum reflective of marketing in a digital age and and approach to implement it.

Opportunities And Challenges In Inter-Country Educational Collaboration: United States And Philippines, Richard Taylor

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No abstract provided.