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Mojave Desert Children's Picture Book, Kaesee Bourne
Mojave Desert Children's Picture Book, Kaesee Bourne
Undergraduate Research Symposium Podium Presentations
Why the Mojave? Climate Change in the Mojave; Animals reaching thresholds; Current picture books available.
A Stillness In The Desert? Engaging The Public Through An Immersive Exploration Of Southwest Soundscapes, Julian Kilker, Thomas Bjelic
A Stillness In The Desert? Engaging The Public Through An Immersive Exploration Of Southwest Soundscapes, Julian Kilker, Thomas Bjelic
Creative Collaborations
The pandemic highlighted the anthropocentric nature of soundscapes, while the recent popularity of electric cars, quadcopters, and “noise cancellation” earbuds demonstrated how consumer products can rapidly change our awareness of sound. While light pollution is already extensively addressed in scholarly research, popular works such as The End of Night, and public engagement such as The International Dark Sky Association, the complex interplay of sound, natural resources, and public engagement is still emerging, particularly in creative fields.
Two UNLV scholars and artists are collaborating on this project: Julian Kilker, who specializes in visual and emerging technology research, and Tom Bjelic, who …
Engaging Remote Students Through Planning And Play Using Shared Google Docs, Julian Kilker
Engaging Remote Students Through Planning And Play Using Shared Google Docs, Julian Kilker
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Like many faculty teaching remotely, I faced challenges with student engagement, participation, and feedback, as well as balancing planned and impromptu course activities. In response, I explored using Google Docs to create productive and playful collaborative spaces inspired by Marie Foulston’s informal “Party in a Shared Google Doc” social experiment.
Reducing Anxiety While Boosting Creativity: Lessons From The Progymnasmata, Bryan Blankfield
Reducing Anxiety While Boosting Creativity: Lessons From The Progymnasmata, Bryan Blankfield
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
The fear of public speaking is a widely shared among individuals. This can be difficult to overcome when students are assigned several large, heavily-weighted speeches with few opportunities to become acclimated to standing in front of an audience. Several times throughout the semester students are assigned a 2–3 minute long speech inspired by the progymnasmata (a series of rhetorical exercises from Ancient Greece). The speeches vary widely from presenting a fable to impersonating an individual.
Reality In The Classroom: Teaching Critical Thinking With Scenarios, Timothy T. Self
Reality In The Classroom: Teaching Critical Thinking With Scenarios, Timothy T. Self
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
One of the challenges for hospitality educators is to develop critical thinking skills in the future leaders of the industry. It is often thought that students will develop this skill as a by product of course work, but research indicates that it must be explicitly taught.
Working Groups As Classroom Management Style, Emma Frances Bloomfield, Kathryn Rafferty
Working Groups As Classroom Management Style, Emma Frances Bloomfield, Kathryn Rafferty
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
There is a need at UNLV to improve student retention across disciplines, which can be done by improving students’ confidence in their performance, improving their satisfaction with classes and their major selections, and providing welcoming and open spaces for participation and inclusion.
Are Dogs Better Than Cats?: Teaching Oral & Written Persuasion Skills, Sara Mathis
Are Dogs Better Than Cats?: Teaching Oral & Written Persuasion Skills, Sara Mathis
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
First generation students often come into UNLV underprepared for the rigors of speaking and writing. Student’s success in their courses and future careers depend on their abilities to persuade through oral and written skills.
Socrative Student And Real Time Assessment, Emma Frances Bloomfield
Socrative Student And Real Time Assessment, Emma Frances Bloomfield
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Many graduate K-12 without skills necessary to manage learning (ACT, 2008)