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Talking The Walk: Incorporating Intergroup Dialogue Processes Into A Critical Service-Learning Program, David Neely Nov 2016

Talking The Walk: Incorporating Intergroup Dialogue Processes Into A Critical Service-Learning Program, David Neely

Doctoral Dissertations

Service-learning, particularly critical service-learning, is relational work that endeavors to create and maintain more just relationships among students and community members within and across social identity groups (Mitchell, 2008). It is essential that students in service-learning courses learn how to talk, listen and collaborate with community members in ways that acknowledge and explore how social identities, privilege, and oppression impact people’s life experiences and relationships. However, in our socially-segregated society, in which schools and neighborhoods are as divided by race and income as they were half a century ago (Reardon & Bischoff, 2011; Reardon & Owens, 2014), many college students …


Inclusive Teaching Circles : Mechanisms For Creating Welcoming Classrooms., Sharon E. Moore, Sherri L. Wallace, Gina Schack, M. Shelley Thomas, Linda Lewis, Linda Wilson, Shawnise Miller, Joan D'Antoni Nov 2016

Inclusive Teaching Circles : Mechanisms For Creating Welcoming Classrooms., Sharon E. Moore, Sherri L. Wallace, Gina Schack, M. Shelley Thomas, Linda Lewis, Linda Wilson, Shawnise Miller, Joan D'Antoni

Sharon E. Moore

This essay examines the Inclusive Teaching Circle (ITC) as a mechanism for faculty development in creating instructional tools that embrace an inclusive pedagogy reflecting diversity, cultural competence and social justice. We describe one group’s year-long participation in an ITC at a large, metropolitan research university in the south. Next, we share several members’ strategies for promoting more inclusive and equitable learning for students in our classrooms. Finally, we consider the implications of ITCs for its group participants and the professorate at large.


Inclusive Teaching Circles : Mechanisms For Creating Welcoming Classrooms., Sharon E. Moore, Sherri L. Wallace, Gina Schack, M. Shelley Thomas, Linda Lewis, Linda Wilson, Shawnise Miller, Joan D'Antoni Nov 2016

Inclusive Teaching Circles : Mechanisms For Creating Welcoming Classrooms., Sharon E. Moore, Sherri L. Wallace, Gina Schack, M. Shelley Thomas, Linda Lewis, Linda Wilson, Shawnise Miller, Joan D'Antoni

Sherri L. Wallace

This essay examines the Inclusive Teaching Circle (ITC) as a mechanism for faculty development in creating instructional tools that embrace an inclusive pedagogy reflecting diversity, cultural competence and social justice. We describe one group’s year-long participation in an ITC at a large, metropolitan research university in the south. Next, we share several members’ strategies for promoting more inclusive and equitable learning for students in our classrooms. Finally, we consider the implications of ITCs for its group participants and the professorate at large.


An M-Learning Maturity Model For Universities And Higher Educational Institutes, Luiz Fernando Capretz, Muasaad Alrasheedi, Arif Raza Nov 2016

An M-Learning Maturity Model For Universities And Higher Educational Institutes, Luiz Fernando Capretz, Muasaad Alrasheedi, Arif Raza

Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications

An m-learning maturity model is put forward in this research to assess the mobile technology adoption rates in universities and higher educational institutes. The model is derived from Capability Maturity Model (CMM), which has been widely used in organizations to gauge the adoption of various new processes. Five levels of m-learning maturity are specified including preliminary, established, defined, structured, and continuous improvement. Each of these maturity levels is gauged through nine critical success factors (CSFs) in assessment questionnaires. The CSFs used in measuring instrument of the model are adopted from three of our previous empirical studies. Using an assessment questionnaire …


Slow Learning—Sounds Like A Problem, But Just May Be A Very, Very Good Thing, John C. Bird Nov 2016

Slow Learning—Sounds Like A Problem, But Just May Be A Very, Very Good Thing, John C. Bird

The Weekly Reader

No abstract provided.


From Commons To Classroom: The Evolution Of Learning Spaces In Academic Libraries, Vickie Marre Karasic Nov 2016

From Commons To Classroom: The Evolution Of Learning Spaces In Academic Libraries, Vickie Marre Karasic

Vickie M Karasic

Over the past two decades, academic library spaces have evolved to meet the changing teaching and learning needs of diverse campus communities. The Information Commons combines the physical and virtual in an informal library space, whereas the recent Active Learning Classroom creates a more formal setting for collaboration. As scholarship has become increasingly digital and interactive, commons and classroom environments in academic libraries promote experimentation with new technology and accommodate millennial learning behaviors. The library, a centrally located and academically neutral campus space, provides an ideal place for classrooms and encourages interdisciplinary scholarship unbounded by specific academic departments.


How To Peel A Prologue: Sensory Reading In Practice In Two 90-Minute Lessons, Nicola Blake Nov 2016

How To Peel A Prologue: Sensory Reading In Practice In Two 90-Minute Lessons, Nicola Blake

Publications and Research

This essay provides rich examples of sensory reading in practice. It provides strategies for peeling a prologue, a methodology that engages developmental readers through active reading and writing examples. The strategies can be built on and extended to larger pieces of work. The essay is also a good example of scaffolding and using graphic organizers in a developmental writing community college classroom.


Preparing Administrators To Lead 21st Century Learning, Jennifer S. Jones, Yanira Oliveras Ortiz Oct 2016

Preparing Administrators To Lead 21st Century Learning, Jennifer S. Jones, Yanira Oliveras Ortiz

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

Leading 21st century learning in schools looks radically different than it did 25 years ago. The rapidly changing demographics of culturally, ethnically, linguistically, racially and economically diverse students brings a complicated mix of challenges for administrators who must respond to the varied interests and needs of the school community. It is essential for school districts and principal preparation programs to collaborate in the development of the 21st century school leaders through authentic, relevant internship opportunities. By collaborating with higher education, school districts can do their part in the development of school administrators with the instructional expertise and the …


Why You Might Love Working At A Teaching College, James M. Lang Oct 2016

Why You Might Love Working At A Teaching College, James M. Lang

English Department Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Technology-Based Instruction In Undergraduate Tax Courses, Stephen M. Miller Oct 2016

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

Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference

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.


Angel's Share Oct 2016

Angel's Share

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The Muses Foundation for Culture and Education is a low-profile organisation founded by May Koon. It has a simple ambition, to provide funding for creative people that will help them realise their potential.


Getting Rid Of Procrastination, Writing Like A Rabbit, Learning To Rewrite: Some Advice About The Writing Process, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Oct 2016

Getting Rid Of Procrastination, Writing Like A Rabbit, Learning To Rewrite: Some Advice About The Writing Process, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

The Weekly Reader

No abstract provided.


Becoming And Being A Student: A Heideggerian Analysis Of Physiotherapy Students’ Experiences, Claire Hamshire, Kirsten Jack Oct 2016

Becoming And Being A Student: A Heideggerian Analysis Of Physiotherapy Students’ Experiences, Claire Hamshire, Kirsten Jack

The Qualitative Report

This three-year, longitudinal, narrative study sought to explore physiotherapy students’ stories of their undergraduate experiences to gain an insight into the process of being a student, with an interpretation of the philosophy of Heidegger as a possible horizon for understanding. The central aim was to listen to students’ stories told in their own words over a series of narrative interviews throughout their degree programme. The first author [CH] interviewed six students a minimum of five occasions and at each interview they were encouraged with a narrative prompt to tell the stories of their experiences as a series of episodes beginning …


The 2014 Credo Survey, Allen Mckiel Oct 2016

The 2014 Credo Survey, Allen Mckiel

Charleston Library Conference

The Credo Survey addressed student research skills. Two parallel surveys over the same questions were addressed separately to students and faculty, which had respectively 2,606 and 472 respondents. Just less than 90% of the students were undergraduates split nearly evenly in progress to completion, with 87% of respondents attending full‐time and a fairly representative spread of majors. Just less than 50% of the faculty had taught over 10 years with nearly even proportions spread across the first 10 years and with a representative sampling of disciplines. Seventy‐seven percent were full‐time. The majority of responses came from about a dozen institutions—half …


Those Crazy Millennials!: Some Thoughts On The Vast Majority Of Our Students, Or, Why Did The Millennial Cross The Road?, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Oct 2016

Those Crazy Millennials!: Some Thoughts On The Vast Majority Of Our Students, Or, Why Did The Millennial Cross The Road?, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

The Weekly Reader

This week, some thoughts about those crazy millennials!


Quantitative Reasoning - Mathematical Modeling In The Sciences, Robert L. Mayes Dr. Oct 2016

Quantitative Reasoning - Mathematical Modeling In The Sciences, Robert L. Mayes Dr.

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.


Quantifying Life: A Computational Approach To Teaching Mathematics To Biology Students, Dmitry Kondrashov Oct 2016

Quantifying Life: A Computational Approach To Teaching Mathematics To Biology Students, Dmitry Kondrashov

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.


A Framework For The Teaching Of Modeling For Biologists, M. Drew Lamar, Carrie Diaz Eaton Oct 2016

A Framework For The Teaching Of Modeling For Biologists, M. Drew Lamar, Carrie Diaz Eaton

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.


Teaching Nonlinear Dynamics To Biology Freshmen Improves Math Interest And Physics Performance, Jane Shevtsov, Alan Garfinkel, William Conley, Kevin Eagan, Erin Sanders, Blaire Van Valkenburgh Oct 2016

Teaching Nonlinear Dynamics To Biology Freshmen Improves Math Interest And Physics Performance, Jane Shevtsov, Alan Garfinkel, William Conley, Kevin Eagan, Erin Sanders, Blaire Van Valkenburgh

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.


Teaching By Example And Learning By Doing, Tingting Cai Oct 2016

Teaching By Example And Learning By Doing, Tingting Cai

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Through our sustainability program, Urbana University has introduced several projects that enhance our educational offerings both to our students and to the broader community. This poster summarizes some of our major accomplishments.


Gourmet Gamification: Creating Meaningful Classroom Simulations As A Student Project, Brenda Jones, Daniel Bell Oct 2016

Gourmet Gamification: Creating Meaningful Classroom Simulations As A Student Project, Brenda Jones, Daniel Bell

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Engaging students and providing meaningful learning experiences that connect to professional contexts is a challenge met in part through the use of simulations and games. Students from Interactive Media Design {IMD) created interactive learning games for Communication (COMM) and Public Relations {PR) courses.


Open Educational Resources (Oer): A Framework For Adoption And Its Impact Assessment On Learning, Lewis Chongwony Oct 2016

Open Educational Resources (Oer): A Framework For Adoption And Its Impact Assessment On Learning, Lewis Chongwony

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

While there's general consensus among many stakeholders in the educational sector about the value and the need to deploy open educational resources (OER) as a potential cure to rising costs of instructional and learning materials, particularly textbooks; little agreement exists on how this noble endeavor should be mainstreamed. This could partly be due to complexities and variations in needs of various institutions as well as departments within the same institutions. In other words, there is a lack of universally accepted taxonomy of OER standards and clearinghouse and/or system dedicated to vetting quality and efficacy of OER. Additionally, not much research …


Rethinking Doctoral Education, Barbara Fennema, Fawn Winterwood, Wendell Seaborne Oct 2016

Rethinking Doctoral Education, Barbara Fennema, Fawn Winterwood, Wendell Seaborne

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Franklin University is a leader in innovative practices and programs tailored to our students' needs. Our doctoral programs are one more manifestation of our leadership in higher education. Our current and future students want and need additional degree choices to move forward in their careers and to reach their educational goals.


Squeaky Wheels: Turning Complainers Into Collaborators, Pamela Ratvasky Oct 2016

Squeaky Wheels: Turning Complainers Into Collaborators, Pamela Ratvasky

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

An overview of strategies for engaging students in the classroom, especially those that tend to complain more frequently than others - the squeaky wheels!


Class Activities That Create A Climate For Active Learning!, Barbara Carder Oct 2016

Class Activities That Create A Climate For Active Learning!, Barbara Carder

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Active Learning is anything that students do in a classroom other than passively listening to an instructor's lecture. This includes everything from listening practices which help the students to absorb what they hear, to short writing exercises in which students react to lecture material, to complex group exercises in which students apply course material to "real life" situations and/or to new problems. Students are no longer mere receivers of information but they are given time to work with the topic. This chart compares traditional lectures with active learning.


The Multimedia Developmental Process, Joel Gardner, Carolyn Levally Oct 2016

The Multimedia Developmental Process, Joel Gardner, Carolyn Levally

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Multimedia is becoming an increasingly important part of elearning and online learning. Over the past several years, many different tools for creating multimedia have become available and easily used. However, without good process, grounded in research-based instructional principles, multimedia often falls short of its potential to increase student learning and success. At Franklin University's International Institute for Innovative Instruction, we have developed and refined a streamlined, collaborative process for developing high quality, effective multimedia. In this poster session, we describe the process we use to conceptualize and develop targeted multimedia for our online and face-to-face courses. We also share specific …


Incorporating The Brain Sciences Into The Teaching Of Business Psychology, Raymond L. Forbes Jr. Oct 2016

Incorporating The Brain Sciences Into The Teaching Of Business Psychology, Raymond L. Forbes Jr.

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Franklin University has been at the forefront of integrating the findings of Neuroscience into its' masters degree program in Business Psychology. The teaching problem has been how to translate the often esoteric research of brain scientists into applications useful at the personal and organizational levels.


Hybrid Learning Design, Younghee Jessie Kong Oct 2016

Hybrid Learning Design, Younghee Jessie Kong

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Many researchers have compared the characteristics of online and face-to-face learning to find out best learning approach over last decades. This research led to a new learning concept-hybrid learning - that combines the best features of both approaches and overcomes many of their limitations. The major benefits of the hybrid approach are that the students can directly interact with their instructor and classmates in the face-to-face setting, while they have more time for thoughtful reflection and participation through asynchronous written communication in the online setting. With the benefits of hybrid learning, there has been a large increase in the number …


Design Implications Of Changing Student Demographics, Andy Igonor, Natalya Koehler Oct 2016

Design Implications Of Changing Student Demographics, Andy Igonor, Natalya Koehler

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Many non-traditional higher education institutions have built their cyber security and computer science programs {CSCS) to cater to the needs of adult, working learners. Focusing on this demographic has implications for course and program design. Design approaches have therefore focused on strategies aimed at translating knowledge into learning nuggets specific to the adult learner, enabling day one job-readiness upon graduation. Recently, there has been increased focus on CSCS education at the high school level. The computer science for all initiative was announced recently by US President Obama, and there have been increased creativity on the part of higher education institutions …


Curriculum Design Framework In The Digital Age, Xiaopeng David Ni Oct 2016

Curriculum Design Framework In The Digital Age, Xiaopeng David Ni

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Constant technological changes, especially the adoption of learning management systems, have been significantly altering higher education curriculum environment and practice. Research on effective design frameworks and principles for technology-based instructional environments is crucial to meet the growing needs of online curriculum and to maximize corresponding investment. The purpose of this poster is to propose a design framework to help curriculum designers and developers plan their curriculum in ways that embrace new technologies and cope with the design complexity.