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Data From I-Spy 2 Trial Shows Potential Of A New Precision Medicine Drug Therapy For Breast Cancer Patients, Beena Thannickal

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Undergrads Get A Hands-On, Authentic Research Experience With A State-Of-The-Art Gene Editing Technology, Jeff Hansen

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Celebrate Football's Return With A Little Friendly Competition, Haley Herfurth

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2017-June-14-Surveying Scholarship Recipients, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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Data From I-Spy 2 Trial At Uab Shows Potential Of A New Precision Medicine Drug Therapy For Breast Cancer Patients, Staff

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2017-June-14-Olympic Bobsled Training, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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Oer Awareness, Advocacy, And Adoption: An Institutional Approach, Jaya Kannan, Chelsea Stone

Librarian Publications

Sacred Heart University (SHU) has launched a university-wide Open Educational Resources(OER) initiative with three goals in mind – reduce the cost of textbooks for students, increase access to course materials, and strengthen pedagogical effectiveness. SHU has made appreciable headway in the short span of one and a half years by formulating a vision, defining the goals, developing a plan of action, and implementing a pilot study to integrate open textbooks in two math courses. Although it is a nascent initiative, this presentation summarizing the lessons-learned will make a useful contribution to the OER academic discussion . The presentation will describe …

2017-June-14-Hannah Jenkins, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Birmingham's Top 10 Event Guide For June 14 €“ June 20, Staff

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Patients With Epilepsy Had High Risk For Post-Shoulder Arthroplasty Complications, Staff

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Uab Unveils First Look At Completely Net-Positive Solar House Headed For Competition, Staff

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Hope Through Medicine: Physician Recounts Medical Mission Trip To Treat Syrian Refugee, Staff

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Measles Outbreak Highlights Risk Of Forgetting Medical Miracles, Staff

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Fecal Transplant: Uab Researchers Show Donor Microbes Persist Up To Two Years, Staff

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Online Biology With A Lab? It Can Be Done Well!, Kalli-Ann Binkowski, Annette Mcnamara

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Designing an online course from a face-to-face course took nine months, an instructor, two designers, one academic technologist, a usability lab, and one student worker. Our goal was to use current best practices to make an interactive, authentic learning experience for every online student, with a hands-on lab to boot! Join us to learn how we managed to build this complex course in a way that reduced instructor grading effort and was highly usable to students.

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Engaging Student Learning With Interactive Videos, Karen Matthes, Pamela Gades, Scott Krenz, Paige Friedrich

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The experiences of passively watching a video online and actively engaging in a lecture in person are markedly different. During an on-campus lecture, an instructor has the ability to pose questions to students and give individualized feedback based on responses. In an online environment, however, these questions are at best rhetorical, and students' ability to receive feedback on their responses is limited. As a result, students are unable to check their understanding of a topic while watching a video. Similarly, non-classroom environments may prove to be more distracting for students, and the resulting potential decrease in engagement may be detrimental …

Technology-Infused Ideas For Learning-Centered Classrooms, Nancy Van Erp, Diana Fenton

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Make the shift from a "focus on teaching" to a "focus on learning" by using technology as a catalyst. Redefinition of how students learn is the goal and the 2016 refresh of the ISTE Standards for Students confirms the need to empower students to engage in collaborative, creative, and innovative learning. Join this interactive session and walk away with technology-infused strategies, tools, and ideas for learning-centered classrooms.

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Creating Digital Exhibits In The Classroom: Using Omeka For Student Projects, Naomi Skulan

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Omeka is an open source platform that allows users to create online exhibits and collections. Students can use Omeka in semester-long projects to create unique and interesting digital exhibits on relevant topics. This session will show how to successfully use Omeka for student projects, while also providing tips and tricks to Omeka and a walk-through of how to create exhibits using the platform.

Higher Education

Creating Accessible Documents: Leveraging Layout Options, Angela Stangl

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Bring Universal Design principals into daily practice can be challenging. However, by using document layout features in Microsoft Office or Google Documents you can create documents that are more accessible.

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Digital Tools For Engaging And Collaborative Formative Assessment, Trish Harvey, Vivian P. Johnson

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Technology integration often focuses on a digital tool rather than how it can be used to facilitate and increase student learning. This session introduces technology-enhanced formative assessment tools for enhancing student learning. Formative assessment is a research-based effective teaching strategy, documented to increase student achievement and the development of metacognitive skills - an important 21st century learning skill. This session will increase participants understanding of formative assessment and provide practice using digital tools that support its use. Formative tools used during the session will be categorized as backchannels, student response tools, and infographics/concept maps to highlight how the tool assesses …

Core Skills For Digital Accessibility, Sara Schoen, Tony Leisen

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It's been said that the virtual and digital world has replaced the physical world as the locus for discrimination and barriers (Inside Higher Ed, November 2016). But did you know that just six core skills can reduce barriers to digital content by about 80%? The six core skills--applicable across platforms and media--are easy to learn; all they need is YOU to learn them and incorporate them into your workflows. This engaging, interactive workshop will give you the tools you need to create more accessible digital resources across all your platforms and media. We also give some suggestions for how to …

Book Review: Spotlight On China: Changes In Education Under China’S Market Economy, Xiaoli Liu

Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale

In the past 30 years, China has been experiencing tremendous social, economic, and educational transformations. China has become one economic superpower in the world. How do China’s economic forces influence its education? Spotlight on China: Changes in Education under China’s Market Economy, edited by Shibao Guo and Yan Guo, provides an insightful analysis of the impact of the profound social and economic transformations on education in China.

Service-Learning In Egypt: Effects Of Demographics, Course Features, And Community Engagement On Civic And Developmental Outcomes For University Students, Neivin M. Shalabi Dr.

Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale

Although service-learning is spreading in various geographic locations across the globe, the majority of extant literature is based in the U.S. Additionally, past research focused largely on investigating student outcomes through this pedagogy with little attention to exploring the impact of variations among service-learning courses and students. This study addressed these gaps by examining how individual differences among students, course characteristics, and overall community engagement may relate to civic and developmental outcomes for college students through service-learning. Sixty one students at a private university in Egypt completed survey questionnaires. Students’ Demographics and Course Characteristics Composites predicted students’ reports of enhanced …

Looking Beyond The Household: The Importance Of School Factors In Understanding Elementary Grade Retention In Rural Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Bushra Rahim

Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale

This paper contributes to the limited literature on the educational outcomes of children in rural Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. It explores the impact of school-level factors such as physical resources, teachers and school characteristics on retention to the last grade of primary in the KP province for the time period 2007-12. Two sources of data were used to measure the retention rates. One of which is an official compilation of institutional data on education known as Education Management Information System (EMIS). The second data source, Annual Status of Education Reports (ASER), is a household data set with a rich set …

Employer Perspectives On Eal Employee Writing Problems, Jim Hu, Alana Hoare

Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale

In academic disciplines, content rather than writing accuracy is usually emphasized (Hyland, 2013), leaving many English-as-an-additional-language (EAL) students unmotivated to improve writing accuracy. However, the workplace may demand accurate and clear writing. Thus, Ferris (2002, 2011) calls for research into employers’ perspectives on inaccurate and unclear writing of EAL employees to help raise academic faculty and EAL student consciousness. To respond to Ferris' call, this study investigated: 1) employers’ expectations regarding writing accuracy of EAL employees, 2) EAL employees’ language problems in work-related writing, and 3) the impact of writing problems on EAL employees’ employment and career opportunities. The study …

Portrait Des Élèves Issus De L’Immigration En Milieu Scolaire Primaire Défavorisé, Kristel Tardif-Grenier, Isabelle Archambault, Christine Gervais

Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale

Les élèves issus de l’immigration sont fortement susceptibles de fréquenter un établissement scolaire situé en milieu défavorisé. À Montréal, deux communautés y sont particulièrement présentes soit les élèves originaires d’Afrique du Nord et des Antilles. Ces élèves, une fois parvenus au secondaire, présentent un profil scolaire, familial et scolaire distinct. Nous en savons cependant bien peu sur ce qui caractérise ces élèves lorsqu’ils sont au primaire. Afin de contribuer au développement des connaissances à ce niveau, la présente étude compare deux groupes d’élèves dont les parents sont nés en Afrique du Nord (n= 98) et dans les Antilles ( …

Higher Education Development In India And China: South Asian, Sinic, And Pan-Asian Alternatives, Hantian Wu, Neville Panthaki

Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale

This study investigates the development of higher education in India and China over three time periods: that of colonial India and semi-colonial China, that of the Cold War during which India was “non-aligned” and “new China” embraced Communism, and the period after India’s neoliberal economic reforms and China’s “reform and opening-up”. Our study focuses on the second period when the rationales for post-independent higher education policies were intimately connected to sovereignty. A historical cross-comparative analysis is being employed to discern similarities and differences between India’s and China’s development of higher education systems. The purpose of our study is to contextualize …

Who Governs The Internationalization Of Higher Education? A Comparative Analysis Of Macro-Regional Policies In Canada And The European Union, Merli Tamtik

Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale

The internationalization of higher education has become a politically strategic and economically promising policy area. As a result, the traditional authority and governance boundaries related to internationalization are becoming fluid. This paper focuses on the macro-regional internationalization strategies in Canada and the European Union (EU) in order to understand the changing dynamics of internationalization governance. By applying multi-level governance theory, the paper analyses and compares how internationalization is understood at the macro-regional level, revealing fundamental differences in the normative values. The findings indicate that while Canada is formulating an aggressive marketization approach to benefit from the intensified global competition, the …

Keynote Presentation: Those Who Do, Can: Creating A Growth Mindset In Every Classroom, Helen Mongan-Rallis

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Ell Teachers’ Attitudes Of Google Earth For Inquiry-Based Instruction On Ell Students’ Language Development In A Rural New England State, Mark Congdon Jr., Ian Mette, Andrea Mercado, Laura Lindenfeld, Emily Tupper

Diversity, Social Justice, and the Educational Leader

This study investigated factors predicting the intentions of English Language Learner (ELL) teachers to use Google Earth for language development instruction. The researchers used quantitative research methods using an electronic survey (n=40), with a 28% return rate. Results indicated that attitude was a significant predictor of ELL teachers’ intentions to use Google Earth during instruction in a rural New England state. Additional findings indicate that when comparing teachers who intended or were using Google Earth during instruction to those who did not, there were significant differences between groups. However, 95% of ELL teachers within this rural state received no training …