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The First Shared Online Curriculum Resources For Veterinary Undergraduate Learning And Teaching In Animal Welfare And Ethics In Australia And New Zealand, Jane Johnson, Teresa Collins, Chris Degeling, Anne Fawcett, Andrew D. Fisher, Rafael Freire, Susan J. Hazel, Jennifer Hood, Jennifer K.F. Lloyd, Clive J.C. Phillips, Kevin J. Stafford

Professional Veterinary Ethics Collection

The need for undergraduate teaching of Animal Welfare and Ethics (AWE) in Australian and New Zealand veterinary courses reflects increasing community concerns and expectations about AWE; global pressures regarding food security and sustainability; the demands of veterinary accreditation; and fears that, unless students encounter AWE as part of their formal education, as veterinarians they will be relatively unaware of the discipline of animal welfare science. To address this need we are developing online resources to ensure Australian and New Zealand veterinary graduates have the knowledge, and the research, communication and critical reasoning skills, to fulfill the AWE role demanded of …

The Green Loop Swpdx Workshop Project, Brian Gunn, Kate Washington, Jake Adams, Ashley Eaton, Mohd Meidiansyah

PSU Transportation Seminars

The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability proposes the construction of the Green Loop, a 10-mile linear public open space proposed in the West Quadrant Plan update that will further link the east and west sides of the Central City. In addition to physically affirming both sides of the river as part of the Central City, the Green Loop is expected to create a second ring of pedestrian and bicycle access, much like the East Bank Esplanade and Tom McCall Waterfront Park, that will draw activity to retail further from the river.

The Green Loop addresses both the City of Portland’s …

Engage Students Through Flipped Classroom Strategies: A Lesson Planning Guide, Madeline Cohen, Alison Lehner-Quam, Robin Wright

Publications and Research

Presentation at 2015 Connecticut Information Literacy Conference, May 29, 2015.

Sharpening The Search Saw: Lessons From Expert Searchers, Virginia M. Tucker

School of Information Student Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Patient Access To Electronic Health Records: Strengths, Weaknesses And What’S Needed To Move Forward, Alicia V. Zuniga

School of Information Student Research Journal

Electronic health records (EHRs) are desired by both physicians and patients, but the transition to and acceptance of sensitive health information online has been slow. This paper reviews the current literature on EHR adoption and outlines barriers, advantages and explicit steps for moving toward the EHR ubiquity. Potential benefits of EHRs to patients and physicians include reduced costs for patients, hospitals and insurance providers, patient empowerment, less errors in records and better health outcomes, but security and privacy concerns, cost of implementation and poor electronic records management system design have proved barriers to adoption.

A Model For Reflective Practice In Libraries, Tobeylynn Birch

Librarian Publications & Presentations

As librarians increasingly engage in quantitative and qualitative methods to assess and improve services and operations, reflective practice provides a means to ensure that results are relevant to the new challenges that libraries face. Although reflective practice, introduced by Donald Schön in 1983, has been widely adopted in education and other professions, there is little evidence of reflective practice in libraries, other than the facilitation of reflection in students.

The library profession would benefit from reflective practice. Libraries now operate in rapidly changing environments, where long-standing practices may no longer achieve desired results. Reflective practice encourages professionals to take a …

Research Brief: "Alcohol Use And Craving Among Veterans With Mental Health Disorders And Mild Traumatic Brain Injury", Institute For Veterans And Military Families At Syracuse University

Institute for Veterans and Military Families

This brief is about the relation between alcohol craving and mental health disorders among veterans, and how mental health disorders impact alcohol cravings. For policy and practices, the research shows that alcohol cravings and mental health disorders among veterans could be a sign for risk of alcohol use disorder. It also shows that the VA should assess veterans for alcohol use disorder, and also research more ties between mental health disorders and alcohol use. Suggestions for future research include conducting the study in a larger, more representative population, as well as involving families in measuring alcohol use/cravings to ensure less …

Transforming A Historic Highway In Small Town Mosier Into A Vibrant Main Street, Amanda Davidowitz, Kaleidoscope Student Planners

PSU Transportation Seminars

Kaleidoscope Student Planners, a group of six students in the Master’s of Urban and Regional Planning program at Portland State University, are working with Mosier, Oregon’s City Council to develop the Slow Mo’ Main Street Concept Plan. The goal for the project is to develop conceptual designs and programmatic recommendations for historic Highway 30 (which runs through the town), to help ensure that Mosier’s Main Street reflects community priorities, supports a thriving downtown, and creates a safe and inviting corridor for people traveling on foot, by bike and by motor vehicle. During this seminar we will reflect on our process …

Portland State 20/20 Newsletter, Strategic Planning Development Team, Portland State University. Office Of The President

Newsletters

This newsletter provides updates on the strategic planning process, highlights recent activity and encourages involvement of the campus community.

Assessing Unique Core Values With The Competing Values Framework: The Ccvi Technique For Guiding Organizational Culture Change, Anthony John Santoriello

Dissertations and Theses

Extensive research suggests organizations have unique guiding principles, called core values, which play a central role in strategic decision making, sustaining high-performance cultures, and guiding organizational culture change. Although the Competing Values Framework (CVF) has been widely used to identify a standardized set of core values, it has not been used to identify unique core values at a given organizations. Unique core values help to distinguish organizations and drive market success.

The present research focused on development of a technique to extend the application of the CVF to identify the core values unique to a given organization. The CVF-based Core …

The United Board's Involvement In Service-Learning, Hope S. Antone

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

No abstract provided.

Service Learning : Common Roots And Ties In Asia And America, Rob Shumer

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

No abstract provided.

The Study Of Regular And Service-Learning Programs In The Packaging Design Class, Listia Natadjaja, Elisabeth Christine Yuwono

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Since year 2000, we have implemented regular and Service-Learning programs in our packaging design class in Visual Communication Design Department. This paper examines the comparison of the study of packaging design between regular and Service-Learning classes in order to share the benefits and obstacles of both methods. We use qualitative method to examine the data that we collect from the students' reflections and through deep interviews with them. The research outcome gives important descriptions that in the regular class, students could explore their creativity, but their design tend to be expensive and sometimes difficult to be implemented. In the class …

Developing Interreligious Understanding And Peacebuilding Among Local And International Students Through Community Outreach Program In The Moslem Community, Linda Bustan, Titi Nur Vidyarini, Resmana Lim, Priskila Adiasih

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Differences between religion and ethnicities can be problematic without any effort to understand. Without understanding about the issues, conflict and violence could emerge. Thus, an activity which introduce those different groups to each other is needed, in order for them to have mutual understanding and able to live together in peace. One of the way to provide peace education is through cross cutting affiliation in the society, such as through Community Outreach Program (COP) provided by Petra Christian University.

COP 2013 is a service learning program for international students in a Moslem populated Petungroto Village in Kediri, East Java Province. …

Educational & Agricultural Literacy Program In The Rural Community Through Service-Learning, Laura A. Tantoy, Pemenorejoan M. Calumpang

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Pilgrim Christian College is in an urban area where many communities can be easily reached by different humanitarian organizations. Thus, from the planning process, it included orientation of students about service-learning while still in the classroom and identification of the community in need. As a rural community, Sitio Midkiwan was chosen. It has a day care center which was not well attended to. Parents do not have regular jobs and income. However, plants are pristine. Assistance and encouragement on certain technology are needed to build up the environment as well as the health of the children. Being in the education …

Service-Learning And Social Activism : A Case Of Sign Language Translators In Hong Kong, Mei Huung, Red Chan

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

My paper discusses the research findings of my project on service-learning, social activism, sign language translators and Translation Studies pedagogy.

Since August 2013, I have been working closely with two NGOs who care for deaf people in Hong Kong. My students served those NGOs as language and translation major. The outcomes of their services include a short film, translated sign language textbook, website materials, and subtitles of films for Deaf Film Festivals in Hong Kong. Pedagogically, they have found service-learning tremendously helpful for them to better acquire the subject knowledge of Translation Studies. It has also broadened their social awareness …

From Alleviating Extreme Poverty To The Construction Of An International Ngo : Changes Observed In Individuals And Communities Involved, Hao Pu Wang

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

This paper is with two purposes, one, to inform the general public about how the serving of the extremely poor can lead to a global non-government organization aiming at combating poverty; two, to let the participants on the day of the seminar enter the workshop format in which they discuss about issues related to what most people living in developed nations like Taiwan would not be able to really imagine. The paper will begin by telling the story of Knight Club, the service works it has done in different nations in Asia, particularly in Myanmar and how it ended up …

The Smart Living Service-Learning Program : Curriculum-Based And Interdisciplinary Approach, Mei Hung Wang

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

The Smart Living Service-Learning Program is a subprogram in the Talent Cultivation Program for Smart Living Industry, which is sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan. This service-learning program aims to promote the curriculum-based service-learning project, especially in the interdisciplinary approach. The program has grown to include 50 project teams since 2010. This paper will provide an overview of this program, such as program mission and vision, project objectives, philosophy of service -learning, models of interdisciplinary projects, project achievements, project evaluation, and sustainability. The lesson learned and components of success will also be discussed.

Community Empowerment : Interactive Theatre Production And Service Learning, Meilinda

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Theatre as a medium of artistic expression has been successful in providing space for actors, artistic team and spectators to enjoy a work of art. However, in the case of Indonesia, theatre may have a role for empowering people. Inspired by Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed, in this paper I propose a service learning program that involves theatrical production. In this program, interactive theatrical method is used for writing the script and staging the performance. Participants from the targeted community and the students from my University will collaborate to brainstorm the possible theme for their story. They identify essential problems …

Learning Outcomes From International Service-Learning, Joseph Lam, Geoffrey Shea, Paulus Bawole, Willy Sudiarto Raharjo

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

To raise students' awareness of global issues is one of the main objectives in service learning, students in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) are encouraged to apply their learning outcomes to serve the underprivileged community for rather long term benefits. This paper will discuss how PolyU students from different disciplines committed a service learning project in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Together with students from Duta Wacana Christian University(DWCU) with different disciplines, a group of students from PolyU joined a service learning project"Yogyakarta Kampung Field School"(YKFS) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. YKFS aims at exploring the need of the local rural community and proposing …

The Development And Confirmatory Factor Analysis Of The "Service-Learning Reflection Scale" For Undergraduates, Mei Jiun Lin, Yuk Ying Tung, Tong Miao Chang

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

The purpose of this study is to develop and to examine the construct validity of the "service-learning reflection scale" for undergraduates based on Kolb's learning theory. The research aims to: (1) recognize undergraduates' levels of reflection for service-learning; (2) let undergraduates understand their learning styles; (3) evaluate the effect of service-learning for the instructors. We used the Likert's style to make the scales. There are 33 items in the initial scale divided into four subscales inclusive of the concrete experience (CE), the reflection observation (RO), the abstract conceptualization (AC), and the active experience (AE). For the very first time, we …

The Yunnan Service Trip : Sharing, Serving And Connecting, Yu Lai, Yuki Li

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Background
/="/"> With a motto of "Education for Service," Lingnan University is a unique liberal arts institution in Hong Kong. In 2006, Lingnan University established the Office of Service-Learning (OSL) to embody its university's motto and encourage students to apply their academic knowledge through an engagement in the community. The Yunnan Service Trip, organized by the OSL's Mainland and International Service-Learning Program (MISLP), is just one of the ways in which Lingnan students can engage in the community and connect their service experiences with their academic knowledge. Over the last seven years, Lingnan University has collaborated with Deloitte and organizations …

On The Organization Best Suitable For Service-Learning : Institutional Perspective, Bai Chuan Yang

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

The primary objective of this study is to understand the effects of organization structure and resources towards the effectiveness of promoting service learning. Literature review shows that there seems to be limited studies that discuss the effects of organization structure and resources. Therefore, in order to justify the gap in the extant literature where most studies selected one service learning project as the case for research target, analysis using the organizational perspective was accomplished on the factors that affect the promotion of service learning.

Considering both static and dynamic organization structures and resources integration, this study shall aim to provide …

Intergenerational Partnership Community Projects : A Case Study In Hong Kong, Tyan Chyi, Nicholas Ooi

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

The Office of Service-Learning (OSL) at Lingnan University is taking the initiative to organize different non-credit bearing community based projects. These projects help to build a strong relationship among community agencies and the higher education through various events/activities which involve both local and international context. This concept aims to building a real-life experiential classroom for students and community members to work closely together and create an effective learning platform for students' based on experiential learning.

In this paper, The 4 highlighted projects focus on Intergenerational Partnership (include LingnanU Elder Academy (EA), Sustainable Development Fund (SDF) Project: Cultural Sustainable Project Through …

One Plus One More Than Two : University-Community Partnerships For Elderly : An Interdisciplinary Service-Learning Project, Chia Hui Chiu, Fang, Megan Liu

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Faculties at Taipei Medical University developed an interdisciplinary courses cluster which consists of Chinese History, Nutrition, Elderly Activity Design, and Physical Examination. In this course cluster, faculties, students, teaching assistant, and NPO/community members serve the same elderly over two years by providing health related care in accordance with the courses objectives. In this project, not only students' soft abilities, such as problem-solving skills, team work abilities, and communication abilities, are improved, but also develop some pilot devices for the elderly, such as remote health examination and instant soft meal. The paper will describe this model of interdisciplinary service-learning in health …

Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration Through Wuzhiqiao Project To Foster Cultural Exchange And Community Engagement, King Shun, Rain Cheung, Hiu Ying Keung, Kin Yee Lam, Yan Yu Lee, Chak Hay Wong, Tsz Wai Yan

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

In 2013, students of the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi), with the support of WuZhiQiao (WZQ) Charitable Foundation, formed a core team of 11 students to organize and participate in social service projects to help the underprivileged in the Chinese mainland.

WuZhiQiao (WZQ) projects, the first cross-region social service engagement by THEi students, bring together students from Hong Kong and the Mainland. WZQ Charitable Foundation aims to help the Chinese traditional village in building Pedestrian Bridge and organizing community projects. Since there are Chinese villages facing flooding during rainy seasons, the local villagers will be trapped …

Breaking The Ice And Encouraging Enthusiasm : How The Taiwanese Community Partners In Service Learning Cope With Challenges, Hsiu Yi Liu, Pei Yuan Ting

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Recently, service learning is widespread and has gradually played an important part in education. In the process, one of the key partners is the community. The aim of this paper is to explore the difficulties and challenges faced by the community partners involved in the service learning in Taiwan. Fourteen experienced service learning community partners have been interviewed. The result suggests that the community partners have scare organizational resources when working with campus. Also, the staff lack of the leadership skill to facilitate the involvement of students. Moreover, in Taiwan, the data shows that many students do not have the …

University-Community Partnerships For Local Museum : An Interdisciplinary Service-Learning Project, Ling Ling Tsai, Yu Ren Yen, Cheng Te Chen, Yao Huang Lin

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

In 2013, Far East University conducted an interdisciplinary service -learning project in the Fang-Yuan Art Museum, a local museum in Tainan suburban. The project was grouped by four courses, Life Aesthetics and Museum Narration, Navigation Technology for Museum, Creative Design and Exhibition, and Green Consumption, by faculties from Dept. of Applied Language, Dept. of Information Management, and Dept. of Digital Multimedia Arts. The faculty members, in partnership with the museum curator and its neighboring community, con-constructed a one-year long service-learning project to meet museum's needs and courses objectives. The English version of museum narration, the APP for museum navigation, and …

The African Dream Of Medical And Nursing Students : A Pilot Study From A Medical Volunteer Team To Tanzania, Chang Ching Lee, Ping Keung Yip, Huey Tzy Chen, Nsengiyumva Ladislas, Miao Ju Chwo, Chiu Jung Yang, Ling Hsien Liu

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Background: Following the footstep of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, most of the medical and nursing students in Taiwan would have "The African Dream", i.e., the chance to have medical service in remote areas, especially some remote areas in African countries.

Objective: This pilot study is to investigate the impact and effectiveness of a medical volunteer team from a medical college in Taiwan to a Maasai tribe in Engaruka, Tanzania, East Africa.

Introduction of the Team: The medical volunteer team started from 2011 which comprised mainly of medical and nursing students from Fu-Jen Catholic University, through the linkage of the local catholic …

Enhancing Assessment And Feedback In Service-Learning, Susan J. Deeley

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Informed by previous research studies on assessment and feedback in service-learning (Deeley, 2015; 2014), this presentation aims to shed light on methods for enhancing students' learning. The presentation will begin with a brief summary of a research project currently being undertaken in a Scottish university. The presentation will then critically analyse the effects and implications of using technology in assessment that is constructively aligned (Biggs and Tang, 2011) to service-learning.

This presentation focuses on an aspect of the research study that involves assessment and feedback in service-learning. The summative assessment includes: a co-assessed oral presentation; a critical incident report; and …