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Abstracts - Room 125
All sessions take place in Butler-Carlton Hall on the Missouri S&T campus OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Robbie Melton, Ph.D. - Associate Vice Chancellor of Emerging Mobilization Technologies; Tennessee Board of Regents ~ The Emergence of Mobile and Smart Devices: Is Your Device Smarter than You? Time, Date, and Location: 10:30 a.m. - Noon, Thursday, March 12, BCH 125 This presentation will highlight the latest innovations in education technology including smart phones, tablets, wearables, smart gadgets/tools and the impact on teaching, learning, and workforce development. Educators will participate as product reviewers in determining the value and possible opportunities of emerging technologies in increasing engagement, creativity, retention, and student outcomes. ~ Gamification in Online Learning: History of Science for Engineers Presenters: Tags: online course; gamification; new course design; humanities for engineers Audience: Higher Education Time, Date, and Location: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 12, BCH 125 To combat high dropout rates and low motivation for online courses, and thanks to a generous eFellows grant from Missouri S&T, we have developed a self-paced, gamified course using an online educational program called 3dgamelab. Our goal for the Fall 2014 semester was to move a well-liked history of science course at Missouri S&T from a face-to-face lecture and discussion to an online format, for the purposes of long-distance teaching and learning. According to online education experts Joey Lee and Jessica Hammer, “gamification...attempts to harness the motivational power of games and apply it to real-world problems,” such as the motivational and engagement problems encountered by online courses (Lee and Hammer 2011, 1). In order to deal with the problems of expectations between students and instructors in motivation for online courses, Lee and Hammer propose adding options such as level completion badges, leader boards, activity experience points (XP), and more as game components. We proposed a similar model. Within 3dgamelab, we allowed students a “choose-your-own-adventure” format. Each student worked their way through a number of different topic options for the course, earning experience points and “leveling-up” on their way to various thresholds tied to traditional letter grades. Clear tasks and immediate rewards further contributed to a transparent motivational system as compared to traditional grading (Ibid., 3). ~ BioBuilder - Bringing Science and Technology problem solving into the K-12 and undergraduate classroom Presenter: Dr. Dave Westenberg - Associate Professor of Biological Sciences; Missouri S&T Tags: STEM; synthetic biology; hands-on laboratory; design projects; curriculum development Audience: Higher Education, K-12 Education Time, Date, and Location: 2:20 - 3:20 p.m., Thursday, March 12, BCH 125 Synthetic biology is a growing field that links the disciplines of biology, engineering, mathematics and computer science. From an educational perspective, synthetic biology provides an opportunity for students to imagine and design their own solutions to global problems. The BioBuilder program was developed to introduce K-12 students to the concepts of synthetic biology through engaging hands on laboratory activities and design projects. In this session we will introduce participants to the exciting world of synthetic biology through a sample BioBuilder activity and discussion of how BioBuilder can be integrated into the curriculum. ~ Student Expectations and Experiences in a Blended Engineering Class Presenters: Tags: blended learning; student perceptions; educational research symposium Audience: Higher Education Time, Date, and Location: 3:40 - 4:40 p.m., Thursday, March 12, BCH 125 A graduate Engineering Management class was redesigned as a 50-50 mix of traditional in-classroom learning and online learning. Our goal was to increase flexibility and meet varying students learning needs for examples and problem solving practice. The results of a pre- and post-surveys measuring students' expectations and experiences with the redesigned class will be presented. ~ Student Accountability through Self and Peer Assessment Presenter: Amy Skyles - Instructional Designer; Missouri S&T Tags: assessment; student success; course design; group work; student expectations Audience: Higher Education; K-12 Education Time, Date, and Location: 9:00 - 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 13, BCH 125 Self and peer assessment is a great way to hold students accountable and set the expectations for group interaction and participation in a course. When done anonymously, this type of formative assessment can allow students to voice concerns about group members without creating tension within the group. This session will showcase one method for conducting a simple self and peer assessment using an online tool for data collection and analysis. ~ Interactions in Online Courses and Student Academic Success Presenter: Dr. Deborah Taylor - Professor of Biological Sciences; Kansas City Kansas Community College Tags: student academic success; teaching presence; online learning; interactions; best practices online Audience: Higher Education Time, Date, and Location: 10:15 - 11:15 a.m., Friday, March 13, BCH 125 In this presentation Dr. Taylor will share findings from herr doctoral research in which she examined the relationship between different types of online course interactions and student academic success. This study analyzed LMS tracking data retrieved from 200 fully online, full semester classes at a community college in order to determine if some interactions in the first two weeks in online courses promote student success better than others. While further study is warranted, some suggestions for developing and delivering courses to promote student academic success will be shared. CLOSING KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Jeff Schramm - Associate Professor of History and Political Science; Missouri S&T ~ MOOC’s, LMS, ELI, PRR, CB&Q and EMD: What the history of technology can teach us about the future of higher education. Time, Date, and Location: Noon - 1:30 p.m., Friday, March 13, BCH 125 Disruption! Online courses! MOOCs! It seems everywhere we turn there is someone talking about how technology is going to fundamentally change education. This presentation uses examples from the history of technology to get at some fundamental principles of technological change. Then we will examine how with our new understanding of the process of technological change, we can use these principles to make, or re-make, the future of technology and education. |
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