All sessions take place in Butler-Carlton Hall on the Missouri S&T campus

NOTE:  Presentations will be posted here (if available) as soon as possible after the conference. Attendees will be notified via email when the majority of presentations are available.

-- Opening Keynote Speaker --

     Linda Nilson, Ph.D. - Founding Director of the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation; Clemson University

-- Friday's Plenary Speaker --

     Anthony Petroy, D.M. - Assistant Vice Chancellor of Global Learning; Missouri S&T

THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016

OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Linda Nilson, Ph.D. - Founding Director of the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation; Clemson University

~ Self-Regulated Learning: Way Beyond Study Skills

[ PowerPoint ]	[ PDF ]

HANDOUTS:

• Questions that Self-Regulated Learners Ask Themselves [ Word Doc ]

Time, Date, and Location: 10:30 a.m. - Noon, Thursday, March 17, BCH 125

Why can’t most students retain what they read, hear, and even do, even though they think they know and understand the material? Why don’t they learn from their mistakes, and why do they believe that motivating them is someone else’s job? Because they haven’t learned to be self-regulated learners. No one has told students that that they should plan, monitor, control, and evaluate their learning, and they don’t know that doing so can make a huge improvement in their grades, their depth of thinking, and their motivation to learn. It is time we tell them. Many studies have found that faculty can improve their students’ exam performance, written and designed products, and problem-solving skills by incorporating into their courses just a few of the many self-regulated learning activities and assignments. Students don’t mind them, and they don’t add to the faculty’s grading burden. This keynote will acquaint you with the practice of self-regulated learning, its relationship to metacognition, its benefits to students, and ways to engage students in doing it.

~ Lightning Round

Presenters: EdTech Students; Missouri S&T

Track(s): N/A

Time, Date, and Location:

12:00 - 12:30 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 121

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Friday, March 18, BCH 121 (Encore Presentation)

Each presenter will speak for no more than five minutes. This will provide the audience members with a brief overview of six programs that are intended to make our daily lives easier.  The best part of this presentation...? All of these programs are absolutely FREE!   

~ Tech Tools for the K-12 Classroom

[ Google Drive ]

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenters:
     Amanda Almany - 5th Grade Teacher; Rolla Public Schools
     Ashley Rapp - 5th Grade Teacher; Rolla Public Schools

Tags: online learning; response; interactive; assessments; google; google tools; engagement; student success

Audience: K-12

Time, Date, and Location: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 115

In this session, presenters will share technology tools they currently use to enhance learning in the classroom. Tools will include, but are not limited to: Google Classroom, Google Drive, Google Sites, Kahoot, Quizizz, Padlet, and EdPuzzle.

~ Enticing Students to Express Ideas: Creating Joy of Learning in the Humanities

[ PowerPoint ]	[ PDF ]

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Petra Dewitt - Assistant Professor of History & Political Science; Missouri S&T

Tags: positive learning environment; humanities; freedom of expression; personal opinions; student creativity

Audience: K-12; Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 120

The presentation provides suggestions to educators in the humanities on how they can make learning joyful for students. One focus will be the creation of a positive learning environment in the classroom that encourages questioning, freedom of expression, and participation. The second focus will be homework assignments that can become learning tools by appealing to students’ creative minds and asking them to express personal opinions.

[CANCELED] ~ Putting the "You" in YouTube

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Audra Merfeld-Langston - Associate Professor of Arts, Language (French), & Philosophy; Missouri S&T

Tags: blended learning, flipped classroom, YouTube, videos, personalizing course, course design

Audience: K-12; Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 121

Incorporating YouTube activities into courses can be a great way to engage students outside of the classroom and to personalize students' experiences in blended and flipped courses. This presentation will focus on specific examples from a language course (French), but the concepts could be applied to courses in other disciplines.

~ Getting Students to Use Scoring Guides for Self-Assessment

[ PowerPoint ]	[ PDF ]

LEARNING STACK SESSION (15-25 minutes)

Presenter: Amy Skyles - Instructional Designer; Missouri S&T

Tags: rubrics, scoring guides, Google docs, student autonomy, learner-centered instruction

Audience: K-12; Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 124

Have you ever been convinced that your students never looked at the scoring guide before submitting their projects? This session will demonstrate a method for promoting student autonomy in learning and self-evaluation to help instructors encourage better student learning while reducing their own grading time. Using Google docs to guide students in the creation of scoring criteria will save you time and better help your students learn how to learn.

~ Design at a Distance: Preparing for a Global Career

LEARNING STACK SESSION (15-25 minutes)

Presenters:
     Dr. Christi P. Luks - Associate Teaching Professor of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering; Missouri S&T
     Dr. Laura P. Ford - Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering; University of Tulsa

Tags: design; teamwork; communication

Audience: Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 124

Chemical Engineering professors at Missouri S&T and the University of Tulsa teaching a similar Junior-level course created a design project for teams formed with members from each school.  The intent was that students would have an opportunity to develop some real-world skills in teamwork when part of the team is working in another office across the country or, as is frequently the case, across the globe.   In this presentation, they will describe the challenges faced by the students and by the instructors in implementing this collaboration and the changes that are being implemented for the current semester.

~ Supporting Online Students with Proven Practices

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenters:
     Dylan Herx - Instructional Designer; University of Missouri-St. Louis
     Daren Curry - Director of Online Operations; University of Missouri-St. Louis

Tags: online learning; student support; faculty support; just in time

Audience: Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 125

Making the move to online can be unduly stressful. Online learners sometimes feel isolated from the larger campus community and support structure. Compounding this, many online learners are not adequately prepared for the shift from traditional classroom learning to the asynchronous and self-driven design of many online courses. Join us as we discuss UMSL’s new initiatives for online student support that have improved student readiness for online learning, provided better connections to online peers, and netted more time for online faculty to focus on teaching.

~ Blackboard LMS Presentation

[ PowerPoint ]	[ PDF ]

Presenters: Blackboard representatives

Tags:

Audience: K-12; Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 101

Blackboard representatives will be showcasing the latest features and future roadmap of the Blackboard learning management system.

~ Developing Metacognition: Using Mini-Reflections in STEM Courses

HANDOUTS:

• Metacognition - The Value in STEM Courses [ Google Doc ]
  
  
• Geoscience Assignment - Using Geoscience Data to Make Informed Decisions [ Google Doc ]
  
  
  • Madagascar - Seismic Activity [ PDF ]
    
    
  • Madagascar - Ages [ PDF ]

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. J. Andy Goodman - Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning; University of Missouri-St. Louis

Tags: STEM; reflection; metacognition; geosciences; inquiry-learning; active learning

Audience: Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 216

Students generally complete problem sets given to them—but often don’t stop to consider what they’re learning from the experience.  Likewise, when we provide opportunities in class (mini-lab demonstrations) for students to experience a concept, students are attentive, but don’t use the learning experience to understand their own ways of understanding.  I’ll demonstrate adding mini-reflection questions in an active learning class period using a geoscience topic.

~ Google Forms: But Wait, There's MORE!

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenter: John Riley - Technical Trainer; MOREnet   

Tags: assessments; google; GAFE; data; faculty development

Audience: K-12; Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 2:20 - 3:20 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 115

Google Forms is a free and simple way to collect information. It’s easy to setup, easy to summarize, and easy to graph results. But wait, there’s more! Forms has been getting a bunch of updates to help you make good looking surveys, limit responses, confirm submissions, randomize questions, and encourage better data.

~ Don't Blame Your Students: Redesign Your Class

[ PowerPoint ]	[ PDF ]

HANDOUTS:

• Course Design Survey Feedback on Russian 3001 [ PowerPoint ]

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Irina Ivliyeva - Associate Professor of Arts, Language (Russian), & Philosophy; Missouri S&T

Tags: course design; student motivation; gamification framework

Audience: K-12; Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 2:20 - 3:20 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 120

In this presentations we will re-visit the key principles (the three Cs: communication, collaboration, content) and identify the structural elements to effective course design in face-to-face and blended classes.  Students’ motivation, self-confidence, and teamwork will be examined through A. Marczewski’s Gamification Framework.  Using the Seven Principles of Good Teaching (1996), we will categorize multimodal curriculum delivery methods and offer pedagogical recommendations to maximize learning outcomes in the interactive collaborative learning environment.  Participants will leave with real classroom examples and practical user-friendly resources applicable across disciplines.

~ Project Lead the Way (PLTW): Learning Through Virtual and Hands-on Experiences

[ PDF ]

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Mandy Welch - Assistant Teaching Professor of Teacher Education; Missouri S&T

Tags: STEM

Audience: K-12 Education

Time, Date, and Location: 2:20 - 3:20 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 121

This presentation will provide an overview of Missouri University of Science and Technology’s STEM focused elementary education program, highlighting the preparation of our graduates and future teachers. Likewise, participants will experience Project Lead the Way apps and activities firsthand, developing an understanding of how Activity-Project-Based learning is used to enhance conceptual understanding, critical thinking, creativity, and the engineering design process to solve real-world problems in the classroom.

~ I Drank the Kool-Aid:  Embracing New Ideas to Help My Students

LEARNING STACK SESSION (15-25 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Diana Ahmad - Curators' Teaching Professor of History & Political Science; Missouri S&T

Tags: syllabus; trying new things

Audience: Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 2:20 - 3:20 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 124

Embracing new ideas can be difficult, especially when the old way worked just fine (or so I thought).  Changing my syllabus to a more colorful, more informative, and more (dare I use the word) FUN document proved successful, much to my surprise and delight.  This presentation will cover the journey from using a traditional syllabus to one that students actually read.

~ Bite-Sized Student Success Strategies to Incorporate into the Higher Ed Classroom 

[ PowerPoint ]	[ PDF ]

LEARNING STACK SESSION (15-25 minutes)

Presenter: Diane Hagni - Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation (CERTI) Coordinator; Missouri S&T

Tags: student success strategies

Audience: Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 2:20 - 3:20 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 124

College students are not always prepared for the rigors of college work, and often need help to get up to speed on effective learning and studying techniques. This presentation will describe bite-sized student success strategies that are used in a college algebra intervention program to help younger students gain new learning skills and metacognitive awareness.

~ Technology Tools for Formative Assessment

HANDOUTS:

• Technology Tools for Formative Assessment [ Google Doc ]

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenter: Diane Gremp - Technology Resource Coordinator; South Central Regional Professional Development Center; Missouri S&T

Tags: 

Audience: K-12

Time, Date, and Location: 2:20 - 3:20 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 125

Learn how the assessment tools Kahoot, Formative, and Plickers work to increase student engagement and easily collect actionable data.  Formative assessments, when used correctly, can help students understand where they are in their learning and guide teachers in their instructional practice.  The right technology turns the data from assessments into quick, accurate feedback.

~ Missouri Distance Learning Association Meeting (MoDLA)

Presenters: 
     Felicia Morley - President; Missouri Distance Learning Association
     Diana Garland - Treasurer; Missouri Distance Learning Association

Tags:

Audience: K-12

Time, Date, and Location: 2:20 - 3:20 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 101

The Missouri Distance Learning Association (part of the USDLA) is a nonprofit membership based organization dedicated distance learning in the state of Missouri. This session is to discuss the changes to the association moving forward and is open to all members or anyone who is interested in finding out more about MoDLA and what we have to offer.

~ Using Rubrics to Learn

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenter: Connie Schweiss - Professional Learning Communities (PLC) Consultant; South Central Regional Professional Development Center; Missouri S&T

Tags:  

Audience: K-12

Time, Date, and Location: 2:20 - 3:20 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 216

As a classroom teacher, how do you answer the question, “How good is good enough?” on student work? Come learn some tricks to see how rubrics can help students in their learning process to answer 3 simple questions:
Where am I going? Where am I now? How do I get there?

~ Pursuit of Appiness: 9 Tools to Enhance Student Engagement

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenter: Emily Goldstein - Instructional Designer; University of Missouri-St. Louis

Tags: course design; tools; strategies; tool trek; student engagement

Audience: K-12; Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 3:40 - 4:40 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 115

This presentation will take you on a 45-minute pursuit to identify tech tools sure to enhance student engagement. Assessment, multimedia, and presentation tools will be demonstrated, along with practical student and instructor use scenarios. Participants will walk away with a handout to use when examining tools for their own courses.

~ Sometimes a Step Forward Requires a Step Sideways: Early Intervention in Calculus I

[ PowerPoint ]	[ PDF ]

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenters:
     Barb Wilkins - Instructional Designer; Missouri S&T
     Paul Runnion - Assistant Teaching Professor of Mathematics and Statistics; Missouri S&T

Tags: blended learning; student success; course design

Audience: Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 3:40 - 4:40 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 120

At Missouri S&T, less than 10% of students with a D or F in Calculus I at midterm finished the course with a grade of C or better in recent semesters. Additionally, students who earn below a C in the course on their first attempt have only passed on their second attempt 55% of the time in the past decade. To address this major concern, we implemented an early intervention program in Fall 2015 which moves at-risk students out of traditional Calculus I and into a blended replacement course called “Success for Calculus.” This program provides students with a structured opportunity to improve their mathematical preparedness and overall student success skills while reinforcing the calculus they saw during the first half of the semester. This session will include preliminary data from the first semester along with feedback from students.

~ A Study on Instructors' & Students' Feedback and Assessment of Project Lead the Way (PLTW)

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenters:
     Dr. Stuart Baur - Associate Professor of Civil, Architectural, & Environmental Engineering; Missouri S&T
     Dr. R. Joe Stanley - Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Missouri S&T

Tags: Project Lead the Way; PLTW

Audience: K-12; Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 3:40 - 4:40 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 121

This comparative study looks at feedback from two groups: High School Instructors and College Students who took Project Lead the Way (PLTW) courses in high school. The objective of this initial study was to compare some of the factors that contribute to the impact PLTW has on students. The investigation includes a survey of PLTW instructors to identify PLTW course offerings and instructor backgrounds and a student survey and assessment. The responses of the surveys and the assessment of student performance was conducted to determine if any indicators provided a noticeable trend. 

~ Similarities and Differences between Classroom and Distance Learning and How to Improve Interactions in Distance Classes

[ PowerPoint ]	[ PDF ]

LEARNING STACK SESSION (15-25 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Zeshan Hyder - Assistant Teaching Professor of Mining & Nuclear Engineering; Missouri S&T

Tags: student interaction; distance learning; course design; student-centered curriculum; uses of educational technology

Audience: Higher-Education

Time, Date, and Location: 3:40 - 4:40 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 124

This presentation will discuss similarities and differences between in class and distance learning especially in terms of enhancing student’s interaction and developing leaners’ centered syllabus for distance courses. It will look at various best practices and tools adopted by successful instructors of distance classes detailed in the literature. It will also provide examples of success in enhancing students’ participation in distance classes either by the use of technology or by innovative methods of material delivery. The idea is to promote discussion about the distance learning and to get feedback from the audience/attendees about their experiences or expertise in regards to distance courses.

~ "Learning from their Mistakes"

LEARNING STACK SESSION (15-25 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. F. Scott Miller - Teaching Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduates of Materials Science & Engineering; Missouri S&T

Tags: online quizzes; online homework; feedback; analysis

Audience: Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 3:40 - 4:40 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 124

The presentation will describe the benefits (intended and otherwise) that resulted when homework assignments previously distributed on paper in class were converted to online assessments using the Canvas LMS in a course with two sections of 125 students each. In particular, the benefits of the online homework submissions will be discussed, both in terms of enhancing student learning through analytics as well as freeing instructor time for developing other resources for the course.

~ Tools of Engagement for Online Learning

[ PowerPoint ]	[ PDF ]

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Deborah Taylor - Professor of Biological Sciences; Kansas City Kansas Community College

Tags: online learning; metacognition; rubrics; self-assessment; student engagement

Audience: Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 3:40 - 4:40 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 125

Online faculty and course developers will be introduced to strategies and tools that can be utilized in online college courses to improve student engagement, metacognition, and academic success. Research based best practice guidelines for engagement and learning in online classes will be shared and illustrated by tools and techniques currently used in college science classes.

~ Canvas LMS Presentation

Presenters: Instructure Canvas representatives

Tags:

Audience: K-12; Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 3:40 - 4:40 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 101

Instructure Canvas representatives will be showcasing the latest features and future roadmap of the Canvas learning management system.

~ Visible Learning: Metacognition and Interactive Science Notebooks

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenters:
     Liz Condray - Curriculum Consultant; Regional Professional Development Center
     Debra Ritchey - 8th Grade Science Teacher; Salem Middle School
     Matt Parker - 7th Grade Science Teacher; Salem Middle School

Tags: metacognition, sequencing, inferencing, student-directed learning

Audience: K-12

Time, Date, and Location: 3:40 - 4:40 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 216

Learning science involves both the processes of thinking and the ability to communicate those thoughts.  Salem Middle School teachers Debbi Ritchey and Matt Parker have found the best way to communicate those thoughts is through the use of science notebooking.  This session will begin with four of Tanny McGregor’s metacognition strategies, followed by a demonstration of how Ritchey and Parker walk their students through the scientific process using science notebooking.  Participants will receive step-by-step directions on how to set up student notebooks as well as grading tips.

FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2016

OPENING PLENARY SPEAKER: Anthony R. Petroy, D.M. - Assistant Vice Chancellor for Global Learning; Missouri S&T

~ Organizing Chaos for Learning Environments

[ PDF ]

Time, Date, and Location: 8:30 - 9:30 a.m., Friday, March 18, BCH 125

Were educators to call upon the Babylonian gods and have Marduk slay the evil of Tiamat and bring order to our chaos? Learning environments have experienced exponential growth with the advancement of educational technology. In some instances classrooms have become so enhanced that both students and faculty become challenged to make sense out  of what may seem to be chaos. How has the learning environment transitioned from a chalkboard, pencils and paper to the iPad or mobile device? Let’s explore this evolution and find ways to organize the great expanse of the new learning environments.

~ Tips and Tricks for Assignments, Assessments, and Student Feedback

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenter: Nathan Silvers - New Trier Township High School

Tags: Canvas; assessment; feedback; paperless; PLTW; iPad; mobile devices

Audience: K-12

Time, Date, and Location: 9:45 - 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 18, BCH 115

This session will provide a glimpse into the collaborative environment of a STEM/Project-Lead-The-Way (PLTW) classroom. The presenter will provide an overview of the paperless assessment and feedback process for student assignments in Canvas and how this is accomplished seamlessly with iPads 1:1.

~ Pre-Service Teachers' and K-12 Administrators' Perceptions of Student Media Monitoring

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenters:
     Dr. Jessica Mitchell - Assistant Professor of Secondary Education; University of North Alabama
     Dr. Gary Padgett - Assistant Professor of Secondary Education; University of North Alabama
     Taylor Davis - Senior in Music and Secondary Education; University of North Alabama
     Mariann Jahraus - Honor Student in Science Education; University of North Alabama    

Tags: social media; pre-service teachers; school administrators; education preparation

Audience: K-12; Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 9:45 - 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 18, BCH 120

Our session will present research regarding both pre-service teachers' perceptions and K-12 administrators' perceptions concerning monitoring of teachers' social media interactions with students. We hope our research findings will help pre-service teachers develop an awareness of their social media presence as well as help Educator Preparation Programs encourage students to develop self-regulation techniques for monitoring their own social media use. The session will be divided into two sections to illustrate the perspectives of each side with an opportunity to discuss similarities and differences in the closing section.

~ Rethinking Redesign to Enhance Course Engagement

[ PowerPoint ]	[ PDF ]

CERTI EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM MINI-GRANT SESSION (15-25 minutes)

Presenters:
     Dr. Elizabeth A Cudney - Associate Professor of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering; Missouri S&T
     Julie Phelps - Instructional Designer; Missouri S&T
     Jeff Jennings - Instructional Technologist; Missouri S&T

Tags: course design; technology; online resources; student-centered learning

Audience: Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 9:45 - 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 18, BCH 121

Technology is transforming traditional classrooms into training spaces that can be tailored for individual learning patterns and personalized for different skill levels. Students in these nontraditional settings are given additional hands-on experience that allows them to become immersed in a variety of subjects. These techniques challenge students enough to maintain focus while remaining within their capabilities to preserve student curiosity. This presentation will discuss how to tailor a course to allow students to experience different teaching techniques—such as flipped classrooms, hands-on activities, videos, TedEd, Quizlet, and Scoop.It—to build on the concepts explained in class.

~ How do Online Videos and Textbook Reading Engage Students and Affect Exam Performance?

[ PowerPoint ]	[ PDF ]

CERTI EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM MINI-GRANT SESSION (15-25 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Katie Shannon - Associate Teaching Professor of Biological Sciences; Missouri S&T

Tags: flipped classroom; student engagement; student study habits; assigned reading

Audience: Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 9:45 - 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 18, BCH 121

My Cell Biology couse meets three days a week. One day a week is flipped, where students watch online videos and take a quiz before class and work as a group on problem sets in class. The other two days a week students have an assigned reading before class, and in class is primarily lecture. I am using data on student's video viewing and reading habits to determine effects on exam performance and to measure student engagement.

[ CANCELED ] ~ Video Textbooks as Tools for Blended and Collaborative Learning

LEARNING STACK SESSION (15-25 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Don J. Sharpsteen - Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences; Missouri S&T

Tags: Video Textbooks; blended course; online course; activity-based learning; collaborative learning

Audience: Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 9:45 - 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 18, BCH 124

Conventional classroom lecturing limits students’ engagement in learning; the time available for reflection, questions, and discussions is constrained by the time required for an instructor to present information and for students to write that information down.  Video textbooks can present the same sort of information—in more compelling ways—leaving class time for non-lecture activities (such as discussions).  During this session, I’ll illustrate the uses of “video textbooks” in college-level courses.

~ Team Building for Distance or Online Students

[ PowerPoint ]	[ PDF ]

LEARNING STACK SESSION (15-25 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Joan Schuman - Assistant Teaching Professor of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering; Missouri S&T

Tags: distance students; online students; team building

Audience: Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 9:45 - 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 18, BCH 124

Distance students (or online students) often do not feel connected to the students in the classroom since they are not collocated which can also happen in the workforce with teams are dispersed.  Weekly team building exercises were incorporated into an upper level graduate course that contained both in class students and distance students with goals that included building trust and connectivity among small groups in the large class.  The exercises were conducted using a free online chat room and took several forms that will be discussed.

~ Using Available Online Resources to Facilitate the Flipped Classroom and Increase Student Engagement

[ PowerPoint ]	[ PDF ]

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Dave Westenberg - Associate Professor of Biological Sciences; Missouri S&T

Tags: flipped classroom; course design; online resources

Audience: K-12; Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 9:45 - 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 18, BCH 101

This session will describe the use of diverse resources available online to facilitate student engagement outside of the classroom setting. The session will focus on the resources available through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Bionteractive program and the Center for Case Study Teaching and how they are used in biology courses at Missouri S&T. Sharing and discussion of available resources in other disciplines will be highly encouraged.

~ Technology Integrated Assessment

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenter: Stacy Blakley - Waynesville Middle School

Tags: assessment for learning; assessment; technology

Audience: K-12

Time, Date, and Location: 10:45 - 11:30 a.m., Friday, March 18, BCH 115

Assessing students and integrating technology does not have to be a struggle. There are many ways to assess students, gather data and use technology to make those assessments fun and relevant.

~ Learning to Learn Circuit Analysis

[ PDF ]

STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. B.J. Shrestha - Associate Teaching Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Missouri S&T

Tags: brainstorming; active learning; learning by facing challenges; cognition; mathematical modeling; state function; transformation matrix; Eigen function expansion; agent of change

Audience: K-12; Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 10:45 - 11:30 a.m., Friday, March 18, BCH 120

The idea and techniques of learning how to learn is a subject of wide interest among educator, researchers, and scholars across the board. Among the researchers, there has been a lot of novel ideas such as super-learning, etc. This presentation is about some approaches to enhance learning techniques in a circuit analysis course, however, the methods are pretty generic to be of interest to a wider audience.

~ Visualizing Research and Writing: Improving Student Self-Confidence through Focus Groups and Library Interaction

CERTI EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM MINI-GRANT SESSION (15-25 minutes)

Presenter: Jossalyn Larson - Assistant Teaching Professor of English & Technical Communication; Missouri S&T

Tags: blended learning; flipped classroom; course design; student success; instructor efficacy; library; research; citations; copyright

Audience: Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 10:45 - 11:30 a.m., Friday, March 18, BCH 121

The project's design is intended to capitalize on face-to-face interactions by flipping the traditional lecture/workshop classroom setting, and converting class meetings to discipline-specific focus groups that would meet once per week in the library. Students participate in the course online, and meet in discipline-specific focus groups once per week, during the class’s section time. During weeks 15-16, the class reconvenes to meet three times per week, and students present condensed versions of their research projects to their classmates in order to gain presentation experience, and to gather feedback from an audience that is not comprised solely of specialists in their disciplines.

~ Evaluation of Section Properties App for Mechanics of Materials

CERTI EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM MINI-GRANT SESSION (15-25 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Nicolas A. Libre - Assistant Teaching Professor of Civil, Architectural, & Environmental Engineering; Missouri S&T

Tags: mechanics of materials; statics; instructional software; educational technology; assessments

Audience: Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 10:45 - 11:30 a.m., Friday, March 18, BCH 121

The efficiency of an app-based educational technology in active learning and adaptive evaluation of students in mechanics of materials will be discussed in this presentation. The effect of using an educational app on performance of students that was experimentally measured by comparing performance of students who use this app with those who use traditional methods will be discussed. The proposed program will address the gap related to primary knowledge required by all students taking Mechanics of Materials, which is a cornerstone course in many engineering disciplines.

~ Enhanced Student Engagement and Learning in a Blended Laboratory Course

CERTI EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM MINI-GRANT SESSION (15-25 minutes)

Presenters: 
     Dr. Klaus Woelk - Associate Professor of Chemistry; Missouri S&T
     Shayna Burchett - Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry; Missouri S&T

Tags: blended laboratory course; experiential learning; hands-on activities; student success; student motivation

Audience: K-12; Higher Education

Time, Date, and Location: 10:45 - 11:30 a.m., Friday, March 18, BCH 124

Missouri S&T’s Freshman General Chemistry Laboratory Course (CHEM 1319) has been redesigned as hands-on blended laboratory experience. The redesign specifically addressed (a) supporting topics of the parallel lecture course (CHEM 1310), (b) meeting American Chemical Society (ACS) professional training guidelines and (c) reducing the strain on campus laboratory space and resources. GPA data, pre- and post-test results, as well as student surveys show evidence for enhanced motivation, participation, and student success in the lab as well as in the lecture course.