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Abstracts - Learning Stack Sessions
NOTE: Learning Stack sessions are approximately 15-25 minutes (depending on how much time is allotted for Q&A). There are two presentations per 1-hour time slot. All sessions take place in Butler-Carlton Hall on the Missouri S&T campus ~ Getting Students to Use Scoring Guides for Self-Assessment 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: 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. ~ 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 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. ~ Using Rubrics to Learn LEARNING STACK SESSION (15-25 minutes) Presenter: Connie Schweiss - Professional Learning Communities (PLC) Consultant; Regional Professional Development Center 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: ~ Technology Tools for Formative Assessments LEARNING STACK SESSION (15-25 minutes) Presenter: Diane Gremp - Technology Resource Coordinator; Regional Professional Development Center Tags: Audience: K-12 Time, Date, and Location: 2:20 - 3:20 p.m., Thursday, March 17, BCH 216 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. ~ Similarities and Differences between Classroom and Distance Learning and How to Improve Interactions in Distance Classes 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. ~ 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 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. |
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