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Abstracts - Standard Sessions
NOTE: Standard Sessions are approximately 45-60 minutes long (largely depending on how much time the presenter allows for Q&A). All sessions take place in Butler-Carlton Hall on the Missouri S&T campus ~ Tech Tools for the K-12 Classroom STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes) Presenters: 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 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. ~ Putting the "You" in YouTube STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes) Presenter: Dr. Audra Merfeld-Langston - Interim Chair and 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. ~ Supporting Online Students with Proven Practices STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes) Presenters: 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. ~ Developing Metacognition: Using Mini-Reflections in STEM Courses 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 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 STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes) Presenter: Dr. Mandy Welch - Assistant Teaching Professor of Teacher Education; Missouri S&T Tags: STEM Audience: K-12 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. ~ Technology Tools for Formative Assessment 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. ~ 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: ~ 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 STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes) Presenters: 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: 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. ~ Tools of Engagement for Online Learning 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. ~ Visible Learning: Metacognition and Interactive Science Notebooks STANDARD SESSION (45-60 minutes) Presenters: 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. ~ 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: 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. ~ Using Available Online Resources to Facilitate the Flipped Classroom and Increase Student Engagement 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 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. |
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