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Wednesday
, April 13
8:00am EDT
Registration/Check In - 8am-5pm
Conference Registration Desk
8:45am EDT
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Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
9:00am EDT
Awaken the Force in Your Students: Advising with a Purpose
Room Y/Z
Paula Bryant • Teresa Teasley
Creating a Living Learning Community to Promote Engaged Student Learning
Room F/G
Roberta Berry • William Berry • Joseph Levy • Hailey Loehde-Woolard • Benjamin Rapsas • Laura Winalski
Crossing the Digital Bridge: Digital Librarianship and Graduate Programming, A History
Room L
Laura Palmer • Morgan Rhetts • Aaron Wimer
Moving Out of the Classroom with Field-Based Student Consulting Projects
Room R
John Finley • Kirk Heriot
National Initiatives Working with OER – ALG Invited Speakers Panel
Room K
Affordable Learning Georgia - OER Conference Track Sponsor • Will Cross • Mark Jenkins • Carli Spina • Erin Walker
Showcasing Online Student Presentations
Room Q
Nicole Lynch
Ways to Engage Students in Total Online Courses
Room V/W
Vanessa "Paige" Crump • Lauri Walters
What the Tech? Using Digital Tools in the 21st Century Classroom
Room T/U
Ruth Caillouet • Tiffany Coleman • Rebecca Cooper • Amy Farah • Katharine Page • Dawn Souter
9:45am EDT
Morning Break- Sponsored by University of North Georgia Press & by Software Resources and Services, USG
Hill Atrium/ Kellogg Concourse
10:00am EDT
Building Relationship Webs in the Classroom (may Boost Student GPAs)
Room Y/Z
Josh Pfiester
Level Up! Using Badges and Gamification Strategies to Increase Student Engagement in Online and Blended Courses
Room L
Neil Rigole
Making It Real: Putting Life into the Lived Spaces of the Past
Room F/G
Glenda Swan
Making Perfect 10's in Online Discussions: Defining Processes and Assessing Outcomes
Room R
Danilo Baylen
Quality, Creation, and Use: OER Experiences in Undergraduate Education Courses
Room K
Deanna Cozart • Brian Dotts
Reframing Student Engagement: Creating a Supportive Learning Environment and Increasing Active Learning in Face-to-Face, Blended, and Online Courses
Room T/U
Cher Hendricks • Beth René Roepnack
Underpinning Technology with Theory in the Online Classroom
Room V/W
Dorea Hardy • Renita Luck
Using Dichotomous Meaning Dimensions to Cultivate Students' Critical Thinking Skills
Room Q
Joseph Mayo
11:00am EDT
5 Weird Disruptions Already Changing Your Future
Room R
Myk Garn
ALG Grantees Panel: What We Did, What We Learned, and What We Would Do Differently: Affordability with OER’s in Action
Room K
Jeff Gallant • Deanna Cozart • Sheri Hardee • Deborah Liss-Green • Kelly McFaden • Caryl Nemajovsky • Zoe Salloom • Emerson Stewart • Susan Willey
Curriculum Design Academy: Fostering Student Success through Guided Curricular Innovation
Room Y/Z
Robert Bledsoe • Gina Hammock • Deborah Richardson • Adam TM Wyatt • Eric Zuckerman
Medium Matters: Faculty and Student Reflections on How the Delivery Channel Impacts Student Engagement and Academic Success
Room L
Meredith Ginn • Karen Huggin • Sarah Johnson
Online Science Courses Without Sacrificing the 'Hands-On' Component
Room V/W
Stephanie Songer
Opening the Classroom Door: A Hands-On Approach to Study Abroad Programs
Room Q
Elissa Auerbach • Stephen Auerbach • Craig Pascoe
Promoting Student Engagement Through the Use of Animated PowerPoint Presentations
Room T/U
Sheryne Southard
Solving Two Common eLearning Problems: Student Retention & Proctoring Process Management
Room F/G
Tara McLaughlin
12:00pm EDT
Lunch - Sponsored by Affordable Learning Georgia
Magnolia Ballroom
1:15pm EDT
Interactive Keynote and Workshop - Dr. Alison Morrison-Shetlar
Mahler Hall
2:45pm EDT
Afternoon Break
Hill Atrium/ Kellogg Concourse
3:00pm EDT
Adaptive Learning: The Possibilities of Doing More with Open
Room L
Tammy Byron • Matt Haldeman • Sarah Mergel
CANCELLED - Finding New Perspectives: The Transformative Power of Service-Learning in Higher Education
Room V/W
Maya Clark
Community Health Issues: A Model for Collaborative Performative Engagement
Room F/G
Karen Berman • Kristi Papailler
Contribute a Verse: Adopting OER for First-Year Composition
Room K
Tanya Bennett • Diana Edelman • Donna Gessell
Experiencing Undergraduate Student Research: Active Collaboration and Engagement
Room R
Danilo Baylen • Kendal Lucas • Runeshia Parker
Innovative Advising Practices: How to Transform Your Institution Through Pro-Active Advising
Room Y/Z
Stephanie Lahnala • Dustin Worsley
Use of Open Source Software for Teaching Digital Media Content Creation Skills at Georgia Gwinnett College
Room Q
Kairui Chen • Shuhua Lai
YouTube University: Fostering Intellectual Curiosity and Critical Thinking with Online Media
Room T/U
Natalie James
4:00pm EDT
College on the Move: Hands on Learning
Room R
Niels Eichhorn
Critical Thinking and Social Coding: Killing Two Birds with One Stone
Room L
Laura Hanna
Engaged Student Learning through Course-Based Experiences: Identifying Impact
Room F/G
Kyle Frantz • Cheri Kersey
Student Well-Being Matters: Towards a Balanced Interactive Model of Teaching and Learning Process
Room Q
Barbara Karwacinski
The Mission: Help Military and Veteran Students Succeed in College
Room Y/Z
Mark Eister
Using Kahoot! for Student Learning and Engagement in the Classroom
Room T/U
Cassie Daniel • Abby Noble • Hope Wheeler
Worst Online Discussion Practices (and their remedies)
Room V/W
Beth René Roepnack
Development and Implementation of an Open Educational Resource for Introductory Chemistry
Room K
Greta Giles • Jim Konzelman
Implementing an Open Educational Resource in Human Growth and Development
Room K
Ellen Cotter • Gary Fisk • Judy Orton Grissett
Standard Textbooks to Open Educational Resources: Strategies to Transform Your Class and Promote Student Engagement
Room K
Ethel Callen • Kendolyn Smith • Jocelyn Steward
Use of Chemwiki and Khan Academy for Survey of Organic and Biochemistry
Room K
Jonathan Cannon • Renat Khatmullin
Using Freely Available Texts in a Literature Classroom
Room K
Rhonda Armstrong • Melissa E. Johnson
5:00pm EDT
P01-Non-Tenure-Track STEM Faculty: Support and Rewards Systems
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Dabney Dixon
P02-You Want Me to Do What?? Strategies For Addressing Resistance in the Flipped Classroom
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Michelle Dykes • Joy Humphrey
P03-Using Strategic Partnerships to Maximize Critical Thinking and Creating Collaborations
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Michelle Dykes • Joy Humphrey
P04-Assessing Student Preparedness for Writing in the Sciences: A Case Study from a Joint Undergraduate/Graduate Ecology Course
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Kaitlin Farrell
P05-Mark Twain and his 'Fable' on Critical Reading
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Jason Horn
P06-Evaluating Honors Program Requirements in Response to Student Needs and Preferences
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Matthew Horton • Katherine Kipp
P07-Taking Pre-calculus Class In A Community College Can Be More Cost Effective
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Li Feng • Wanjun Hu
P08-Faculty Perceptions of INQR 1000 Student Learning: Are They Engaged or Just Flirting?
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Elizabeth Huggins
P09-Effect of Nanoparticles on Brine Shrimps - A Course Embedded Model to Integrate Research Based Projects into the Science Curriculum
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Anta'Sha Jones • ByungHoon Kim • Louise Wrensford
P10-Enhancing Students' Engagement, Confidence, and Performance Through the Half-Semester Research-Based Laboratory
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Yong Jin Lee
P11-Helping STEM Students Find a Sense of Belongingness and Stay Excited about Their Studies
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Margie Lewkowicz • Brooke Skelton
P12-Increasing Self-Regulated Learning in the Millennial Classroom
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Jessica McCain • Michelle vanDellen
P13-Development of a Biology Resource Center
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Jeanelle Morgan
P14-The 'Write' Stuff: Promoting Critical Thinking with Student-Authored Reading Cards
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Katherine Perrotta
P15-Development of Inquiry Based Labs in Introductory Non- Major Biology Course
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Swapna Bhat • Linda Purvis
P16-Don't Just Guess, Assess: Measures for Community Engaged Learning
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Scott Butler • Kirsten Rodgers
P17-A Scalable Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience in Molecular Parasitology for Producing Competent Graduates: Grounding Student Perceptions with Core Competencies
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Mariya Campbell • Therese Poole • Nancy Russell • Michael Sanderson • Paul Ulrich
P18-Student Perceptions of Critical Thinking Writing Assignments in Non-Major Science Courses
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Ryan Tainsh
P19-The Advantages of a Student's Vantage Point
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Monica Smith
P20-Service Learning and Critical Thinking in an Introduction to Social Problems Course
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Margaret Williamson
P21-Stabitha and the Amateur Strategists: Using Tabletop RPGs for Team Building
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Ana Guimaraes • Morgan Rhetts • Aaron Wimer
P22-Infusion of Nanotechnology in General Chemistry II Lab
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Amir Saheb • Louise Wrensford • Xiaomei Zheng
P23-An Investigation of the Impact of Compiler's Feedback on the Comprehension andPerformance of Computer Programmers
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Tamiat Abegaz
P24-How to Make Online Grading & Feedback More Efficient and Effective
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Li-Mei Chen, Chunlei Liu • Chunlei Liu, Li-Mei Chen, Jun Zhang
P25-Critical Thinking and Student Engagement: Metacognitive Writing Strategies That Reach Them All
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Mary Banks-Murray • Alecia Dressel • Paulette Harris • Nai-Cheng Kuo • Carissa Parrish • Marissa Powers • Andrea Shervette
P27-How Using Web Design to Explore Authors, Literary Periods, and Texts in American Literature Effectively Engages Students in Scholarly Research
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Joanna Grisham
P28-UNG Online Student Readiness Implementation – SmarterMeasure
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Merciaileen Rivera Almodóvar • Stephanie Hulsey
P29-E-Commerce Teaching Via Project-Based Learning Advances USG STEM Goals
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Kamal Kakish • Yaquan Xu
P30-The Effects of Education Abroad and Education Abroad in Sustainability on Levels of Student Engagement
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Adam Landon • Donald Rubin • Michael Tarrant
P31-A Flipped Classroom - Peer-led Team Learning Reform to Promote Student Success in Large Organic Chemistry Courses
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Suazette Mooring • Joan Mutanyatta-Coma
P32-BioCalculus - A Classroom Flip that is Truly Reflective
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Rebecca Rizzo
P33-Exploring and Challenging Gender Stereotypes with Pre-Service Teachers
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Shelly Black • Amy Boldin • James Kelley • Kinga Varga-Dobai
P34-Connecting Language Learners with Native Speakers
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Sabrina Wengier
P35-Ethical & Best Practices in On-line Teaching and Communication
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Angela Wilson
P36-Implementing an Online Solution to a Low Enrollment College Algebra Learning Support Class
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Mary Wolfe
P37-Discovering the "Tipping Point": The Surprising Effects of Tutorial Visits on Student GPA and Self-Efficacy
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Emily Reed • Eliot Rendleman
5:30pm EDT
Social Reception - Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria
Thursday
, April 14
7:30am EDT
Registration/Check In - 7:30am-10:30am
Conference Registration Desk
8:00am EDT
A Practical Guide to Creating an OER Text
Room K
Terri Bell • Allison Galloup • Deborah Prosser
An Online Database as a Textbook Alternative in Freshman-level Geology and Astronomy
Room L
Mary Ann Cullen • Dion Stewart • Bayard Stringer
College Success is Everybody's Business: First-Year Workshops in a Blended Learning Environment
Room V/W
Robert Bleil • Lisa McNeal
Highly Engaged Learning - How Can We Make It Happen?
Room Q
Elizabeth Dierking • Dr. Julie Hentges • Lesi Smart
Using Multiple Note Taking Strategies to Enhance Assessment Performance in Biology Courses: Blue, Green or Yellow Notebook?
Room Y/Z
Danilo Baylen • Erin Duckett
Using Risk and Intervention to Increase Student Success
Room R
Carrie Carmack
What Students Want: Collision or Collaboration in the Multimodal Classroom?
Room T/U
Gina Foster • Jo Anne Harris • Elizabeth Vance
9:00am EDT
'You mean, I don't have to come there?' Advisement and Orientation at a Distance
Room T/U
Jessie Daniels
Adaptive Courseware and Its Power to Improve Student Success and Retention
Room F/G
Hank Bowman • Nic Rebne
Coping with Challenges of Online Learning by Promoting Self-Regulated Learners
Room V/W
Jackie Kim
Everything you wanted to know about OERs but were afraid to ask: From Ground Zero to Implementation and Beyond
Room K
Molly Kimsey • Loleta Sartin
Increasing Engineering Student Success and Engagement Through an Integrated, Collaborative First-Year Seminar
Room Y/Z
Ruth Goldfine • Lori Lowder • Laura Ruhala • Hillary Steiner • Nirmal Trivedi
Isn't it Just a Story? Promoting Critical Thinking in Psychology through Community Engaged Learning with StoryCorps
Room Q
Christina Grange • Dianna King • Ryan Smith • Jasmine Threatt
Modeling Critical Thinking in Asynchronous Discussion Forums
Room L
Justin Garcia
This will NOT be on a test: Meditation and Maintaining Student (and Faculty) Self-care
Room R
Marquita Jackson-Minot • Gissia De Moya • Cristina Pinheiro
9:45am EDT
Morning Break
Kellogg Concourse
10:00am EDT
Assessing Writing Self-Efficacy of Students in Graduate Nursing School
Room V/W
Mary Bishop • Lisa Robinson
Dual enrollment in the High School: Faculty Perspectives
Room Y/Z
Katherine Kipp • Laura Ng • David Slutzky • Steve Smith
Engaging Students in the Digital Age
Room T/U
Perry Samson
Graduate Students' Critical Thinking Skills: Effects of a Service-Learning Experience
Room Q
Jan Bradshaw • April Garrity
Investigating the Benefits of Visual Python Computational Activities in Introductory Calculus Based Physics Course
Room L
Trinanjan Datta • Deborah Richardson
Students' Perceptions and Uses of Textbooks: Open-source, Electronic and Traditional
Room K
Brad Bailey • Thomas Cooper
Thinking Critically About Learning: Engaging Students in Metacognitive Regulation Through Active Study Strategies
Room R
Aaron Beedle • Joan Monahan Watson
Writing Fellows: Using Embedded Tutors to Enhance Student Writing
Room F/G
Leigh Dillard • Kim Griffin • Laura Rosche • Jim Shimkus
11:00am EDT
ALG Grantees Panel: STEM and OER: Strategies, Online Homework and Lab Solutions, and Effectiveness
Room K
Jeff Gallant • Shaun Ault • Judy Orton Grissett • Estelle Nuckels
Assessing the Development of Critical Thinking: An Undergraduate Political Science Course
Room Q
Clemente Quinones
Driving Active Learning from the Superhighway to the Dead-End Road
Room Y/Z
Lisa Howell • Sara Selby • Molly Smith
Engaging Students in Online Courses: Alignment Matters
Room V/W
Kathy Dolan
Pinterest as a Tool to Learn Spanish Culture
Room T/U
Alicia Arribas • Reilly Lerner • Katherine Rowland
Tension: an essential agent of effective teaching
Room R
Aran MacKinnon • Larbi Oukada • Costas Spirou
A Collaborative Case Approach to Teach Information-Seeking and Information-Sharing
Room L
Kim Green
Classroom Assessment Techniques - Effective Tools for Student Assessment and Feedback
Room L
Leslie Ann Dunn
Fun, Free, Fabulous Online Tools That Are Sure To Engage Students
Room L
Phyllis Snipes
Keeping It Simple: Rethinking Classic Ideas to Engage the Modern Student
Room L
Jeremy Petrella
The Technology Perfect Storm
Room L
John Lowe
12:00pm EDT
Closing Lunch and Keynote - Dr. Houston Davis
Magnolia Ballroom
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