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USG Teaching & Learning Conference 2016

USG Teaching and Learning Conference: Best Practices for Promoting Engaged Student Learning

8:00am EDT

Registration/Check In - 8am-5pm Conference Registration Desk

8:45am EDT

Exhibitors Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria

9:00am EDT

Awaken the Force in Your Students: Advising with a Purpose Room Y/ZPaula Bryant • Teresa Teasley Creating a Living Learning Community to Promote Engaged Student Learning Room F/GRoberta Berry • William Berry • Joseph Levy • Hailey Loehde-Woolard • Benjamin Rapsas • Laura Winalski Crossing the Digital Bridge: Digital Librarianship and Graduate Programming, A History Room LLaura Palmer • Morgan Rhetts • Aaron Wimer Moving Out of the Classroom with Field-Based Student Consulting Projects Room RJohn Finley • Kirk Heriot National Initiatives Working with OER – ALG Invited Speakers Panel Room KAffordable Learning Georgia - OER Conference Track Sponsor • Will Cross • Mark Jenkins • Carli Spina • Erin Walker Showcasing Online Student Presentations Room QNicole Lynch Ways to Engage Students in Total Online Courses Room V/WVanessa "Paige" Crump • Lauri Walters What the Tech? Using Digital Tools in the 21st Century Classroom Room T/URuth 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/ZJosh Pfiester Level Up! Using Badges and Gamification Strategies to Increase Student Engagement in Online and Blended Courses Room LNeil Rigole Making It Real: Putting Life into the Lived Spaces of the Past Room F/GGlenda Swan Making Perfect 10's in Online Discussions: Defining Processes and Assessing Outcomes Room RDanilo Baylen Quality, Creation, and Use: OER Experiences in Undergraduate Education Courses Room KDeanna 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/UCher Hendricks • Beth René Roepnack Underpinning Technology with Theory in the Online Classroom Room V/WDorea Hardy • Renita Luck Using Dichotomous Meaning Dimensions to Cultivate Students' Critical Thinking Skills Room QJoseph Mayo

11:00am EDT

5 Weird Disruptions Already Changing Your Future Room RMyk Garn ALG Grantees Panel: What We Did, What We Learned, and What We Would Do Differently: Affordability with OER’s in Action Room KJeff 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/ZRobert 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 LMeredith Ginn • Karen Huggin • Sarah Johnson Online Science Courses Without Sacrificing the 'Hands-On' Component Room V/WStephanie Songer Opening the Classroom Door: A Hands-On Approach to Study Abroad Programs Room QElissa Auerbach • Stephen Auerbach • Craig Pascoe Promoting Student Engagement Through the Use of Animated PowerPoint Presentations Room T/USheryne Southard Solving Two Common eLearning Problems: Student Retention & Proctoring Process Management Room F/GTara 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 LTammy Byron • Matt Haldeman • Sarah Mergel CANCELLED - Finding New Perspectives: The Transformative Power of Service-Learning in Higher Education Room V/WMaya Clark Community Health Issues: A Model for Collaborative Performative Engagement Room F/GKaren Berman • Kristi Papailler Contribute a Verse: Adopting OER for First-Year Composition Room KTanya Bennett • Diana Edelman • Donna Gessell Experiencing Undergraduate Student Research: Active Collaboration and Engagement Room RDanilo Baylen • Kendal Lucas • Runeshia Parker Innovative Advising Practices: How to Transform Your Institution Through Pro-Active Advising Room Y/ZStephanie Lahnala • Dustin Worsley Use of Open Source Software for Teaching Digital Media Content Creation Skills at Georgia Gwinnett College Room QKairui Chen • Shuhua Lai YouTube University: Fostering Intellectual Curiosity and Critical Thinking with Online Media Room T/UNatalie James

4:00pm EDT

College on the Move: Hands on Learning Room RNiels Eichhorn Critical Thinking and Social Coding: Killing Two Birds with One Stone Room LLaura Hanna Engaged Student Learning through Course-Based Experiences: Identifying Impact Room F/GKyle Frantz • Cheri Kersey Student Well-Being Matters: Towards a Balanced Interactive Model of Teaching and Learning Process Room QBarbara Karwacinski The Mission: Help Military and Veteran Students Succeed in College Room Y/ZMark Eister Using Kahoot! for Student Learning and Engagement in the Classroom Room T/UCassie Daniel • Abby Noble • Hope Wheeler Worst Online Discussion Practices (and their remedies) Room V/WBeth René Roepnack Development and Implementation of an Open Educational Resource for Introductory Chemistry Room KGreta Giles • Jim Konzelman Implementing an Open Educational Resource in Human Growth and Development Room KEllen Cotter • Gary Fisk • Judy Orton Grissett Standard Textbooks to Open Educational Resources: Strategies to Transform Your Class and Promote Student Engagement Room KEthel Callen • Kendolyn Smith • Jocelyn Steward Use of Chemwiki and Khan Academy for Survey of Organic and Biochemistry Room KJonathan Cannon • Renat Khatmullin Using Freely Available Texts in a Literature Classroom Room KRhonda Armstrong • Melissa E. Johnson

5:00pm EDT

P01-Non-Tenure-Track STEM Faculty: Support and Rewards Systems Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaDabney Dixon P02-You Want Me to Do What?? Strategies For Addressing Resistance in the Flipped Classroom Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaMichelle Dykes • Joy Humphrey P03-Using Strategic Partnerships to Maximize Critical Thinking and Creating Collaborations Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaMichelle 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 GalleriaKaitlin Farrell P05-Mark Twain and his 'Fable' on Critical Reading Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaJason Horn P06-Evaluating Honors Program Requirements in Response to Student Needs and Preferences Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaMatthew Horton • Katherine Kipp P07-Taking Pre-calculus Class In A Community College Can Be More Cost Effective Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaLi Feng • Wanjun Hu P08-Faculty Perceptions of INQR 1000 Student Learning: Are They Engaged or Just Flirting? Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaElizabeth 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 GalleriaAnta'Sha Jones • ByungHoon Kim • Louise Wrensford P10-Enhancing Students' Engagement, Confidence, and Performance Through the Half-Semester Research-Based Laboratory Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaYong Jin Lee P11-Helping STEM Students Find a Sense of Belongingness and Stay Excited about Their Studies Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaMargie Lewkowicz • Brooke Skelton P12-Increasing Self-Regulated Learning in the Millennial Classroom Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaJessica McCain • Michelle vanDellen P13-Development of a Biology Resource Center Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaJeanelle Morgan P14-The 'Write' Stuff: Promoting Critical Thinking with Student-Authored Reading Cards Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaKatherine Perrotta P15-Development of Inquiry Based Labs in Introductory Non- Major Biology Course Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaSwapna Bhat • Linda Purvis P16-Don't Just Guess, Assess: Measures for Community Engaged Learning Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaScott 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 GalleriaMariya 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 GalleriaRyan Tainsh P19-The Advantages of a Student's Vantage Point Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaMonica Smith P20-Service Learning and Critical Thinking in an Introduction to Social Problems Course Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaMargaret Williamson P21-Stabitha and the Amateur Strategists: Using Tabletop RPGs for Team Building Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaAna Guimaraes • Morgan Rhetts • Aaron Wimer P22-Infusion of Nanotechnology in General Chemistry II Lab Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaAmir 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 GalleriaTamiat Abegaz P24-How to Make Online Grading & Feedback More Efficient and Effective Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaLi-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 GalleriaMary 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 GalleriaJoanna Grisham P28-UNG Online Student Readiness Implementation – SmarterMeasure Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaMerciaileen Rivera Almodóvar • Stephanie Hulsey P29-E-Commerce Teaching Via Project-Based Learning Advances USG STEM Goals Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaKamal Kakish • Yaquan Xu P30-The Effects of Education Abroad and Education Abroad in Sustainability on Levels of Student Engagement Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaAdam 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 GalleriaSuazette Mooring • Joan Mutanyatta-Coma P32-BioCalculus - A Classroom Flip that is Truly Reflective Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaRebecca Rizzo P33-Exploring and Challenging Gender Stereotypes with Pre-Service Teachers Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaShelly Black • Amy Boldin • James Kelley • Kinga Varga-Dobai P34-Connecting Language Learners with Native Speakers Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaSabrina Wengier P35-Ethical & Best Practices in On-line Teaching and Communication Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaAngela Wilson P36-Implementing an Online Solution to a Low Enrollment College Algebra Learning Support Class Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaMary Wolfe P37-Discovering the "Tipping Point": The Surprising Effects of Tutorial Visits on Student GPA and Self-Efficacy Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree GalleriaEmily Reed • Eliot Rendleman

5:30pm EDT

Social Reception - Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria

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 KTerri Bell • Allison Galloup • Deborah Prosser An Online Database as a Textbook Alternative in Freshman-level Geology and Astronomy Room LMary Ann Cullen • Dion Stewart • Bayard Stringer College Success is Everybody's Business: First-Year Workshops in a Blended Learning Environment Room V/WRobert Bleil • Lisa McNeal Highly Engaged Learning - How Can We Make It Happen? Room QElizabeth 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/ZDanilo Baylen • Erin Duckett Using Risk and Intervention to Increase Student Success Room RCarrie Carmack What Students Want: Collision or Collaboration in the Multimodal Classroom? Room T/UGina 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/UJessie Daniels Adaptive Courseware and Its Power to Improve Student Success and Retention Room F/GHank Bowman • Nic Rebne Coping with Challenges of Online Learning by Promoting Self-Regulated Learners Room V/WJackie Kim Everything you wanted to know about OERs but were afraid to ask: From Ground Zero to Implementation and Beyond Room KMolly Kimsey • Loleta Sartin Increasing Engineering Student Success and Engagement Through an Integrated, Collaborative First-Year Seminar Room Y/ZRuth 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 QChristina Grange • Dianna King • Ryan Smith • Jasmine Threatt Modeling Critical Thinking in Asynchronous Discussion Forums Room LJustin Garcia This will NOT be on a test: Meditation and Maintaining Student (and Faculty) Self-care Room RMarquita 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/WMary Bishop • Lisa Robinson Dual enrollment in the High School: Faculty Perspectives Room Y/ZKatherine Kipp • Laura Ng • David Slutzky • Steve Smith Engaging Students in the Digital Age Room T/UPerry Samson Graduate Students' Critical Thinking Skills: Effects of a Service-Learning Experience Room QJan Bradshaw • April Garrity Investigating the Benefits of Visual Python Computational Activities in Introductory Calculus Based Physics Course Room LTrinanjan Datta • Deborah Richardson Students' Perceptions and Uses of Textbooks: Open-source, Electronic and Traditional Room KBrad Bailey • Thomas Cooper Thinking Critically About Learning: Engaging Students in Metacognitive Regulation Through Active Study Strategies Room RAaron Beedle • Joan Monahan Watson Writing Fellows: Using Embedded Tutors to Enhance Student Writing Room F/GLeigh 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 KJeff Gallant • Shaun Ault • Judy Orton Grissett • Estelle Nuckels Assessing the Development of Critical Thinking: An Undergraduate Political Science Course Room QClemente Quinones Driving Active Learning from the Superhighway to the Dead-End Road Room Y/ZLisa Howell • Sara Selby • Molly Smith Engaging Students in Online Courses: Alignment Matters Room V/WKathy Dolan Pinterest as a Tool to Learn Spanish Culture Room T/UAlicia Arribas • Reilly Lerner • Katherine Rowland Tension: an essential agent of effective teaching Room RAran MacKinnon • Larbi Oukada • Costas Spirou A Collaborative Case Approach to Teach Information-Seeking and Information-Sharing Room LKim Green Classroom Assessment Techniques - Effective Tools for Student Assessment and Feedback Room LLeslie Ann Dunn Fun, Free, Fabulous Online Tools That Are Sure To Engage Students Room LPhyllis Snipes Keeping It Simple: Rethinking Classic Ideas to Engage the Modern Student Room LJeremy Petrella The Technology Perfect Storm Room LJohn Lowe

12:00pm EDT

Closing Lunch and Keynote - Dr. Houston Davis Magnolia Ballroom