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SYMPOSIUMS

In the Spring semester CITR hosts the Annual WIU Symposium on Teaching, Research and Creative Activities. This event attempts to highlight the innovations in teaching, research and creative activities from across campus and disseminate/share the same across disciplines. Additionally, faculty present peer reviewed submissions to the university community at large. The event is capped by a keynote address.

This years theme: Science and Technology: Discover, Innovate and Create.
Date: Friday, March 23, 2012
Time: 8:30am - 2:30pm
Place: University Union

• 8:30 – 9:30 - Coffee Service and Faculty Showcase - Capitol Rooms
• 9:00 – 9:45 - Concurrent Sessions - Fox Room, Board Room
• 10:00 – 10:45 - Concurrent Sessions - Fox Room, Board Room
• 11:00 – 11:45 - Concurrent Sessions - Fox Room, Board Room
• 12:00 – 1:30 - Lunch and Keynote – Grand Ballroom, Iris Stovall, University of Illinois
• 1:45 - 2:30 - Pedagogy Panel Discussion – Capitol Rooms

• Coffee Service and Faculty Showcase - Capitol Rooms
  8:30 – 9:30
  
  Shannon Sutton, Sponsored Projects
  Angela Tee, Sponsored Projects
  Topic: Office of Sponsored Projects
  
  Description: The Office of Sponsored Projects assists faculty members with finding and obtaining externally funded projects.  The office also monitors research activity that involves human and animal subjects to ensure compliance with federally mandated regulations. Stop by our table to see what we can do to assist you.
  
  Laurel Borgia, Curriculum and Instruction
  Topic: iPad applications that benefit reading specialists
  
  Description: I will have a  continuous running slide show that highlights results of a 2 semester study of graduate students use of iPad applications to work with struggling middle school readers and their perceptions  about using this technology when teaching struggling readers.
  
  Matthew Bonnan, Biological Sciences
  Topic: Using short video podcasts to inspire students.
  
  Description: I wanted to supplement my courses with short, video features that emphasized core course materials and could be used further as outreach.  In this short presentation, I will discuss the major steps to making successful, short podcasts for students.
  
  George Mangalaraj, Computer Science
  Topic: FSI and Online Teaching: Things I Learned
  
  Description: This table will discuss the use of Wikis and Google Docs for teaching as well as other tools/ideas learned at FSI. These revolve around adopting best practices for online teaching, OpenSim, Social Networks, Simple PowerPoint Tricks and other online tools.
  
  Courtney Blankenship, Music
  Topic: "Examples of Using Prezi Software in Student Presentations"
  
  Description: I required my students to use Prezi software for their capstone projects in my "Current Issues in the Music Industry" Class. They came up with some creative presentations I feel would serve as examples for other disciplines and demonstrate how software can spark individual research interest among students.
  
  Heejun Kim, Dietetics, Fashion Merchandising and Hospitality
  Topic: The Google Online Marketing Challenge: A Hands-On Hospitality Teaching and Learning Initiative
  
  Description: Hospitality students are currently participating in the Google Online Marketing Challenge. This program is a global online marketing competition open to professors and their students in any higher education institution. With a US $250 provided by Google, student teams develop and run an online advertising strategy for a real business using Google AdWords & Google+. In this process, they sharpen their advertising, consulting and data analysis skills.
  
    Doug Huff, Music
  Topic: Electronic Response Systems: Using "clickers" to take attendance and check for understanding in large lecture classes.
  
  Description: I will demonstrate how I use clickers every class session to quiz students on course material, simultaneously take attendance, and immediately post the results on WesternOnline. I will also discuss frequently encountered problems such as expense, registration and dishonesty.


  Chad Dennis, Center for Innovation in Teaching and Research
Sara Settles, Center for Innovation in Teaching and Research
Topic: Desire2Learn

Description: Chad and Sara will take your questions on the new Western Online System using the Desire2Learn course management software.

 

• Concurrent Sessions - Fox Room
  9:00 – 9:45 ​Analyzing Asynchronous Discussions Using a Modified Version of the Community of Inquiry Model
  Hoyet Hemphill, Instructional Design and Technology
  Diane Hamilton-Hancock, Health Sciences
  Leaunda Hemphill, Instructional Design and Technology

   

  10:00 – 10:45​ Social Shopping in Franchising: From Cooperation to Collaboration
  ​​In Lee, Computer Science

   

  11:00 – 11:45​ An Educational Revolution: Twitter and Its Use as a Tool in University Classrooms
  Bridget Welch, Sociology and Anthropology
  Jess White, Sociology and Anthropology

 

• Concurrent Sessions - Board Room
  9:00 – 9:45​​ Writing a Riot: Reframing Punk and Feminism Through Riot Grrl Zines
  Rebekah Buchanan, English and Journalism

   

  10:00 – 10:45​ 9/11 Disaster Coping and Recovery in Shanksville: Qualitative Inquiry Concerning Emergent Group Activities
  Jack Rozdilsky, Health Sciences,
  Heriberto Urby Jr., Health Sciences
  R. Mark Kelley, Health Sciences

   

  11:00 – 11:45​ Design of Lightweight Engines for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
  ​​Rafael Obregon, Engineering Technology

 

• Lunch and Keynote – Grand Ballroom
  12:00 – 1:30 Iris Stovall, University of Illinois
  “Twenty Years of Instructional Technology: What it Tells Us About the Future of Teaching”
  See http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/courses/instructors/biography.asp?instructor=20

 

• Pedagogy Panel Discussion – Capitol Rooms
  1:45 - 2:30
  Jill Joline Myers, Law Enforcement and Justice Administration
  Paul Schlag, Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration
  Bruce Harris, Instructional Design and Technology
  Kishor Kapale, Physics

Please RSVP your lunch attendance by March 20, 2012 (309) 298-2434, or CITR@wiu.edu