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

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

8:00am EDT

Registration/Check In Conference Registration Desk

8:45am EDT

Exhibitors Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria

9:00am EDT

Attracting, Engaging, and Supporting Military and Veteran Students Room YZ Developing and Applying Transferable Skills of Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation in the Online Environment Room R Discussion Protocols: Keeping Your Students Accountable Through Engaging Conversations Room D Electronic Rubric for Evaluating Student Oral Presentations Room E Engaging Students with Library Materials: How LMS Administrators, Faculty, and Librarians Can Collaborate for Better Learning Outcomes Room TU Flipping a Course Lesson into an eBook Chapter Room FG Game Development Workshop: How Our IT Students Promoting Critical Thinking Room L Incentives Matter - When and Where Room J Preparing Critical Faculty for the Future: Agents of Change to Promote Student Engagement and Student Learning Room Q Reading in the Disciplines: Using Digital Texts in Humanities Courses Room C Small Group Problem-Based Learning Exercises to Advance Students' Critical Thinking and Scientific Reasoning Skills Room VW Team Jeopardy: A New 'Competitive' Approach to Critical Thinking Room K

9:45am EDT

Morning Break Kellogg Concourse & Hill Atrium

10:00am EDT

A Faculty Member, an Instructional Designer, a Librarian, and a Student Walk into a Bar: Conversation over the Best Practices for Designing and Delivering Distance Learning Curricula Room TU Archiving Engagement: Public Memory, Oral History, and Critical Thinking at Georgia College Room L Building Community in the College Classroom Room D Improving Student Performance with Nudge Analytics Room VW Innovations for Student Success: STEM and STEAM Room YZ Promoting Students' Engagement Through Creating Open Educational Resources Room FG Raising Awareness of Critical Water Issues on the College Campus through Collaboration Room C The Brave New World: Promoting Clinical Decision Making through Problem Based Learning. Room Q Tracking Trends and Transferring Knowledge: Exploring Innovative Technologies for Postsecondary and Transition Planning Success Room E Triple Action: A Comprehensive Classroom Review Room J Universal Design for Online Learning Room R Alternatives to the Research Paper Room K CANCELLED - Student Engagement in an Online Course Room K Laboratories Engaging students in the Application and Process of Science (LEAPS): a glimpse into a curricular model to promote student critical thinking skills Room K Using OER to Develop a Flipped Course Model Room K Using the SBH Maieutic Method to Develop Moral Reasoning and Critical Thinking Room K

11:00am EDT

A Review of Multiple Modalities to Create Robust Instructional Content and Improve Student Engagement Room TU An Ounce of Prevention: Assessment and Engagement Data and Early Identification of at-Risk Students Room YZ Best Practices in Online Teaching and Learning: Perspectives from Leaders in the Field Room L CANCELLED - Social Media in the Classroom: How to Better Engage Disengaged Millennial Learners Room E Developing Critical Thinking Skills by Examining Assumptions behind Some Typical Preservice Teacher's Questions and Responses in an Elementary Math Methods Course Room VW eCore and the Opportunity for USG Faculty Involvement Room R Exploiting Uncertainty, Principally Room K From Emotion to Critical Thinking? Trauma Education in Social Science Classrooms Room Q Open Educational Resources and Flipping the Classroom at the University of Georgia: A Case for Adoption of Pedagogical Innovations Within the Humanities Room FG The EASE Project: Supporting Collaborative Learning in the Developmental Classroom Room J Using Case Studies to Develop Students’ Critical-Thinking Skills Room C Using Risk and On-Campus Resources to Increase Student Success Room D

12:00pm EDT

Lunch - Magnolia Ballroom - Sponsored by Smarter Services Magnolia Ballrooom

1:15pm EDT

Interactive Keynote & Workshop - Dr. Todd Zakrajsek Mahler Hall

3:00pm EDT

Afternoon Break Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria

3:30pm EDT

'Divine' Assessment: Assessing Student Thinking in the Realm of the 'True and the Beautiful' Room L Accommodations, Academic Coaching And Tutoring: All I Need To Be Successful! Room C Analysis of Reading Speed and Comprehension in STEM Students at Georgia Gwinnett College Room R Blended Learning: The BlendFlex Model Room TU Coaching Educator Prep Candidates Use of Analogies to Effectively Integrate Academic Language and Foster Critical Thinking Room Q Combatting Textbook Costs with Digital Collaboration: The American Yawp as Case Study Room FG Community-Engaged Writing Partnerships Room D Increasing Completion with 15 to Finish Room YZ Peer Financial Counseling to Promote Financial Literacy Room J Redesigning Precalculus for Affordability, Engagement and Success Room E Using Civic Issues to Engage Students and Develop Critical Thinking Skills Room VW Digital Tools for Online & Regular Instruction Room K Inquiry 1000: Question Everything. Room K Pedagogic Challenges in Technology Intense, Quantitative Online Classes Room K The Right Stuff: Are We Teaching It In College Algebra? Room K Using A Student Generated Syllabus in a Capstone Course Room K

5:00pm EDT

P01-The Next Step in Instructing Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P02-Camp Appalachia: Collaborating to Meet Gifted Students' Needs Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P03-Teaching Beyond the Classroom: Using Oral History to Promote Critical Thinking and Community Engagement Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P04-Complete College Georgia: Albany State University Student Perspectives on Retention and Graduation Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P05-Inspiring Without the Burn Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P06-What Students Want....and Mabye Need Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P07-Student Created Primary Source Lesson Plans from an Undergraduate Multicultural Course Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P08-Using a Reasons for the Seasons Research Project to Develop Students' Pedagogical-Content Knowledge (PCK) in an Elementary Science Education Course Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P09-Building an Open Community at Athens Technical College Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P10-SmarterMeasure: UNG Online Student Readiness Implementation Plan Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P11-Substantiation of the Rigorousness of an Online Research Project Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P12-Use of Problem Based Learning & Team Work to Achieve Internationalized Learning in Non-majors Biology Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P13-Virtual Conversations: Connecting Students with Industry Professionals in a Critical Thinking-Reflective Process Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P14-Applying Universal Design in Today's Classrooms Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P15 - CANCELLED - Art Experiments: Collaborative Installations as a Form of Response to Narrative, to Generate Empathy for Multicultural Difference, and to Imagine beyond the Limits of the 'Present Order' Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P16-Administrative Logic: Building an Institutional Planning Model to Promote Student Success Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P17-Art Historical Fiction as a Learning Tool Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P18-Workshop Integration into First Year Substantive Courses Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P19-Engaged Ecologists: Using Service Learning to Teach about Healthy Ecosystems in an Introductory Course Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P20-Laboratories Engaging Students in the Application and Process of Science (LEAPS) Promotes Student Critical Thinking Skills Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P21-Combating 'Plant Blindness' in Students with an Active Learning Based Curriculum Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P22-Strategic Thinking about Patents, Trade Secrets, and a 600-Year Old Illustration Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P23-Learning through the Eyes of a Student: Using Technology to Develop Preservice Teachers' Critical Thinking Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P24-Why You Should Include a Librarian in Your OER Project Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P25-Flipping The Classroom: Why Didn't I Do This Earlier? Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P26-Thinking Critically about Public Health Practice: Photovoice as an Assessment Tool Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P27-Mentoring Undergraduate Research Handbook Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P28-Inquiry Based Learning: Assessing Student Achievement and Openness to the Approach Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P29-Implementation and Impacts Of The Small World Initiative: Hypothesis-Driven Undergraduate Research To Crowdsource New Antibiotics Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P30-Mulligan Please! A Strategy To Increase Student Motivation On Low-Stakes Assessments And Improve Learning Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P31-Rehearsing Critical Thinking: Using the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy to Support Writing in the Theatre Classroom Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria P32-Flipping the Classroom: Where does that fit in Online and Community Engagement Pedagogies? Lessons from Sociology and Health Science Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria

5:30pm EDT

Social Reception - Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria - Sponsored by Blackboard Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria

8:00am EDT

Registration/Check In Conference Registration Desk

9:00am EDT

A Flipped Classroom Approach to Teaching Biochemistry Room L College Students ENGAGE with Teens in a Transformational Model of Interdisciplinary Health Issue Performances Room C Comparing Academic Achievement Using an Open-Source Textbook vs. a Publishers Textbook Room FG Effective Use of Student Presentations in a Mathematics Course: An Analysis of Student Performance Room R Fostering Engagement Through a Faculty Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Room TU I've Got Georgia ONmyLINE: USG's Distance Education Search Engine Room J Impact of Shaping the Future Room Q Multidisciplinary Student Engagement Techniques: Lessons Learned from the Governors Teaching Fellows Program Room K Shaking up the Family Tree: Exploring Personal Cultural Identity for Broader Social Context Room D Solving Two Common eLearning Problems: Student Retention & Proctoring Process Management Room VW Textbook Transformation: Options and Outcomes Room YZ Using Assessment to Critically Engage Student in Their Learning Room E

9:45am EDT

Morning Break Kellogg Concourse

10:00am EDT

Change to Learning Support Policy as Part of the Complete College Georgia Initiative Room J Critical Thinking Made Memorable: Student-Led Active-Learning Presentations Room VW OER Textbook Transformation with the University Press of North Georgia Room FG Pitfalls and Potential in Client-Based Learning Room TU Receiving Real-Time Instructional Feedback: A Classroom Assignment Model Room Q See It, Say It, Do It: Instructional Differentiation in Higher Education Room YZ The Scholarship of Teaching: How the Classroom Can Be Used as an Object of Inquiry, Community and Cultural Relevance to Engage Student Learners Room C Transformational Learning: The Connection between Student Transitions and Growth Room L Using POGIL to Engage Students in the Classroom Room K Using Pop Culture in the College Classroom: A Guide for the Cool and the Tragically Uncool Room R Using Storytelling In The College Classroom To Enhance Student Learning Room E What Engagement Looks Like Through Free, Fun, Fabulous Online Tools Room D

11:00am EDT

Collaborative Research: A Journey Uniting the Arts & Literacy Room C Electronic Media as an Effective Teaching Tool with FERPA Compliance as Guidance Room J Engaging Students in Learning Through Study Abroad Room Q From Columbus to Appomattox in 22 Days: One Teacher's Attempt Room TU Google Drive as Grading Platform: Measuring Effort in Student Writing Room VW Making the Language Classroom Textbook-Free Room E Open Your Text to Page FREE!! Room FG Playing to Learn: How Reacting to the Past Provides Dynamism for the Flipped Classroom of Any Discipline Room R Reflecting on the value of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Room L Through another's eyes: How to use PhotoVoice to teach and learn about intersection Room D Why Don't My Courses Transfer? Articulation as a Method for Meeting CCG and Keeping Students Engaged Room YZ A Flipped Classroom in Geoscience Education Room K Achieving Academic Excellence Utilizing A Capstone Learning Initiative with a 21st Century Zest Room K Assessing Students Perceptions of Learning and Engagement Room K Creating a Climate for Success: Online Learning and Student Engagement Room K

12:00pm EDT

Thursday Lunch - Keynote - Dr. Houston Davis Magnolia Ballrooom ALG Post-Conference Workshop - Transforming Your Textbooks Room Q