UNG Participates in 2018 USG Teaching and Learning Conference
Posted: April 17, 2018
On April 4-6, 2018, the University System of Georgia (USG) hosted the USG Teaching and Learning Conference at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education in Athens, Georgia. The conference was co-founded by Irene Kokkala, Director of Distance Education & Technology Integration (DETI) of the University of North Georgia, and Marie Lasseter, Director of Academic Technologies, University System of Georgia. Faculty, staff, and students gathered to share their research, experiences, and other work related to Best Practices for Promoting Engaged Student Learning.
The University of North Georgia (UNG) was well-represented with forty-one UNG faculty, staff, and students chosen to present their work at the conference. Their presentations highlighted UNG's commitment to academic excellence and contribute to the teaching and learning communities of UNG and USG.
The following UNG faculty, staff, and students presented their work at the 2018 USG Teaching and Learning Conference and are listed in alphabetical order by presentation title:
Adaptation of National Instruments in Introduction to Engineering and Design (Engr 1101) Course Curriculum Al Walters, Hoang Pham, Redahegn Sileshi, Jaya Sundaram
Aiding Retention by helping First-Year Students Adapt to College Work J. Stephen Pearson
Building Literature Searches for Your SoTL Project: Interdisciplinary Research Strategies Using Library Sources Rebecca Rose
Analyzing the Results of a STEM-English Undergraduate Learning Community on Reading and Writing Scientific Literature J. Stephen Pearson, Evan Lampert
Building Literature Searches for Your SoTL Project: Interdisciplinary Research Strategies Using Library Sources Rebecca Rose
Copyright, Creative Commons, and OER Corey Parson
Creating and Using OERs in Mathematical Modeling Marnie Phipps and Patty Wagner
Creating and Using OERs in Mathematical Modeling Marnie Phipps, Patty Wagner
Enhancing Student Success and Promoting Integrative Learning through an Open Source World Literature Ebook Anita Turlington, Matthew Horton
A First-Year Cohort: An Overview and Lessons Learned Thomas Cooper, Alison Hite, Nathan Price, Robert Scott
Fostering Cultural Competence in Communication Students Through Experiential Learning Merrill Morris, Caitlin Wills, Steven Shields
A Guide for Revving Up OER Adoption on Your Campus! Bonnie J (BJ) Robinson
Hand-Eye Coordination: A Critical Thinking-Based Pedagogy for Improving Student Writing Skills in a Political Science/Film Studies Learning Community Dan Cabaniss, Lance Bardsley
Incorporating 3D Printing into Physics, Pre-engineering, and Visual Arts Courses Redahegn Sileshi, Forrest Ables, JB Sharma, Laura West
Incorporating 3D Printing into Physics, Pre-engineering, and Visual Arts Courses Redahegn Sileshi, Forrest Ables, JB Sharma, and Laura West
Leading Mobile Learning by Design Theresa Butori
Poster Assignment to Spark Creativity while Developing Critical Thinking Skills Donna Gessell, Jonathan Whisenant
Recoding and Decoding Assignments: Using TILT and Reverse TILT for Faculty, Staff, and Student Development in a WAC/WID Initiative Jim Shimkus, Anita Turlington, Jennifer Harris, Michelle Gilstrap, Shea Barfield
Rich, No-Cost Resources for the Students, by the Students Christine Jonick, Corey Parson
SoTL Communities of Practice for Research on Teaching and Learning Mary Carney
Teaching Freshman Science Students to Write Scientific Literature in a Biology-English Learning Community Evan Lampert, Steve Pearson, Annah Coker
Teaching Freshman Science Students to Write Scientific Literature in a Biology Evan Lampert, Steve Pearson, and Annah Coker
Teaching Lower Level Math Course with Zero-Cost Materials – Pros and Cons Hashim Saber, Beata Hebda, Piotr Hebda, Benkam Bobga
Using the Brightspace Assignment Grader App in D2L John Williams
Using Open Educational Resources to Enhance Engagement and Interactions in Ecological Science Hugo Collantes, Janice Crook-Hill, Dawn Lubeski
