ShareFair on UMUC Research and Scholarship

2nd Annual ShareFair

Held Thursday, September 20, 2012, at the Academic Center at Largo

Agenda:

• ShareFair 2012 Overview (4:21)
  
  
• Faculty Research Poster Sessions
  Poster session presentations (overview) (12:59)
  
  
1. Salma Asif, “Online vs. Offline Education- Teaching and Learning- Which is better?” 
2. Paloma Bernal Turnes, “Mobile Phones as a Payment System” 
3. Irena Bojanova, “Development of a Reliable, Valid, Multi-Dimensional Measure of Student Engagement in Group Projects” 
4. Michael Caruso, “Social Media and Catholic Educational Leadership” 
5. Yan Cooksey & Datta Kaur Khalsa, “Engage Faculty in Outcomes Assessment to Improve Student Learning” 
6. Liz daRosa, “Concept Maps & Sketches as Tools for (Online) Participation” 
7. Megan Davis, Julie Lietzau, Clare Miller & Joseph Rawson, “Virtual Reference at a Global University: An Analysis of Patron and Question Type” (Best Poster Winner) 
8. Claudia Guidi (Stier), “Learner Autonomy in Distance Education” 
9. Mark de Jong & Ryan Shepard, “Faster Than Fast: Attaining Warp Speed Turnaround Times for ILL in a Distance Education Environment” 
10. Linda Di Desidero, “Facework and the Negotiation of Multiple Identities in Online Class Discussions” 
11. Matt Dobra & Katherine Marconi, “The Association of Donor Assistance with Health Spending in African Countries” 
12. Matt Dobra & Katherine Marconi, “The Efficacy of Foreign Assistance in Promoting HIV Treatment” 
13. Michele Livojevic-Davis, “Violent Adult Female Offenders and Their Victims" 
14. Thomas McWeeney, “Assessing the Applicability and Utility of the Megacommunity Model: A Case Study in Law Enforcement Information Sharing and Applicability to Broader Issues of Intelligence Management” 
15. Liliana Meneses & Ben White, “Impact of Direct Instruction on Student Perception of Teaching Presence in Online Teaching” 
16. Stephen Miller, “Electronic Collections in Academic Libraries: How does UMUC Measure Up?” 
17. Robert Ouellette & Rudy Watson, “Investigating of the value to students of improving their knowledge of quantitative methods in class performance” 
18. Les Pang & Stella Porto, “Online Learning & Collaboration in the Cloud” 
19. Irmak Renda-Tanali, “Assessing Focal Points in Homeland Security and Emergency Management Research and Practice through Content Analysis Method: Creating a Knowledge Area Map for the Curriculum at UMUC” 
20. Connie Sharpe, “Ownership Strategies for College-level Writing Performance” 
21. Darlene Smucny, “Teaching With Data: How to Reduce Your Students’ Data Phobia and Improve Their Scientific Literacy Skills 
22. Diane Tepfer, “Christopher Columbus and Columbus Circle: Shifting Perspectives” 
23. Clifford Wilke, “The Online Discussion Conference Grading Rubric” 
24. Virtual: David Owen, “Measuring Interest in Politics through Proxy Measures: A Study of the Impact of Economic Development in China” (12:30-12:45, EST) 
25. Virtual: Richard Gruetter, “Leonardo da Vinci’s Drawings” (12:45-1:00, EST) 
26. Virtual: Claudia Gross, “History of US Americans in the Rhineland-Palatinate” (1:00-1:15, EST) 
27. Virtual: Lisa Blaschke, “Using Social Media to Engage Learners and Support Skill Development” (1:15-1:30, EST) 
28. Virtual: Donald Seekins, "Naypyidaw: A Field Study of Burma's New National Capital" (1:30-1:45, EST) 
    
    
• Birds of a Feather Sessions/Knowledge Cafes Round Table Discussions
  
  
1. Paloma Bernal, “International Marketing” 
2. Yan Cooksey, Datta Kaur Khalsa, Rana Khan & Kathryn Klose, “The Graduate School Assessment Pilot Project” 
3. Leslie Dinauer, “Access to Subjects for Remote-Working Social Scientists: Introduction to Amazon's Mechanical Turk” 
4. Kathleen Edwards, “Expanding an Understanding of Science: The Trichotomy of ‘Convenience, Anthropocentrism and Folksonomy’” 
5. Marlene Jackson, “Integrating Social Media and Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom” 
6. Clarence Mann, “CSR-Corporate Social Responsibility” 
7. Ruth Markulis, “Case Studies and Simulations” 
8. Irmak Renda-Tanali, “Curriculum Mapping Techniques” 
9. Darlene Smucny & Katherine Humber, “Teaching with Data: How to Reduce your Students’ Data Phobia and Improve their Scientific Literacy Skills” 
10. Deborah Wharff & Dennis Winters, “Reflexive and Reflective Thinking”
    
    
• Recognition Awards for Research and Scholarship (including Best Posters, etc.)
  

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1st Annual ShareFair

Held Thursday, October 20, 2011, at the Academic Center at Largo

Agenda:
(Please see the full program for details.)

Note: Free registration is required to view the videos below (except for the poster sessions).

• Keynote/Luncheon Address
  "Cutting a Path for Research Funding Opportunities in Cyberlearning: Thinking Differently"
  by Dr. Sharon Tettegah, Program Director, Cyberlearning Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings, National Science Foundation
  Slides | Video (41:43)
   
• For the Webcast Audience
  "Shift Happens II: How critical forces of change are reshaping the US higher education paradigm"
  by Nick Allen, Provost Emeritus, UMUC
  Slides | Video (36:00)
 
• Faculty Research Poster Sessions
  Slides | Video (12:22)
 
• Knowledge Cafes (Moderated Round Table Discussions)
  Video (24:18)
 
• "How To Get Published" Panel
  Video (27:33)
   
• Recognition Awards for Research and Scholarship
  Video (22:31)
   
• One-on-One with John Wyzalek, Publisher, Taylor & Francis
  For those interested in submitting book or journal proposals for possible publication to Taylor & Francis.

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