ABSTRACTS - Room 121

All sessions take place in Butler-Carlton Hall on the Missouri S&T campus

1-121 // Baseline observation to determine quantitative metrics to improve the clarity of student expectation for assignments in EE3120 - Electronics (II)

STANDARD SESSION (45 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. BJ Shrestha - Associate Teaching Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Missouri S&T

Audience: Higher Education; K-12 Education

Time and Location: 12:15 - 1:00 p.m.; Room 121

MODE: Blended (Face-to-Face Presenter + Online/Face-to-Face Attendees)

This discussion presents the preliminary findings and observations, as a part of a research project, sponsored by (CAFE) Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence, here at Missouri S&T. Among various targets of this research study, inquiring of the effect of scaffolding and collaborative approaches on students' cognitive achievement in EE3120 is one of them and this presentation speaks about this matter.

2-121 // Engaging Students with Empathic Teaching

STANDARD SESSION (45 minutes)

Presenter: Rachel Bailey-Wood - Assistant Clinical Professor; University of Missouri-Columbia

Audience: Higher Education

Time and Location: 1:15 - 2:00 p.m.; Room 121

MODE: Blended (face-to-face and online)

Consumers of higher education face increasing challenges. They must balance the responsibility of learning with mental health needs, socio economic status, and family obligations. True learning requires presence, which can feel impossible with a myriad of competing responsibilities. The relationship between instructor empathy and student outcomes is strong. I discuss skills required for educators to meet the complex needs of online and in seat students. Participants will leave understanding the impetus for empathetic teaching, its relationship with student outcomes, and explicit instructional strategies that both challenge and prepare them to see students as collaborative partners. Specifically, participants will develop a minimum of one way to query students lived experiences relevant to learning, as well as develop actionable change that demonstrates empathetic engagement.

3-121 // Implementing Training for Early STEM Faculty

STANDARD SESSION (45 minutes)

Presenters:
     Dr. Meghann Pytka - Instructional Specialist; Washington University in St. Louis
     Jason Crandall - Director of Learning Design & Innovation; Washington University in St. Louis
     Tucker Krone - Lecturer; Washington University in St. Louis

Audience: Higher Education

Time and Location: 2:15 - 3:00 p.m.; Room 121

MODE: Blended (face-to-face and online)

Since Fall 2021, the Early STEM Faculty Program has provided support, community, and best practices in pedagogy and technology for over 30 tenure track and non-tenure track faculty members from engineering and arts & sciences. Participants are invited to join a series of seminars from guest speakers across the university, observe expert teachers, be observed in the classroom, and share their experiences with other members of their cohort in formal and informal settings. Our presentation will share our experiences and lessons learned, as well as provide practical recommendations for implementing early career STEM faculty programs.

4-121 // The patterns of learning management system utilization and its relationship to course satisfaction.

STANDARD SESSION (45 minutes)

Presenter: Mohamad Ali bin Baba - Doctoral Candidate; Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Audience: Higher Education

Time and Location: 3:15 - 4:00 p.m.; Room 121

MODE: Blended (face-to-face and online)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the patterns of Learning Management System (LMS) utilization and its relationship to course satisfaction. Using a data mining technique, data set from learner interaction inside the LMS were fed into clustering algorithms to analyze the patterns of LMS utilization. These resulting clusters are then correlated to learner course satisfaction based on end of semester Curriculum/Instructor evaluation survey.