ABSTRACTS - Room 124

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

Lightning Round

LUNCH SESSION

Presenters: Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence staff - Missouri S&T

Time and Location: 11:30 - 12:15 p.m.; Room 124

CAFE staff will demonstrate some apps or technologies that can be used in the classroom or to help with productivity. This will be a very high-level, informal discussion of the apps with a brief Q&A period after each demonstration. The best part of this presentation? All of these programs are absolutely FREE!

1-124-1 // A Toolkit for Training Faculty to Conference with Students

LEARNING STACK SESSION (15-20 minutes)

Presenters:
     Alexander Wulff - Assistant Professor and Director of Writing and Multimodal Composition; Maryville University
     Cristina Branson - Instructor for Humanities; Maryville University

Audience: Higher Education; K-12 Education

Time and Location: 12:15 - 1:00 p.m.; Room 124

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

Conferencing with students is a learned skill for faculty that has received limited scholarly attention. We offer a toolkit for training faculty to take a relational and strategic approach to individual student conferences. Based on social learning theory and social emotional awareness, this framework provides instructors with practical moves for productive conferences.

1-124-2 // Recognizing and Maximizing Affordances of Online Writing Center Consultations

LEARNING STACK SESSION (15-20 minutes)

Presenter: Philip Bode - Director of the Writing Center; Missouri S&T

Audience: Higher Education

Time and Location: 12:15 - 1:00 p.m.; Room 124

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

Much online writing center pedagogy emphasizes replicating traditional face-to-face experiences and minimalist strategies; however, striving to replicate face-to-face strategies in online settings often disregards the unique affordances that online consultations provide. This session will cover why and how writing centers need to consider pedagogical approaches specific to online environments, along with why it's important for writing centers to reconsider the "gospel" and "lore" of minimalist approaches that arguably favor privileged students.  

2-124-1 // Reasonable Grace: Reforming Syllabus Policies to Meet the Needs of a Post-Pandemic World While Still Maintaining Standards

LEARNING STACK SESSION (15-20 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Abram Book - Assistant Professor of Communication Studies and Modern Languages; Southeast Missouri State University

Audience: Higher Education

Time and Location: 1:15 - 2:00 p.m.; Room 124

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

This session will examine how to re-think late work policies, classroom etiquette, grading schemes, etc. with students' best interests in mind. The concept of "Cheap Grace" will also be explored with the fundamental question: "How much grace is too much?"

2-124-2 // Using Cooperative Testing in a Flipped Class

LEARNING STACK SESSION (15-20 minutes)

Presenter: Corrie Dudley - Assistant Professor of Nursing; Southeast Missouri State University

Audience: Higher Education; K-12 Education

Time and Location: 1:15 - 2:00 p.m.; Room 124

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

A flipped classroom provides the opportunity for active learning, however obtaining and maintaining student engagement can be a challenge. This presentation will explore the effectiveness of cooperative quizzing in facilitating student engagement in the flipped classroom.  

3-124 // "What is the story that I am telling myself?": An exploration of the benefits of cognitive reframing techniques within personal narrative writing in foundational composition courses and beyond

STANDARD SESSION (45 minutes)

Presenters:
     Kelly Tate - Associate Teaching Professor of English and Technical Communication; Missouri S&T
     Mathew Goldberg - Associate Teaching Professor of English and Technical Communication; Missouri S&T

Audience: Higher Education; K-12 Education

Time and Location: 2:15 - 3:00 p.m.; Room 124

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

This session will explore the usage of the psychological technique of cognitive reframing within the context of personal narrative writing for foundational composition students. Blending a narrative therapy approach with a foundational writing assignment can benefit students in myriad ways, teaching key skills such as resiliency. We will discuss the usage of this approach within our foundational English 1120 classes, and we will describe ways in which such an approach could be applied to other classes as well.

4-124 // Learning Experiences of Students with ADHD: The Reality of ADHD in Your Courses

STANDARD SESSION (45 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Cathryn Friel - Sr. Instructional Designer and Quality Evaluation Team Lead; Missouri Online

Audience: Higher Education

Time and Location: 3:15 - 4:00 p.m.; Room 124

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

In this interactive session, Dr. Catt Friel will take you into the mind of a person with ADHD to explore some of the daily struggles your students with ADHD face. By sharing the experiences of students with ADHD in their courses and the students’ suggestions for better supporting their academic success, Dr. Friel leads a discussion on common misconception of ADHD and the reality of ADHD for college students. You will leave this session with easy-to-implement, practical ideas you can incorporate into your teaching practice and course design that creates a supportive and inclusive learning environment for all students.