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Dr. Veronica Wilbur is a Peer Reviewer and Master Reviewer for Quality Matters. In this episode she shares how to become a QM reviewer, what she notices during reviews, and the ways being a reviewer benefits her own teaching.
Hosted by Amber Alvord and Dr. Tom Pantazes
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Research Connection:
Ron Legon (2015) Measuring the Impact of the Quality Matters Rubric™: A Discussion of Possibilities, American Journal of Distance Education, 29:3, 166-173, DOI: 10.1080/08923647.2015.1058114
Show Notes:
WCU Quality Matters Initiative
Quality Matters Peer Reviewer Training
Quality Matters Master Reviewer Training
H5P.org
CreateDebate
RECAP Conference
Hosts Jes and Madison sit down with Amy Williams and Mason Buccilla from the West Chester University Learning Management System office to discuss their experience at the 2023 D2L Fusion Conference in Anaheim, CA.
Hosted by: Jes Drass and Madison Steinbrenner
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Show Notes
Amy Williams' Website- https://thebookishhistorian.com
Dr. Beth Foster discusses her work in implementing UDL at West Chester University and how accessible design can improve the learning experience for all students.
Hosted by: Jes Drass and Madison Steinbrenner
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Connection to Theory
About Universal Design for Learning. CAST- Center for Applied Special Technology.https://www.cast.org/impact/universal-design-for-learning-udl
Measuring the Implementation of UDL in Classrooms and Schools: Initial Field Test Results. (2020, March 6). Sage Journals. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0741932520908015?casa_token=4c3hzBFtxxQAAAAA%3ALm_1D0ZzlGjU3WN3Ogglei4QZ1N4fL9vSKwLAid1VLUngyYEjhwjbEsNWSafLLqApV61NUsHIj15Bg
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CAST Website
The HR internship program at WCU gives management students a safe space to learn and gain experience in a particular area of HR- helping clarify their career goals, refine their professional skills, and prepare them to enter the workforce.
Hosted by: Amber Alvord and Jes Drass
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Theory Connection:
Moss-Pech, C. The Career Conveyor Belt: How Internships Lead to Unequal Labor Market Outcomes among College Graduates. Qual Sociol 44, 77–102 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11133-020-09471-y
Rockwood, K., & Hermans, A. (2020, February 27). Should You Create an Internship Program?. SHRM. https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/spring2020/pages/benefits-of-creating-an-internship-program.aspx
Two professors explain how generative AI has begun to affect higher education, address current approaches to the new technology, and ponder how AI will change our society.
Hosted by: Dr. Tom Pantazes and Jes Drass
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Theory Connection:
Mollick, Ethan R. and Mollick, Lilach, Assigning AI: Seven Approaches for Students, with Prompts (September 23, 2023). Available at SSRN:
https://ssrn.com/abstract=4475995 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4475995
Teaching Students to Write with AI: The SPACE Framework. (2023, January 5). Medium. https://medium.com/the-generator/teaching-students-to-write-with-ai-the-space-framework-f10003ec48bc
Show Notes:
TLC Generative AI Resources for Faculty
Two professors explain how generative AI has begun to affect higher education, address current approaches to the new technology, and ponder how AI will change our society.
Hosted by: Dr. Tom Pantazes and Jes Drass
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Theory Connection:
Mollick, Ethan R. and Mollick, Lilach, Assigning AI: Seven Approaches for Students, with Prompts (September 23, 2023). Available at SSRN:
https://ssrn.com/abstract=4475995 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4475995
Teaching Students to Write with AI: The SPACE Framework. (2023, January 5). Medium. https://medium.com/the-generator/teaching-students-to-write-with-ai-the-space-framework-f10003ec48bc
Show Notes:
TLC Generative AI Resources for Faculty
Three professors of literacy explain how they run a community engagement experience using collaboration, choice, and curiosity to develop their students' teaching skills and support community partners in literacy skill development.
Hosted by: Dr. Tom Pantazes
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Theory Connection:
Jeanne M. McGlinn (2003). The Impact of Experiential Learning on Student Teachers, The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 76:3, 143-147, DOI: 10.1080/00098650309601991
Kendra Lisenko, K. L. (2022). Community Teaching in a Time of Turmoil: The Beginning of My Journey . Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning & Community-Based Research, 12, 24–29. https://doi.org/10.56421/ujslcbr.v12i0.401
Resources:
Community Engagement Experience Google Site
Dr. Rachel Daltry, chair of WCU’s Department of Counseling and Psychological Services, discusses her work on well-being and bringing therapy dogs to campus.
Hosted By: Madison Steinbrenner, Jessica Drass
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Connection to Theory:
1. Rachel M. Daltry (2018): Embedded Therapy Dog: Bringing a Therapy Dog into Your Counseling Center, Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, DOI: 10.1080/87568225.2018.1544841
2. Daltry, R. M. (2018). Examining the relationship between empathy for others and self-compassion in college students. Educational Research and Reviews, 13(17), 617–621. https://doi.org/10.5897/ERR2018.3481
3. Rachel M. Daltry & Kristin E. Mehr (2015) Therapy Dogs on Campus: Recommendations for Counseling Center Outreach, Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 29:1, 72-78, DOI: 10.1080/87568225.2015.976100
Show Notes:
WCU Counseling Center
Red Folder- Counseling Center Resources for Faculty
Counseling Center Events- RamConnect
Produced by: Nicholas Gavin
Statistics professor Laura Pyott discusses her work on the Ram Poll, a survey of PASSHE students which delivers results on current elections, policy views, and political opinions.
Produced by: Nicholas Gavin
Nursing educators Nancy Barker and Danielle Yocom discuss the creation of a 360 video simulation used to teach nursing students how to empathetically handle end of life care.
Hosted by: Dr. Tom Pantazes and Jessica Drass
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Theory Connection:
Barker, N., Yocom, D., & Pantazes, T. (2023). Improving nursing
Resources:
Home Nursing at End of Life Video
Ricoh Theta S camera
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