Drury University Hosts

Hands-on, heads-on workshop. Participants will work through guided-inquiry research-based curriculum. They will use a motion sensor interfaced to a PC to take data in real time (i.e. the computer shows them their position and velocity as they walk in front of the sensor). Concepts of position and velocity and how they relate are developed using data that participants generate by performing different types of motion in front of the sensor. Concepts of acceleration, including slowing down and speeding up, are developed (if there is enough time) using a battery-powered fan cart.

**NO PRIOR PHYSICS EXPERIENCE IS ASSUMED**

Dr. Brant Hinrichs earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1986 and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994. He has been teaching at primarily undergraduate institutions since 1997 and has been poking around in physics education research (what and how to teach students most effectively) for the last five years. He wishes that as an undergraduate in the 80's he could have used all the cool physics toys, er, um, scientific equipment that students these days get to play with and learn from!! The lucky bums!!

Revealing the Possibilities of the Play: Using Video in the Shakespeare Class

Peter Meidlinger, Drury University

Shakespeare's plays open up to an inexhaustible variety of critical and dramatic interpretations. Before video, teachers of Shakespeare were forced to draw these questions out primarily through the text, but it is difficult to engage these questions through the written page alone. In this presentation, I will show how using video clips from various Shakespearean productions of the same play can demonstrate how the play opens up dramatic possibilities. Once students see this, they begin to question their assumptions about textuality, meaning, authorial intention, and dramatic interpretation. I will use video clips from Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice to illustrate the process.

Peter Meidlinger is an Associate Professor of English and the Director of the Writing Center at Drury University. He has published essays on Shakespeare and Ethics.

Bending Time: Squeezing a 75-minute Class into a 50-minute Period

B. Jean Mandernach & Amber Dailey, Park University

Convert tedious, time-consuming instructional tasks to an electronic format (online assessment) to shift class time to higher-order goals. Online assessment may be used to: promote students' active learning; enhance students' preparation for class; provide immediate, elaborative feedback; ensure core competence; promote mastery learning; and enhance understanding through advanced assessment.

Dr. Amber L. Dailey, Assistant Professor, Education Department, Park University., B. S. and M.S., Texas A&M University. PhD Cornell University. Teaches in undergraduate, graduate and online programs. Participates in competitive volleyball, running events, and teaches aerobic kickboxing. For more information, publication listings, and contact data, please visit Dr. Dailey website at http://kidd.park.edu.

Online Pedagogy: Best Practices for Learning

Steven G. Lesh, Southwest Baptist University

Online learning has emerged to become the most significant implementation of new technology in the classroom in recent years. As new online strategies are integrated into the classroom, this is precipitated, in part, by shifting paradigms in education. The purpose of this presentation is to discuss online pedagogical best practices found in the professional literature utilized to produce positive learning experiences.

Steven G. Lesh, PhD, MPA, PT, SCS, ATC has earned degrees from the University of Missouri Columbia, Arkansas State University, and Capella University. While earning his doctorate, he completed an educational certificate in distance learning, and has focused his writing and scholarly efforts on the utilization of the Internet and new technologies to enhance both learning and commerce. He currently sits as the graduate research coordinator for the Physical Therapy program at Southwest Baptist University, and is an Associate Professor of Online Education for the University of St. Augustine. He provides online learning consultation and instruction for several other academic institutions including Kaplan College and NorthCentral University. Online courses that Dr. Lesh leads include Introduction to E-Commerce and Political Economy at Kaplan College; Total Quality Management at NorthCentral University; and Critical Thinking, Organizational Behavior and the Legal Aspects of Documentation at Southwest Baptist University. Dr. Lesh has written two textbooks, many scholarly articles, and has presented regionally, nationally and internationally on topics including the effects of educational technology on the learner, online assessment, leadership, strategic planning, and e-marketing.

Integrating Web-Enhanced Materials and Media with Traditional Classroom Instruction

Renee Waters, Southwest Baptist University

This presentation will include a brief explanation and demonstration of the way in which I integrate traditional classroom instruction with on-line materials and media (including streaming audio excerpts of musical examples for analytical study). Next, I will share some of the advantages and pitfalls that I have experienced using this type of approach. The session will conclude with a brief time for questions/comments, etc.

Dr. Waters received the degree, B.S. in Music Education from Jacksonville State University, and the M.M. and D.M.A. in Composition from the University of Georgia. She has received honors and awards from the International League of Women Composers (now the International Association of Women Composers), the Southeastern Composers League, the National Association of Composers, and the ASCAP Young Composers Program. This past fall, she was selected to receive the Missouri Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (2002).

Dr. Waters has written numerous compositions and arrangements for choral and instrumental media. For the past two years, she has served as the Missouri State Chair of the Student Composition Competition, sponsored by Music Teachers National Association. Dr. Waters is an Associate Professor of Muisc at Southwest Baptist University where she is coordinator of music theory and supervises the Department of Music MIDI Computer Lab. Dr. Waters teaches music theory courses, applied composition, orchestration, choral arranging, an introductory fine arts course, and applied piano.

Advising in Blue Jeans

Kathy Ladd, Southwest Baptist University

A discussion on the use of technology for advising, for student teacher supervision documents and reflections, and for critique and evaluation of lesson planning for students during internships.

Dr Kathy Ladd is an Assistant Professor in the Teacher Education Department at Southwest Baptist University. She holds a B.S. in Education and a M.Ed. and Ed.S. from Southwest Missouri State University as well as an Ed.D. from the University of Missouri - Columbia. Prior to coming to SBU she was an administrator in the Lebanon Schools. Dr. Ladd is the coordinator of secondary education at SBU and is a dedicated user of all available technologies in the instructional process.

Integrating the Classroom Flip

Bob McGlasson, Southwest Baptist University and Paul Porneluzi, Central Methodist College

How can I get my students to read the text? How can I free up my class time for more active learning activities? This session will discuss the concept of the Classroom Flip and how it can be accomplished by using a course management system (Blackboard, WebCt, etc.) Examples of successful "Flips" will be shown and there will be time for discussion on various techniques.

Dr. Bob McGlasson has a B.S. in Electronic Media and an M.A. in Communication from Southwest Missouri State University. He also holds an M.A. in Library and Information Science from the University of Missouri-Columbia and an Ed.D. in Instructional Technology and Distance Education from Nova Southeastern University. Bob is the Director of Instructional Technology and an Assistant Professor at Southwest Baptist University. Bob has been at SBU since 1990 where he currently is responsible for faculty training and development in technology as well as coordinating the university's distance education efforts. He also teaches technology courses in both the Teacher Education program and in the Graduate Education program. Bob is the TLM representative for Southwest Baptist University.

Dr. Paul Porneluzi has a B.S. in Biology from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Missouri Columbia. He is an Associate Professor of Biology at Central Methodist College where he has taught since 1996. He teaches all the general biology lectures and laboratories as well as Ornithology, Mammalogy and Conservation Biology. Paul is the TLM representative for Central Methodist College.

Paul's research focus is in avian conservation biology. He is involved in the collaborative Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (MOFEP) which is a large scale, long term experiment on the effects of forest harvest techniques on the ecosystem funded by the Missouri Department of Conservation.

Developing Electronic Portfolios in Art and Education

Beverly Bohn and Tom Smith, Park University

Come and hear what we are doing, discuss what you are doing, share ideas, and have a good time. Beverly Bohn teaches ED 313 Technology for Teachers and has been using FolioLive (McGraw-Hill) since October 2002 to help pre-service teachers develop frameworks and add artifacts to their electronic developmental portfolios. Tom Smith teaches Graphic Arts and is beginning this semester to use FolioLive with his students to develop showcase portfolios for their art work. Our only claim to being experts is that we are more than 50 miles from home!

Thomas Smith, Assistant Professor, Graphic Design, Park University. B. F. A. Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA and M.F.A. San Jose State University, CA. Worked in the San Francisco Bay Area for 7 years. Influenced by Eric Gill and modernist designers, particularly the Bauhaus. Loves animals and guitars.

Beverly Bohn, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Park University, B.S.E. and M.A. from Northeast Missouri State University (Truman State University). Retired from NKC Public Schools as Technology Coordinator for Maple Park Middle School. Known as the "wicked Grandmother" among her TLM friends, drives a Ford F-250, has 4 grandchildren and 8 Tennessee Walking Horses.

Beyond Rock: CCM Lyrics of Conscience

Nate Nelson, Evangel University

The session will exhibit a unique web-venue for sociological and literary analysis of contemporary Christian music (CCM) albums published since 1965. The general academic purpose of the website is to trace the trajectory of social awareness and humanitarian concern through the swiftly growing sub-industry of CCM publishing. An MS FrontPage-constructed website devoted to analysis of music lyrics will be demonstrated.

Using E-Res to facilitate On-line Collaboration

Ed Williamson, Drury University

This presentation will describe the use of an on-line method for student collaboration. The use of E-Res will be highlighted as a means for bridging the gap between traditional in-class instruction and on-line education. The development of electronic student portfolios will be demonstrated.

Online Pedagogy: What Is It and How To Do It

Gary Rader, Tessa Sharp, Bob Stephens, and Leah Blakey, Drury University

With advancing technology comes new models of education. These opportunities can be enhanced with proper training of faculty in the use of the technical tools at their disposal. However, successful online learning is based not upon particular technologies. It is based upon a foundation of guided inquiry as means to achieve deeper levels of learning among students. The presenters will discuss how to engage students online, creating healthy online community, meeting student's learning styles, and creating and conducting online teams and projects.

Dr. Gary Rader, Director for Online Programs came to Drury University at Springfield, Missouri in 1997 after teaching government and history for the University of Maryland-University College on American Air Force Bases in Germany for 12 years. His Ph.D. in International Relations, Soviet-East German Studies, and Comparative European Governments was completed at the University of Kansas. As a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Bonn, Dr. Rader conducted his dissertation research in both the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany.

Present at the inception of the UMUC online program in the mid-1990s, Dr. Rader has taught online for UMUC since 1997. In 1999 he developed and implemented the Drury online program through the College for Graduate and Continuing Studies. Today, as the Director for Online Programs at Drury University, Dr. Rader oversees and directs a rapidly expanding online program. The Drury Online Program offers over forty online courses during the fall, spring and summer semesters. In addition the program offers police training certification, online faculty pedagogy and leadership training and is developing online cohort degree programs.

Tessa Sharp, Online Technical Support, administers the WebCT program for Drury's online courses. She provides ongoing faculty training in online pedagogy and in the technical aspects of teaching in the virtual classroom. She began teaching online in the Spring 1999 semester, the first year Drury offered courses via the world wide web. Since that time, she has worked closely with Dr. Gary Rader in growing the online course offerings from 3 initial classes to over 40 per semester and in training over 70 faculty members. Her greatest joy is assisting faculty in designing courses that are intuitively friendly to students. In addition to these responsibilities, Tessa has taught a variety of online courses in Sociology. Tessa was named CGCS Instructor of the Year in 1999.

Robert Stephens holds a Master of Arts degree in Communication from Drury University. His undergraduate degree is in English and he has completed a post-Master's graduate certificate in Technical and Professional Writing from California State University, Hayward. He has previously taught college courses in Composition, Expository Writing, Media Writing, Science Fiction as Social Commentary, Technical Writing, Law Office Management, and Human Resources Management
By day Stephens works in the corporate world as the workforce development director for a Fortune 100 organization. His area of specialty is strategic planning and organizational development. In addition to the planning function, he creates training and development curricula that helps the organizations achieve its priority objectives. He also serves as a private business consultant to a number of local companies in the area of quality assurance, human resources, and customer service. He writes political columns for both print and digital web sites and he delights in asking difficult questions, questions that foster critical thinking.

Leah Blakey is an alum of Drury University. After leaving Drury, she pursued her Master's in Defense and Strategic Studies at Southwest Missouri State University and her Ph.D. in History at Saint Louis University. While at SLU, she worked at the Center for Teaching Excellence as a teaching consultant for junior faculty and teaching assistants. She currently is working on her dissertation, which deals with the Ogaden War and its importance to the Superpowers during the Cold War. She began teaching history courses online for Drury in Summer 2001. Leah juggles her time between teaching and caring for her family, which consists of her husband and their ten month old daughter.

Advanced PowerPoint

Robin Schraft, Drury University

This session will provide a hands-on opportunity to explore uses of PowerPoint beyond traditional linear applications. Topics will include creating interactive presentations, inclusion of movie and sound clips, and hyper linking to external sites and programs as well as internal pages.

Robin Schraft is the chair of the Theatre department and Director of Academic Computing at Drury University. His doctoral research in computer-aided design in the early 1980s led to his continuing interest in the application of computer technology in the arts and in the classroom. He serves as the Teaching and Learning Mentor for Drury University and is also the Vice-Commissioner for Computer Applications for the Lighting Commission of the United States Institute for TheatreTechnology. He has spoken about theatrical applications of computer technology at conferences around the United States and Canada.

Electronic Team Collaboration

Muthu Karuppan, Drury University

Description: This workshop will show participants how to use Web-based software to facilitate team collaboration. The software that will be demonstrated is a Microsoft product called SharePoint Team Services. Many of us teaching courses where team projects are used face team management problems. Typically, student complaints involve difficulty in meeting team members, exchanging ideas, and sharing project documents. This Web-based software solves most of these problems. It allows team members to meet asynchronously, maintains threaded discussion, contains a central repository for all their work, and it also provides simple project management tools. We now can devote more time to pedagogical issues rather than manage teams.

Dr. Muthu Karuppan is an Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems and E-Commerce at Drury University. In over 15 years of teaching, he has taught a wide variety of graduate and undergraduate courses in Information systems and E-commerce. He serves as a systems consultant to numerous businesses and specializes in the area of health information systems. Prior to joining Drury University, he worked in a large regional hospital as a project architect for a major hospital-wide client/server health information systems implementation. He has made a number of presentations on systems issues at major regional and national meetings, and his articles have appeared in a number of journals.

Design Principles and Tools for an Electronically Enhanced Classroom

Penny Clayton and Muthu Karuppan

Description: This session will provide the audience with an overview of how to design an effective electronic classroom. Two of the products that will be demonstrated are the Mimio device and an electronic Classroom Performance System.
The Mimio device provides electronic whiteboarding and converts any whiteboard into a touch sensitive screen. The electronic Classroom Performance System made by einstruction allows instructors to gather immediate response/feedback from the students in the classroom. For example, we could cover an important concept in class, and obtain immediate feedback on their understanding of this concept.

Detecting CyberPlagiarism: How To Do It Yourself

Edward Proctor, Southwest Missouri State University

A practical, hands-on demonstration of the techniques of detecting online plagiarism. Among the topics covered will be the use of search engines and directories (including how to search for specific suspect passages), the importance of checking the so-called Invisible Web, and how to search commercial "term paper mills" for free.

Edward Proctor is the Electronic Resources Librarian at Southwest Missouri State University. He has worked in the libraries of Davidson College, and the University of Illinois at Chicago, focusing on the implementation of information technology (IT). His publications in College & Research Libraries, The Journal of Academic Librarianship, and Online, deal with the interface between library users and IT, and offer practical solutions to common problems.

CyberPlagiarism: Some Approaches to a Growing Problem

Graphing Calculators in Math and Science … Are They Really Useful???

Jerry Priddy, James "Tiger" Gordon, Central Methodist College

The discussion will revolve around the applications of Texas Instruments graphing calculators and Calculator-Based Laboratory systems (CBLs) in math and science classes and labs. A brief introduction will be given to the CBL technology, the system's capabilities, and available sensors. A sample experiment will performed showing the CBL's usefulness in demonstrating the relationship between pressure and volume. The calculator's ability to graph data, to determine best-fit lines, and to determine statistical information will be shown. Additionally, matrix capabilities of the calculator will be discussed. The session is designed to be interactive with time allotted for questions and answers.

Dr. Jerry Priddy is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Central Methodist College. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Mathematics from Youngstown State University in Youngstown, OH and his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Idaho State University in Pocatello, ID.

Dr. James "Tiger" Gordon is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Central Methodist College. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR and his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Iowa State University in Ames, IA. Dr. Priddy and Dr. Gordon come to the conference with a combined 27 years of teaching experience working with course and lab development.

Online Pedagogy:
Hands-on Workshop Utilizing Web CT

Note: This hands-on workshop is designed as an experiential extension of “Online Pedagogy: What is it? How do you do it?”

Participants will be able to utilize the pedagogical principles from “Online Pedagogy: What is it? How do you use it?” in this interactive session. This hands-on experience will focus on the WebCT Discussion Tool as one of the primary means of engaging students in deeper exploration and learning of academic materials. All participants will become both student and instructor as they utilize social discourse, guided inquiry, and pragmatic discussion to create, develop, and enhance a health online community of learners.

In addition, certain “tricks of the trade” will be employed to help enliven the basic WebCT Discussion Tool.