1-120 // Redesigning Freshman Engineering
TYPE: Standard Session (45 minutes)
Presenters:
Rachel Kohman – Assistant Dean of Entrepreneurship Education; Missouri S&T
Elizabeth Reardon – Instructional Technologist III; Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence; Missouri S&T
Audience: Higher Education
Time and Location: 12:15 – 1:00 p.m.; Room 120
The FE1100 course at Missouri S&T has been redesigned over the past few years to improve the student experience and student retention. A variety of technologies and pedagogies have been implemented to continuously improve this course.
2-120 // Making the Case: Using AI to Create Relevant and Usable Case Studies
TYPE: Standard Session (45 minutes)
Presenter: Dr. Abram Book – Assistant Professor of Communication Studies & Modern Languages; Southeast Missouri State University
Audience: Higher Education; K-12 Education
Time and Location: 1:15 – 2:00 p.m.; Room 120
Case studies are a wonderful teaching tool but it can be difficult to find case studies that fit specific learning objectives and creating them from scratch can be labor-intensive. In this session, attendees will learn to use their favorite AI to quickly create quality case studies that can be easily modified and used in the classroom immediately.
3-120-1 // Equity in Academic Integrity
TYPE: Learning Stack Session (15-20 minutes)
Presenters:
Dr. April Taylor – Vice President of the College of Health Sciences; Logan University
Dr. Josh Hutchison – Writing Center Director; Logan University
Audience: Higher Education
Time and Location: 2:15 – 3:00 p.m.; Room 120
Academic Integrity is a consistent concern in higher education. However, higher education has to take a proactive approach to teach students how to engage with academic integrity in a manner that fosters student ability to learn college expectations and to thrive in the classroom. Logan University has developed a program that addresses first unintentional academic integrity violations through an online course we developed for students that helps English as a second language learners and students who may not have been taught correct academic integrity principles.
3-120-2 // A Cross-Disciplinary Exploration of Faculty Risk-Taking and Student Sense of Belonging
TYPE: Learning Stack Session (15-20 minutes)
Presenters:
Dr. Natalie Ulrich – Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Maryville University
Dr. Mike Kiener – Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling; Maryville University
Dr. Lindy Rossow – Assistant Professor of Exercise Science; Maryville University
Dr. Lisa Merideth – Associate Professor of Education; Maryville University
Audience: Higher Education
Time and Location: 2:15 – 3:00 p.m.; Room 120
This presentation explores how pedagogical risk-taking, defined as innovative teaching methods that may fail, affects students’ sense of belonging in the classroom. Building on previous research that linked faculty participation in a Scholarship of Teaching & Learning seminar to increased faculty risk-taking, we investigated students’ experiences of faculty risk-taking across several disciplines (rehabilitation counseling, K-12 teacher education, exercise science, and chemistry). This presentation will discuss our methodology, preliminary findings, and concrete examples of classroom risk-taking, highlighting implications for educators seeking to foster inclusive learning environments.