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Workshop on Assessment in the Humanities
No full textWorkshop on assessment in the humanities presentation slides and supporting document
NSSE, FSSE and Assessment in the Humanities
Get PDFBob Gonyea, Associate Director, Research and Data Analysis, National Survey of Student Engagement, Indiana University
Tom Laird, Project Manager, Faculty Survey of Student Engagement, Indiana University.
Respondent: Carolyn Haynes, Director, University Honors Program, Miami Universit
Heavy Metal Adsorption Using Renewable Adsorbents with Honors Thesis Addendum:A global look at where this work can be applied
No full textThe purpose of this project was to investigate the heavy metal adsorption capabilities of biomass. The overall goal was to design a process that will replace current nonrenewable water treatment technologies with a cheap and biodegradable alternative. In this case, the research team tested the ability of orange peels to uptake cadmium and nickel from solutions created in the lab. From previous research done to test heavy metal adsorption, the team developed a method of testing using mainly a peel-packed glass column. The column was used to run metal solutions through the peels and then ICP-MS testing was used to evaluate metal concentrations in the effluent liquid. The team’s results proved promising, as the orange peels reduced the concentration of a 90ppm nickel solution by 54.2%. A sample of cadmium solution was reduced in concentration by 33.9% under normal conditions and 48.2% under acidic conditions. However, the team has strong recommendations for future work. The experimental techniques can be improved with some procedural adjustments, and the results can be reproduced to assess service life of the peels and verify results
Creating and Supporting a Borrowable Collection of Portable Digital Technology
No full textOne University offers a collection of digital equipment, including iPads, laptops, digital cameras, digital audio recorders, microphones, networking cables, projectors and financial/graphing calculators. These items were acquired through a Student Technology Fee process overseen by the University’s IT Services. This application based process provides one-time money for technology resources, particularly those which have the greatest impact to on students. Items which the Libraries have acquired through this fund are available at three of the four main campus libraries for loan periods of between three hours and one day. This session will discuss the scope of the collection, usage patterns, technical support needed to maintain the collection, and proposed changes to the size of the collection and the rules governing its use. Participants in this discussion should gain a sense of the budgetary and human resources needed to maintain a working collection of digital items for loan, challenges to maintaining and growing the collection, and ideas for developing a collection that meets the needs of their primary users
Book Lovers, Technophiles, Printers and Pragmatists: The Social and Demographic Structure of User Attitudes toward e-Books
Get PDFQ-methodology was used to identify clusters of opinions about e-books at
Miami University. The research identified four distinct opinion types among
those investigated: Book Lovers, Technophiles, Pragmatists, and Printers.
The initial Q-methodology study results were then used as a basis for a
large-n survey of undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty so that
we could have a more complete picture of the demographic and social
makeup of the campus population. Results from that survey indicate
that academic discipline is strongly associated with the respondents’
opinion types. Gender and educational status are also associated with
respondents’ opinion types
Validating Online Serial Holdings with Help from a Worldcat API
Get PDFMaintaining knowledgebase holdings for individual journal subscriptions can be difficult,
especially when publishers do not appropriately present title relationships, but a script-assisted
workflow can validate holdings data and address title change problems, allowing for automated
updating or checking of journal holdings. By making calls to the Worldcat xISSN API, a script can
validate title relationships in journals holdings data downloaded from publishers. This
validation, in turn, allows an automatic comparison of publisher holdings data and
knowledgebase holdings data to identify problems or to make automatic updates, as
appropriate. This presentation will explore the successes and challenges in applying both
publisher holdings data validation and the subsequent knowledgebase holdings comparison
CRAFTING MASS PRODUCTION: EXPLORING THE ADVANTAGES AND CONSEQUENCES OF MODERN CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGIES
Get PDFSharing Knowledge: Using the Wiki Tool to Instruct and Inform
No full textThis presentation will discuss how wiki can be used as an interactive teaching tool and will also
briefly highlight how the wiki page can be used as a dynamic staff training resource, allowing
technical services staff to create an interactive archive of job-related information, strategies,
and helpful links
Locally Funded Services for the Older Population: A Description of Senior-Service Property-Tax Levies in Ohio
Get PDFThis report provides findings from a survey of Ohio's counties operating senior-service property-tax levies. Results cover services, expenditures, clients served, eligibility, election strategies and more. Where possible, comparisons are made to a similar survey conducted in 2005
Ethical Considerations When Working with Individuals with Disabilities: A Student's Perspective on Curriculum Design and Development
No full textOver the past several decades, disability rights have emerged as a growing concern within American society. A push for legislation to establish and uphold the rights of individuals with disabilities resulted in several landmark changes that affect the services and entitlements of those with disabilities. In addition, disability rights activists have worked to create a paradigm shift, in which disability is not thought of as a problem but rather as a difference. These societal-level changes have affected the ways in which medical professionals interact with patients with disabilities. Coupled with advancements in medical, reproductive, and assistive technology, changing perceptions about long term care and “death with dignity”, and a more global society in which patients may come from varying backgrounds and belief systems, these changes will require that medical professionals be well-versed in ethical considerations specific to working with individuals with disabilities. It is important to not only examine ethics through the eyes of various healthcare professionals, but also to examine the ways in which scholars from other disciplines may approach the topic of healthcare ethics relating to disabilities.
This paper provides a first-hand account of the process of devising a university course on medical ethics to meet the growing needs of health care practitioners and others who will be working with individuals with disabilities. The first section of the paper discusses the necessity of such a course within an undergraduate curriculum. The second section discusses the author’s personal experience in designing the ethics course curriculum, providing the reader with a rationale for specific structural components of the course design. The third section provides an analysis of the readings and pieces of media selected for course inclusion and how such media contributes to the students’ experience in the course. The paper concludes with a reflection by the author on the process of curriculum design and development