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Gender and Attire: Affects On Views and Perceptions
No full textThis research looked at how gender and also one's attire affected how one perceived/viewed others when looking at dominance and power
Capitalizing on University Resources for Easy and Economical Information Literacy Assessment
No full textePortfolios continue to gain strength in higher education as a viable and relatively quick method for assessment of student work. Miami University (Oxford, OH) recently implemented Chalk & Wire as its ePortfolio system for the entire campus.
The libraries have partnered with several departments to utilize ePortfolios for the assessment of information literacy skills. Student work from departments are automatically forwarded to a team of librarians that assess the work using a revised version of the information literacy rubric developed by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). What is unique about this process is that the artifacts are not tailored to the library or to the information literacy rubric.
Now in its third year, this project has provided extremely valuable and robust data regarding the information literacy skills at Miami. It assists in developing a baseline for students, and helps us to see progression in information literacy as students move through the curriculum. The assessments have provided data on which classes need further assistance with research assignments, classes that need syllabi revised to better assist students in the research process, and has helped us to easily identify classes and assignments that can serve as a model to other
What Information Literacy Means to Me: Collaborating with Faculty to Understand Student Perceptions of Information Literacy
Get PDFThis presentation recounts the experiences of The Faculty Learning Community for Improving Student Research Literacy, a community of professors and librarians at Miami University (Oxford, OH). Community members created a survey for students in their courses to self-assess information literacy skills that faculty perceived important.
Approximately 400 students completed the survey, the results of which were matched to professor definitions of information literacy and a common list of information literacy skills desired by professors. Professors then utilized that data to enhance their syllabi by infusing information literacy skills throughout their courses
Smart Searching: An Online Information Literacy Tutorial Tailored Specifically To Introductory Engineering Students
Get PDFA common problem facing librarians today is convincing students about the world of information beyond Google. Traditional library instruction is a reasonable answer, but tends not to be effective. First, introductory science courses at Miami University (Oxford, OH) are usually far too large for instruction, with enrollments of between 300 and 800 students. Secondly, many students at this stage fail to see the relevancy of the library instruction because they have not made the connection between good information seeking skills and improved assignments. Finally, students may not see the importance of the instruction because it is not geared towards their current situation. One example of this is E-learn, an online tutorial developed several years ago by the Miami University Libraries. However, the examples used in E-learn were too general to be of great help to science students.
In this era of customization and personalization, several librarians at Miami University decided to create a set of online tutorials that are designed specifically for students in specific introductory engineering courses. The result is: Smart Searching: Finding, Citing, & Evaluating Information (http://e-learn.lib.muohio.edu/science/eas and http://e-learn.lib.muohio.edu/science/eas102 ). Librarians worked closely with faculty in the Engineering departments to create this set of tutorials for the introductory engineering courses (300 students).
The Smart Searching tutorials have several features that make them unique and applicable to students in these courses. The tutorials are designed to address information seeking skills needed for assignments in each course. Examples used in the tutorials are topics that will be encountered during the course. Secondly, a blog is built in to the tutorials to ease communication between the librarians and students. The tutorials were also created with a customizable back-end interface, so that changes can be completed with ease. While each tutorial is customized to one course, each tutorial can be used as a refresher for students once they leave the course.
This session will document the process of creating Smart Searching from initial idea to implementation and its evolution from an optional activity to a fully integrated and required assignment within the introductory engineering courses
Information Overload in Today's Digital Environment
Get PDFPresentation given to Miami University Alumni on June 13, 2015 as a part of Alumni Weekend's Alumni College
Giving up the keys: How driving cessation affects engagement in later life
No full textPurpose of the study. Many older adults consider driving vital to maintaining their preferred lifestyle and engagement with society, yet it is normative for individuals to eventually stop driving. This study examined the impact of driving cessation on older adults’ productive and social engagement, and whether mental and physical health mediated this relationship.
Design and Methods. Multilevel modeling was used to analyze longitudinal data (N = 4,788 adults age 65+) from the Health and Retirement Study (1998 – 2010).
Results. Productive engagement (paid work, formal and informal volunteering) was negatively affected when older adults stopped driving, but social engagement was not immediately compromised by the transition to non-driver status. The role of health and mental health as mediators in explaining this relationship was negligible.
Implications. The results suggest that interventions aimed at maintaining non-drivers’ participation in productive roles should focus on factors other than enhancement of health and well-being to spur greater engagement (e.g., availability of and barriers to use of public transportation). Also important in the intervention process is planning for mobility transitions. Future research should test for geographic (e.g., urban vs. rural) differences in the impact of driving cessation on productive and social engagement
A multilevel dyadic study of the impact of retirement on self-rated health: Does retirement predict worse health in married couples?
No full textObjectives: This study examined the effects of retirement on self-rated health for married couples, using interdependence and social stratification theoretical frameworks.
Methods: Dyadic multilevel modeling of data (N = 2,213 non-Hispanic couples) from 1992-2010 of the Health and Retirement Survey.
Results: Retirement was associated with worse self-ratings of health (SRH) short-term for both husbands and wives during the first couple of years of retirement. In addition, the longer husbands (but not wives) were retired, the more their SRH worsened. Cross-spouse effects varied by gender: when wives retired, their husbands’ SRH improved short-term, but when husbands retired their wives’ SRH improved long-term. Spouse education moderated the relationship between years since spouse’s retirement and SRH for wives.
Discussion: Practitioners can use this information to help married couples through retirement planning and transitions. Results suggest that models of retirement in couples should pay greater attention to gender and other social stratification factors, spousal interdependence, and length of time since retirement
The Role of the Family in Nursing Homes: Recommendations to Increase Family Satisfaction with Care
Get PDFFamilies are important consumers of long-term care services who are likely to remain involved in the care of their resident loved one after placement. The aims of this brief report are (1) to increase the understanding of the role of family members in long-term care facilities in Ohio, (2) to examine the resident, family member, and facility characteristics that are associated with higher family satisfaction, and (3) to propose strategies to improve family satisfaction.Families are important consumers of long-term care services who are likely to remain involved in the care of their resident loved one after placement. The aims of this brief report are (1) to increase the understanding of the role of family members in long-term care facilities in Ohio, (2) to examine the resident, family member, and facility characteristics that are associated with higher family satisfaction, and (3) to propose strategies to improve family satisfaction.Ohio Department of Agin
