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Plot Yourself: An Audience Analysis Activity Modified for Online Learning
Get PDFThis activity allows students to become visual depictions during audience analysis. The activity can be used in a face-to-face or online delivery, and also used as a post-assessment. The activity uses an interactive Google Sheet to replicate the act of moving around the classroom and provides an active approach to audience analysis. This active approach creates a bonding experience for students to begin exploring audience members’ knowledge and interest in topics to examine what it means to analyze an audience
The Viking Battalion: Norwegian American Ski Troops in World War II
No full textHidden in the crevasses of World War II history is the story of the 99th Infantry Battalion (Separate). A small unit that rarely gets any attention, it is part of a fascinating story. Alongside battalions of Austrian, Greek, Filipino and Japanese Americans, the Army decided to create an all Norwegian American battalion, originally trained at Camp Hale, Colorado, along with the 10th Mountain Division, with the original mission of liberating Norway. Their exploits during training brought them enough notoriety that members of the 99th were recruited to start the First Special Service Force and a branch of the OSS. Although they were not initially sent to Norway, they would fight in Normandy, across France and Belgium, helped entrap the Germans at Aachen, protected the city of Malmedy during the Battle of the Bulge (where they stopped an attack by Skorzeny and a SS Panzer Division), helped liberate Buchenwald, guarded the Nazi treasures found in Merkers mine and finally served as the Honor Guard for King Haakon VII on his triumphant return to Norway.This book tells the story of the 99th Infantry Battalion through an anthology of rarely, if ever, previously seen memoirs, journals, letters and newspaper articles written by or about the Viking soldiers.https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/university-archives-msu-authors/1468/thumbnail.jp
Participation in the Relaxing Listening Program: Postsecondary L2 Learner Responses and Effects on Listening Comprehension
Get PDFBased on theories and practices developed by Pimsleur (2013), Hoge (2014), and Delong (2017), the Relaxing Listening Program (RLP) provides an innovative learning opportunity to enhance L2 learners’ vocabulary acquisition and the development of their listening and speaking skills with the aim to reduce anxiety in the learning process. This research study examines how postsecondary L2 learners in an intensive English program at an American university responded to the RLP and explores its effect on their listening comprehension and other targeted language skills. Though repetitive listening is still open to debate regarding its practice and impact on language learning, this study showed that it can help improve listening comprehension and the development of speaking skills. The study also draws interesting relations between students’ needs, abilities, emotions, motivation, and satisfaction. Keywords: repetitive listening, listening comprehension, speaking, motivation, satisfaction, language learning anxiety
Benefits and Barriers: Women\u27s Access to Mobile Tech in Iran and the MENA Region
Get PDFWhile the 17% gender gap in mobile internet use in the MENA region reveals that women have less access to the benefits of mobile money apps and other technology, 60% of women in the region do go online via mobile phones to make purchases, access credit, send money to family members, assist in their children’s education, receive government benefits, and engage in other activities that improve their lives. Barriers preventing women from mobile internet access, however, typically fall into three categories: lack of access, illiteracy and/or lack of digital skills, and safety concerns. The author participated in a panel presentation associated with the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, where the March 2023 topic focused on digital strategies for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. The panel, consisting of members of the Women’s Freedom Forum, a United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)-accredited NGO, included American women born in Iran who shared examples of the impact of digital technology on women in Iran and elsewhere
Perceptions of Individual Burnout, Team Burnout, and Coping Resiliency Among Elite Pre-Professional Female Soccer Athletes
Get PDFMental illness is a significant contributor to physical illness and disease worldwide and is more prevalent in young adult females. Stress and burnout are both inputs and outputs affecting mental and physical health. Elite athletes are particularly susceptible to stress and burnout due to the added pressures of achieving champion status in their respective sports. Previous studies focused on individual perceptions of athlete burnout, but research is increasingly showcasing the need to understand the social aspect of team sport environments. This study used a cross-sectional survey to assess the levels of perceived burnout in a convenience sample of elite female soccer athletes in the United Soccer League – Women. It included the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ), Teammate Burnout Questionnaire (TBQ), and Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS) for determining coping resiliency. Most of the participants reported a moderate level of burnout individually and collectively, and a medium level of coping resiliency. The sample size of this study was a significant limitation for analyses, and thus no significant correlation was found to exist between burnout and coping resiliency. Further studies with a larger sample size assessed longitudinally will help to understand burnout at different times in the participation/competition cycle and ultimately inform better programs and interventions to combat stress and burnout in athlete cohorts
ACUE Virtual Pinning Cermony
No full textMinnesota State Mankato ONLINE sponsored faculty in or affiliated with ONLINE programs to participate in the inaugural cohort of the Effective Online Teaching Practices courses offered by the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE). Each week starting in February 2022, the cohort of faculty participated in the course, applied new knowledge to their online classroom, and reflected on their learning. Upon completion, they earned a nationally recognized certificate in Effective Teaching Practices. Join us for a celebration of their achievement during the Virtual Pinning Ceremony and learn more about their experience
How the Faculty Fellows Program Supports Faculty\u27s Scholarly Innovations and Teaching Innovations
No full textThis panel discussion will feature Dr. Aaron Budge and Dr. Karen Lybeck, who will discuss CETL\u27s Faculty Fellows program. They will also discussthe benefits for faculty who engaging in these programs and how the programcan support faculty member\u27s Professional Development Plans and Reports.Lastly, they will discuss the benefits for student success and our campuscommunity
Three-Dimensional Science Instruction: Discovering a High Impact Instructional Practice in Teacher Education
No full textThis presentation will share results from a mixed method study that investigated the impact of an integrated NGSS-designed “working shop” learning sequence within an introductory science methods course on pre- service teachers’ perceptions of their self-efficacy when teaching science using three-dimensional instruction. Additionally, the successes and challenges of implementing the integrated NGSS-designed “working shop” learning sequence will be discussed, leaving viewers with evidence of a promising high impact instructional practice for teacher education.
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Proactive Course Crafting: Goal Area 7, Equity 2030, and English 105
No full textThis presentation presents the findings of an Action Assessment Group formed in the English Department to proactively respond to the Minnesota State Equity 2030 initiative and the updated language of Goal Area 7 in the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum. Over the course of a semester, the group met weekly and held vigorous discussions, which ended with the formation of a course mockup: English 105: Race, Rhetoric, and Representation, that we hope might serve as a model
A Critical Multimethodological Approach for Advancing Equity in Teaching and Learning
No full textThis paper proposes a critical multimethodological approach to advancing equity in teaching and learning. In spring 2022, the Department of Communication Studies administered a survey to assess the Department’s DEI initiatives. The demographic data revealed that our participants inhabited multiple identity spaces and that the intersectionality of their identities determined their lived experiences. Based on this finding, we highlight how a critical multimethodological approach helps in understanding the complexity of human diversity