Poster Sessions::
All poster sessions are 1:00 - 2:30 pm
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Faculty/staff/student | Service/faculty
provider
Listed by presenter (last name)
Arps | Blood-Siegfried
| Bookman | Bowers |
Campbell | Carboni | Christensen
| cooke | Dancy | Day
| Dillon | Doty | Florand
| Gavin | Gereffi | Gouveia-Pisano
| Hughes | Joy | Kaprielian
| Khanna | Krishtal | Lee
| Little | MacLeod | Malone
| Mazuka | McNairy | Mitchell
| Moore | Pappas |
Purcell | Riggsbee | Roy |
Schlimm | Severinov | Singer
| Taormina | Thorne | Tufts
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FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENT POSTERS: Von Canon Rooms A and B
The Challenges
of Online Testing
Jane Blood-Siegfried and Midge Bowers, Nursing
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Evaluating students in distance education courses can be difficult, especially when administering exams to large "hard science" classes, such as pathophysiology and pharmacology. Instead of giving locally proctored exams, the School of Nursing now uses Blackboard for testing, along with the school's custom online testing tool.
EcoTeach:
Using Instructional Graphics and Web Based Testing in Economics
Kevin Campbell, Economics
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Two key technology tools support curriculum reform in the Economics Department: (1) Flash animations illustrate economic concepts and can be replayed by students as needed and (2) a Web-based testing tool assesses student math skills prior to course enrollment and presents and scores randomized homework assignments.
Planning
the Duke Environmental Leadership Program
Norman Christensen, Randall Kramer and Sara Ashenburg,
Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
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Faculty from the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences have
been working together to develop a new distance education, cohort-based master's
in masters degree in
environmental management, with a focus on leadership, communication and
interdisciplinary and global themes. Individual courses in the program will
use a combination of face-to-face sessions, online readings and communication
via Blackboard, and telephone conferencing to accomplish the rigorous curriculum.
Filmic Responses
to Asian and African Languages and Literatures 121
miriam cooke and Satti Khanna, Asian and African
Languages and Literature
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The professors of “Introduction to Asian and African Literature” encouraged their students to explore, synthesize, and react to what they had learned using the medium through which they had been studying these cultures: film. Students had the option to create their own video rather than a final paper for the class. Five video projects involving seven students addressed topics such as intercultural and interracial misunderstanding and resolution, disparities within seemingly homogeneous populations, cultural labels on individuals and their impact, unique expectations within cultural groups, and the marginalization of workers from other cultures in the American workforce.
Use
of Technology in Teaching Television Journalism
John Dancy, Sanford Institute of Public Policy
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The DeWitt Wallace Center for Communication and Journalism recently purchased a Canon GL-2 video camera and associated microphones and cables, to enable our TV journalism students to have hands-on experience shooting, writing, and editing video news stories. We also purchased AVID Xpress Pro editing software, and a Dell computer to edit video. This will allow us to give our students the complete experience from finding, shooting, editing and writing video news stories for the first time.
Quizzes
and Videos on Blackboard to Deliver French Proficiency and Cultural Literacy
Laura Florand, Romance Studies
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Self-assessment quizzes and streaming French/francophone
videos on the introductory French Blackboard site address two challenges:
conveying language proficiency standards and teaching cultural literacy.
Expanding the
Use of MATLAB in the Engineering Curriculum
Henri Gavin, Engineering
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A group of faculty in the Pratt School of Engineering have integrated MATLAB
programming into sophomore level courses. First-year students in the Pratt
School of Engineering learn to write MATLAB programs to solve problems relevant
to engineering. This project ensured that students used their new skills in
MATLAB programming during their second year and reinforced the use of programming
throughout the curriculum.
North
Carolina and the Global Economy
Gary Gereffi, Markets and Management (Sociology)
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We assigned students in the Markets & Management
Studies Capstone Course to create industry-analysis Web sites for five North
Carolina industries: textiles and apparel, and furniture, as relatively labor-intensive
light manufacturing industries; information technology and biotechnology in
Research Triangle Park; and hog farming in the eastern part of the state.
The emphasis is on how North Carolina’s insertion in the global economy
is affecting jobs and other social and economic development indicators in
these industries, and what kinds of corporate strategies and public policies
are most advisable in each sector.
Hands-on
Sociology Research: Statistical Analysis of GSS Data
Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Sociology
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In "Methods of Social Research," Sociology
majors develop and investigate a research question using data from the General
Social Survey (GSS). The course is designed to provide students with a background
in quantitative analysis of survey data. During the course, students use Stata
for data analysis, the online GSS codebook for interpreting variables from
the GSS, and library databases such as Sociological Abstracts to identify
relevant articles in the literature. PowerPoint is used to provide illustrations
of statistical and research methods concepts.
Teaching Patients
and Nurses to use PDAs to Enter Clinically Relevant Information
Scott Joy and Julie Ann Gouveia-Pisano,
General Internal Medicine
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We sought strategies to easily educate nurses about
the operation and potential role of PDA’s in clinical practice, to evaluate
and teach male patients to effectively enter their pertinent medical information
using a PDA at the point of care, and to evaluate the impact on office operations
by introducing this technology into clinical practice. Educating patients
and nurses to use a PDA was easily done by a single learning session for the
nurses and by constructing a simple handbook for patients that outlined the
survey and operation of the PDA. The use of this technology was well received
by patients and staff.
Faculty
Development Two Years Later: Changing Patterns of Use in Online Learning Modules
Victoria Kaprielian, Community and Family Medicine
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This poster presents an update on the series of 6 web-based modules created in 2002 with CIT support, to provide instruction in basic principles of curriculum design for medical faculty. Feedback from learners after 2 years has been generally positive. Students find the modules a worthwhile introduction to the material, and appreciate that it frees up in-class time for more discussion and application. They indicate, however, that they do not feel confident in their understanding of the concepts after completion of the modules alone, and that the discussion sessions are essential for their learning.
Technology
in Music Theory Instruction
Mikhail Krishtal, Music
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Using sound synthesis software, students experience and investigate fundamental
properties of sound and the structure of music.
Latino Services
Study / Food Pantry Resources for Latino Clients
Joseph Lee, Trinity '04
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A web site was developed as part of a class project,
to inform emergency food providers of potential barriers to their services
for Spanish-speaking clients. Outcomes: This project
stems from work in several classes. Liliana Paredes’s Spanish for health
professionals and Kate Whetten’s health policy classes were particularly
generative. The project also stems out of an Undergraduate Summer Research
Fellowship on emergency food providers’ perceptions of Spanish-speaking
clients.
Regional
Anesthesia Blackboard Site to Help Standardize Curriculum
David MacLeod, Anesthesiology
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The Regional Anesthesia Blackboard site aims to improve
and standardized the curriculum for first-year residents by providing a uniform
set of diagrams, online quizzes and reading materials from e-reserve. The
site will also feature a discussion board for reviewing difficult clinical
cases.
How Do Students Learn Mathematics
in Technology Rich Environments: An Exploratory Study
David Malone and Jack Bookman, Mathematics
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In this study, currently underway, we are investigating the difference between students working in an active learning environment using only pencil, paper and hand-held calculators and students working in a technology-rich active learning environment (the Web and a computer algebra system).
We will collect data from eight pairs of students. Four of these pairs will work on modules using a computer algebra system together with an HTML document with text, hyperlinks, and Java applets. The students' work will be videotaped and, simultaneously, their computer output will be collected on a separate videotape. The other four pairs will work collaboratively on modules using pencil, paper and hand held graphing calculators, not a computer algebra system. But in all other ways, the activities will be identical to the modules used by the web-based pairs.
A/V Materials
in Blackboard Provide Psycholinguistic Examples
Reiko Mazuka, Psychology
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Language-related audio/visual materials -- such as the
"glottal stop" sound -- are to be digitized and compiled on a Blackboard
site for easy access during and after class.
Introductory
Physics Assignments Migrate to Blackboard
William McNairy, Physics
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Existing parts of the introductory physics curriculum
were migrated to Blackboard and new online quizzes were created. In addition,
instructors are experimenting with other Blackboard functions such as Discussion
Board, Virtual Classroom and online grading, as well as other tools such as
Brownstone.edu and the University of Texas at Austin Homework Service.
Film
Clips Get Context, Analysis, and Accessibility on Blackboard Site
Robert Mitchell, English
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Posting film clips on a Web site with study questions
and analysis aims to focus class discussion and improve student writing about
films.
Unbound
Surgery: A Next-Generation Surgical Textbook
Gretchen Purcell and Theodore Pappas, Surgery
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Many questions that arise in clinical settings go unanswered,
and traditional textbooks are not useful for meeting information needs during
patient care. Unbound Surgery is an electronic surgical textbook coded in
XML, designed to serve as both a comprehensive medical resource and a question-answering
tool. Unbound Surgery is delivered through the CogniQ platform, which integrates
text, images, and videos with searches of the MEDLINE database.
Mentor-Connect
Jan Riggsbee and Lisa Carboni, Education
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The Elementary Education Internship pairs student teachers with a mentor teacher
in the Durham Public Schools. Because the mentors are not on campus,
online tools are used to provide the ongoing, in-depth training and support
for them that we feel is necessary to maintain the high quality of the Duke
students’ internship experiences.
Use
of Web-Based Instruction in the Organic and Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratories
Christopher Roy, Chemistry
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Training videos are available to the students 24/7
and will help them to better understand how to perform specific techniques
in the laboratory and how lab and lecture interrelate.
Technology
Enhancements for Learning Biblical Hebrew
Matthew Schlimm, Divinity
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The two-semester Introduction to Biblical Hebrew course
uses three indispensable technology resources: PowerPoint, Blackboard and
BibleWorks. Each resource plays an important role in preparing students to
write, speak and translate Biblical Hebrew.
Information
in Markets: Using an Interactive, Real-Time Classroom Exercise to Teach Economics
Sergei Severinov, Fuqua School of Business
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In this project, students in Managerial Economics become buyers and sellers in a computerized marketplace. The instructor can provide differences in: market environments, amount of information available to participants, quality of goods traded and amount of time available for trading.
Supporting
Health Professions Advising using Online Tools
Kay Singer, Arts & Sciences
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A Blackboard site was made available to Duke students and alumni in the process of applying to medical, dental, and veterinary schools for entry in 2004. The documents and external links sections were used to provide information helpful in preparing for interviews. The discussion area was used to allow applicants to post feedback about their visits to specific schools and to view the experiences of others. For the next application cycle (those entering in 2005), we have adapted the online grade book to allow applicants to check on the status of their file in the Health Professions Advising Center. Although our site was not available until well into the interview season, a number of applicants availed themselves of it and we have received positive feedback. The additional function of checking on the status of their letters will increase the visits to the site. The site will help us to provide this information in a more efficient manner.
Development
of a Digital Image Archive and Database for Art & Art History Instruction
and Research
John Taormina and Sheila Dillon, Art and Art History
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The goals of this project were to develop awareness among the Art and Art
History faculty and students in using new media technologies, to begin development
of a comprehensive digital imagebase equivalent to the 300,000 analog images
in the Visual Resources Center (VRC) of the Department of Art and Art History,
to develop an effective and flexible means of image delivery in the classroom,
to provide greatly increased flexibility for online study sites for student
review of images, to participate in the campus-wide digital initiative, and
to provide a VRC digital collection for the Duke Digital Repository.
Blackboard
Site as "One Stop Shop" for European Colonial History
Susan Thorne, History
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The History 113 Blackboard site is a "one-stop
shop" for students with little background in world history; it has historical
sources, maps, timelines, foreign language dictionaries, film clips and more.
Authentic French
Media on Blackboard Site
Clare Tufts, Romance Studies
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The French Phonetics course is being redesigned to include
a Blackboard site with authentic speech samples from French/francophone songs,
movie clips and more. Students complete online assignments based on the materials,
then receive feedback.
Science and Multimedia
Margaret Wat, Trinity '05
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In this house course, students are introduced to historical
presentations of science models, past research and multimedia projects; they
also get hands-on experience with multimedia.
SERVICE/FACILITY PROVIDER POSTERS: Lobby outside Von Canon Rooms
Classroom Support
From A&S Computing
Hannah Arps and Adrienne Moore, A&S Computing
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Arts & Sciences supports innovative teaching strategies,
providing ubiquitously available, state-of-the-art
multimedia equipment for classroom use. Currently, we support about 212 classrooms
on the three main campus areas with a mix of permanently installed and mobile
multimedia equipment. Standard multimedia classrooms include video, DVD, and
computer access, with either a TV monitor or ceiling-mounted data video projector.
Special-purpose installations include interactive computer classrooms, mobile
laptop cards, mobile
teleconferencing equipment, and personal response systems. The multimedia
equipment is available for use free of charge in any undergraduate class in
Arts & Sciences. Support and training for all multimedia classrooms is
provided by Arts & Sciences Computing.
The New Integrated
Library System Software and What It Means for You
Jane Day and John Little, Perkins Library System
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The Integrated Library System will provide a new suite of library management software that will substantially enhance access to library and research resources in digital and non-digital form.
Multimedia Project Studio, OIT / Academic Technology Services
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The Multimedia Project Studio is a multimedia production lab for students, faculty and staff. Located in 016 Old Chemistry Building, the lab features high-end, integrated hardware and software that encourages imaginative creation and editing of graphics, Web pages, audio, and video.
Office of Web Services
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The Office of Web Services works collaboratively with students, faculty, and administrators to create successful Web sites across the University.
John Hope Franklin Center
Jason Doty
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The John Hope Franklin Center is an interdisciplinary and international studies
center incorporating advanced technologies into humanities teaching, research,
and outreach. The center is open to the Duke community and beyond for events,
meetings and exhibitions.
Center for Instructional Technology (inside Von Canon Room
B)
Amy Campbell, Patrick Murphy, Randy Riddle, Cynthia Varkey and others
The CIT provides consulting about best practices for using technology in teaching to the Duke campus. Stop by our booth at the Showcase to see what we offer: if you hear about an interesting project at the Showcase, you can get a quick consult with one of our staff; take a look at our new and improved website and give us your feedback; or get a sneak peak at the new Blackboard 6.1, coming to Duke this summer. Demos will be taking place every few minutes during the poster session.
Link to CIT : Perkins Library : Duke University
