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College of HRE Research Colloquium Series

2007-2008


2006-2007 Research Colloquium Series


Titles of the 2007-2008 Colloquium Sessions

Spring Semester

  • Jan 18: eCampus Course Management Tools (12:30-2:30 pm; Room 414) (John Oughton)

  • Feb 01: MS Office Suite 2007 (12:30-2:30 pm; Room 404) (Tim Mitchem)

  • Feb 08: Developmental Study of Action Research in Teacher Preparation:
    Building Capacity to Make Data-Based Teaching Decisions (Room 512) (Jaci Webb-Dempsey, Neal Shambaugh, and Reagan Curtis)

  • Feb 15: Horizon Live Classroom (12:30-2:30 pm; Room 414) (Cathy Keramidas)

  • Feb 22: Leadership Issues for educational leaders in a changing world (Room 512) (Deborah Akers and Marsha Carr-Lambert)

  • Mar 7: Interaction and Proximity in Video-based Classroom Cases ( Room 512) (Ugur Kale)
  • Mar 14: Wimba Voice Tools (12:30-2:30 pm; Room 404) (John Oughton)

  • Apr 11: Video Conferencing demo (12:30-2:30 pm; Room 418) (Tim Mitchem)

  • Apr 25: Adult Group Aural Rehabilitation Programs: Program Components and Efficacy (1-2 pm, Room 511) (Emily Flanagan) The Audiologist's Role in Evaluating & Treating Patients With Chiari Malformations (2-3 pm, Room 511) (Michelle Garrett)

  • May 02: Allergy and Otitis Media: A Literature Review (1-2 pm, Room 511) (Cassidy, Amanda) Speechreading Training: Past, Present, and Future (2-3 pm, Room 511) (Joanie Davis) The benefit of using self-reported information to determine the effectiveness of hearing aid use (3-4 pm, Room 511) ( Barbara Danford)

 

Fall Semester

  • Sept. 21: From Instructional Design to Best Practices: Approaches to Corporate e-Training of Technicians (Marc Debiase)

  • Oct 19:  No Colloquium scheduled (President Garrison's Inauguration Ceremony 1-2:30 pm Woodburn Circle; Rain location in Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre, Creative Arts Center)

  • Oct 26:  POSTER Research Presentations (Room 612--Several faculty and graduate students will be presenting poster sessions of their research)

  • Nov 02:  What We Learned: Preservice Teachers Share their Experiences through Digital Stories (Sarah Steel, Amy Kuhn, & Preservice Teachers)

  • Nov 09: Contexts of Knowing: Building Mental Models to Understand Abstract Concepts Using New Technologies (Pam Whitehouse, Judy Abbott, Amy Kuhn, Natalie Webb, Jaci Webb Dempsey)

  • Nov 30: Data-Based Decisions: Modeling the Five-Year Program (Room 510) (Terence Ahern and Marc Debiase)

  • Dec 07: Serendipity: Data modeling for Middle School Teachers (Room 510) (Terence Ahern and Colleagues)

     


Purpose of the Series

  • To further stimulate a research climate among faculty and doctoral students, including research that leverages/focuses on educational technology innovations.  
  • To further collaborative research.

Structure of the Series

  • Twice monthly, Friday noon (unless noted otherwise)
  • Brown-bag (bring your own) lunch with drinks and fruit/cookies provided.

Content of the Series

Each month will have a theme.

  • One of the sessions will be a formal presentation by one or more faculty on their research related to the theme.
  • The other session is where faculty and doctoral students bring to the table research ideas related to the theme that they want to discuss.


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