FTTC 2024: Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference: Full Schedule

11:30am CDT

Enhancing Biostatistics Education in Nursing through the Think-Pair-Share Approach

Thursday October 3, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Join us to explore how the Think-Pair-Share approach might be adapted for graduate-level education, with insights from its application in biostatistics for nursing. We'll discuss potential benefits of collaborative learning strategies in enhancing understanding of complex concepts across various disciplines. Whether you're in STEM, healthcare, social sciences, or humanities, we invite you to share your experiences and ideas on active learning techniques in challenging courses.

Speakers

Umit Tokac

Assistant Professor, University of Missouri - St. Louis

About MeI am an Assistant Professor at the College of Nursing, University of Missouri - Saint Louis, specializing in Data Science and AI. My work includes significant AI-related projects, such as contributing to the NHLBI’s DATA National Service Scholar Program and the University... Read More →

Thursday October 3, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

25-minute Information session

Institutional Partner University of Missouri-St. Louis
Track Active Learning / Engagement, Inclusive Teaching / Accessible Design / UDL, STEM / STEAM / Health Sciences

11:30am CDT

Using H5P to Create an Interactive Manual for Anatomy Lab at SCC

Thursday October 3, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

H5P is a free tool that any faculty can use to create interactive course content. This session will allow participants to see how we created a customized, interactive experience/manual for students to supplement Anatomy lab activities.

Speakers

Jerol Enoch

Instructional Designer, St. Charles Community College

Nicole Pinaire

Associate Professor of Biology, St. Charles Community College

Thursday October 3, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

25-minute Information session

Institutional Partner St. Charles Community College
Track Open Educational Resources (OER) / eBooks, STEM / STEAM / Health Sciences, Tech Tool Introduction

2:00pm CDT

When Medicine and Culture Collide

Thursday October 3, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

This presentation is about how you can incorporate cultural humility in the classroom. This session will include utilizing various inactive activities for your students. In this case, we are nursing faculty teaching undergraduate nursing students; however, this session may provide ideas to incorporate culture in any discipline.

Speakers

Nina Zimmermann

Assistant Professor of Nursing, Maryville University

Rhonda Pugh

Ed.D, MSN, RN, Maryville University

Theresa Shotton

Medical Management Company

FTTC pptx

Example of Completed Tree docx

Directions for a Case Study Assignment Using a Tree Diagram (1) (2) docx

When Medicine and Culture Collide 2 (1) pptx

Hypervolemia Case and pic STUDENT Version (3) docx

Thursday October 3, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

25-minute Information session

Track Inclusive Teaching, STEM / STEAM / Health Sciences

10:30am CDT

Let’s Play a Game: Identifying and Creating Gaming Content for STEM Classrooms

Friday October 4, 2024 10:30am - 10:55am CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

This session will empower participants to identify topics to gamify and strategize how to find or build their own games to employ in the classroom. In my experience, games help students push past the habit of memorization into application in context. They are better able to predict outcomes and imagine real-life scenarios after playing games related to content they have already been exposed to in traditional contexts.

Speakers

Brittany Peterson

Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

FTTC Let’s Play a Game pptm

Friday October 4, 2024 10:30am - 10:55am CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

25-minute Information session

Institutional Partner Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Track Active Learning / Engagement, Open Educational Resources (OER) / eBooks, STEM / STEAM / Health Sciences

1:00pm CDT

Exploring the Impact of Team-Based Learning (TBL) in Long-Lecture Calculus III Classrooms

Friday October 4, 2024 1:00pm - 1:25pm CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

In this talk, we will present our study in Calculus III classes (both online and in-person) with semi-flipped teaching and team discussions incorporated. We will examine how TBL strategies can help improve students’ preparedness and engagement in class, and also, how students’ perceptions may change during the course. We will also share how student-centered course activities are designed as well as motives behind through a case study and how a similar framework may be adapted to different courses in math or other subjects.

Speakers

Yi (Jacky) Jiang

Dr., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Friday October 4, 2024 1:00pm - 1:25pm CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

25-minute Information session

Institutional Partner Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Track Active Learning / Engagement, Online, Hyflex & Blended Design, STEM / STEAM / Health Sciences

1:00pm CDT

Elevating the Voices of Neurodivergent STEM Students: Tips for Teaching

Friday October 4, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm CDT

Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

Feedback Survey

The session will present lessons learned about working with neurodivergent STEM students. Each lesson represents a suggestion for educators about engaging and supporting students. Together, we will explore differences in the ways undergraduate students perceive, approach, and interact with new information and skills.

Speakers

Andrew Buck

Research Scientist, The Ohio State University

Scott Bellman

DO-IT Center Manager, University of Washington

Challenging academic programs and careers for disabled individuals, serving neurodivergent students, transitions of disabled students, STEM workforce.

Buck Bellman FTTC 10.4.24 pptx

Friday October 4, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm CDT
Virtual; Zoom link provided to registrants

50-minute Interactive session

Track Active Learning / Engagement, Professional / Faculty Development, STEM / STEAM / Health Sciences