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Measures with Meaning in the Human Sciences

Posted on: April 25, 2013

Visiting Scholar Rob Cavanagh, PhD is a Professor and Director of Research in the School of Education at Curtin University. His passion is about well-being metrics—the measurement of attributes of persons and phenomena in the human sciences that contribute to individual and collective well-being. He will be discussing theoretical and practical issues that arise in the measurement and human abilities and attributes. Specifically:
• The nature of measurement
• Construct models
• Uni-dimensionality and multi-dimensionality
• Sufficiency and invariance
• Discrimination
• Generalizability
• Targeting
• Response scales


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Evaluation of the iPad loaner program

Posted on: April 19, 2013

In the fall of 2012 the Center for Teaching and Technology launched an iPad semester loan program for courses in the college. The program included two courses during fall semester and three courses during spring 2013. Terri Gustafson will discuss the management of 70 iPads and apps and discuss the feedback from students and the faculty. Doug Hartman from the Department of Teacher Education will discuss his TE302 class experience with the iPad program during fall 2012.


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Lecture Capturing with a NewTek TriCaster

College of Natural Science

Posted on: April 12, 2013

The Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics Program has designed and developed a high definition multimedia studio. Learn how this program is using this virtual television studio system to build high quality captured lectures. See how this studio changed from being just for video shooting into something totally different. Hear the responses of students who have watched these videos. Learn about the projects the Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics Program plans to create using this system.


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Flipped Classrooms in the College of Engineering

College of Engineering

Posted on: April 8, 2013

“Flipped classrooms” are one approach to changing the equation of high enrollment courses. Instead of students coming to “lecture” then working application problems after class, in a flipped classroom students use (typically online) resources provided by the instructor to prepare for class, then in class time is spent in problem solving, discussion, and other collaborative activity. In the College of Engineering, faculty have been encouraged to try out the flipped classroom model. In this discussion Jon Sticklen will give background on the flipped model, note the path EGR took to promote faculty exploration, and use examples from flipped classes now in progress.


iPad loaner round table

College of Education iPad Loaner Round Table

Posted on: April 8, 2013

At the beginning of this academic year, the Center for Teaching and Technology started a semester loan iPad program, providing faculty the opportunity to explore the use of iPads in the classroom with their students for an entire semester. The course loaner program provides faculty and each student in their class with the new iPad with pre-loaded apps related to the course subject area.


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Enchancing Your Research

Frank Lawrence

College of Ed and CSTAT

Posted on: January 22, 2013

Dr. Lawrence introduced faculty and graduate students to the services he provides including advice on research design, analysis, and the potential participate as key personnel on faculty proposals.


MOOCs: A report from faculty on their experience as students in MOOCs

Adan Quan

Department of Anthropology, MSU

Posted on: January 11, 2013

Hosted by:

This talk is a report from three faculty who enrolled in MOOCs as students. The faculty include:
Byron Brown, MSU Economics, and Libraries & IT Services,
Adan Quan, MSU Anthropology
Steven Weiland, MSU Educational Administration