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Poster Sessions will be held:

• Session 1: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 from 12:00 - 1:30 in the Latham Ballroom
• Session 2: Thursday, February 9, 2012 from 12:00 - 1:30 in the Latham Ballroom

Full details on poster preparation are available online. Please note: The number to the left of a poster title represents the location of the poster in the Latham Ballroom.

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Poster Session 1

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

	Location	Title
1.	709	A professional learning group; How to stimulate learners’ engagement in problem solving      A. Sheety; F. Rundell;
2.	647	Academic Literacy in ESP Instruction: Promoting Teachers’ Autonomy and Decentered Authority      O. Barnawi;
3.	634	Adapting to 21st Century Learning in Higher Education      M. Blythe; T. Broyles;
4.	724	Adaptive Concept Maps as a Way to Promote Conceptual Understanding in Digital Textbooks      J. Moore; C. Williams;
5.	627	An Integrated Doctor of Physical Therapy Curriculum: Fulfilling a Growing Community Need      J. Castleberry; B. Harper; R. Huth; K. Jagger; E. John; A. Siyufy; E. Swanson;
6.	655	Assessing the Teaching and Learning Utility of the iPad      C. Brians; P. Hoon; L. Vidal;
7.	691	Beyond the Books: Transforming Students into Professionals      S. Gilbert; K. Hilden; B. Park; B. Tyler;
8.	707	Beyond Virtual Rats: Live Animals in the Undergraduate Classroom      S. Himmanen;
9.	646	Campus as Community: Going Local in Communication and Composition      A. Bartley; B. Blevins; M. Ren;
10.	580	Context and Challenges of a Diverse Adult Student Body: Supporting Faculty      N. Aggarwal;
11.	714	Copyright and the Classroom: What Teachers should know about Fair Use and the Law      J. Walz;
12.	866	Crayons and College Students: Instructional Strategies that Work in all Educational Settings      J. Chittum;
13.	667	Creating Opportunities for Experiential Learning, Community Service, and Sustainable Agriculture      J. Guthrie; S. Doak; R. Kohl; T. Martin; C. Gabbard;
14.	586	Designing and Planning DE Courses      V. Shapko;
15.	661	Development of In-Major Courses to Scaffold Technology Skills for Industry Readiness      D. Kincade; P. Quesenberry; J. Kim;
16.	648	Development, Implementation, and Assessment of a Distance-Based Interprofessional Education Class for Health Science Students      S. Tousman; D. Lusk; R. Reese; G. Thompson; L. Cochran; L. Allison-Jones; G. Mayhew; D. Halpin;
17.	615	Dial D for Distraction: The Making and Breaking of Cell Phone Policies in the College Classroom      A. Westfall; M. Berry;
18.	640	Do You Get What You Pay For? The Availability, Use, and Development of Open-Access Textbooks for College Classes      N. Gonyea; B. Beitzel;
19.	620	Do You See What I See? Faculty and Student Perceptions of the Classroom      K. Baker;
20.	701	Does poor performance in introductory courses limit success in future courses?      I. Mullarky; M. McGilliard; B. Corl;
21.	695	Does Time Matter for a Faculty Workshop? Development of a 6-hour Digital Storytelling Work Session      J. Liu; N. Wilson;
22.	730	Engage!: Improving Teaching and Learning by Involving Faculty in Their Own Professional Development      S. McLeod;
23.	659	Evaluating Students Experiences in a Youth Outreach Program      J. Helms; M. Greaud; H. Savran Al-Haik; T. Broyles;
24.	644	Exploration of Methodologies in Clinical Teaching and the Supervisory Process      L. Smith; K. Cox;
25.	663	Expressing an Inclusively Excellent Pedagogy      K. Lloyd;
26.	699	Generational Mentoring: Values, Practices, and Beliefs Passed from Faculty Mentors to Students      M. Maher; B. Timmerman ; D. Feldon;
27.	860	How critical is Study Abroad to language education?      I. Fu;
28.	727	In Class Assessments to Improve Effective Teaching-An Examination of One Method      T. Saddler;
29.	674	Inquiry Infused with Technology: A New Paradigm for Higher Education Literacy Instruction      R. Mautino ; D. Carbonara; J. Kush;
30.	665	Is the Socratic Method Dead in the Age of Technology? The Socratic Method and Undergraduate Education in the 21st Century      L. Geyer; J. Boatwright;
31.	583	Keys to Successful Collaboration in Online Learning: Creating Group Wikis in an ESL Endorsement Class      M. Kobayashi;
32.	666	Me Learning: A Constructivist Approach to Web Evaluation      C. Benjes-Small; L. Vassady; J. Whicker;
33.	686	MedPUC a New Medical School in Rio de Janeiro: An Innovative Education Strategy      H. Carvalho; R. Aranha; J. Matos; H. Koch;
34.	801	Multi-Modal Learning of Practice Skills: Videotaping, Discussion, and Skill Assessment      D. Hodge;
35.	885	Multiculturalism in Practice: Learner-Centered Instruction across Two University Programs      A. Todd; N. Day-Vines;
36.	712	Nursing Idol: An Intellectual Competition      C. Dixon; M. Gilkey; A. Doeppe;
37.	593	Online Course Delivery: How to Assess the Process      c. Burkett;
38.	683	Online Design Studios as Scaffolding for ePortfolio Development in a Capstone Course      P. Thompson;
39.	762	Online Mentoring: Going Beyond the Possible      G. Mariano;
40.	588	Professional Development Motives: Engaging Faculty to Learn      P. Baia;
41.	697	Promoting persistence in online calculus through just-in-time learning modules      S. Law; C. Ives;
42.	713	Revolutionary Curricula: Toward a Radical Pedagogy in Teacher Education      A. Letizia;
43.	607	Secrets of Teaching Online      M. Shaw; S. Burrus;
44.	642	Self Efficacy and Student Academic Achievement: Challenges and Opportunities      N. Razek; S. Coyner;
45.	641	Silence in Teaching and Learning: Perspectives of a Nepalese Graduate Student      K. Bista;
46.	725	Skating through Gen-Ed: Are Business & Professional School Students Left Behind?      G. Schirr; W. Stanton; A. Stanton; L. Schirr;
47.	679	Strategies to Enhance Interprofessional Education: An International Perspective      M. Mast; M. Gross; G. Henriques;
48.	696	Striving for Sustainability: A Portrait of Emerging Sustainable Agriculture Programs at Higher Education Institutions across the United States      L. Hightower; M. Benson;
49.	603	Students’ Attitudes Toward E-learning in Iranian universities      F. Omidian; A. Omidian ;
50.	616	Systems Engineering and Freshman Design:      J. Davis; R. Diersing;
51.	672	Teaching Building Structures Concepts Using an Interactive Web3D Design Tool      B. Jones; M. Setareh; N. Polys; F. Bacim de Araujo e Silva; L. Ma; K. Villella; B. Orsa; B. Guo; T. Geng;
52.	660	Teaching to the Extremes: Teaching Introductory Statistics to Students with Mixed Ability Levels      A. Childers; D. Taylor;
53.	618	The Impact of Teaching Gender Issues on College Students’ Awareness, Knowledge, and Sensitivity to the Topic      S. Marshall;
54.	722	The Pedagogical Act as a Vector of Professional Values Transmission      M. Hébert; J. Desbiens; A. Kozanitis; S. Lanoue; S. Turcotte; C. Spallanzani;
55.	680	The Scholarship of Study Abroad Programs: Engaging Students through International Experiences      M. Marchant;
56.	865	The Tablet PC: An Interactive Teaching Tool for Spanish Language and Literature      D. Flores-Silva; J. Bañuelos-Montes;
57.	604	Theoretical Perspectives of Transferable Skills in Higher Education      Y. Ahmed;
58.	657	Undeclared First-Year Students and Their Advisors: A Study of Institutional Engagement      W. Lee; R. Louis; W. Pruitt; A. Schram;
59.	597	Understanding Teaching Methods - Lecture and Facilitation in Higher Education: A Summary of the Published Evidence      D. Regmi;
60.	715	Validating a Measure of Academic Self-Regulation      P. Mokri; T. Sherman;
61.	613	Virginia Initiative for Science Teaching and Achievement:Increasing Student Performance and Improving Teaching      C. Wasko;
62.	609	When Cohorts Collide: Teaching in a Newly Merged Cohort      S. Swayze; R. Jakeman;

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Poster Session 2

Thursday, February 9, 2012

	Location	Title
1.	791	A Foundation Design Pedagogy and Rationale      S. Kavousi; P. Miller;
2.	844	A Preceptorship Handbook as a Useful Reference in Mentoring BSN Senior Students      D. Staykova; C. Huson; D. Pennington;
3.	737	Academic Dishonesty and Visual Plagiarism      C. Fillip; C. Chou;
4.	879	Advanced Assessment in Blackboard: exploring new test building possibilities.      O. Nosova;
5.	825	America: Africa Project – Connecting First-year Scholars with the World      M. Turner; L. Nardi;
6.	747	An Inductive Analysis of History of Architecture and Interior Design      R. Walsh;
7.	830	Assessing Professional Competency During Field Education      D. Vance;
8.	868	Building Community in a University Town: Motivational Factors for Shopping at a Local Farmers Market by Graduate Students      M. Stack; C. Tendhar; P. Burge; H. Moorefield-Lang;
9.	748	Career Perceptions of Undergraduate Students and Implications for Pedagogical Practice      J. Tussing; T. Broyles; C. Crisman; C. Porr; R. Splan;
10.	787	Cognitive Apprenticeship: Guiding Students in an Authentic Context      J. Fowler; A. Werner;
11.	827	Communication in Statistical Collaborations: Teaching Students How to Be Effective Interdisciplinary Collaborators      E. Vance;
12.	883	Comparison of Feedback Methods in Student Writing      B. Bayraktar;
13.	824	Creating and Evaluating Significant Learning Experiences in an Experientially Based Stress-Management Course      S. Gramling; B. Lord; E. Collison; L. Harper;
14.	796	Cross-disciplinary collaboration: Sharing course activities with the college community      J. Jester; J. Rosenstein;
15.	738	Culture Architectonics at the University: Student Learning      T. Melnychuk; N. Tverezovska; N. Ridej; S. Amelina;
16.	833	Designing an Educational Development Roadmap for a Distance Online University      C. Bossé; C. Ives; D. Briton;
17.	806	Developing Cross-Cultural Competencies Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration      H. Antola Crowe; K. Brandes; R. Davison Aviles; D. Erickson; D. Hall;
18.	781	Enhancing Learning with Technology: The Effectiveness of Using Skype for Guest Lectures      M. Thomas;
19.	810	Equine Pictures: Demonstrating College Students’ Abilities to Learn Visually      B. Shank; S. Blevins; S. West;
20.	794	Evaluating Learning in Introductory Online and Traditional Lecture Courses      J. Sliko;
21.	757	Experiential Learning in the Hospitality Industry: Is there a best practice?      T. Kaufman;
22.	873	Exploratory Research into the Alpaca Fiber Textile and Apparel Industry      L. Gaskill;
23.	812	Hostos Center for Teaching and Learning on Tour: Sharing and Passing on Effective Strategies for Retention      N. Nunez Rodriguez; C. Hutchins; C. Jones; S. Brennan; A. Trinidad;
24.	788	Implementation of a College-Wide First Year Experience Program: Establishing Community in a Large Inter-Disciplinary Course      C. Wood; E. Kaufman; R. Selberg-Eaton;
25.	858	Incorporating Service Learning into an Undergraduate Physiology Course      S. Blythe;
26.	703	Influence of IRB Ethics Education on Student Researchers' Perceptions of Risk      C. LeGrow; K. Stover; M. Atkins;
27.	752	Innovative Instructor Strategies for Soft Skills Development      R. Rateau; E. Kaufman;
28.	881	Integrating Physical Activity and Play across the Curriculum      D. Stegelin;
29.	837	Junior Partnership at Blue Ridge High Performance Consulting: Engaging Students and the Application of Communication Skills and Knowledge in Practical Contexts      A. Ainsley; J. Butler; B. Case; C. Herman; W. Stephens; T. Strickland; R. Taylor; R. Wilbourn; T. Woods; W. Kennan;
30.	733	Knowledge Building: Science or Art      A. Yousaf;
31.	854	Knowles in the Balance: Imagining Sustainable Change in a Senegal Capacity Building Education Project      P. Guilbaud; O. Abaye; A. Hammett III; F. Gueye; F. Li;
32.	799	Learning about Environmental Sustainability through Real-Time Access to Weather and Water Quality Data      P. Delgoshaei; D. Prateek; V. Lohani;
33.	584	Leveraging Teaching and Learning Capacities Through Regional Collaboration Among Academic and Non-Academic Partners      C. Jain;
34.	826	Linking the Classroom with Real World Experience using Work-Integrated Learning and University-Industry Partnerships      A. Pearce; C. Fiori; K. Short;
35.	656	Logic Outside of the Classroom: An Online, Blended, and Diagnostic Assessment Approach      C. Runyon; T. Lupher; T. Adajian;
36.	587	Looking Forward and Backward: The Three-Day Exam Process      M. Alexander;
37.	816	Patchwriting as Pedagogical Opportunity for Remediating Inappropriate Source Text Use      D. Strickland; M. Vieyra;
38.	749	Pedagogical Analysis: On-Line Web Course Creation for Interior Design Programs      R. Walsh;
39.	735	Place for pedagogy in Portuguese Higher Education legal documents at post Bologna period      A. Mouraz;
40.	784	Practicum Challenges: Skills-based workshops for standing up to intimidating adults      D. McBride; A. Worrall;
41.	741	Program-Targeted Management of Education      N. Tverezovska; S. Amelina; V. Sydorenko;
42.	818	Re-Orienting the Liberal Arts: The Olive Experiment      P. O'Hara; Z. Delen; C. Wernz; R. Blatchly; M. Turkoz;
43.	744	Service learning as a pedagogical tool: Faculty's insights      K. Barrow; M. Kimbrell; J. Cook; B. Lima; J. Wagstaff; J. Manz; A. Biviano;
44.	870	Service Learning Opportunities within the Sciences      M. Bump;
45.	761	Service Learning: An Integrative Approach to Facilitate Leadership, Practice Group Cohesion and Promote Community Engagement      E. Gagnon; K. Cave;
46.	780	Student Service Learning Experiences: Applying Leadership for Social Change      K. Priest; C. Friedel; K. Brunton;
47.	764	Tablet PCs in Undergraduate General Engineering: The Untold Story      T. Finn; J. Mohammadi-Aragh; K. Song; J. Stephenson; C. Wasko;
48.	777	Teaching Advanced Content Using Formal Definitions      J. Leidig; S. Lee; E. Fox;
49.	823	Teaching Family Therapy as an Interdisciplinary Field      E. Farbod;
50.	857	Team-Based Learning in Teacher Preparation Programs      S. Whitaker;
51.	807	The effects of role play on team training in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)      R. Rathnam; M. Ramirez;
52.	639	The RAP: An academic service-learning approach to teacher training      K. Parker;
53.	595	The Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Paragraph Writing of Iranian EFL Learners      S. Khojasteh Rad;
54.	591	The Tilt of the Table: How Classroom Organization Affects Student Organization and Achievement of Learning      B. Phelps;
55.	842	The value of applied learning through the use of videos and story telling experiential learning that occurs through mock consulting role assignments with doctoral and graduate students      D. Burrell;
56.	797	The Way Forward: Incorporating Multicultural Education into Elementary Education Programs      D. Popova;
57.	688	Training the Trainer through Active Engagment      C. Brown;
58.	605	Two Dollar Challenge: Beginning to Learn How the Other Half Lives      S. Humphrey;
59.	809	Use of Multiple Mini Interviews for Evaluation of Behavioral Competencies in Candidates for Admission into a Veterinary Professional Program      J. Pelzer; J. Hodgson;
60.	805	Use of Objective Structured Clinical Exams to Evaluate Behavioral Competencies in the Para-clinical years of a Veterinary Professional Program      J. Pelzer; K. Pelzer; D. Hodgson; J. Hodgson;
61.	726	Using Additive Manufacturing Technologies as an Instructional Tool for the Blind and Visually Impaired      J. Moore; A. Amaya; E. Groves; C. Williams;
62.	765	Virginia Tech’s PhysTEC: Inspiring Students to Pursue Physics Teaching      A. Robinson; B. Schmittmann; G. Glasson; B. Brand; L. Piilonen; J. Simonetti; C. Amelink;
63.	811	When Do Students Self-check Their Work, and How Does That Affect Their Performance?      S. Edwards;
64.	813	You Say, “No Way.” I Say, “Yes, And…” Concepts and Strategies for Trans-disciplinary Instruction      L. Baum; P. Leary Newbill; T. Finn;