Marian University has a small but mighty staff that thrives on the power of our student workers. In order to successfully manage them, we created an online space in our LMS and started to incorporate project management...
Librarianship is becoming more complex with a broader range of services to support with little or no new people to take on these additional roles. The group of libraries in the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana...
During the spring semester, we designed faculty-only workshops each week that they could "pop-in" for instruction on library resources, research or citation support, and at least one "freebie" resource. These included...
In 2016, Marian University’s library began collecting data on how patrons utilized our building. We conducted student surveys, held focus groups, and collected spatial data using Suma, an open-source assessment toolkit. In...
In 2013, a consortium of small to medium academic libraries prioritized moving to a shared web-scale management system in order to enhance collaboration between the members and realign services within them. The group...
Marian University's COM opened in 2013. Medical library resources are 95% online only -- however there was no specific online access point outside of the undergraduate library's website. I made the decision to utilize the...
This article discusses the collaborative digitization effort between librarians at Marian College (now Marian University) and Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) to create a deliverable online collection...
This document outlines the purpose, policies, and guidelines for the MUShare Institutional Repository at Marian University Indianapolis. Developed with assistance from the Dominican Scholar repository. Download the permission...
A five minute "lightning talk" for an application to correlate LC Classification Outline classes with their respective call numbers, with the goal of the project make Library of Congress call numbers more...
Keeping pace with the rapid advance of library technology and electronic services can be both exciting and daunting, especially for libraries with a small (but mighty!) staff. Out of necessity, small staffs often undertake many...
To recognize and celebrate faculty efforts and excellence in teaching, faculty will showcase the innovative and interesting assignments, activities, and/or approaches they are using in their classrooms. in six different...
Presented in the Active/Collaborative Learning track. and The First Year Seminar lays out “Communication Fluency” as one of the General Education Outcomes, and specifically invites students to: Demonstrate critical and creative...
In this workshop held at Marian University Dr. Andy Gavrin discusses the power of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), how SoTL research is completed, and how to develop one's own plan for conducting SoTL research...
Presented in the Active/Collaborative Learning track. and According to researchers, Thiele et al. (2014), technology can enhance learning by making the classroom more active and student-centered. In EDU 307 and EDU 419, I have...
Presented in the Active/Collaborative Learning track. and Problem-based learning (PBL) has long been recognized as a valuable pedagogical tool. The Biomedical Masters in Science (BMS) program is uniquely suited to promote...
Highlighting a teaching collaboration between Nursing and Library. Using health/research cases, this team classroom activity and “lightning presentation” allows students to engage and appraise unfamiliar research papers, using...
Presented in the Active/Collaborative Learning track. and This is a class activity on the construction of sex. I ask the class for all the terms and expressions they have for having sex. We collect them and put them on the...
Providing safe and effective care is identified by the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) guidelines as an essential competency (QSEN, www.qsen.org). First semester nursing students are challenged to evaluate their...
How do can we make our research methods courses more impactful, inclusive, and integrated? How can we engage students more effectively in a course many dread? My answer is to transform our Historical Research Methods course...
Presented in the Active/Collaborative Learning track. and In Psychology of Religion (PSY/THL355), groups of students worked together to complete a large (24 x 36) Venn-diagram worksheet exploring the conceptual overlap and...
Research suggests that providing students with a rubric increases scientific writing skills; however, we have found that the quality of scientific writing in a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) is poor even...
Presented in the Active/Collaborative Learning track. and The value of introducing graphic design majors to the process of co-design, designing with stakeholders rather than for them, is essential to the education of today's...
Sales is an applied discipline that is in high demand by businesses. The development of a professional selling program in the Byrum School followed a model of active and collaborative learning to prepare students for success in...
Presented in the Active/Collaborative Learning track. and Collaboration across disciplines leads to powerful learning experiences. To drive intrinsic interest in content, we crafted a project experience for the students of CST...
Presented in the Active/Collaborative Learning track. and Student engagement and collaborative learning is enhanced by following the customized "Internship Playbook." A large population of the students in the School of Business...
Presented in the Active/Collaborative Learning track. and The inaugural class of St. Joseph's College of Marian University will spend the summer of 2020 uncovering and discovering the stories of some of Marian College's first...
Presented in the Active/Collaborative Learning track. and The study evaluates the outcome of integrating narrative podcasts of virtual Histology Slides into teaching Histology discipline to the medical students at Marian...
Each Saint Joseph's College student is encouraged to pursue an Earn and Learn internship. Students prepare for these paid, long-term internships with a series of workforce development activities, such as resume development and...
Presented in the Community Engagement track. and The students in the Fall 2019 ENG 210 Public Action Writing collaborated with The Learning Tree to study desire-frameworks and asset-based community development practices....
Numerous obstacles contribute to the underrepresentation of racial, ethnic, and gender groups in science and technology fields. However, addressing these barriers is complex and multifactorial. As part of their exploration of...
The key to leadership is controlling yourself rather than influencing other people. Ethical leaders are self-differentiated: they can make deliberate choices as opposed to reacting. They define themselves while staying in touch...
We will provide a "mini" experience of the "Case in Point" teaching method used in the core Adaptive Leadership and Transformational Leadership courses in the Masters of Educational Leadership and the EdD in Organizational...
In this poster, I will show how German students at Marian have engaged with members of the local German community and how this has impacted their learning. and Presented in the Global Learning track.
Case study teaching is a powerful to introduce students not only to teach concepts and content, but also critical thinking and problem solving skills. Cases bring content to life using examples and approaches that can interest...
In the Fall of 2019, I attempted Mastery Grading in Calculus I course. I also added a writing element in the course. Some things went well and other failed. I would like to present lessons learned, and solicit ideas for future...
Presented in the Online Learning track. and I will be sharing a few examples of assignments and exercises that I have done or have students do in the courses I teach at Marian. They allow students to get to know myself, so they...
Presented in the Online Learning track. and NSG 493 'Transition to Practice’ is a final semester course within the LSON BSN Curriculum in the traditional, on campus accelerated, and online accelerated programs. The team of 4...
Presented in the Online Learning track. and Student engagement in learning is important to all courses and is especially challenging in online education. This poster shares my journey to increase student engagement and...
Presented in the Innovative Assessment of Learning track. and MAT250 transitions students to advanced mathematics. Objectives include learning to justify mathematical statements using standard methods of proof and communicate...
Faculty Con is an event designed to to inspire and support teaching excellence, encourage collaboration, and promote professional growth among the faculty at Marian University. The day includes keynote presentations and...
Politics and gender, race and religion, healthcare and war – our country is divided over many important issues. Dialogue is a way of talking and listening to create shared understanding, and in the classroom, we need it now...
Does the library play a part in your curriculum, instruction, assessment, or research? How would you describe information literacy, and what would you want your students to know or be able to apply? This presentation will look...
This presentation describes how two educational technology tools were used to enhance student-centered learning. These tools, an online Qualtrics survey completed in tandem with a jigsaw discussion activity and an online...
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a learner-centered instructional model that empowers students to take ownership of their learning. This presentation will highlight the benefits of PBL and provide tips on how to incorporate...
This presentation will cover two different strategies for engaging students in course content with the intent of improving academic achievement. One example will discuss the use of video to explain assignments prior to the due...
A common challenge for many professors today is achieving persistent, high-quality student participation. This highly interactive session will begin with identifying challenges you face engaging students. Then, using a dynamic...
The Tools for Teaching Conference is an opportunity for faculty to start their semesters with a chance to learn about research done by their peers as well as focus on new pedagogy skills and tools to enhance their teaching and...
There is an intense movement today toward the flipped classroom model, with budgets, technology development, media hype, free and open educational resources, and advances in learning theories experimenting with the flipped...
Today’s classroom can be a challenging learning environment. In this session we will share best practices, suggestions, and Marian University resources to support student learning environments. We will explore setting...