Posters (Asynchronous Session)
Shared Governance in Higher Education in an Emergency Online Environment: A Perspective from Utah View Digital Media
Poster Session Anne Arendt
Shared governance in higher education across the United States has been impacted this year by Covid-19. Many institutions have needed to move online not just in instruction but in administration. The role that faculty play in administration has subsequently also been impacted. However, some changes could be seen as positive as we move in to a digital world -- from the use of video recording to interactivity. As the Faculty Senate President of Utah Valley University, the largest institution in Utah, and also as the Utah Council on Faculty Senate Leaders chair, I recognize unanticipated benefits that are likely to play a role well in to the future. In some ways, technology has enhanced discussions, fact finding, information sharing, voice, and diplomacy.
Librarians as Boundary Objects: Creating a New Communicative Role for Information Scientists in the Age of Interdisciplinary Research View Digital Media
Poster Session Michael Root
Since the 1960s, interdisciplinary research has developed into a mainstay in science, spawning fields such as cognitive science and molecular biology. This approach originated from scientists’ realization that certain problems were unsolvable within traditional disciplinary frameworks. The purpose of our talk is to outline the ways in which librarians can uniquely contribute to interdisciplinary research. Beyond simply providing support for research teams, librarians can act as “boundary objects”—physical tools that facilitate cooperation among scientists in disparate fields—who are part of interdisciplinary research teams and provide a nexus that enables identification, communication, education, and dissemination of information relevant to the interdisciplinary problem-solving process.
Multi-systems Perspective on Understanding Twice-exceptionality: Where are We Now and Where are We Heading View Digital Media
Poster Session Lin Lim
Literature and interest in twice-exceptionality though growing in the last few decades have mainly focused on the definition, identification, and academic achievement of twice-exceptional students due to challenges in untangling the wide umbrella of disabilities categories. The research focused on cognitive characteristics has been lagging, with the least research focused on non-cognitive factors. Current twice-exceptional research findings and discourse are organized around a multi-systems perspective beginning with individual factors followed by interpersonal factors and ending with macro-system factors such as socio-cultural and socio-economical influences. Suggestions are made in respect to how current knowledge of twice-exceptionality organized through a multi-systems approach can be utilized immediately in practice by educators and families to affect positive impacts on twice-exceptional children. Recommendations are then made for future twice-exceptional research and designs that integrate a multi-systems perspective.
With a Little Help from My Friends: How Higher Education Administrators Can Maximize Support Service Efficiency for Online Instruction View Digital Media
Poster Session Mary Dereshiwsky
Administrators of online instructional programs are the foundation of ensuring successful learning experiences for students as well as successful instructional initiatives of faculty. They have a responsibility to locate and connect key support services such as technical support, curricular design, and library services to faculty and students to maximize effective instructional experiences. This poster session contains the results of in-depth individual interviews with higher education administrators regarding adequacy of such support services and how any deficiencies can be remedied to optimize online instructional delivery.
Explore the Application of Organization-public Dialogue as a Public Relations Strategy for the Oil and Gas Industry in Canada View Digital Media
Poster Session Ran Ju, Leah Pottinger, Emily Conley
Organization-public dialogue (OPD) has become one of the major areas in public relations (PR) research and practices (Ao & Huang, 2020; Chen et al., 2020). Organization-public dialogue emphasizes openness, listening, and public-oriented communication thus has the potential to become the next paradigm of PR. Public relations scholars have been researching this area since 1989 (Kent & Taylor, 2002, Person, 1989) and with the development of information and communication technologies, OPD has garnered even more attention from academia. However, the majority of the studies in this area only focus on developing theoretical grounds and explaining how dialogue might be incorporated into PR practices. The voice from the industry regarding how theory and principles are viewed and implemented is missing. To fill this gap, this study proposes understanding OPD and its application from the industry’s perspective through interviews with communication/PR professionals working in the oil and gas industry in Canada. The results of the study provide empirical data to complement the current theoretical groundwork of OPD. By exploring OPD in the context of the Canadian controversial industry, the current project extends the scope of OPD studies and potentially facilitates the development of related theories. Practically, this project can inform practitioners about the value and strategies of OPD and practitioners can use the findings as guidelines to apply dialogue to their PR practices.
