Innovation Showcase
Researchers and innovators present products or research and development. All presentations should be grounded in the presenter's research experience. Promotional conversations are permissible, however, products or services may not be sold at the conference venue.
One Size Does Not Fit All: Designing Measurable Program and Individual Goals to Track Learner Success
Innovation Showcase Jessika Kleen
This showcase will begin with an overview of school-based intervention practices, which include the four essential components of Universal Screening, Progress Monitoring, Multi-Level Interventions, and Data-based Decision Making. Participants will then be given a student profile and led through several exercises aimed at strengthening their practical evaluation skills. Exercises will require the identification of student needs, both behavioral and academic, developing programming based upon pre-selected options, and crafting measurable goals and objectives aligned to known data sets. A wrap-up discussion will close the session.
An Interactive Way of Reading: Electronic Readings
Innovation Showcase Mayra A Diaz De La Cruz, Heydy Robles
Online texts have been gradually replacing paper-based readings, shaping the way how contemporary readers access information. Electronic texts in education enable students to actively engage knowledge and learning strategies, and much greater if it is fun and games. Ralli App is as game-based reading comprehension resource for foreign language students at Universidad del Norte. It aims to enhance students reading practices such as skimming, scanning, and surveying. Given the nature of the app, in which users must read and solve clues to unlock reading activities, students are prompted to use reading techniques. Users are given a set of time to complete the reading comprehension race, and score the highest among participants. Survey comments and interviews on students’ perception of the app as reading mediator revealed that students are actively engaged in the task, focus on understanding questions to answer accurately, and retrieve pre-acquire knowledge to solve tasks. Consequently, reading techniques can be taught and practice in outdoors environments. It not only enables students to autonomously use them, but also allows instructors to monitor from a far students’ progress.
Engaging the Learner in Graduate Education: Teaching Highly Participative Courses Online
Innovation Showcase Judith Scully Callahan
The proliferation of online learning challenges educators when creating highly participative courses. Two courses have presented particular challenges: Negotiations and Creativity in Business. After years of developing and executing these courses, I have cultivated strategies that have enriched learner experience. These include selecting secondary software to support pedagogical goals, adopting exercises that deliver a clear lesson, and clarifying expectations through the use of a rubric. The courses are demanding as students participate in numerous activities, share work and offer feedback to one another, and complete traditional examinations. Both informal and formal feedback demonstrates the effectiveness of these strategies.
Digitised Issuing and Replacement of Certificates
Innovation Showcase Louis Fourie, Dr tinus Van zyl
The University of Johannesburg has implemented a Digital Certificate platform that allows Alumni to order copies of their degree certificates, transcripts, and academic records as well as share their qualifications with employers and or third parties. Employers/ Third parties also have the option to verify Alumni degrees at no cost to the employer or Alumni.
