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Leveraging Faculty Development and Assessment Efforts: A Case Study
While assessment is critical for enhancement of student learning, it is rarely viewed explicitly as an essential aspect of faculty development. The presenter will share stories and experiences in developing and implementing assessment initiatives as faculty development, leading to strong culture of assessment at a research one institution
Get them to Click it! Increasing Online Survey Response Rate
In this interactive presentation, the presenter will be addressing challenges in administering online surveys and offering 20 strategies that may help attendees improve online survey response rates. At the end of this session, attendees should be able to identify several strategies to utilize in their own online survey data collection
Two paths of cluster evolution: global expansion versus core collapse
All gravitationally bound clusters expand, due to both gas loss from their
most massive members and binary heating. All are eventually disrupted tidally,
either by passing molecular clouds or the gravitational potential of their host
galaxies. However, their interior evolution can follow two very different
paths. Only clusters of sufficiently large initial population and size undergo
the combined interior contraction and exterior expansion that leads eventually
to core collapse. In all other systems, core collapse is frustrated by binary
heating. These clusters globally expand for their entire lives, up to the point
of tidal disruption.
Using a suite of direct N-body calculations, we trace the "collapse line" in
r_v-N space that separates these two paths. Here, r_v and N are the cluster's
initial virial radius and population, respectively. For realistic starting
radii, the dividing N-value is from 10^4 to over 10^5. We also show that there
exists a minimum population, N_min, for core collapse. Clusters with N < N_min
tidally disrupt before core collapse occurs. At the Sun's Galactocentric
radius, R_G = 8.5 kpc, we find N_min >~ 300. The minimum population scales with
Galactocentric radius as R_G^{-9/8}.
The position of an observed cluster relative to the collapse line can be used
to predict its future evolution. Using a small sample of open clusters, we find
that most lie below the collapse line, and thus will never undergo core
collapse. Most globular clusters, on the other hand, lie well above the line.
In such a case, the cluster may or may not go through core collapse, depending
on its initial size. We show how an accurate age determination can help settle
this issue.Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 14 Pages, 9 Figures, 2 Table
Molecular Gas Content of HI Monsters and Implications to Cold Gas Content Evolution in Galaxies
We present 12CO (J=1-0) observations of a sample of local galaxies
(0.04<z<0.08) with a large neutral hydrogen reservoir, or "HI monsters". The
data were obtained using the Redshift Search Receiver on the FCRAO 14 m
telescope. The sample consists of 20 HI-massive galaxies with M(HI)>3e10Msun
from the ALFALFA survey and 8 LSBs with a comparable M(HI) (>1.5e10Msun). Our
sample selection is purely based on the amount of neutral hydrogen, thereby
providing a chance to study how atomic and molecular gas relate to each other
in these HI-massive systems. We have detected CO in 15 out of 20 ALFALFA
selected galaxies and 4 out of 8 LSBs with molecular gas mass M(H2) of
(1-11)e9Msun. Their total cold gas masses of (2-7e10Msun make them some of the
most gas-massive galaxies identified to date in the Local Universe. Observed
trends associated with HI, H2, and stellar properties of the HI massive
galaxies and the field comparison sample are analyzed in the context of
theoretical models of galaxy cold gas content and evolution, and the importance
of total gas content and improved recipes for handling spatially differentiated
behaviors of disk and halo gas are identified as potential areas of improvement
for the modeling.Comment: 18 pages, 11 figures, 2 tables; Accepted for publication in MNRA
The Digital Age: Reminder and Confirmation Preference in Blood Donation
Introduction:
It is widely accepted that individuals are more likely to comply and follow through with responsibilities when reminded and asked to confirm their commitments. With the American Red Cross’ access to fast and affordable communication and this notion in mind, there is potential to develop new recruitment strategies and better methods of ensuring blood donation commitments.
In particular, understanding modes of communication with the donor population can have significant implications: avoiding loss of follow up, improving donor experience, and ensuring appropriate use of resources and staff; therefore, the American Red Cross is interested in understanding demographic differences among those who prefer different modes of communication for blood donor appointment reminders and confirmations.https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/comphp_gallery/1223/thumbnail.jp
Musical Robots For Children With ASD Using A Client-Server Architecture
Presented at the 22nd International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD-2016)People with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are known to have difficulty recognizing and expressing emotions, which affects their social integration. Leveraging the recent advances in interactive robot and music therapy approaches, and integrating both, we have designed musical robots that can facilitate social and emotional interactions of children with ASD. Robots communicate with children with ASD while detecting their emotional states and physical activities and then, make real-time sonification based on the interaction data. Given that we envision the use of multiple robots with children, we have adopted a client-server architecture. Each robot and sensing device plays a role as a terminal, while the sonification server processes all the data and generates harmonized sonification. After describing our goals for the use of sonification, we detail the system architecture and on-going research scenarios. We believe that the present paper offers a new perspective on the sonification application for assistive technologies
Addressing dissention, limiting bureaucracy, and enhancing learning through assessment processes
This panel is an open conversation around strategies that brings together curriculum and instruction, data on student learning, and assessment practices that can lead to program improvements to enhance curriculum, teaching, and learning, as well as expose misconceptions of assessment practice and how assessment leaders can contribute to, or hinder student success
REVEALED: Secret Ingredients in the Chairperson’s Recipe for Assessment
Academic chairpersons often experience frustration or lack of support when helping faculty/staff develop and administer assessment processes. This session will provide information and strategies on how to effectively guide program assessment processes
Video games as meaningful entertainment experiences
We conducted an experiment to examine individuals’ perceptions of enjoyable and meaningful video games and the game characteristics and dimensions of need satisfaction associated with enjoyment and appreciation. Participants (N = 512) were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups that asked them to recall a game that they found either particularly fun or particularly meaningful, and to then rate their perceptions of the game that they recalled. Enjoyment was high for both groups, though appreciation was higher in the meaningful- than fun-game condition. Further, enjoyment was most strongly associated with gameplay characteristics and satisfaction of needs related to competency and autonomy, whereas appreciation was most strongly associated with story characteristics and satisfaction of needs related to insight and relatedness
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