Face-to-Face and Synchronous Interactive Videoconferencing Instruction: Learning Experiences of Educators Enrolled in an Autism Certificate Program

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was once considered a rare and severe disability (low incidence), but today individuals with ASD are educated in every academic environment, with 89% spending a portion of their day in the general education setting. Therefore, it is critical that all highly qualified teachers be prepared to provide appropriate education and support for these students. And to ensure that happens, quality personnel preparation programs in ASD are needed. One such program, the Autism Certificate Program, utilizes a distance education model that combines site-based synchronous face-to-face (host site) or interactive video conferencing (IVC) instruction (remote site) with asynchronous E-learning in a yearlong post-bachelor's level program. This innovative approach provides quality professional development to ensure that educators acquire specific knowledge and skills to meet the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004), the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, 2001), as well as specific outcomes or standards identified for teaching students with ASD (Council for Exceptional Children, 2009). This study examined educators' knowledge and skill acquisition based on their enrollment at (a) remote sites or (b) the host site. In addition, the study compared the perceived knowledge and skill acquisition of participants at the two sites and effectiveness of the instructional delivery methods (i.e., face-to-face vs interactive video) relative to course outcomes and student learning experiences on the Perceived Knowledge and Skills &mdash Autism Survey (Swanson, 2012). Data were collected from 91 educators and related service professionals (referred to as educators throughout paper) who were enrolled in the course: Characteristics of Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders. Thirty-one participants attended the course from the host site and 60 attended the course from a remote site. Results include descriptive statistics from the Perceived Knowledge and Skills &mdash Autism Survey, course grades, E-learning activities, evidence-based practice examinations, and a culminating assignment. A Mann-Whitney U and chi-square analysis of the (a) achieved knowledge and skill and (b) perceived knowledge, skill, and learning experiences of participants at the host site and remote sites was conducted. Findings are discussed relative to the literature along with implications for professional development and future research

Introducing Preservice Teachers to Family-Centered Practices: A Scoping Review

Parental involvement in P-12 education could lead to social and academic success for students; however, parents often experience barriers to their involvement. Different or additional barriers exist for parents of children with a disability. School staff can positively influence parents to become involved in their children’s education. Family-centered practices, common in early intervention under special education law (Part C of IDEIA), may foster parent involvement in P-12 schools. In this scoping literature review, we examined 17 studies of teacher preparation programs (TPPs) in higher education in the US who have implemented programs to prepare preservice teachers (PSTs) to collaborate with parents/families. Studies varied by analytic method, participants, purposes, format, and measures. We present a synthesis of the included articles and discuss recommendations for teacher preparation programs

The New Oxford Shakespeare Project at IUPUI

poster abstractBecause Shakespeare is the world’s most canonical and most commercially successful secular author, his works have been edited more than any other author. Editions of Shakespeare’s canon are usually based on commercial incentives rather than scholarly preparation; as a result, most editions re-package older ones and do not strive to rethink previous editing in light of more recent scholarship about the Shakespeare canon. The New Oxford Shakespeare editors, staff, and student assistants, however, are revisiting and rethinking the Shakespeare canon from the ground up. Due for publication in October 2016, this exciting new edition of Shakespeare’s Complete Works features the collaborative efforts of an international team of scholars, editors, and IUPUI faculty and students – working alongside each other over a seven year term on IUPUI’s campus. The research involved in this project is cutting edge and completely new to the discipline. We work from archived original printed texts (no manuscript in Shakespeare’s hand exists), and because we are creating the first multi-format, multi-platform Shakespeare edition in history, we approach the work from a three-tiered paradigm, including pedagogy, theatre practice, and computational stylistics. The completed five-volume edition will give readers deeper and multifaceted access to all of Shakespeare’s works: the traditional canon, alternative texts, and collaborative texts. Aiming to satisfy the needs of different users, an old spelling edition will preserve spelling, punctuation, and layout of the earliest texts while a Modern Spelling Edition will utilize recent pedagogical innovations to serve as a 21st century classroom text. The New Oxford Shakespeare will make Shakespeare more accessible to 21st century readers by engaging them through multiple editions and multiple types of media. The New Oxford Shakespeare will empower teacher-scholars to demonstrate Shakespeare’s work in performance and in process. We are the new face of Shakespeare

Driving Records of Persons Convicted of Driving under the Influence of Alcohol

The average interval between convictions of driving under the influence decreases from 2 years between first and second convictions to 17, 11 and 8 months, respectively, between the second and third, the third and fourth and the fourth and fifth convictions

Prospectus, December 13, 1978

SEASON\u27S GREETINGS; Merry Christmas from the Prospectus Staff; Two PC paintings taken from campus Monday; State is accepting grant applications; Duet coming to PC Dec. 17; PC dinner dance is cancelled; Applications being accepted; Final exams are Dec. 15-21; PC Speech Team captures fifth; Joseph Cronin speaks at Parkland on education; St. Nick\u27s origins revealed in story; The Spirit of Christmas; That Christmas Feeling; Extra second to be added to clocks at the end of the last day of this year; Toys for tots a success; Holiday customs differ; Christmas tree owners...Avoid fire hazards with hints; Hannukah and X-mas to be celebrated on same day this year; Mother hopes to avoid Christmas gift hassles with letter to Santa; Yuletide Favorites!; Theft of painting shocks the artist; The birth of Christ-- What if it happened today?; WPCD Top 15 for the Week of Dec. 11; Ice storm turns Parkland into sparkling wonderland; Classifieds; Riding is fun...riding is costly!; Christ born in spring; 11 tie in contest; Loved Ones; Women basketball lose three in a row last week; Hartman resigns editorship; Fast Freddy Bowl Contest; PC basketball team holds 4-1 record Additional material: image Edition 2 literary magazinehttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1978/1000/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, November 16, 1977

PC PLACES 13 IN YEARBOOK; Finals just a month away; SWAMP meets; Bio talk Dec. 1st; Air Force rep here next week; MSOE rep here; Male health is next CHI topic; Parkland Events; Letters to the editors: Canteen flayed, Quatrain query, Cartoon condemned, ...and defended, Should students drive vehicles?; Carolers sought for kids\u27 party; Nutrition course starts in Jan.; \u27Anne Sexton\u27 tomorrow night; State museum features three new art exhibits; PC art gallery may be a permanent addition; Madwoman of Chaillot: as a parable of Europe, ...as an amusing play; WILL Women\u27s Week specials; Women\u27s Conference hears girls\u27 arguments; Watch repairing wide open field, says Parkland grad; Last winter killed much wildlife: Hunting may be thin this fall; Only 40 spending days \u27til Christmas; Personal Service Guide; Numbers A Woman May Need; Hygienists out on own?; Sorority rush; Moraine Valley takes Women\u27s State Tourney; Attics high on insulation list; Doc says \u27Mason\u27s got it all together\u27; ...Lex says \u27Mason/Loggins remnants of former selves; Final exam schedule; Suppose Custer hadn\u27t died at Little Big Horn; Classifieds; Area teams still vying for state championship; NBC presents new basketball format; Ivy League revisited: Two tie in Freddy Forecast; One more Freddy; Women\u27s basketball tryouts this week; It\u27s basketball time again: Cobras short but accurate this season, State community college teams look to good seasons, Parkland Basketball Roster, Opener tonight at Lincoln pits young Cobras vs. Lynx; IM basketballhttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1977/1004/thumbnail.jp

Advanced Glycation End Product Interventions Reduce Diabetes-Accelerated Atherosclerosis

Advanced glycation end product (AGE) formation may contribute to the progression of atherosclerosis, particularly in diabetes. The present study explored atherosclerosis in streptozotocin-induced diabetic apolipoprotein E–deficient (apoE�/�) mice that were randomized (n � 20) to receive for 20 weeks no treatment, the AGE cross-link breaker ALT-711, or the inhibitor of AGE formation aminoguanidine (AG). A sixfold increase in plaque area with diabetes was attenuated by 30 % with ALT-711 and by 40 % in AG-treated mice. Regional distribution of plaque demonstrated no reduction in plaque area or complexity within the aortic arch with treatment, in contrast to the thoracic and abdominal aortas, where significant attenuation was seen. Diabetes-associated accumulation of AGEs in aorta

Common Genetic Polymorphisms Influence Blood Biomarker Measurements in COPD

Implementing precision medicine for complex diseases such as chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) will require extensive use of biomarkers and an in-depth understanding of how genetic, epigenetic, and environmental variations contribute to phenotypic diversity and disease progression. A meta-analysis from two large cohorts of current and former smokers with and without COPD [SPIROMICS (N = 750); COPDGene (N = 590)] was used to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with measurement of 88 blood proteins (protein quantitative trait loci; pQTLs). PQTLs consistently replicated between the two cohorts. Features of pQTLs were compared to previously reported expression QTLs (eQTLs). Inference of causal relations of pQTL genotypes, biomarker measurements, and four clinical COPD phenotypes (airflow obstruction, emphysema, exacerbation history, and chronic bronchitis) were explored using conditional independence tests. We identified 527 highly significant (p 10% of measured variation in 13 protein biomarkers, with a single SNP (rs7041; p = 10−392) explaining 71%-75% of the measured variation in vitamin D binding protein (gene = GC). Some of these pQTLs [e.g., pQTLs for VDBP, sRAGE (gene = AGER), surfactant protein D (gene = SFTPD), and TNFRSF10C] have been previously associated with COPD phenotypes. Most pQTLs were local (cis), but distant (trans) pQTL SNPs in the ABO blood group locus were the top pQTL SNPs for five proteins. The inclusion of pQTL SNPs improved the clinical predictive value for the established association of sRAGE and emphysema, and the explanation of variance (R2) for emphysema improved from 0.3 to 0.4 when the pQTL SNP was included in the model along with clinical covariates. Causal modeling provided insight into specific pQTL-disease relationships for airflow obstruction and emphysema. In conclusion, given the frequency of highly significant local pQTLs, the large amount of variance potentially explained by pQTL, and the differences observed between pQTLs and eQTLs SNPs, we recommend that protein biomarker-disease association studies take into account the potential effect of common local SNPs and that pQTLs be integrated along with eQTLs to uncover disease mechanisms. Large-scale blood biomarker studies would also benefit from close attention to the ABO blood group

Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome

The sequence of the human genome encodes the genetic instructions for human physiology, as well as rich information about human evolution. In 2001, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium reported a draft sequence of the euchromatic portion of the human genome. Since then, the international collaboration has worked to convert this draft into a genome sequence with high accuracy and nearly complete coverage. Here, we report the result of this finishing process. The current genome sequence (Build 35) contains 2.85 billion nucleotides interrupted by only 341 gaps. It covers ∼99% of the euchromatic genome and is accurate to an error rate of ∼1 event per 100,000 bases. Many of the remaining euchromatic gaps are associated with segmental duplications and will require focused work with new methods. The near-complete sequence, the first for a vertebrate, greatly improves the precision of biological analyses of the human genome including studies of gene number, birth and death. Notably, the human enome seems to encode only 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes. The genome sequence reported here should serve as a firm foundation for biomedical research in the decades ahead