Practical Tips for Protecting Your Online Privacy

Join the American Democracy Project and Claire Nickerson, OER Librarian, to learn how to protect your privacy while online

What Students Need To Know About Copyright

What Students Need To Know About Copyrigh

Smart Classroom User Manual

In 2018, Fort Hays State University began building a prototype for a low-cost, portable smart classroom. This project was a collaboration between the library and the Institute for New Media Studies and was funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. This manual assumes that you are working with a smart classroom kit with components that have already been collected and set up, either by you or by an organization or consortium. If you are trying to create a smart classroom kit or set up the smart classroom screens, please consult the Smart Classroom Designs document. If you are trying to display content, create an exhibit, or teach a class in the smart classroom, this user manual is for you

Cooking Up a Data Literacy Course

This asynchronous online course, Interdisciplinary Studies 815: Introduction to Data, was developed for graduate students in the information analysis and communication concentration of the Fort Hays State University master of liberal studies degree. The course is designed for professionals who need to make data-driven decisions such as educators, policy makers, and nonprofit employees. It is a survey course, so it does not go into great depth on any of the topics covered but rather provides a basic grounding for developing further data literacy skills. It exclusively uses zero-cost resources, including openly licensed content, library-licensed e-books and articles, and free online content. The course uses weekly mini-assessments as well as three major assignments: a data memo, a data visualization, and a final video presentation

Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Survey

This study seeks to determine FHSU faculty attitudes, knowledge, and practices related to the incorporation of writing into their courses. In spring 2021, the Fort Hays State University Writing Across the Curriculum Committee partnered with the Docking Institute of Public Affairs to survey undergraduate faculty. The 140 respondents to the 85-item survey represent a cooperation rate of 23.02%. The data reveals an overall positive culture of writing at the university, where most faculty believe writing instruction is a shared responsibility across campus and across a student’s program of study. These faculty recognize the importance of FHSU’s writing-related CORE outcomes. They incorporate both low-stakes and high-stakes writing in their courses and provide various forms of guidance and support for that writing. They assign writing from multiple genres (44 identified) and know the important reasons why they assign writing

Accessibility - An Introduction to Digital Accessibility

Accessibility, an introduction to digital accessibility, is a presentation that will: define accessibility explain why accessibility is important review best practices for accessible design explore tools to check for accessibility issue

Affordable Educations: Open Educational Resources

The American Democracy Project hosted a Times Talk event on September 5th at 12:30-1:30pm in the South Study Area of Forsyth Library. Brad DeMers presented about Affordable Educations: Open Educational Resources. Free pizza and salad provided to the first 20 attendees

Incoming First-Year Student Information Literacy Assessment

A survey of incoming FHSU first-year students was distributed in 2020 and 2021 as the beginning of a longitudinal mixed-methods assessment of the information literacy skills students have when they first arrive at FHSU. Survey questions were designed around strengths-based and constructivist pedagogy, assessing students\u27 existing knowledge to reveal appropriate starting points for library instruction in large-enrollment first-year courses. Survey questions were phrased as research scenarios assessing the skills of evaluating information, identifying source type, and conducting research strategies. Not enough data was collected during Fall 2020 to be statistically significant, however, the Fall 2021 survey resulted in 564 responses yielding a statistically significant sample size of the incoming class. Only data from Fall 2021 is reported. The results corroborated several similar studies finding that students self-report high confidence levels in their information literacy skills, yet vary on how accurately they performed those skills. The survey participants were most accurate at performing tasks of evaluating information, moderately accurate when identifying the appropriate information type for a specific research scenario, and somewhat accurate when constructing a research strategy

Writing Across the Curriculum Spring 2021 Faculty Survey

In April 2021 the Docking Institute of Public Affairs conducted an online survey of FHSU faculty members for FHSU’s Writing Across the Curriculum Committee. The survey addressed attitudes, perceptions, and practices about writing assignments in undergraduate courses. This report provides univariate analysis of each survey question

Effectiveness of Therapeutic Positioning on Preterm Infants in the NICU

Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisIn this systematic review, we examine the potential positive impacts that positioning techniques and devices can have on physiological, neurological, and developmental outcomes in preterm infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). This paper describes the reasoning behind the beneficial effects of positioning strategies and how they can lead to healthy development. Due to the stress-inducing, high intensity environment of the NICU, non-invasive interventions that promote healthy physiological and neurological responses are undeniably necessary. Positioning techniques such as skin-to-skin contact, the use of different devices, and varying positions all have evidence supporting the effectiveness of positioning on developmental responses and outcomes. Occupational therapy (OT) practitioners are positioning professionals, making their role in the NICU very valuable.Occupational Therap