IDPP/COTELCO Participates in & Offers Remote Participation for TLC
The Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP) and COTELCO, participated in the American Political Science Association’s 10th Conference on Teaching and Learning (#TLC13) held 8-10 February 2013 in Long Beach, California. The annual conference attracts leading researchers and professors in the political science field, and provides a unique setting in which attendees can share best practices, present cutting-edge techniques and methodologies, and discuss innovative learning models for use in the political science classroom.
This is the fourth consecutive year that COTELCO offered virtual participation for this prestigious event. During the conference, IDPP/COTELCO Executive Director Dr. Derrick Cogburn moderated the Integrating Technology in the Classroom mini-track, which he has moderated since 2010. The three-day mini-track explored an array of subjects, including the use of social media in the political science classroom and the use of wireless internet technology to enhance in-classroom learning.
Dr. Cogburn and IDPP/COTELCO played an important role in providing virtual participation for several tracks of the conference, including the Pre-Conference Workshop on Simulations and Games; all of the conference’s plenary sessions; the Teaching and Learning at Community College mini-track; the Curricular and Program Assessment mini-track; and the aforementioned Integrating Technology in the Classroom mini-track.
Last year’s conference “Teaching Political Science: Relevance in a Changing World” attracted over 300 participants from academic institutions across the nation and abroad to Washington, DC. In addition to COTELCO/IDPP providing virtual participation for many sessions, Dr. Cogburn was invited to serve on the conference’s Program Committee for the second year in a row. Dr. Cogburn also moderated the first pre-conference workshop in the conference’s history “Accessible Cyberlearning in Political Science: The Basics and Beyond”, which was conducted by an IDPP/COTELCO delegation of faculty and staff.
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The conference agenda is provided below.
Pre-Conference Short Course on Simulations and Games
Friday, Feb. 8 8:30 AM-12:30 PM
Organizers: Victor Asal, University at Albany; Nina Kollars, Saint John’s University; Chad Raymond, Salve Regina University; Amanda Rosen, Webster University; Simon Usherwood, University of Surrey
Teaching and Learning at Community College
Moderator:
Tressa E. Tabares, American River College
Session A: Political Science Curriculum as General Education
Friday, Feb. 8 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
(Not confirmed) Where’s the Political Science: Examining the Level of Actual Political Science Research Cited in Introduction to American Government Textbooks
Bryan T. Calvin, Tarrant County College
(Not confirmed) The Integration of Political Science Courses into the Curriculum of Community Colleges
Daniel T. Kirsch, Valley Forge Military College, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Session B: Open Session
Friday, Feb. 8 5:15 PM-6:45 PM
Session C: Building Students' Skills and Fostering Student Success
Saturday, Feb. 9 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Student Use of the Supplemental Instruction Program – A Survey of Students in an Introductory American Politics Course
Emily M. Neal, St. Louis Community College-Meramec
MOOCs and Community College Distance Education
Nancy L. Bednar, Antelope Valley College
Content or Communication?: Reflections about Writing in Political Science
Heather N. Pool, University of Washington
Allison Rank, University of Washington
Session D: Open Session
Saturday, Feb. 9 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
Session E: Ideas and Activities to Engage Students in the Classroom
Saturday, Feb. 9 1:45 PM-3:15 PM
Pinning Down the Constitution:An Interactive Way to Teach Congress’s Power, Federalism, and Constitutional
Ryan Emenaker, College of The Redwoods
Teaching Comparative Politics: Finding the Red Thread
Thomas S. Kolasa, Troy University
Satire in Springfield: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Simpsons as a Pedagogical Tool
Amy Widestrom, Arcadia University
Session F: Encouraging Political Awareness and Civic Engagement Outside the Classroom
Saturday, Feb. 9 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Civic Engagement and Practical Learning from UC to JC
David Selby, University of California, San Diego
Building Faculty/Staff Learning Partnerships to Enhance Student Civic Engagement: Lessons Learned from the 2012 Election Season
John P. Forren, Miami University
Sarah E. Woiteshek, Miami University Hamilton
Session G: Wrap-Up
Sunday, Feb. 10 8:00 AM-9:30 AM
Curricular Program Assessment
Moderator:
Candace C. Young, Truman State University
Session A: Course-Level Curricular Choices and Assessment
Friday, Feb. 8 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Assessment in Action: The Evolution of an Undergraduate Qualitative Research Methods Course
Melinda A. Mueller, Eastern Illinois University
Lilian A. Barria, Eastern Illinois University
Richard A. Wandling, Eastern Illinois University
The Assessment of General Education Learning Outcomes in US Government
Alvin C. Quackenbush, Valencia Community College
Session B: Involvment of Peers in Curriculum and Assessment
Friday, Feb. 8 5:15 PM-6:45 PM
Does Peer Instruction Pedagogy Improve Student Learning Outcomes? Evidence from a Large Enrollment Political Science Course
Maureen C. Feeley, University of California, San Diego
Bridging the Expert-Novice Divide in the Political Science Classroom
Jeffrey L. Bernstein, Eastern Michigan University
Assessing the Political Science Undergraduate Degree: A Review of International Course and Non-Course Content
Ann Marie Mezzell, Lincoln University
Facilitated Study Groups as a Learning Tool in the Core Curriculum: Design, Deployment, and Assessment in the University of California, Irvine’s Introduction to Criminology, Law & Society Course
Donna Schuele, University of California-Irvine
Patricia Goforth, University of California, Irvine
Session C: Open Session
Saturday, Feb. 9 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Session D: Non-traditional Classroom Curriculum and Assessment
Saturday, Feb. 9 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
He Said, She Said: Tracking Gender Differences in Online Academic Discussions
Renee B. Van Vechten, University of Redlands
Class Level Analysis from the Final Study
Susan J. Martin, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Assessing Simulations: Including Third Party Stakeholders
Bobbi Gentry, Millikin University
Session E: Open Session
Saturday, Feb. 9 1:45 PM-3:15 PM
Session F: Program Level Curriculum and Assessment
Saturday, Feb. 9 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Is Political Science Academically Adrift? Initial Findings in Designing New Departmental Assessment Tools to Assess Student Learning Outcomes
Bryan S. McQuide, Grand View College
Intersectionality, Reflexivity, and Assessment
Candice D. Ortbals, Pepperdine University
Title: P.S. Majors to J.D. Jobs — How Can We Help You? Assessing the Future of the Political Science Curriculum vis-à-vis the Future of Legal Education as Impacted by the Recession and Technology
Gregory R. Bordelon, Monmouth University
Program Assessment
Candace C. Young, Truman State University
Session G: Student Learning, Curriculum, Assessment, and the Future of the Academy
Sunday, Feb. 10 8:00 AM-9:30 AM
Changing Markets, Changing Providers: Responding to the Changing Nature of Higher Education in England
Jacqueline Ellen Briggs, University of Lincoln
Lisa Harrison, University of the West of England
Integrating Technology in the Classroom
Moderator:
Derrick L. Cogburn, American University-SIS, Institute on Disability and Public Policy
Session A: Using In-Class Wireless Technology
Friday, Feb. 8 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Interactivity in the Large Classroom: Evaluating How Clickers can Create a Seminar Experience for 300 Students
Craig Leonard Brians, Virginia Tech
Victoria Dounoucos, Virginia Tech
Classroom Wireless Technology: Potential Unanticipated Consequences
Stanley M. Caress, University of West Georgia
Session B: Games and Simulations
Friday, Feb. 8 5:15 PM-6:45 PM
Using Computer Games to Construct Dynamic Governance Simulations
Matthew Woessner, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg
Using an Online Simulation of Supreme Court Decision Making in Large Classes
John B. Gates, University of California, Davis
Session C: Open Session
Saturday, Feb. 9 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Session D: Social Media
Saturday, Feb. 9 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Using Twitter for Teaching Politics and International Relations
Alasdair Blair, De Montfort University
Social Networks as Teaching Tools
Roberto Farneti, Free University of Bozen/Bolzano
How Do Student Blogs Compare to Short Research Assignments in Achieving Some Traditional Teaching Goals?
Holley E. Hansen, University of Puget Sound
Using Online Facebook Study Groups as a Pedagogical Tool for Political Science Courses
Mario Guerrero, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Alisa Rod, University of California, Santa Barbara
Session E: Using Technology to teach International Relations
Saturday, Feb. 9 1:45 PM-3:15 PM
LSA-Based Feedback for Assessing Student Learning in IT-enabled IR courses
Dmytro Roman Kulchitsky, American University of Kuwait
(Not confirmed) Building Information-Based Society: E-Government Educational Programs and New Methods of Civic Engagement in Kazakhstan
Maxat Kassen, University of Illinois, Chicago
Session F: Open Session
Saturday, Feb. 9 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Session G: Enhancing the Lecture through Technology
Sunday, Feb. 10 8:00 AM-9:30 AM
A Crutch or an Enhancement? Teaching and Learning Political Science with PowerPoint Presentations
Alla Manukyan
Using Vidcasts as Assignment Advice Tools for Students and Lecturers
Andrew Russell, University of Manchester
