Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

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  The Student Engagement LifeCycle: A Holistic Approach to Improved Student Success

  Lynne Hull and Elizabeth Skursha

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  Design Implications of Changing Student Demographics

  Andy Igonor and Natalya Koehler

  Many non-traditional higher education institutions have built their cyber security and computer science programs {CSCS) to cater to the needs of adult, working learners. Focusing on this demographic has implications for course and program design. Design approaches have therefore focused on strategies aimed at translating knowledge into learning nuggets specific to the adult learner, enabling day one job-readiness upon graduation. Recently, there has been increased focus on CSCS education at the high school level. The computer science for all initiative was announced recently by US President Obama, and there have been increased creativity on the part of higher education institutions to expand CSCS programming to high school learners. Some of these have, and continue to take place through the college credit plus initiative. With the shift to meet the needs of this changing demographic, two of the key questions for success are: (i) what efficient and effective design strategies should be employed by higher education institutions to ensure success for high school learners, without losing existing approaches that prepare adult learners for job readiness? (ii) And to what extent do these strategies influence success for both adult and high school learners?

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  Gourmet Gamification: Creating Meaningful Classroom Simulations as a Student Project

  Brenda Jones and Daniel Bell

  Engaging students and providing meaningful learning experiences that connect to professional contexts is a challenge met in part through the use of simulations and games. Students from Interactive Media Design {IMD) created interactive learning games for Communication (COMM) and Public Relations {PR) courses.

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  Helping Navigate the Complex Web of Community Medicine: How Dedicated Social Services Support in the ED Can Prevent Unnecessary ED Visits and Hospital Readmissions

  Adam Kennah

  A hospital's Emergency Department (ED) serves as its front door to the community. The vast majority of admitted patients present initially to the ED, and even more still begin and end their hospital visit in the ED. A hospital's ED will deal with every societal ill facing that community. However, most hospitals reserve dedicated Social Service resources to admitted patients who have had prolonged inpatient hospital stays. EDs around the country are being overburdened with patients who present to the ED for non-emergent conditions. Access to community based healthcare is daunting even for well-connected individuals. It can be downright impenetrable for large portions of the community. Often the easiest, or only, choice is to return to the hospital's ED. Changes in healthcare have brought a sharp focus on these repeat users of hospital services. The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, created by the Affordable Care Act, was designed to make hospitals take an active role in preventing readmissions to their hospital for chronic diseases. In 2015, 2,592 hospitals (almost half of the country) will receive lower payments for every Medicare patient that stays in the hospital - a penalty of $420 million. Having dedicated Social Services support in the ED can help prevent these return visits by connecting individuals to community based health services, helping navigate the mental health maze, and by providing a person of contact for patients to utilize before they decide to present back to the hospital - ultimately matching that patient with the appropriate service provider.

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  Evaluation Principles and Implentation for Performance Improvement

  Younghee Jessie Kong

  Many organizations spend a lot of money to provide training courses or programs to improve their performance in today's competitive environment. Therefore, evaluation plays a critical role in making judgments about the value or worth of a course or a program that provides solutions for improving the performance of programs and organizations. However, most organizations do not actually conduct effective evaluations of their training programs due to lack of professional knowledge and skills in training evaluation as well as lack of evaluation resources and instructions. This poster is to introduce fundamental theories and models for summative evaluation and provide practical guidelines for conducting an evaluation in an appropriate way. More specifically, this poster 1) explores major evaluation models and theories emerged in organizations, 2) identify major evaluation tasks and activities required in each major phase of an evaluation process, and 3) describes appropriate techniques and tools that are derived from evaluation theories and models to complete each evaluation task and activity. This poster is designed to inform college faculty who teach an introductory level evaluation course or performance professionals who want a solid conceptual grounding in evaluation and a guide for applying such concepts in their own work.

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  Hybrid Learning Design

  Younghee Jessie Kong

  Many researchers have compared the characteristics of online and face-to-face learning to find out best learning approach over last decades. This research led to a new learning concept-hybrid learning - that combines the best features of both approaches and overcomes many of their limitations. The major benefits of the hybrid approach are that the students can directly interact with their instructor and classmates in the face-to-face setting, while they have more time for thoughtful reflection and participation through asynchronous written communication in the online setting. With the benefits of hybrid learning, there has been a large increase in the number of colleges and organizations that offer hybrid learning courses in recent years. To get a better understanding of hybrid learning and hybrid course design and development, this poster examines 1) the definition of hybrid learning, 2) hybrid learning paradigm, 3) hybrid course design & development, 4) best practices in hybrid learning, and 5) challenges in hybrid learning.

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  Building Leaders from Within: Building Loyalty and Leadership in a Time of Economic Growth

  Heather Larkin

  Columbus, Ohio celebrates a 3.6% unemployment rate. With a construction boom and a lack of skilled workers, Romanoff Group attracts and maintains its talent by building from within and maintaining a relaxed and fun atmosphere. With approximately 200,000 construction jobs in Ohio, the company focuses on multiple workplace initiatives that provides employees an opportunity to scale up their skills and capabilities from the field to the C-suites. The data indicates that the average employee's tenure with Romanof far exceeds the average stay of 4.6 years as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Forbes magazine reports that talent development and the ability to have fun are two of the greatest indicators that employees will stay with a company. Romanoff Group understands the research that explains that monetizing rewards alone will not create the types of intrinsic motivation that leaders hope to build within their companies. Survey results indicate that employees feel supported and satisfied with their growth opportunities and that leads to diminished transient employment.

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  Chopping for Change

  Andrea Lindsay

  Of the 27.5% of returning citizens who recidivated in Ohio in 2015, how many re-offended because they felt they had no other way of supporting themselves or their families?

  • For over 40 years, Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry (Cleveland, OH) has been providing re-entry services, including job training, for individuals returning from incarceration.
  • 90% of those who graduate from LMM's job readiness programs, many of whom have a history with the criminal justice system, go on to find long-term employment.
  • Yet for those recently released from prison, waiting to earn an income until completing a training program can be a significant challenge.

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  A Little Soap Goes a Long Way!

  Leslie Mathew

  Jamtara District is one of the most backward, rural districts in Jharkhand State in North Eastern India. The small town of Jamtara, 5 hours by road from Calcutta, is the District Headquarters. The Edwards English School (Est. 1995) in town was chosen as the location for this sabbatical project. The original intent was to complete healthcare needs analysis of the community, starting with the school children, and then assessing the feasibility of initiating quality healthcare services for this rural community. With the limited time of 4 months and no funding, it was clear that no healthcare delivery could be attempted during this project.

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  The Society for the Scientific Detection of Crime

  Jonathan McCombs

  You might ask, "What does the crime club do?" We are tasked with assisting law enforcement in evaluating cold cases or difficult criminal cases. Due to the expansive expertise represented in the field, we often have very unique and fresh input on cases. If you are a law enforcement officer with a Cold Case or a difficult case then we encourage you to contact us to present the case to the club. Case submissions should go through the Vice President of the Club.

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  International Comparative Criminal Justice Project

  Jonathan W. McCombs

  The high level of collaboration between universities allowed this project to be a success for the students and for learning. Limitations such as the 5 hour time difference were challenging but not insurmountable. The usefulness of online and collaborative projects of this sort can effectively substitute for study­ abroad activities that are often not available to older adult students that might have families and jobs. In future runs of the project we hope to extend the semester to an entire course instead of being part of a course.

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  All Perspectives Matter: A Co-orientational Analysis of Problem-based Law Enforcement and Community Relationships

  Jonathan McCombs, James A. White, and JoAnna Williamson

  The relationships between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve has been the focus of accelerating national scrutiny in light of numerous contentious and widely publicized incidents involving alleged protected police misconduct, or alternatively, citizen and government overreach.

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  Grassroots Community Fundraising and Advocacy to Reduce Breast Cancer Mortality in Ohio Through Patient Navigation and Safety-Net Programs

  Julie McMahon

  Ohio has the third highest breast cancer mortality rate of any state in the U.S. In 2016, 1,700 women will die from breast cancer in Ohio. When diagnosed at early stages, survival and quality of life are improved. Barriers to care like finances, health literacy, insurance coverage, fear and transportation contribute to late-stage diagnoses. A community needs assessment of 30 counties in central and southeast Ohio was conducted to inventory all health system assets, healthy policy impacts, and collect qualitative data to identify local barriers and solutions to reduce mortality. Results were used to develop a multi-level approach to reduce mortality. On an individual level, navigation systems to educate and link patients to screening and navigation systems to assess and address barriers to screening and follow-up are being implemented. On a policy level, grassroots advocacy work has resulted in proposed legislation to adapt an existing state safety-net program to better address the post- Affordable Care Act needs of Ohio's breast cancer patients. Together, the adjustment safety net programs to current needs and the innovation of patient navigation as a model to address the needs of the community will work to reduce mortality in the state.

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  Addiction & Trauma Considerations for Women in Reentry

  Natasha Mendoza, Andrea N. Cimino, Kami Kunz, and Randy Shively

  Research shows that more than 92°/o of our individuals who complete the residential program stay out of the criminal justice system after one year. As part of Alvis Residential programs, a comprehensive range of evidence-based programs and services are delivered to help individuals who are transitioning from the corrections system back into the community. Alvis provides these services in a safe, supportive environment, so that individuals receive the guidance they need to navigate the challenges of finding employment and reconnecting with family members.

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  Merry Makers Club Foundation Making a Difference in Our Community

  Merry Makers Club

  The Merry Makers ''believe that whatever gains have been made in the past or whatever gains may come in the future, is based on the real fellowship among its members and between the members of the larger community and through all the wrenching changes''. How can such a small organization of business leaders with big hearts make a difference in the communities where they live? By leading by example and making an impact on the future of youths by opening the doors to allow these youths to fulfill their dreams of becoming leaders in the communities in which they live.

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  Accenture and AIvis Partner to Strategically Meet Workforce Development Needs of Both Markets/Industries and Hard to Employ Individuals

  Erin Michel and Gloria Iannucci

  Accenture, through its Corporate Citizenship Program, provided consulting services to Alvis, a nonprofit agency whose programs include workforce development services for individuals with criminal justice involvement. Employment is important for justice-involved individuals, yet they face a variety of barriers, such as the stigma of having a record, low levels of education and skills achievement, lack of transportation, time out of the workforce, etc. This project's purpose was to develop a demand-led skilling and employment plan to provide more opportunities to Alvis' 7,000+ annual clients by strengthening and enhancing Alvis' workforce development services. The project was a good match for the partners, as the Alvis Workforce Development Program is aligned with Accenture's Skills to Succeed Program.

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  Apprisen Financial Coaching Program: Changing Financial Behaviors

  Sharon Miller

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  Ensuring University and Student Success Through an Outcome-Based and Data-Driven Education Ecosystem

  Karen Miner-Romanoff, Yi Yang, Joel Gardner, Ryan Brainerd, and Carolyn LeVally

  Rooted from University mission, this outcome-mapping structure will thread through program outcomes, course outcomes, module outcomes, and to assignment outcomes. This structure will guide the direct and indirect outcome assessments through course exams, national exams, coursed embedded measures, external reviews and course surveys, national surveys, and grades. The evidence for the four aspects of the university success can be gathered from various learning analytics to be generated from the learning management system.

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  KIPP: Columbus

  Mallorie Moody

  KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, is a national network of free, open enrollment college preparatory public schools dedicated to preparing students in underserved communities for success in college and life. With a mission to create and sustain the highest quality school system for the children most underserved in Columbus, KIPP has maintained excellence in its growth, and will improve upon that standard - proving what is possible in public education.

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  Curriculum Design Framework in the Digital Age

  Xiaopeng David Ni

  Constant technological changes, especially the adoption of learning management systems, have been significantly altering higher education curriculum environment and practice. Research on effective design frameworks and principles for technology-based instructional environments is crucial to meet the growing needs of online curriculum and to maximize corresponding investment. The purpose of this poster is to propose a design framework to help curriculum designers and developers plan their curriculum in ways that embrace new technologies and cope with the design complexity.

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  The Mascot Manifesto

  Zachary S. O'Driscoll

  My law review article analyzes the constitutionality of the Lanham Act, a federal trademark statute. Under the Lanham Act, trademark owners are prohibited from registering trademarks that may be considered ''disparaging'' or ''scandalous'' to others. However, what is considered ''disparaging'' or ''scandalous'' is determined under a subjective standard. What is offensive to one trademark examiner for purposes of registering a trademark may not be offensive to another. Today, the Washington Redskins, a professional football franchise, finds themselves at the heart of the Lanham Act controversy. But underlying this trademark litigation is a deeper concern: whether the Lanham Act itself is unconstitutional and an encroachment on the freedom of speech.

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  Is It Too Late for College Planning?

  Martina Peng

  While many parents finally can take a break from paying off their own student loans in the late 40s, they didn’t realize that they need to start paying for their kids to go to college next year. As the average cost for in-state students at a public university per year is close to $25,000, the financial burden is challenging without proper planning in advance. The purpose of this study is to provide recommendations on college funding planning strategies for mid income families. Specifically, the study focuses on student loan strategies, college savings and investment plans, recent changes in financial aid regulations and college-related tax planning strategies.

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  Building Interdisciplinary Learning Partnerships

  Zachary B. Pyers, Kevin P. Foley, Rachel M. Janutis, and Sarah L. Sams

  Capital University Law School & Grant Medical Center partnered to provide training on medical malpractice to law students and medical residents. The course utilized a unique, interdisciplinary approach to skills training & professional development. The course attempts to meet several needs: (1) Increase experiential learning opportunities to develop professional skills and judgment; (2) Provide authentic, experiential learning that is cost-effective and accessible to all law students, including non-traditional and part­time students; and (3) Promote interdisciplinary education.

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  Capital University Law Mock Trial: Mock Trial Provides Law Students Real World Challenges

  Zachary B. Pyers and Keona Padgett

  Capital University Law School's Mock Trial program provides students practical training, which is difficult to receive as a student outside of an academic setting. The Mock Trial program offers students the opportunity to compete on an inter-school basis, utilizing neutral fact patterns in a variety of practice areas to test the students' advocacy skills. The Mock Trial program concludes with a trial competition, where students participate in every aspect of a civil jury trial before judges and litigators. In recent years, there has been an increased call by clients, employers, and the American Bar Association to increase experiential learning. The Mock Trial program provides students with this experiential learning opportunity to prepare them for legal practice after passing the bar exam.

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  Squeaky Wheels: Turning Complainers into Collaborators

  Pamela Ratvasky

  An overview of strategies for engaging students in the classroom, especially those that tend to complain more frequently than others - the squeaky wheels!