[Using Sakai] Sakai-Related AERA Sessions in San Diego Next Week

[Steve Lonn]

I heard from two others attending AERA in San Diego next week.
If you have a presentation or will be attending, please feel free to  
share information with the community.
Perhaps we can find a place on Confluence to share research /  
conference papers?

--Steve


TUESDAY, APRIL 14:

Using Learning Management Systems for Course Projects: A Case Study of  
Student Collaboration	
     Scheduled Time: Tue, Apr 14 - 10:35am - 12:05pm   Building/Room:  
San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina / Newport Beach
     In Session: Designing Online Instruction

Author:

      *Steven Lonn (University of Michigan)

Abstract:

     This case study examined how undergraduate students used project  
site capability available through the campus Learning Management  
System (LMS) to work together to produce a required group project.  
Students' survey responses and aggregated event log data were analyzed  
to see if students’ project site use was consistent with their beliefs  
about project site activities and tools. Overall, students regarded  
the activities and related tools within the LMS very positively and  
thought that their assignments were more successful because of their  
use of LMS for their group project. Students rated activities related  
to the management of materials and communication within their group  
higher than interactive online activities such as answering questions  
from group members.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15:

Social Comparison Visualization for Fostering Participation in Online  
Learning	
     Scheduled Time: Wed, Apr 15 - 1:15pm - 1:55pm   Building/Room:  
San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina / Marriott Hall Salon 4
     In Session: Research on the Use and Effectiveness of Learning  
Technologies

Authors:

      *Ran-Young Hong (University of Missouri - Columbia) (rhe06 at mizzou.edu 
)
      *Krista Galyen (University of Missouri)
        James M. Laffey (University of Missouri)
        I-Chun Tsai (University of Missouri)

Abstract:

     The purpose of this report is to describe a study of the use of  
social comparison information and visualization techniques to foster  
and support participation in online learning through implementation of  
an interactive visualization tool (IVT). Data were collected through  
usability testing, open-ended online discussion and survey methods to  
examine usability and usefulness of the IVT. We have learned that the  
IVT helped the students (1) monitor how active they were compared to  
others, (2) see a whole picture of what was going on in class, and (3)  
track group member actions while working on group projects. However,  
some students felt as if they were being monitored and were concerned  
about creating a sense of competition.


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Adult Literacy and Adult Education SIG Business Meeting	
     Scheduled Time: Thu, Apr 16 - 6:15pm - 8:15pm  Building/Room: San  
Diego Convention Center / Room 25C
     Title Displayed in Event Calendar: Adult Literacy and Adult  
Education SIG Business Meeting

Session Participants:

     Participant: Ann Brooks (Texas State University)

Abstract:

     The Annual SIG business meeting will be followed by a film  
screening and discussion of transformative citizenship education for  
adult U.S. citizens. This will be led by film-maker Ann Brooks.

 From Salwa Khan (sk16 at txstate.edu):
I co-produced and edited an "academic" video titled Immigration-La  
ruptura de la familia" which will be shown at the Adult Literacy and  
Adult Education SIG Business Meeting on April 16, 6:15PM at the San  
Diego Convention Center, Room 25C.  My co-presenter is Dr. Ann Brooks,  
who taught the class in which we gathered the video interviews during  
a ten-day trip to Cuernavaca, Mexico last year.  Her name appears on  
the program--lowly students don't even get second billing!

THURSDAY, APRIL 16:

Investigating Undergraduates’ Perceptions and Use of a Learning  
Management System: A Tale of Two Campuses	
     Scheduled Time: Thu, Apr 16 - 8:15am - 10:15am   Building/Room:  
Manchester Grand Hyatt / Madeleine Room D
     In Session: Technology and Learning in Higher Education

Authors:

      *Steven Lonn (University of Michigan)
        Stephanie D. Teasley (University of Michigan)
        Andrew Edward Krumm (University of Michigan)

Abstract:

     Learning Management Systems (LMS) are web-based systems allowing  
instructors and/or students to share materials and interact online. We  
explored the differences between undergraduate students at a large  
residential campus with students at a smaller commuter campus who used  
the same LMS. We examined students’ survey responses, focusing on  
items related to materials management and interactive teaching and  
learning. We also examined aggregated log data to see if students’ use  
was consistent with their beliefs. Students from both campuses rate  
highly all activities and tools within the LMS. Findings suggest,  
however, that residential students value activities and tools for  
materials management more than commuter students while commuter  
students value activities and tools fostering interactive teaching and  
learning more than residential students.
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