Browsing by Subject "conferences"

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    Central Indiana STEM Talent Expansion Program: Student and Faculty Interventions
    (IEEE, 2015-08) Hundley, Stephen P.; Feldhaus, Charles R.; Watt, Jeffrey X.; Marrs, Kathleen A.; Gavrin, Andy; Mzumara, Howard; Department of Technology and Leadership Communication, School of Engineering and Technology
    Funded by 5-year, $2M grant from the National Science Foundation, the Central Indiana STEM Talent Expansion Program (CI-STEP) at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is creating a pipeline of students and a campus culture change to increase the number of undergraduates obtaining Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degrees. CI-STEP addresses initiatives needed for transforming the undergraduate STEM experience by propagating, expanding, and creating new evidence-based educational innovations in undergraduate STEM education at IUPUI.
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    Considering Telematic Tools for Conferences
    (Stony Brook University, 2019) Deal, Scott; Smith, Rodney; Meng, Chuiyuan; Vice, Matt; Music and Arts Technology, School of Engineering and Technology
    Participation in conferences is an elemental component of professional life throughout the world. Two problems offset the social synergy gained from attending a far-away gathering of like-minded people. The first is the highly pronounced carbon footprint from air travel, and the second is the expense involved to participate in a conference which may be on another continent. These factors prevent many from participating who could otherwise benefit as well as contribute. As videoconferencing becomes more common and more sophisticated, it will serve as an alternative that not only benefits constituencies, but will expand the reach of a conference to more communities. This paper outlines a rationale, ideas, and a blueprint for a video conferencing toolkit intended to merge both on-site and on-line participants, via tailored applications and best practices. These include high grade audio/video capabilities common to telematic artists, in addition to integral components and practices of online presence that address issues of event management, social networking, collaboration-communication, information exchange, and asynchronous presence.
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    Speed Posters: An Alternative to Traditional Poster and Podium Sessions
    (2016-08) Wagnes, Lisa D.; IU School of Nursing
    Speed posters were used as an alternative concurrent session option during a national nursing education conference. The session format was received positively by both participants and presenters, and, as a result, recommendations for use were developed by the conference planners.
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    Virtually Hosting a National Medical Society Conference. Lessons Learned from the 2020 Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors Conference
    (ATS, 2020-09) Bosslet, Gabriel T.; Carmona, Hugo; Burkart, Kristin M.; McCallister, Jennifer; Reitzner, Joyce; Kreider, Maryl; Lenz, Peter H.; Medicine, School of Medicine
    The coronavirus pandemic forced the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors to change the 2020 annual conference to a virtual format with relatively short notice. Using the experience of the planning committee and survey feedback from attendees, we describe the steps taken to implement a virtual conference and lessons learned in the process. The lessons described include frequent and concise communication, establishment of roles within a discrete production team, preparing speakers with a protocolized training session, active moderation of the chat box, using interactive polling and online documents to improve interactivity, a shorter agenda with more frequent breaks, encouraging “virtual happy hours” to connect with colleagues, and establishing facilitators for breakout rooms.