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Women Balancing Biology and Opportunity in the 21st Century

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Women in the 21st Century. This presentation discusses the emotional health of women and explores balancing the biology of women in with all of the changes in the 21st century.
Date: March 13, 2012
Creator: Chandler, Cynthia K.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Web Browser Automation With Selenium IDE

This Tech Talk presentation discusses web browser automation with Selenium IDE. The presenter covers the basics of Selenium IDE, examples of its use, and a demonstration.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Weidner, Andrew
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Women in the 21st Century

This poster introduces the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Women in the 21st Century. This series features Dr. Beverly Bower, professor of counseling and higher education, Dr. Cynthia Chandler, professor of counseling and higher education, and Dr. Suzanne Enck, assistant professor of communication studies.
Date: March 13, 2012
Creator: Mondragon-Becker, Antonio
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interpolative multidimensional scaling techniques for the identification of clusters in very large sequence sets (open access)

Interpolative multidimensional scaling techniques for the identification of clusters in very large sequence sets

This article discusses interpolative multidimensional scaling techniques for the identification of clusters in very large sequence sets.
Date: March 13, 2012
Creator: Hughes, Adam; Ruan, Yang; Ekanayake, Saliya; Bae, Seung-Hee; Dong, Qunfeng; Rho, Mina et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Public Libraries and Democratization in Three Developing Countries: Exploring the Role of Social Capital

This article explores the role of social capital. The authors develop a theoretical framework intended to facilitate systematic investigation of the contributions public libraries may make to democratization.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Ignatow, Gabriel; Webb, Sarah M.; Poulin, Michelle; Parajuli, Ramesh; Fleming, Peter; Batra, Shika et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lessons Learned: Digitization of Cooke County Ledgers (open access)

Lessons Learned: Digitization of Cooke County Ledgers

This paper describes a grant project to digitize Cooke County, Texas ledgers. The project was funded in part by the National Historic Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) and involves digitizing and hosting several rare and unique collections representative of the Civil War. The UNT Archives partnered with the UNT Libraries Digital Projects Unit (DPU), which managed all stages of the digitization. This paper describes and examines the process the DPU implemented to digitize the Cooke County ledger collection; in doing so, it provides insight into the problems one might encounter, as well as recommendations for institutions that may be considering similar digital projects.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Barker, Trista; Berrios, Reyes; Fisher, Sarah Lynn; Krahmer, Ana & Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Shaping User Experience

This presentation is part of a conference workshop about shaping user experience. The topics of the presentation include usability testing, iterative design, and digital libraries.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Krahmer, Ana; Crane, Kate & Carlisle, Tara
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Improving Retention of Chord Recognition and Voice-Leading Principles through Immediate Feedback about Errors in Practice Drills

Poster presented as part of the 2012 University Forum on Teaching & Learning. This poster discusses improving retention of chord recognition and voice-leading principles in students of music.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Dworak, Paul E.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Creating a Collaborative Online Project for an MBA Core course

Poster presented as part of the 2012 University Forum on Teaching & Learning at UNT. This poster discusses creating a collaborative online project for an MBA core course. Traditional face-to-face classes offer the rich interactive experience gained through collaborative group projects.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Evangelopoulos, Nicholas & Jayakumar, Jay
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Using Calibrated Peer Review to Facilitate Writing Assignments in Large Classes

This poster discusses a project using Calibrated Peer Review (CPR). CPR is a web-based instructional tool. CPR assignments require students to write an essay, evaluated three 'canned' calibration essays on the same topic, evaluate three of their peers' essays, and finally evaluate their own essay. The authors' goal was to determine whether the CPR process improves student learning of the essay content and whether the CPR process improves student writing.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Ishiyama, John & Watson, Wendy
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Quantitative Analysis in Kinesiology

This poster discusses the experiential learning activities developed for the UNT Quantitative Analysis in Kinesiology course, including technology components, video segments created, fully functional learning modules, flash learning activities, and integrated clicker technology.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Budnar, Ronald & Morrow, James R.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Consumer Engagement in Digital Channels - A Digital Strategy

This poster discusses the experiential learning activity process for a course in the UNT Business department. The overall learning goal is to understand the challenges and opportunities faced by multi-channel businesses.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Pookulangara, Sanjukta
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

History 4263: Palestinian History

Poster for the 2012 University Forum on Teaching & Learning. This poster discusses a project for a UNT history course, History 4263, on Palestinian history. In the course, students explore historical foundations and interpretations of modern Palestinian history.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Stockdale, Nancy L.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Mock Trial on Stalin and Stalinism

This poster describes an experiential learning activity for the UNT course History 5040, Historiography of Stalinism. The goal is to apply critical reasoning to Stalin's politics in a courtroom environment.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Velikanova, Olga V.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Enhancing student-centered learning in Biomechanics (KINE3050) using new and emerging technological educational tools

Poster presented as part of the 2012 University Forum on Teaching & Learning at UNT. This poster describes a a project for a course using new and emerging technological educational tools. This project redesigned KINE-3050 (Biomechanics) as a blended course with the aim to enhance student-centered learning.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Vingren, Jakob L.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Teaching French Verbal Aspect through Concept-Based Instruction

This poster describes a pilot study on teaching French verbal aspect through concept-based instruction. This poster outlines and describes the background and context of a verbal aspect, the tasks and assessments for the study, student learning outcomes, the theoretical framework, and the results of the study.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Williams, Lawrence
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Journey to the Essence of Research in Child Development

This poster discusses an experiential learning activity for the UNT course DFST 3123 Child Development. The goal of the activity is to support student information-seeking and information-processing skills and guide students as they gain skills in identifying, understanding, and applying evidence-based research findings to child development.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Bradetich, Judi Rockey
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Sustainable Strategies in Merchandising: Experiential Learning in an Online Class

This poster discusses experiential learning in an online class. The course for which the projects are proposed is 'Sustainable Strategies in Merchandising' where students are provided with the knowledge to adapt and apply fundamental business tools for the pursuit of sustainable development to business operation.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Kim, Jiyoung
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Gender and globalization through film: A Wiki course

Poster presented as part of the 2012 University Forum on Teaching & Learning at UNT. This poster discusses a learning activity with a Wiki course on gender and globalization through film. The course aims to help students understand how existing gender inequalities are challenged and furthered by processes of international development and globalization.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Altiok, Özlem
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Resistance to impact criteria can lead to a tightening of the accountability noose (open access)

Resistance to impact criteria can lead to a tightening of the accountability noose

Article discussing research on how the resistance to impact criteria can lead to a tightening of the accountability noose.
Date: March 15, 2012
Creator: Holbrook, J. Britt & Frodeman, Robert
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Good Transformations: Ambiguity and the NSF's Experiment with 'Transformative' Research (open access)

Good Transformations: Ambiguity and the NSF's Experiment with 'Transformative' Research

This article discusses a recent workshop on Transformative Research held at the headquarters of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, Virginia.
Date: March 22, 2012
Creator: Holbrook, J. Britt; Barr, Kelli R. & Frodeman, Robert
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Promise and Perils of Transformative Research (open access)

The Promise and Perils of Transformative Research

This report is on the workshop 'Transformative Research: Ethical and Societal Implications'. Workshop conversations cluster under the four headings of the history and definitions, promotion, evaluation, and integration of transformative research.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Frodeman, Robert & Holbrook, J. Britt
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Science: For Science's or Society's Sake? Owning the National Science Foundation's Broader Impacts Criterion (open access)

Science: For Science's or Society's Sake? Owning the National Science Foundation's Broader Impacts Criterion

Article describing changes in the U.S. National Science Foundation's (NSF) merit review criteria. The authors argue that scientists are more likely to preserve their autonomy by embracing - or 'owning' - the new Broader Impacts Criterion rather than resisting it.
Date: March 1, 2012
Creator: Holbrook, J. Britt & Frodeman, Robert
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
New Directions for Academic Video Game Collections: Strategies for Acquiring, Supporting, and Managing Online Materials (open access)

New Directions for Academic Video Game Collections: Strategies for Acquiring, Supporting, and Managing Online Materials

Article discussing new directions for academic video game collections and strategies for acquiring, supporting, and managing online materials.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Robson, Diane & Durkee, Patrick
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library