Faculty Publications & Presentations
Dr. Debbie Smith, assistant department chair in University Studies and director of Leadership Studies, authored "Effectively using discussion boards to engage students in introductory leadership courses," which was published in the spring 2015 edition of The Journal of Leadership Education.
In her article, Smith discusses the use of online asynchronous discussion boards as a valuable tool for connecting students to leadership concepts, theories, and models in introductory leadership survey courses.
Smith also gives recommendations for designing effective discussion boards that engage students and enhance their learning. Student outcomes include construction of knowledge, relevant connections between course material and personal lives, and critical reflection.
Dr. Hillary Steiner, assistant director of learning communities, received an invitation by the University of Akron to lead a workshop for their learning communities faculty on "Creating Integrative Assignments."
The University of Akron is seeking to revitalize its learning communities program by making curricular collaboration and integration more intentional and identified KSU's Learning Communities program as an outstanding example of faculty collaboration.
Steiner explained, "Integrative assignments, which enable students to make connections among their classes, help make learning communities a high-impact practice. The University of Akron recognized the work KSU's learning communities program is doing in this area and invited me to facilitate a workshop for its learning communities faculty. I will join them for their day-long professional development institute, sharing research about curricular integration, and helping learning communities teams develop assignments that can be used in their fall courses."
Steiner will present May 14.
Dr. Debbie Smith
Dr. Hillary Steiner