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What a pleasure to participate in the Library Conference at ULIM -- on the topic "Civic Engagement in the Online Classroom."
This morning I opened my emails to receive this certificate:
For more about my presentation at the Library Conference at ULIM, see
https://jainmoldova.blogspot.com/2020/10/ulim-conference-universitas-europea.html
For more about ULIM, see https://ulim.md/en/
What a pleasure to participate in ULIM's Opening Ceremony to express gratitude for a decade of scientific cooperation.
This morning, when I opened my email, I received this certificate:
I look forward to hanging in my office -- once I return to working out of my office at USF.
For more about the Opening Ceremony, and a video of the presentation, see
https://jainmoldova.blogspot.com/2020/10/ulim-28th-opening-ceremony-usfsp-ulim.html
For more about ULIM, see https://ulim.md/en/
This morning I had the pleasure of speaking at the conference organized by ULIM's Library: “UNIVERSITAS
EUROPEA: Towards a Knowledge-Based Society through Europeanisation and Globalization"
Previously on this blog I posted the Call for Proposals as well as the Conference Program:
https://jainmoldova.blogspot.com/2020/10/ulim-symposium-education-libraries-in.html
I presented on the topic "Civic Engagement in the Online Classroom"
Abstract
In this presentation I will discuss the development and implementation of a civics project in an online American Government course. The challenges and opportunities of managing civic engagement projects in an online format will be explored. I have taught American National Government online for thirteen semesters. During that time I administered anonymous pre-test and post-test surveys and collected Reflection Papers and Discussion Board Posts about each of the Civics Projects. In addition, the university administered anonymous end-of-course evaluations, and the Center for Civic Engagement administered anonymous student surveys of this Citizen Scholar course. I will analyze the results of the survey data along with content analysis of the student reflection papers and discussion board posts in order to determine the impact of the civics project on students' civic learning and political engagement in the online course delivery format. Lessons learned are applicable to courses in fields that seek to incorporate service learning, community-based research, or civic engagement in the online context.
For more about my research on this topic, see
“Civic Engagement in the Online Classroom: Increasing Youth Political Engagement in an Online American Government Course.” Vol. 8, No. 1 (April 2019) eJournal of Public Affairs, pp. 32-68.
and
“Promoting Civic Literacy and Engagement during the COVID-19 Pandemic,” with Elizabeth Bennion. PSNow, American Political Science Association, 23 March 2020
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| The brains behind the organization of this ULIM Library conference |
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| Wonderful to be collaborating again with Larisa Patlis |
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| It was like old times -- with 2 presentations "at" ULIM in the last 4 days. |
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Thanks again Larisa Patlis for the invitation!
I was delighted to be invited to participate in ULIM's 28th Opening
Ceremony -- taking place virtually this year. My presentation
celebrated "USFSP - ULIM: A Decade of Scientific Cooperation"
Here is a link to the video we recorded, with Romanian subtitles:
And here are some pictures of the event. As it turned out, I WAS online between 2:00 AM and 3:00 AM when the event was live, so I participated remotely via zoom. There were also speakers/participants at ULIM, physically distanced.
La Multi Ani, ULIM!
For more about ULIM, see https://ulim.md/en/
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| virtually together with dear colleague Larisa PATLIS |
Opening Ceremony PROGRAM:
Conferința științifică cu participare internațională cu ocazia a 28 de ani de la fondarea ULIM.
Special THANKS to our wonderful crew in our Distance Learning Studio at USF St. Petersburg -- David Brodosi and Deanna Salt -- who helped record a professional video for this important event.
Our dear colleague -- Larisa Patlis -- whom we hosted at USFSP as a Carnegie Fellow -- is now working at ULIM's Library. We are pleased that she shared this call for proposals with us and that we continue our cooperation and collaboration.
Distinguished librarians from USFSP's Poynter Library --Theresa Burress, Emily Mann, Allison Symulevich -- will be presenting at the conference. And I will be, too!
Will post more about the presentations after the conference, which is scheduled to take place virtually on 16 October 2020.
I was delighted to be invited to participate in ULIM's 28th Opening Ceremony -- taking place virtually this year. My presentation celebrated "USFSP - ULIM: A Decade of Scientific Cooperation"
Special THANKS to our wonderful crew in our Distance Learning Studio at USF St. Petersburg -- David Brodosi and Deanna Salt -- who helped record a professional video for this important event.
La Multi Ani, ULIM!
For more about ULIM, see https://ulim.md/en/