Analytics that Inform the University: Using Data You Already Have

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Dziuban ◽  
Patsy Moskal ◽  
Thomas B. Cavanagh ◽  
Andre Watts
Keyword(s):  
Student Success ◽  
Distributed Learning ◽  
University Of Central Florida ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Powerful Means ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The University ◽  
Inform Decision Making

The authors describe the University of Central Florida’s top-down / bottom-up action analytics approach to using data to inform decision-making at the University of Central Florida. The top-down approach utilizes information about programs, modalities, and college implementation of Web initiatives. The bottom-up approach continuously monitors outcomes attributable to distributed learning, including student ratings and student success. Combined, this top-down/bottom up approach becomes a powerful means for using large extant university datasets to provide significant insights that can be instrumental in strategic planning.

scholarly journals ACRL candidates for 2018: A look at who’s running

2018 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Association Of College & Research Libraries
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
State University ◽  
University Of Central Florida ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Reference Services ◽  
Louisiana State University ◽  
Associate Dean ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University

Penny Beile is associate director for research, education, and engagement at the University of Central Florida, a position she has held since 2013. Prior to this, Beile served as head of the Curriculum Materials Center and interim head of reference services at the University of Central Florida (1998–2013), as head of education resources and social sciences reference librarian at Louisiana State University (1994–98), and as social sciences reference librarian at Miami (OH) University (1992–94).Karen Munro is associate dean of libraries, learning, and research services at Simon Fraser University, a position she has held since 2017. Prior to this, Munro served as head of the Portland Library and Learning Commons at the University of Oregon (2008–17), as e-learning librarian at the University of California-Berkeley (2005–08), and as literature librarian at the University of Oregon (2002–05).

The University of Central Florida Rail Noise Model

1999 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 1282-1282
Author(s):  
Roger L. Wayson ◽  
John M. MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Noise Model ◽  
University Of Central Florida ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
The University

It's About Time An Undergraduate Honors Course on the Topic of Time

KronoScope ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Basic Structure ◽  
Honors Students ◽  
Special Topic ◽  
University Of Central Florida ◽  
Honors College ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Special Events ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Nature Of Time ◽  
The University

AbstractThis paper presents information concerning a specific undergraduate honors course on the interdisciplinary topic of time. True to the cross-cutting nature of time, the course was both led by and primarily taught by two professors from the distinctly different disciplines of information systems and psychology, respectively. It was offered as a special topic honors course in the Burnett Honors College at the University of Central Florida whose rubric ensured that enrollment was limited to a maximum of twenty undergraduate, honors students only. Additionally, selected auditors were allowed to attend specific, special events. The ceiling on enrollment proved critical since it allowed for a broad, discussion-based exploration of time, led on a number of occasions by specialist guest lecturers drawn from the arts, the sciences, and other speakers from well beyond the traditional confines of academe. There was a high demand for, and an excellent reception of, the course as offered. Due to the external constraints of the two professors involved, it proved to be a unique offering. However, the following description is provided for use by other teachers and professors who might wish to peruse and adopt the basic structure and/or some of the content that was collected and created.

Campus Press, Inc.: A critical analysis of the corporatization of collegiate media

Journalism ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1018-1034
Author(s):  
Thomas F Corrigan ◽  
Jennifer M Proffitt
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Florida State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Corporate Ownership ◽  
University Of Central Florida ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Corporate Ownership Structure ◽  
Student Newspapers ◽  
The University

This article examines the corporatization of collegiate media in the United States. Gannett Company, Inc.’s purchase of two university publications, the FSView & Florida Flambeau ( FSView) at Florida State University and the Central Florida Future at the University of Central Florida, have raised concerns regarding the autonomy of the campus press. This article first defines the functions and structures of the campus press and how each contribute to the normative goals and democratic potential of collegiate student newspapers. The article goes on to argue that a corporate ownership structure, despite the alluring rhetoric espoused by corporate media, meets the needs of advertisers and shareholders, not the communities the campus press should serve. Gannett’s purchase of the FSView is examined in depth because it provides a revealing case study of the underlying interests that corporations such as Gannett have in collegiate media.

University of Central Florida Cogeneration Facility: Design and Economic Impact of a Medium Speed Reciprocating Engine Driven Chilled Water System

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Burris ◽  
Ryusuke Oosaki ◽  
L. Todd Shaw ◽  
David Norvell ◽  
Brett Bleeker
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Water System ◽  
Oxidation Catalyst ◽  
University Of Central Florida ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Reciprocating Engine ◽  
Medium Speed ◽  
Chilled Water ◽  
Chilled Water System ◽  
The University

The University of Central Florida Cogeneration Facility is a state of the art chilled water CHP system using a natural gas fueled high efficiency 60 Hz medium speed reciprocating engine as the prime mover. The facility features one lean burn 5.5 MW 18KU30GSI (MACH II-SI) spark ignition engine, generator, controls, auxiliaries, multi-effect absorption chiller, secondary cooling, and an advanced emissions control system that includes selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system and oxidation catalyst (OC). The cogeneration system is located on a constrained site in Orlando, Florida at the second largest university in the United States with a student enrollment of over 56,000. The site is adjacent to a sensitive environmental area to the east, a main thoroughfare to the south, student dormitories to the west, and a lecture hall to the north. The architecture of the new combined heat and power plant was carefully designed to blend with the surrounding campus architecture and sound attenuation methods were employed to minimize noise pollution from the power plant. The new chilled water system was interconnected to the existing campus chilled water facility, therefore requiring coordination with existing chilled water infrastructure as well as other existing electrical, water, sewer, and storm water utilities on the campus. This paper describes the plant load profile, design criteria, engine performance, chilled water production heat balance, and emissions requirements. The economic benefit to the University is discussed including both the impact of self generating power and augmentation of the existing chilled water system. In addition, the benefits of using modern 3-dimensional design tools are outlined for a brown-field location such as the subject site.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Reading Strategies Used by Ethiopian Higher Education Students: Evidence from Ambo University, Oromia, Ethiopia

IJOHMN ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 25-53
Author(s):  
Motuma Hirpassa Minda ◽  
Mikire Dase Boka ◽  
S. Nakkiran
Keyword(s):  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Interactive Approach ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
English Major ◽  
Main Ideas ◽  
The University

Concerned by increased problems about the students’ reading quality, this study was carried out to investigate the reading approach of English major students of Ambo University. To achieve this objective, all 52(31 male and 21 female) English major students of the University were purposely selected for the study because the number of the students is small to manage. Both quantitative and qualitative data were obtained from the respondents through Reading Achievement Tests, Questionnaire and Structured Interview and analyzed accordingly. The study mainly focused on the students’ approach to reading (adapted top-down or bottom-up) and the students’ ability to identify the main ideas and details, explicitly stated and implied information, the purpose and the tone of authors in five different reading genres: dialogues, directions, article, essays, and poems.  The overall result of the study showed that 89.7% of the University students were exclusively limited to bottom-up approaches to reading and frustrated to determine the main ideas and implied information in the texts. In other words, no student answered more than 78% in reading comprehension items correctly in the tests. Moreover, half of the students could not answer above 50% in the comprehension questions. Therefore, the prescriptions for the solution  to the problem lies in bringing about improvement in the students’ interactive approach to reading and thereby, improve students’ ability to identify the main ideas and details, explicitly stated and implied information, the purpose and the tone of authors in different reading genres: dialogues, articles, essays, directions and poem.

scholarly journals A Comparison Between Two Methods for Teaching Forearm Defense in Volleyball and Determining the Transfer of Learning from an Instructional Setting to a Game-Like Setting

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (28) ◽  
pp. 126
Author(s):  
Khitam Mousa Ay
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Transfer Of Learning ◽  
T Test ◽  
Instructional Setting ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Skill Performance ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The University ◽  
Method Group

This study aims to make a comparison between two different methods (the Bottom-up method and the Top-down method) for teaching forearm defense in volleyball and determining the transfer of learning from an instructional setting to a game-like setting. The subjects of the study were (36) students at physical education faculty in the university of Jordan, with mean age of (20 ± 0.5) years, who were assigned in volleyball course (2) in the second semester 2015/2016. They were divided randomly into two groups: The Bottom-up method group (18) students, and the Top-down method group (18) students. Two different (4-weeks) programs were applied, three times per week for (50 minutes) by the same physical education teacher; the author of this study who is specialized in teaching volleyball, (12) lessons plans were prepared for each group in which the subjects learned the forearm defense skill and how to use this skill under game conditions. Two measurements were taken; both groups were measured at the beginning (pre-test) in order to establish that all students started at the same level of skill performance and under game-like conditions performance. After the completion of the teaching program, the final measurements were taken (post-test) to note the different impact between the two methods of teaching on the subject`s performance in forearm defense skill performance and game-like conditions. Statistical analysis by using the (SPSS) program was done, included T-test for mean at pre and post test for the two groups and T-test for mean at post test between the two groups. The results showed significant differences (p < 0.05) in post test between the two groups in favor of the Bottom-up method group in forearm defense skill performance in volleyball. Whereas, the results showed significant differences (p < 0.05) in post test between the two groups in favor of the Top-down method group in transfer performance to a game-like setting. The study concluded that it is important to use the combination of both methods; both methods have merit according to the stage of motor learning.

Extracting the Structure of Design Information From Collaborative Tagging

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jitesh H. Panchal ◽  
Matthias Messer
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Collaborative Tagging ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Design Information ◽  
Complementary Nature ◽  
Collective Innovation ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Innovation Platform ◽  
Computational Reasoning

Information representation in engineering design is currently dominated by top–down approaches such as taxonomies and ontologies. While top–down approaches provide support for computational reasoning, they are primarily limited due to their static nature, limited scope, and developer-centric focus. Bottom–up approaches, such as folksonomies, are emerging as means to address the limitations of top–down approaches. Folksonomies refer to collaborative classification by users who freely assign tags to design information. They are dynamic in nature, broad in scope, and are user focused. However, they are limited due to the presence of ambiguities and redundancies in the tags used by different people. Considering their complementary nature, the ideal approach is to use both top–down and bottom–up approaches in a synergistic manner. To facilitate this synergy, the goal in this paper is to present techniques for using dynamic folksonomies to extract global characteristics of the structure of design information, and to create hierarchies of tags that can guide the development of structured taxonomies and ontologies. The approach presented in this paper involves using (a) tools such as degree distribution and K-neighborhood connectivity analysis to extract the global characteristics of folksonomies and (b) set-based technique and hierarchical clustering to develop a hierarchy of tags. The approach is illustrated using data from a collective innovation platform that supports collaborative tagging for design information. It is shown that despite the flat nature of the folksonomies insights about the hierarchy in information can be gained. The effects of various parameters on the tag hierarchy are discussed. The approach has potential to be used synergistically with top–down approaches such as ontologies to support the next generation collaborative design platforms.

Making Memories of a Lifetime

2011 ◽  
pp. 329-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher B. Stapleton ◽  
Charles E. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Mixed Reality ◽  
University Of Central Florida ◽  
Entertainment Education ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
Functional Capabilities ◽  
New Models ◽  
The Media ◽  
The University

This chapter explores how Mixed Reality (MR) allows the magic of virtuality to escape the confines of the computer and enter our lives to potentially change the way we play, work, train, learn and even shop. Case studies demonstrate how emerging functional capabilities will depend upon new artistic conventions to spark the imagination, enhance human experience and lead to subsequent commercial success. The Media Convergence Laboratory at the University of Central Florida is creating a content framework for applying Mixed Reality to Entertainment, Education Training and Rehabilitation. Utilizing classical concepts of mimesis and state-of-the-art experiential entertainment, new models are examined and evaluated that will shape the next generation MR content. The convergence of story, play and games become the cornerstones of “Interplay Conventions” that will transform MR technical capabilities into new creative possibilities (“The Evolution of a Framework for Mixed Reality Experiences” is the technical companion piece).

Universities’ Role as Catalysts for Venture Creation

2013 ◽  
pp. 153-181
Author(s):  
Thomas O’Neal ◽  
Henriette Schoen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Venture Creation ◽  
University Of Central Florida ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Development Stages ◽  
The Us ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Universities are being asked to play an increasingly larger role in communities as catalysts for venture creation. Some universities have embraced taking an active role, often filling gaps in the local entrepreneurial environment, to induce venture creation. This chapter discusses the role the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, USA, has taken when partnering with local economic development entities in academic to practitioner-based activities. Over the last 12 years, UCF’s Office of Research and Commercialization (UCF ORC) has continuously worked on improving the process of getting ideas from the university laboratories and the community out to the market to help the community grow and flourish. UCF and a growing number of other universities are creating a suite of Entrepreneurial Support Entities (ESEs) that provide entrepreneurial help in all of a company’s development stages. This chapter presents the interactions among the ESEs, with UCF serving as an example to demonstrate the impact a university can have on its surroundings and on the community’s development. There are many examples of such interactions across the US at other universities as well.

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