Friday, May 26
Concurrent Sessions 1: 9:30am - 10:30am
William Lopez, Texas Tech University
Erika Soto, Texas Tech University
Audience: SI Professional Staff
Ballroom 1
Institutions provide free resources to their faculty, staff, and students. This session will cover how Texas Tech SI Program has used university provided resources to enhance the SI program, record attendance, submit documents, communicate with student staff, and become a more efficient organization. Hear how the university resources have enhanced the SI Program, and tips on how you might be able to use your institution’s resources.
Emerald Artist, Tarrant County College
Kristin Carter, Tarrant County College
Abel Rivera-Velez, Tarrant County College
Audience: SI Leaders
Ballroom 2
Much research has been and continues to be conducted on Neil Fleming’s VARK modalities. While relevant, it focuses on how learners best receive/retain information, but little is contributed on how learners best process information for comprehension. The FILS-VARK questionnaire aims to fill that gap. Using this information, SI can incorporate processing opportunities throughout sessions and give students suggestions on better study habits outside of SI.
Concurrent Sessions 2: 10:45am - 11:45am
Jessica Maidlow, University of Texas at Dallas
Mike Saenz, University of Texas at Dallas
Audience: SI Professional Staff, SI Leaders
Ballroom 1
SI Leaders show up for their sessions to guide their attendees, but do they show up for each other? If your staff is struggling with connecting and creating relationships with their peers, we recommend implementing SI Committees. In this presentation, we will cover the benefits of committees and best practices on how to incorporate them into your SI Program.
Facilitated by Naya Nwadialo, Texas A&M University
Audience: SI Leaders
Ballroom 2
This round table discussion will explore various topics of interest to SI Leaders and will provide an opportunity to hear from each other and how they approach various issues, such as marketing SI to students, encouraging attendance, redirecting questions, creating collaborative activities, etc.
Disclaimers:
The views expressed by the conference presenters during a conference session or through shared materials are solely those of the presenter and do not represent the views of the SI conference staff or the Academic Success Center at Texas A&M University.
The session topics are subject to change.