Engaged Scholarship Seminar

2008-06-21 by Bill Warters

This episode focuses on the 2008 Summer Doctoral Seminar hosted by Wayne State University’s Department of Communication. The theme was “Communication Activism: Engaged Scholarship” and it featured guest scholar Dr. Larry Frey from the University of Colorado. We get to hear from some of the student participants and listen in on an engaging discussion that took place after students returned from a activists’ tour of Detroit. Interviewed participants include Audrey Wagstaff, Brian Ekdale, Janet Donoghue, Karen Greiner, Nadine Yehya, Sarah McGhee and Teemu Kauppi.

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Links Mentioned in Broadcast...

WSU Communication Department Homepage
Wayne State University's Department of Communication was host and sponsor of the seminar.
Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership
Grace Lee Boggs is mentioned by a number of participants after they met her during their Detroit tour.
Dr. Larry Frey's Profile Page
Larry Frey is a professor at the University of Colorado. This links to his profile page.

Sustaining Conflict Resolution Education Conference Highlights featuring Peer Mediation Partners

2008-04-26 by Bill Warters

In this episode we hear highlights from the ACR Education Section conference Sustaining Conflict Resolution Education: Building Bridges to the Future held March 9-11, 2008 in Fairfax, Virginia on the campus of George Mason University. Speakers include Larry Dieringer, Executive Director, Educators for Social Responsibility and Associate Professor Susan Hirsch from the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason. We also hear from Peer Mediation Partners undergraduate interns Rebecca Newman, Roxanne Libby, William Still and Jared Schmidt who describe their work going into middle schools and high schools in their region to support peer mediation across the educational spectrum.

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Links Mentioned in Broadcast...

Link to PMP presentation
Slides from the Peer Mediation Partners workshop
Educators for Social Responsibility
Website of Educators for Social Responsibility
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
ICAR at George Mason University
Conflict Resolution Education Connection
New web clearinghouse of CRE information and resources.

PARC Alumni on 20 Years of Conflict Theory, Research and Action

2007-10-05 by Bill Warters

In this episode, Bill Warters interviews colleagues affiliated with the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. The group assembled in Syracuse September 27-28, 2007 for a conference and celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the PARC Program. Interviewees discuss their early focus at PARC, what they have done since, and they offer advice for new graduate students entering the field of conflict studies. People interviewed include:

Neil Funk-Unrau
John Lawyer
Patrick Coy
Nora Femenia
Tim Hedeen
John Crist
Brian Polkinghorn
Diane Swords
Heather Pincock
Marie Pace

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Links Mentioned in Broadcast...

PARC Website
The web home for the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts at Syracuse University.

CNCR Summer Institute Participants

2007-08-06 by Bill Warters

In this episode I interview participants attending the Summer Institute on Conflict Management in Higher Education sponsored by the Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at Georgia State University. Included is a description of the innovative Facilitated Discussion model being used to handle Academic Dishonesty disputes at the University of Georgia. The interviewees included:
Lin Inlow, Georgia State University
John Kraft, Armstrong Atlantic State University
Rebecca Murphy, Valdosta State University
Jim Wohl, Auburn University
Rachel Schipper, Georgia College and State University
David Bleiman, University and College Union, Edinburgh UK
Heather Blades, Missouri State University
Peter Shedd, University of Georgia

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Links Mentioned in Broadcast...

CNCR Summer Institute Information
CNCR Higher Education Initiative
DVD on Facilitated Discussion of Academic Dishonesty
University of Georgia Culture of Honesty Information
Jekyll Island Club (Institute location)

Finding Hidden Gems Online

2006-12-16 by Bill Warters

This podcast is from the Emerging Technology for Scholars series Bill Warters hosts for the Office of Teaching and Learning at Wayne State University. We explore tips for searching the so-called invisible web and how to take advantage of open access repositories and learning objects collections. The slides from the session, quite helpful to have while listening, are available as a pdf at http://www.campus-adr.net/images/OTLSession4_slides.pdf

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Links Mentioned in Broadcast...

Slides from this Session
These slides from the session provide links to many of the sources I'm reviewing during the podcast.
Companion Website
This is the companion website (a Moodle course) for the series, open to guests.
Learning Objects Collections Listing
This is a nicely organized and annotated list of Learning Objects collections that we review in the podcast.

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