NSSE at the AIR Annual Forum - NSSE

NSSE at the AIR Annual Forum
May 26−29, 2015 Denver, Colorado
FEATURED NSSE SESSIONS
National Survey of Student Engagement
Luncheon
NSSE 2016 Registration Deadline
September 25, 2015
NSSE users are invited to exchange ideas and share NSSE use
stories over lunch and meet the staff. To secure your place,
please RSVP to nsse@indiana.edu. Space is limited.
Wednesday, May 27, 11:45 am − 12:45 pm
Meeting Room 101
The NSSE 2016 Invitation to Participate is in
your AIR conference bag, for information on
the revised NSSE, the redesigned reports, and
other information about NSSE.
SPONSORED SESSION
The Updated NSSE: Exchanging Ideas and
Examples of Data Use
NSSE’s updated survey, modules, new customization options,
and redesigned reports offer participating institutions more
refined ways to assess educational quality. This session
provides an opportunity to highlight features and the use of
student engagement results and for participants and NSSE staff
to exchange ideas about the project and reports. Current and
new users are encouraged to attend and share ideas!
Thursday, May 28, 9:15 am − 10:00 am
Meeting Room 104
Presenters: Jillian Kinzie (Indiana University Bloomington) and
Robert Gonyea (Indiana University Bloomington)
View the updated NSSE instrument at
http://nsse.iub.edu/html/survey_instruments.cfm
NSSE in the Exhibit Hall
Stop by our exhibit to learn more about
NSSE and related projects, to ask questions
about the updated survey and redesigned
reports and tools, or just to say hello to
members of our team!
AIR Exhibit Hours
Wednesday May 27, 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
Thursday May 28, 8:00 am – 2:30 pm
NSSE AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AT AIR 2015
Pre-Conference Workshops, Presentations, Demonstrations, and Exhibits
Listed below are events at AIR 2015 that focus on the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and its
companion surveys, the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE), and the Beginning College Survey of Student
Engagement (BCSSE). The list includes sessions presented by NSSE staff members in the AIR conference program and
other sessions relevant to discussions about student engagement among AIR attendees. Inclusion in this list does not
imply NSSE endorsement. Presentations by NSSE staff members are noted with an asterisk (*).
Pre-Conference Workshops ▪ Monday, May 25
*Making the Most of NSSE: A Detailed Overview of Survey
Updates, Customization Options, Reports, and
Assessment Applications
Monday, 12:30 pm − 4:00 pm; Hyatt Capitol Ballroom 2
Presenters: Amy Ribera, Jillian Kinzie, Louis Rocconi, &
Shimon Sarraf
This workshop will help extend institutional research
professionals’ use of the updated survey and include a review
of survey content, new customization options, reporting, and
assessment opportunities. The goal of this workshop is to help
IR professionals make a seamless transition to using and
maximizing the benefits of the updated NSSE, and to exchange
ideas about approaches to using student engagement results.
Advanced Statistics for Institutional Research: Exploratory
Factor Analysis
Monday, 12:30 pm − 4:00 pm; Hyatt Capitol Ballroom 5
Presenter: Mary Anne Coughlin
This workshop focuses on factor analysis and its application
within the field of institutional research. Factor analysis is used
to establish evidence of the validity of many common
assessments (e.g., NSSE, CIRP).
Wednesday, May 27
*Canonical Correlation Analysis to Examine Student
Engagement and Learning
Wednesday, 10:45 am − 11:30 am; Meeting Room 207
Presenters: John Zilvinskis, Anthony Masseria, & Gary Pike
Impact of Attending Learning Communities on Student
First-Year Success
Wednesday, 11:45 am – 12:45 pm; Poster Session 59
Presenters: Rita Xiaoyan Liu & Kevork Horissian
*How Often Is Often? Testing the Meaning of Vague
Quantifiers Among Faculty
Wednesday, 11:45 am – 12:45 pm; Poster Session 25
Presenters: Amber Dumford & Thomas Nelson Laird
*Barriers in Returning to Learning: Engagement and
Support of Adult Learners
Wednesday, 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm; Meeting Room 207
Presenters: Thomas Shoup, Allison BrckaLorenz, &
Karyn Rabourn
*Predictability of Students’ Plans to Participate in
Undergraduate Research
Wednesday, 11:45 am – 12:45 pm; Poster Session 27
Presenters: John Zilvinskis & Amy Ribera
*An Alternative Approach: Using Survey Panels to
Inform Assessment
Wednesday, 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm; Meeting Room 201
Presenters: Shimon Sarraf, Sarah Fernandez, Mark
Houlemarde, & Xiaolin Wang
*The Mediatory of Student-Faculty Interaction and
Learning Outcomes
Wednesday, 11:45 am – 12:45 pm; Poster Session 29
Presenters: Lanlan Mu, Amy Ribera, & Xiaolin Wang
*A Look Within: STEM Faculty Emphasizing Deep
Approaches to Learning
Wednesday, 11:45 am – 12:45 pm; Poster Session 52
Presenters: Amy Ribera, Amber Dumford, & Thomas Nelson Laird
*Getting to Use: What Stimulates and Impedes Use of
Student Engagement Results?
Wednesday, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm; Meeting Room 111
Presenters: Jillian Kinzie, Danny Olsen, Alex McCormick,
Charles Blaich, & Kathleen Wise
Thursday, May 28
*Does Use of Survey Incentives Degrade Data Quality?
Thursday, 8:15 am – 9:00 am; Meeting Room 203
Presenters: James Cole, Shimon Sarraf, & Xiaolin Wang
NSSE Deep Learning/Engagement Items as Predictors of
Retention and Graduation
Thursday, 8:15 am – 9:00 am; Meeting Room 110
Presenters: Robert Loveridge, Sara Chapman, &
Laura Jimenez-Snelson
*Something to Talk About: Getting Your Campus Excited
to Discuss Data
Thursday, 9:15 am – 10:00 am; Meeting Room 203
Presenters: Bridget Yuhas & Allison BrckaLorenz
*Employment Status of Undergraduates at the Time
They Graduate
Thursday, 11:45 am – 12:45 pm; Poster Session 2
Presenter: Lanlan Mu
*Latino STEM Student Participation in Undergraduate Research
Thursday, 11:45 am – 12:45 pm; Poster Session 54
Presenters: John Zilvinskis, Rong Wang, & Amber Dumford
*Item Nonresponse Bias on the Faculty Survey of
Student Engagement
Thursday, 11:45 am – 12:45 pm; Poster Session 64
Presenters: Yi-Chen Chiang & Allison BrckaLorenz
*Explore Your Institution’s NSSE Results Online
Thursday, 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm; Meeting Room 203
Presenter: Kevin Fosnacht
*Mining Text Data for Useful Information
Thursday, 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm; Meeting Rooms 403 & 404
Presenter: John Zilvinskis
*Contextualizing Student Engagement Effect Sizes:
An Empirical Analysis
Thursday, 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm; Meeting Room 111
Presenters: Louis Rocconi & Robert Gonyea
*Gender Identity: What We Can Learn from Inclusivity
Thursday, 3:30 pm – 4:15 pm; Meeting Room 205
Presenters: Allison BrckaLorenz & Sarah Fernandez
Friday, May 29
*Does Allowing Survey Takers to Switch Devices
Improve Responses?
Friday, 8:00 am – 8:45 am; Rooms 405 – 407, Table 5
Presenters: Amber Dumford & Angie Miller
*Optimizing Long Surveys for Smartphones:
Why It’s Important
Friday, 9:00 am – 9:45 am; Rooms 405 – 407, Table 1
Presenters: Shimon Sarraf & James Cole
Prior Engagement and Expectations Matter to First-Year
College Engagement
Friday, 8:00 am – 9:45 am; Meeting Room 106
Presenter: Christopher Foley
Factors Affecting High-Achieving Students’ Attrition
in STEM Fields
Friday, 9:00 am – 9:45 am; Meeting Room 102
Presenter: Oyebanjo Lajubutu
A Decade of Data: An Item-Level Analysis of CCSSE Data Since 2004
Friday, 9:00 am – 9:45 am; Meeting Room 405-407: Group 6
Presenters: Kyle Lovseth