… CPETE Umbrella IRB for SoTL We are pleased to report that our university's Institutional Review Board has recently approved an umbrella protocol for ongoing pedagogical research at South Dakota State University. Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence will be leading the research program, and anyone doing … nationally with respect to teaching and learning. Principal Investigators: Kevin Sackreiter, Executive Director of CPETE How to Join the Protocol: In MS Word format, please send a completed protocol form and any surveys or interview questions you will use in the study to Kevin Sackreiter. Most studies included in the protocol will use specific language on course … As required by federal regulations, any investigator conducting human subjects research must complete CITI training, specifically the "Social/Behavior Research Course". You can register for and begin CITI training. Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence … We are pleased to report that our university's Institutional Review Board has …
… Mid-Semester Review The Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence is excited to announce a new initiative within our programming. The CPETE will be offering our new Mid-Semester Review Program between early to mid-October for the Fall Semester and late February to early March in the Spring. Conducting Discussion The program consists of a CPETE staff member coming into the classrooms of interested faculty members and conducting brief 10-minute focus groups with the students enrolled in the class without the faculty member in the room. … two basic questions to facilitate the discussion: What do you feel has positively impacted your learning this semester? What suggestions/ideas do you have for your instructor that may to enhance your learning experience in this class? The focus groups will be audio recorded and then transcribed for the faculty member. Students will not be identified and the …
… SDSU to host ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Community Read events A series of events featuring the bestselling book “Killers of the Flower Moon” this semester will culminate April 5, when author David Grann will give a lecture on the South Dakota State University campus. The … and tribal politics and traditions. McEntee said it took a lot of support from a lot of different parties to host the events and bring Grann to campus. Work to do so started last May. After organizers confirmed they could get Grann to SDSU, the other plans started falling into place. The Community Read events are being sponsored by the South Dakota Humanities …
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