http://www.math.utep.edu/Faculty/lesser/Fun.html LL NSF DUE#1544237 with UTEP #226100919
SMILES interface
(launched June 2016): https://dev.stat.vmhost.psu.edu/smiles/library.php (as
of July 2017, log in at: https://dev.stat.vmhost.psu.edu/smiles/user/login )
VOICES (Virtual Ongoing
Interdisciplinary Conferences on Educating with Song) for
(Wed-Thurs) Sept. 27-28 2017: (followup Oct. 26-28 in San Antonio, with
joint mtg of College Music Society and Association for Technology in Music
Instruction) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K2TeTqFpRwOH8sJdJCajlFTAFxWLpSqvz_ssDnLTuIA/edit,
chaired by Greg Crowther http://faculty.washington.edu/crowther/Misc/Songs/
206-290-8826(cell); crowther@uw.edu (2nd
best: gregorio.del.laboratorio@gmail.com);
gregcrowther.com starting Jan. 2018, a
tenure-track job at Everett Community College, teaching human anatomy &
physiology (A&P). https://www.causeweb.org/voices/ and https://www.facebook.com/VOICES.Meetings/
https://www.causeweb.org/smiles/ (to see
assessments,, https://www.causeweb.org/smiles/user/login
with username: Larry Lesser)
voices@causeweb.org goes to all VOICES
people who participated/opted in???
leadvoices@causeweb.org goes to
Lesser, Pearl, Weber, Getty, Crowther
smiles@causeweb.org goes to Lesser,
Pearl, Weber
workingVOICES@causeweb.org goes to
those in the volunteer/working group
fun@CAUSEweb.org goes to Lesser & Pearl
SMILES
Grant Group Meeting
• join from computer, tablet or
smartphone: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/368100381
If it doesn't work, then use: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/485534757
• or dial in by phone: United States (Long distance): +1 (872)
240-3212 Access Code: 368-100-381
Dennis
Zoom: https://psu.zoom.us/my/dennispearl
Backup
backup: zoom room at https://psu.zoom.us/j/3050894748
MATH: EAGER: Collaborative proposal: SMILES: Student-Made Interactive Learning
with Educational Songs for Introductory Statistics
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John J. Weber(Perimeter College at Georgia State University) 1544243 |
Dennis K. Pearl(PSU) 1544426 |
Maria Isela Hernandez |
Jennifer Kaplan |
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title |
Assoc. Prof. in Dept. of Math,
CompSci & Engin. at Perimeter College at Georgia State University
(Clarkston campus) http://jjw3.com/ , |
Professor, Dept. of Statistics,
Penn State http://stat.psu.edu/ |
Manager |
Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Statistics
http://www.stat.uga.edu/people/faculty/jennifer-j-kaplan
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work |
First, try cell then try 678-891-3693(w) Department of Mathematics, Computer Sciences, and Engineering, 555 North Indian Creek Drive Perimeter College at Georgia State University Clarkston, Georgia, 30021, USA Math dept. 678-891-3710 |
Dennis office: (814)863-7395; PSU Stats Dept. (814) 865-1348 CAUSE
Webmaster: Kathy Smith, kms54@psu.edu
(814) 865-9442 (the new “Justin Slauson”); Bob Carey bobcareyiii@gmail.com or rpc5102@psu.edu (814) 865-9442 Program Coordinator (the new “Jean Scott”) Laura (Lorey)
Burghard 814-865-3513 LFB109@psu.edu Department of Statistics 326 Thomas Building The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania, 16801, USA |
x6396 |
706-542-5580
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home |
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Dennis Pearl (& Barbara Cohen) 113
Chippendale Lane Landline: 814-308-8379 |
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706-395-6463 |
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cell |
561-5593(GoogleVoice) |
614-545-8408 cell; 814-863-7395h, 814-308-8379 |
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5232? |
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email |
John.weber@gpc.edu
or jweber13@gsu.edu (backup: johnjweber3rd@gmail.com) New one:
jweber13@gsu.edu |
now Esmeralda Zazueta (“Esmi”) Contracts
& Grants Specials IV - Ext. 7351
or 5680 |
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role |
PI of GPC part |
PI of Ohio State part; OSU(then PSU) is lead
institution |
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Independent evaluator |
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Time zone |
eastern |
eastern time |
mountain |
eastern time |
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SRO |
Glenn A. Pfeifer, phone: 678-891-2528 fax:678-891-2763 Glenn.Pfeifer@gpc.edu |
Amanda E. Brown, aeb29@psu.edu,
814-865-3500 |
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https://www.causeweb.org/voices/
VOICES team
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affiliation |
cell |
Work phone |
email |
role |
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Bob Carey |
Penn State |
814-699-1138 |
(814) 865-9442 |
bobcareyiii@gmail.com or rpc5102@psu.edu |
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Greg Crowther |
206-290-8826 |
425-388-9480 ; Spring
2018 quarter OH (Pac.Time): M 2:30-4, W 10:30-12:30, Th 1-2:30 |
gcrowther@everettcc.edu |
Co-chair next VOICES virtual conference; Compile and consolidate song-in-STEM resources into a single searchable, annotated online collection (w/Walter Smith) |
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Dominic Dousa |
UTEP |
915-497-5750 |
915-747-7819 |
ddousa@utep.edu |
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Tiffany Getty |
Wellsboro HS; Wilkes U. |
717-793-6339 |
HS is 570-724-3547 |
tiffany.getty@wilkes.edu (or tgetty@wellsborosd.org) |
Co-chair next VOICES virtual conference |
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Larry Lesser |
UTEP |
915-873-3920 |
915-747-6845 |
lesser@utep.edu |
Periodical/Newsletter/Blog as
a communications vehicle for the field |
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Dennis Pearl |
Penn State |
614-545-8408 |
(814)863-7395 |
dkp13@psu.edu |
Survey of lower div. college & AP
teachers to see how songs are used in STEM |
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John Weber |
Perimeter College at Georgia State |
678-561-5593 |
678-891-3693 |
jweber13@gsu.edu |
Survey (see DKP) |
Denver 2018 meeting:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10UkzMw7nayga3ID3g5l6_YJ-f3kDObF2Hf1JIgV_MVo/edit
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/dense-courtyard-denver-tech-center/
June 29-30 (with July 1 for lead people)
https://docs.google.com/
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Name (VOICES working group) |
STEM field |
(nearest) city |
Email; URL |
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Eva Amsen
(C) |
biochemistry,
science communication |
London, UK |
eva.amsen@gmail.com |
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Bob Carey (L) |
Tech master |
State College,
PA |
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Jon Chase (C) |
freelance
science writer |
South Wales,
UK |
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Kristin Chavis
(C) |
HS biology |
Shreveport, LA |
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Scott Crawford
(S) |
Statistics |
Laramie, WY |
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Greg Crowther
(L;W) |
biology |
Seattle, WA |
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John Dougherty |
computer
science |
Philadelphia,
PA |
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Tony Dumas (S) |
music |
Rochester, NY |
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Tiffany Getty
(L;W) |
HS chemistry &
science education |
Wellsboro, PA |
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Merryl
Goldberg (L) |
education |
San Diego, CA |
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Lou Gross (C) |
biology |
Knoxville, TN |
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Monty Harper
(L) |
Science music |
Stillwater, OK |
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Larry Lesser (C;W) |
Stat/math ed |
El Paso, TX |
Lesser@utep.edu , http://www.math.utep.edu/Faculty/lesser/Mathemusician.html |
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Mary McLellan
(C) |
HS math/stat |
Ft. Worth, TX |
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Jeff Moran (C) |
biology |
Columbia, MO |
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Nyaradzo
Mvududu (S) |
statistics |
Seattle, WA |
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Dennis Pearl
(S;W) |
statistics |
State College,
PA |
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Robby Ratan |
Media/information |
East Lansing,
MI |
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Paul Reinert
(S;W) |
education |
Wilkes-Barre,
PA |
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Walter Smith (L;W) |
physics |
Philadelphia,
PA |
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John Weber (S;W) |
Math/stat./chemistry |
Atlanta, GA |
W = (July 1, 2018)
writing group
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D = Digital Library |
C = Communications |
S = Survey |
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Greg
Crowther* |
Larry
Lesser* |
Dennis
Pearl* |
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Walter
Smith* |
Eva
Amsen |
John
Weber* |
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Bob
Carey |
Jon
Chase |
Scott
Crawford |
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Monty
Harper |
Jeff
Moran |
Tony
Dumas |
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Tiffany
Getty |
Lou
Gross |
Paul
Reinert |
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Merryl
Goldberg |
Mary
McLellan |
Nyaradzo
Mvududu |
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Kristin
Chavis |
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* = facilitators
September 27-28, 2017 was the debut of VOICES
(Virtual Ongoing Interdisciplinary Conferences on Educating with Song; https://www.causeweb.org/voices/
), the first-of-its-kind online conference on using music to teach
college-level (including high school AP) STEM content. The conference was
funded as part of the NSF grant Project SMILES (Student-Made Interactive
Learning with Educational Songs), whose PIs are Larry Lesser
(The University of Texas at El Paso), Dennis Pearl (Penn State), and John Weber
(Perimeter College at Georgia State University). The inaugural conference
chair was Greg Crowther, a college biology instructor who has written 100+ STEM songs,
published several journal articles on teaching science with music, co-founded a
science songwriters' association, and founded a curated database of 7000+ STEM
songs.
The conference featured two full
days of (now-archived) programming over two days from the latest
research, pedagogy, and practitioner perspectives, including interactive
virtual poster sessions, interdisciplinary panels, and a keynote address by
physics instructor and entertainer Lynda Williams ("The Physics
Chanteuse"). The conference involved 71 registered attendees, 45
presenters, and 40 presentations. Participants spanned 22 states
across the US as well as Canada and the United Kingdom. It was
striking how almost all presentations applied to virtually all STEM
disciplines, and participants spanned a very broad variety of disciplines,
including all of the major STEM fields, as well as
Education, English, Media & Information, and Performing Arts.
Next (virtual) VOICES is Sept. 26
(and maybe also 27), 2018 https://www.causeweb.org/voices/2018/program
National Science Foundation’s
Div. of Undergraduate Education
EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory
Research) proposal due May 1, 2015
From NSF 15-026 Dear
Colleague Letter(DCL) on Dec. 4, 2014: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15026/nsf15026.jsp using GPG 15-1 http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf15001/gpg_index.jsp
Sept. 16, 2015 [FAIN #;
proposal #] award ID 1544237 (UTEP: 226100919)!!! Grant goes from Sept.
15, 2015- Aug. 31, 2019
(a $19,940 supplement award#
1544426 directed by PSU was awarded 7/25/17-8/31/19)
GSU # is 1544243)
UTEP
Daniel Y Lopez dylopez2@utep.edu x5170
My dept’s
administrators: Maria Salayandia, x5703,
mariasal@utep.edu & Valerie
Dominguez (x6754, vndominguez@utep.edu)
Accountant Yesenia
Castaneda yncastaneda@utep.edu
x 5698 Roberto Osegueda osegueda@utep.edu x 5680
If you need training or additional support, please contact the Grants Support Center (cgsc@utep.edu).
PIC: https://orspweb2.utep.edu/reconciliation/login.php
MUSIC DEPT.
Senior Lecturer
Stephen (Steve) A. Haddad, x7818, 915-479-2499 (cell), sahaddad@utep.edu
Office: FFA M139 http://faculty.utep.edu/Default.aspx?alias=faculty.utep.edu/sahaddad
Professor (of
Theory & Composition) Dominic Dousa, x7819, ddousa@utep.edu , http://faculty.utep.edu/ddousa cell/home: 497-5750
Office:
FFA M337 (came to UTEP in fall 2004, just like me!)
http://faculty.utep.edu/Default.aspx?alias=faculty.utep.edu/ddousa
Admin. Asst. I: Susie Hernandez
shernand@utep.edu x5606
Abstract:
In our increasingly data-centric world, statistical reasoning (reasoning
about data in the context of uncertainty) has become central to the skills our
nation needs students to develop.
Unfortunately, students’ first experience with statistical reasoning
remains in classrooms dominated by lectures rather than active learning
experiences and dominated by instructors relatively untrained in the
field. This is especially true at
two-year colleges where adjunct instructors often find it difficult to take
part in professional development opportunities, often perceive reform-based
pedagogies as taking “extra work” when they already have an unreasonable
workload, perceive new resources as being difficult to integrate into their
current mode of instruction, and recognize the often severe “statistics
anxiety” in their students. SMILES (Student-Made
Interactive Learning with Educational Songs) for Introductory Statistics will develop and
field-test an innovation in online learning where students create a song
by filling in key words associated with a learning objective. These interactive
songs will challenge students to make conceptual connections and construct
examples or context, thereby fostering statistical literacy and reasoning
skills. By reducing statistics anxiety (a key impediment to student
success) and enhancing student learning, the potential impact is
striking.
Interactive songs are a novel learning resource
that holds great potential for teaching literacy and reasoning skills in
statistics and other STEM disciplines. The web-based,
machine-run, and auto-graded
characteristic of this resource will provide easy access to students anywhere
anytime, and will address instructor hesitations regarding in-class use. For instructors, interactive songs will
be readily adoptable regardless of pedagogy (e.g., as easily incorporated in a
flipped class as in an online class, or a lecture/lab course), and provide a
simple bridge to the statistics education reform movement for groups like
two-year college adjuncts who remain otherwise disconnected. Most importantly, for students, these professional-quality
interactive songs will be designed to engage, lessen anxiety, and foster active
learning that enhances statistical reasoning skills.
To enhance their value, the
interactive songs developed by the SMILES project will involve a unique
artist/scientist collaborative to create original high-quality musical resources.
To evaluate their efficacy, we will conduct a randomized controlled field test
involving twenty college level introductory statistics instructors (15 will be from two-year colleges and most
with predominately African American and Hispanic student populations) in order
to assess the value of interactive songs in enhancing student learning and
reducing student anxiety.
NSF EAGER conference call John Haddock invites you
to attend this online meeting, 4/8/15
Topic: DCL 'Song' discussion Time:
11:00 am, Eastern Daylight Time
Meeting Number: 744 940 975
Meeting Password: Kemo$abe22
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1. Go to https://nsf.webex.com/nsf/j.php?MTID=mac5a267d28a9005d2336513ea506309d
2. If requested, enter your name and email address.
3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: Kemo$abe22
4. Click "Join".
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Provide your phone number when you join the meeting to receive a call back.
Alternatively,
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For assistance:
Go to https://nsf.webex.com/nsf/mc
, On the left navigation bar, click
"Support".
On the call with NSF(DUE) were: Ann Austin-Beck, aaustin@nsf.gov, 703-292-2058; DUE program director John Haddock, jhaddock@nsf.gov,
703-292-4643 [his asst: Brent Driscoll]
TJ Murphy,
Summer 2017 new program officer for our grant became: Karen Keene (kkeene@nsf.gov) 703-292-2482(w), 219-628-0894(c)
https://www.nsf.gov/staff/staff_bio.jsp?lan=kkeene&org=IIS&from_org=IIS
; https://ced.ncsu.edu/people/kakeene/
;
Alejandra Sorto 703-292-2934w, 512-557-7042c
Division
of Grants and Agreements (DGA): Jamie Hart
French 703-292-8644 jhfrench@nsf.gov
Pamela Hawkins
703-292-4814 pahawkin@nsf.gov
5-8 page EAGER (Early-concept Grants for
Exploratory Research) proposal through FastLane to NSF by May 1 using the
solicitation GPG NSF 15-1 (choosing the organization DUE, and the program
IUSE). I’m 7577041; dennis is 7576726
APS forms for consultants: http://admin.utep.edu/Default.aspx?alias=admin.utep.edu/financialservicesforms
Outside
songwriters:
Greg Crowther: http://faculty.washington.edu/crowther/Misc/Songs/
206-290-8826(cell); crowther@uw.edu (2nd
best: gregorio.del.laboratorio@gmail.com);
gregcrowther.com
Amy Adler (formerly Amy Adler Williams): amyadler77@gmail.com; amy@dktxcpa.org; amya@holhalev.org; ; 512-258-6637(w)
Monty Harper: http://www.montyharper.com
405-762-9449(c); 624-3805(h); monty@montyharper.com
Tom Toce: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6DW3DeJTj9EIHdEG8B4dw
http://www.tomtocemusic.com; ttoce@nyc.rr.com Thomas.Toce@ey.com 212-773-3000(w); 917-882-3485(h)
Overall
timeline:
Fall 2015-spring 2016 develop
intervention of interactive songs/poems, bouncing off 5 advisors as we go;
Spring-summer 2016 informal field testing of interface
Fall 2016 collection of (1st
batch of) data; Spring 2017 analysis of (1st batch of) data,
collection of (2nd batch of) data; Summer 2017 analysis of (2nd
batch of) data
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SRO contacts at
Penn State: Amanda E. Brown, aeb29@psu.edu, 814-865-3500
At GPC: Glenn A. Pfeifer, Director of Office of Grants and
Sponsored Programs
Georgia Perimeter College 1975 Lakeside
Parkway, Suite 300-A Tucker, GA
30084
phone: 678-891-2528 fax:678-891-2763
email: Glenn.Pfeifer@gpc.edu
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SMILES advisors:
Michael
Posner (confirmed and will write supporting letter for commitments because of
TANGO, http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1432251
): http://www07.homepage.villanova.edu/michael.posner/
Lou Gross
(confirmed): http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/ and http://www.nimbios.org/personnel/dir_gross
Ellen Gundlach (confirmed): http://www.stat.purdue.edu/people/faculty/gundlach
Kim Bennett (participation confirmed - John to
ask about advisory role): http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~kbennett/
;
Monica
Dabos (invited, not yet confirmed): http://monicadabos.com/Two%20Page%20Vita.pdf
200-word ABSTRACT (145 so far): Project
SMILES (Student-Made Interactive Learning with Educational Songs) will develop
and field-test an innovation in online learning based on a strategy
discussed in Lesser (2014) where students create a song by filling in key words
associated with a learning objective. These interactive songs will challenge
students to construct examples thereby fostering statistical literacy and
reasoning skills. By reducing statistics anxiety (a key impediment to
student success) and enhancing student learning, the potential impact is
striking. We believe a few minutes of online interaction can achieve
learning gains normally seen only with activities taking most of a class
period. Importantly, project SMILES will target the teaching of college
level introductory statistics to diverse students, especially in a two-year college
environment. In particular, 15 of 20 schools participating in a randomized
experimental evaluation will be two-year colleges, many of whom have majority
African-American or Hispanic student populations.
Instruments: Statistics Anxiety Measure (http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications/dissertations/07.Earp.pdf) – posttest version approved by Earp (in email of 6/21/13)
IRB (utep’s exemption request filed on july 14, 2015)
cramirez22@utep.edu Christina Ramirez(IRB
coordinator) x7693 7th floor
Kelly Hall east wing
Athena
Fester(IRB regulatory assurance):
747-8841; irb.orsp@utep.edu; 7th
floor Kelly Hall east wing; fax 747-5931; afester@utep.edu)
The University of Texas at El Paso:
Walter A. Copenhaver (Enterprise Information Security Administrator),
wcopenhaver@utep.edu, 915-747-5637
Luis Hernandez (director of Enterprise Computing), lehernan@utep.edu, 915-747-5308
http://admin.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=63399
Guillermo(Willie)Castillo 747-5919 (guicasti@utep.edu) and Edgar O Luna (edgar@utep.edu; 747-6395)
Ron Graham (Enterprise Information Security Administrator), rvgraham@utep.edu,
915-747-5156
Gerard Cochrane (Chief Information Security Officer), gdcochrane@utep.edu,
915-747-6324 http://admin.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=63395
Blackboard help: http://issweb.utep.edu/home/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=10:didier-b-hernandez&catid=47:faculty&Itemid=199
(ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGIES Associate Director Didier Hernandez, 747-7903, dhbizouarn@utep.edu )
Georgia Perimeter College:
John Weber (grant PI) John.weber@gpc.edu 404-396-9824
Tracy Adkins (asst. director Instructional Technology) tadkins@gpc.edu 678-891-2796
Admin. interface https://www.causeweb.org/inventories/admin/main.php
PROGRAM REPORTING
PROJECT REPORTING
Year 1:
________ (Annual Project Report(APR) due _______ via http://research.gov, using FastLane userID &
password:
RESEARCH.GOV HelpDesk:
1-800-381-1532 7am-9pm Eastern M-F rgov@nsf.gov
Year 2:
UTEP HelpDesk (747-4357): http://admin.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=63402
Contracts & Grants: http://finsvcs.utep.edu/main/ContractsGrants/WorkshopManual.pdf,
http://admin.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=7982,
http://admin.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=61300
BIS (Business
Information System): http://www.admin.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=58046; DEFINE
(Departmental Financial Network, an application within BIS):
PeopleSoft: http://admin.utep.edu/Default.aspx?alias=admin.utep.edu/peoplesoft
UTDirect: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/
College Teaching 63(1), 16-26 2015
"Fun in the college classroom: examining its nature
and relationship with student engagement"
the lead 3 authors are from PSU:
Michael J. Tews http://www.hhd.psu.edu/shm/directory/Bio.aspx?id=MichaelTews
Kathy Jackson http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/staffDetail/?view=klj11
Crystal Ramsay https://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/StaffDetail/?view=cmg5
John W.
Michel http://www.loyola.edu/sellinger/about/departments/mib/faculty/jwmichel
UTEP music faculty http://academics.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=21729
and facilities http://academics.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=68789
Consider the challenge of having students create a song from a Mad Libs approach in which some words remain and only certain words are replaced, with no constraints on those replacements beyond part of speech. If we had used http://www.madglibs.com/libs/173.html to create a statistics version of the Beatles’ hit “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, it is unlikely it would make statistical sense and the number of syllables might make some of the lines very clunky and unsingable. (This particular song has been successfully rewritten in the August 2016 Amstat News)
Several users requested a virtual
singer in MuseScore. This feature would make MuseScore sing the lyrics in a
score. It's useful for singers in choir who likes to rehearse with actual
synthesized lyrics.
There are several specialized
(open source) software projects and libraries which do "sing
synthesis".
·
See this message on the
developer mailing list with several interesting links
·
Harmony Assistant has a virtual singer plugin
·
Vocaloid. The software is very popular in Japan,
the virtual character on the software box, Hatsune Miko, one of the voice of
the software even made large concerts.
·
A free competitor is Utau. The license of UTAU is
unclear to me.
·
An attempt using a now closed web API named
Canoris and MuseScore
https://soundcloud.com/lasconic/una-vaca-lechera-musescore-canoris
An external tool that could
process a MIDI or MusicXML file created by MuseScore and make an audio file
would be good for singers to practise along.
Difficulty: Hard
Skills: C++/Qt
Possible mentor: Nicolas Froment (@lasconic)