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Effective Learning Strategies I
Monday August 3, 2009
9:45 am – 11:00 am
Board 1 A Case Research Project on the Transition from U.S. GAAP to IFRS
Presenter: Christina Ritsema, St Norbert CollegeDescription: See how using a case research approach gives students an insider looks at the transition from U.S. GAAP to IFRS. Through a series of interviews with executives and division managers at local company, students were amazed at the extent of resources required to make this transition.
Board 2 A Conceptual Approach for Teaching Financial Instruments and Improving Students' Critical Thinking Skills in Intermediate Financial Accounting
Presenter: Konrad Gunderson, Western Missouri State UniversityDescription: The exercises enhance skills, such as conceptual thinking, written and oral communication, and applied professional research, which several bodies have called for as necessary educational requirements for entry into the accounting profession.
Board 3 AC595: IFRS Immersion.
Presenter: Mark Crowley, Bridgewater State CollegeDescription: AC595: IFRS Immersion! Use a foreign textbook, analyze foreign financial statements, listen to foreign radio stations, read foreign earnings announcements, all while learning IFRS. More fun than IFRS versus US GAAP. Get to know other countries. other cultures, and other IFRS reporting issues facing foreign companies.
Board 4 Accounting Professions: The Amazing Race
Presenters: Tracy S. Manly, University of Tulsa; Constance A. McKnight, Arkansas Tech UniversityDescription: Engage student interest in the accounting profession with an exciting internet race based on the television show, The Amazing Race. Students will visit professional accounting websites to learn about the possibilities provided by an accounting education.
Board 5 An Enhanced Method for Teaching Accounting Students—How to Prepare a Master Budget
Presenters: Bambi A Hora, University of Central Oklahoma; Mary Teal, University of Central Oklahoma; Edward Walker, University of Central OklahomaDescription: Cost and managerial accounting instructors will learn about an interesting and practical technique for engaging students. This project enhances skills in both accounting and technology. This is a good example of transformative learning that will benefit both students and prospective employers.
Board 6 An Ethics and Professionalism Project Approach Across Multiple Instructors and Sections
Presenters: Evelyn McDowell, Rider University; Donald Wygal, Rider UniversityDescription: Our session identifies successful classroom tested (and assessed) techniques to address ethical and professional issues. Better still, we also employ skills development activities pertaining to communications (written and oral), peer review, and critical thinking elements (and more).
Board 7 An In-Class Scavenger Hunt Using Financial Reports from Foreign Companies
Presenter: Diane Riordan, James Madison UniversityDescription: Drop by to learn a simple strategy to effectively use foreign annual financial reports. A scavenger hunt is conducted during class using financial reports from foreign companies and an instructor-provided search list. The enjoyable activity reinforces learning objectives in the international accounting course and may be adapted to other settings.
Board 8 Auxiliary Services Offered by Principles Texts: A Means to Evaluate and Motivate Students
Presenter: Michael Krause, University of IndianapolisDescription: Auxiliary services conjoined with Accounting Principles texts help evaluate and motivate students in unobtrusively efficient ways. Web-based grading of student access to assignments and voluntary study aids give insight into efforts made by individuals, segments and the whole class.
Board 9 Breaking Barriers by Breaking Bread: A Case Study on Enhancing Learning through Sharing Meals in an Adult Evening-Program MBA Setting
Presenters: William Kresse, Saint Xavier University; Kathleen Hanold Watland, Saint Xavier UniversityDescription: How do you enhance learning for adult evening-program MBA students? Answer: Food! These MBA students often resist forming relationships with fellow students, despite the potential for an improved educational experience and enhanced learning. "Family-style" meals may be the simple key to breaking down those barriers that impede learning!
Board 10 Cultivating Deep Learning in Principles of Accounting Classes through Philanthropy-Based Education
Presenters: Marsha Huber, Otterbein College; Shirine Mafi, Otterbein CollegeDescription: Philanthropy-based education encourages deep learning as students solve intriguing problems. In the introductory accounting class, students award money (e.g. $4,000) to non-profit organizations based on a "requeset for proposal process," forcing them to make "real" decisions about resource allocation.
Board 11 Designing a Hybrid Class in Accounting: How to Get the Maximum Mileage?
Presenter: Gaurav Kumar, University of Arkansas at Little RockDescription: This session offers guidance on designing a "hybrid" class in accounting using a free software. The audio files prepared using this software can be archived for future use. Audience will understand how a hybrid class can be used to maximize student learning.
Board 12 Enhancing Assessment Feedback Practices in Accounting Education: Issues, Obstacles and Reforms
Presenters: Paul DeLange, RMIT University; Brendan O'Connell, RMIT University; Kim Watty, The University of MelbourneDescription: Students are rarely satisfied with the quality and/or quantity of feedback. For that matter, neither are academics. In this session we will share our findings from a survey of over 2000 students and discuss strategies for improving feedback in accounting education.
Board 13 Ethics Education Practices for Accounting Professors: Innovative Ideas
Presenters: Roselyn Morris, Texas State University; Tom Tolleson, Texas Wesleyan UniversityDescription: Texas and some other states are now requiring that students take Ethics before sitting for the CPA exam. This requirement increased the Accounting professors teaching the Ethics. The purpose of this session is to share "best practices" for this course.
Board 14 Experiential and Group Learning as a Component of Accounting, Audit and Taxation Education
Presenters: Peter Harris, New York Institute of Technology; Katherine Kinkela, New York Institute of TechnologyDescription: Experiential Learning promotes students interaction with professors and clients to mange client cases and apply applicable tax law. Group Projects in Internal Auditing allow students to draft policy and create and test corporate standards, studying contemporary cases creating an "ownership" of key learning concepts.
Board 15 Feedback—An Important Ingredient in the Student Learning Process
Presenters: Raymond Elson, Valdosta State University; Sanjay Gupta, Valdosta State UniversityDescription: This presentation identifies effective feedback tools for both teachers and students. These tools involve teacher-to-student feedback, student-to-student feedback, and student-to-teacher feedback. The audience will get a wide variety of feedback tools which will help enhance the student learning process.
Board 16 Free Web Resources for Teaching Introductory Accounting Online
Presenter: Wendy Tietz, Kent State UniversityDescription: Learn about various free web tools that are available and appropriate for use in teaching financial and managerial accounting in an online or hybrid environment. Basic "how-to" instructions for some tools will also be presented.
Board 17 Googlegroups: An Interactive Tool for Principles of Accounting Students
Presenter: Jane Finley, Belmont UniversityDescription: Googlegroups—a hip way to reach accounting students. Googlegroups provides a free interactive tool for exam or project review assistance. Once familiar with the tool, students can create study groups or project work groups of their own.
Board 18 How to Use a Group Learning—Teamwork Teaching Strategy Model as a Way for Students to Practice and Improve Selected Elements of the Personal and Broad Business Perspective Competencies Included in the AICPA Vision Project
Presenter: Robert Holtfreter, Central Washington University
[PRESENTATION CANCELLED]Description: Attend this session to learn how to use a Group Learning—Teamwork teaching strategy to help teach specific elements of the selected core competencies that are included in the AICPA's Vision Project framework.
Board 19 IFRS Compliant Real-Time 2-Way AV (Audio/Video) HD (High Definition) Recording Audit of Effective Learning Strategies for Forensic IT Networks of Expert Witnesses Research that Focuses on Investigative Accounting Testimony, & Computer Litigation Support
Presenters: Avi Rushinek, University of Miami; Sara Rushinek, University of MiamiDescription: Effective Learning Strategies (ELS) that repurposes stand-up traditional classroom instruction AV (Audio Video) surveillance recorded to a DVD, for real-time auditing, distance learning, CPE courseware, as well as Tutor CDs and DVDs. As soon as the class is over, the instructor's PC uploads the AV session to Google Video, and to an WWW DVD-burner.
Board 20 Incorporating Online Professional Standards into Your Auditing Class
Presenter: Mary Jepperson, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityDescription: Today's students will enter a work world where access to professional standards occurs through their computers, iPhones and other devices. Discover how to incorporate the AICPA’s online professional standards, eIFRS and the FASB codification into your auditing classes. Receive ideas, resources, cases and problems you can easily implement.
Board 21 Incorporating XBRL into the Accouning Information Systems Course
Presenter: Frank M. Klaus, Cleveland State UniversityDescription: This should be considered for an ELS Poster because of the importance and impact of XBRL and the speed with which it is to be implemented.
Board 22 Initiation and Promotion of a Personal Financial Planning Class within the Accounting Curriculum at the Undergraduate Level
Presenters: A. Neidermeyer, West Virginia University; Presha E. Neidermeyer, West Virginia UniversityDescription: Financial literacy is a necessity in today’s environment. The ten topics and ideas generated from this workshop will take professionals and students from grade school to grave by providing working financial guidelines. This increased level of financial literacy for participating individuals will benefit each particpant and society as a whole.
Board 23 Lessons in Federal Tax Court
Presenter: Gail Wright, Stevenson UniversityDescription: Are you interested in recruiting students or highlighting careers in tax? Take your students to tax court and let them enjoy the ceremony, drama and sometimes humor as taxpayers present their cases against experienced IRS agents. Arrange time for questions and discussion with the presiding judge.
Board 24 Leveraging VITA to Promote Savings, Build Assets and Create Wealth for Low Income Taxpayers
Presenters: Gwendolyn McFadden, North Carolina A&T State University; Jean Wells, Howard UniversityDescription: The audience will learn to leverage the VITA program to promote savings, build assets and create wealth for low income taxpayers by introducing students to financial literacy. Students will be trained to educate and encourage taxpayers to save and invest
Board 25 Management Accounting: Manufacturing Simulation
Presenters: Nancy Pennoyer Lynch, West Virginia University; Nancy Ruhe, West Virginia UniversityDescription: Students get excited while learning management accounting and decision-making with this hands-on manufacturing simulation. Students' experience and data can be used to teach a variety of managerial topics throughout the course, even in large classes.
Board 26 Personal Budgeting
Presenter: Karen Braun, Case Western Reserve UniversityDescription: The recent subprime mortgage meltdown testifies to the importance of financial literacy education. This personal budget project forces students to critically examine their projected income and expenses after graduation, and estimate the impact of taxes on their expected cashflows. Students learn the importance of resource allocation decisions.
Board 27 Polski: Business Transactions Analysis, System Design and Implementation Case for Accounting Information System Class
Presenters: Husam Abu Khadra, Roosevelt University; Talal Al-hayale, University of WindsorDescription: The Polski case (a hypothetical case) designed for Accounting Information Systems (AIS) introductory and intermediate levels. The major goal of this step-by-step case is to provide the instructors with a road map that assist them to guide their students through selected business transaction analysis, system design and implementation.
Board 28 Quick Results Using QuickBooks in a Principles Course
Presenters: Jeff Miller, Augusta State University; Todd Schultz, Augusta State UniversityDescription: This effective learning strategy (ELS) shows an application of technology in the beginning financial accounting course. Utilizing actual accounting software at no cost to them, students experience the satisfaction of applying some of the course’s principles to a business.
Board 29 "Snap-a-Control" Student Poster Project for Teaching Internal Control
Presenters: Kathy Hurtt, Baylor University; Ann O'Brien, University of Wisconsin–MadisonDescription: How can students actively learn about concepts of control? This session presents a project useful for conveying introductory concepts of internal control in a fun and engaging format. The "Snap-a-Control" project highlights and examines controls used in daily student life.
Board 30 Sustainability: Innovative Accounting Education Practices
Presenters: Cheryl Prachyl, The University of North Texas at Dallas; Carol Sullivan, Texas Wesleyan UniversityDescription: Environmental sustainability is important for business sustainability; therefore, students need to learn about the issues as part of their educational curriculum. The purpose of this teaching proposal is to offer suggestions of sustainability videos for any of the Accounting classes.
Board 31 System Diagram Technique-Based Development of an Inter-Enterprise AIS in the Global Environment and Course Learning
Presenter: Supattra Boonmak, Chulalongkorn UniversityDescription: This research examines the SD technique learnt by students in an AIS course The results reveal that SFC and DFD are most popular for M.ACC and B.ACC students while E-RD, REA, and UML are important for M.AIS and B.AIS students.
Board 32 Teaching the Linkage between Accounting Software and Database Management Systems
Presenters: Mary F Sheets, University of Central Oklahoma; Mary Teal, University of Central Oklahoma; Edward Walker, University of Central OklahomaDescription: AIS instructors will learn about a new tool for their student engagement toolkits. This method relates a popular accounting software package to database design concepts and features two projects that individual students can complete in a semester.
Board 33 The FASB Accounting Standards Codification: Student-Authored Research Exercises
Presenters: Elsie Ameen, Sam Houston State University; Alice A. Ketchand, Sam Houston State UniversityDescription: To demonstrate mastery of GAAP research skills using the FASB Accounting Standards Codification, students identified scenarios, composed research questions and provided solutions. The poster session includes general information on the Codification, instructions for the assignment, and samples of student exercises.
Board 34 The Magic of Accounting
Presenter: Hilary Becker, Carleton UniversityDescription: The Magic of Accounting can be used from Introductory Financial Accounting to Accounting Theory to stimulate and engage students in learning outcomes as diverse as earnings management to the impact of IFRS. This session will demonstrate simple techniques that you can use to deliver a more vibrant and exciting class with the use of magic.
Board 35 The Newsletter as an Assignment Option in Financial Accounting
Presenter: Sue McGowan, University of South AustraliaDescription: How many times have your students claimed they had "fun" doing an accounting assignment!! This provides insight into a "different" assignment that was educationally successful and interesting for both students and teaching staff.
Board 36 The Role of Accounting in the IPO Process
Presenters: Dorothy Ann McMullen, Rider University; Maria Sanchez, Rider University; David E. Stout, Youngstown State UniversityDescription: This session describes the role of the accountant in the IPO process: advising on alternate sources of financing, tax advising, working with underwriters, auditing the financial statements and disclosures, ensuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, etc.
Board 37 Using a Class Created Business to Enhance Students' Learning Throughout the Term
Presenter: Sandra Roberson, Furman UniversityDescription: Having students create a class business at the beginning of the term is a great ice breaker and introduction to basic financial accounting concepts. This session will show you how to use this activity as a tool throughout the term to increase student engagement and enhance student learning of basic accounting concepts.
Board 38 Using a Common Case Study throughout the Accounting Curriculum to Encourage Student Understanding and Integration
Presenter: David Gray, North Central CollegeDescription: Through the use of a common case study, we help students see how accounting information and analyses are rarely confined to one course. We will present our process for gathering data and preparing several case studies and related teaching notes.
Board 39 Using a Social Enterprise Project in a Managerial Accounting Course
Presenter: Valentina Zamora, Boston CollegeDescription: Want your students to better appreciate management accounting? Session participants will learn how to strategically select and engage a social enterprise, creatively tap resources to manage the project process, clearly set stakeholders’ expectations, carefully right-size deliverables, and craft assessment tools.
Board 40 Using Camtasia Videos to Teach Students How to Use Microsoft Excel Before They Enter our Classroom
Presenter: Warren Bostrom, College of St. Benedict / St. John's UniversityDescription: Would you like all your students to have a base amount of Excel knowledge when first entering your classroom? This session will provide you with class-tested Excel assignments and Camtasia videos that you may assign to students as pre-work so that all students enter your classroom with a base amount of Excel knowledge.
Board 41 Using Marketing Strategies to Teach Introductory Accounting Concepts with Electronic Portfolios
Presenter: Carole Shook, University of ArkansasDescription: The AICPA has created a competency addressing the need to understand marketing. This session is designed to help educators use marketing to teach managerial accounting topics in introductory classes. How to create electronic portfolios and problem sets will be provided.
Board 42 Using Structured and Unstructured Cases to Teach Business Valuation
Presenter: Rebecca Shortridge, Northern Illinois UniversityDescription: Teaching valuation in the accounting curriculum is critical to the future success of our graduates. This ELS session provides a series of 2 cases, including grading rubrics, that can be used to introduce students to business valuation. This is currently used in an MAS course but could be adjusted for an undergraduate class.
Board 43 Using Technology to Enhance Student Centered Learning
Presenters: Gail Hoover King, Rockhurst University; Gerard Kickul, St. Francis UniversityDescription: Do you want to help students learn how to use technology to prepare group papers and presentations, as they will in the business world? The authors will present some assignments and the latest technology you can use for these endeavors.
Board 44 Using the Balance Sheet Concept to Help Students Understand the Current Economic Crisis.
Presenter: Mohamed Gaber, SUNY College at Plattsburgh; Chuo-Hsuan (Jason) Lee, SUNY College at PlattsburghDescription: We design an interesting PowerPoint presentation to explain what happens to our economy in the ongoing economic crisis using the basic concept of balance sheet. This presentation is useful for students to apply what they have learned from the first week's Principles of Accounting course to comprehend the real-world issue.
Board 45 Using Wikis for Cooperative Learning in Accounting Courses
Presenter: Katherine Campbell, University of North Dakota; Dee Ann Ellingson, University of North DakotaDescription: Looking for a way to encourage critical thinking, improve writing skills, and develop teamwork skills? Wikis are a technology, applicable in traditional and online settings, that can be used for group assignments while minimizing the free rider problem.
Board 46 Accounting Toolbox for Success
Presenter: Tracie Nobles, Austin Community CollegeDescription: Have students who struggle with financial accounting and just need a short 10 minute review? Come to this session to view the videos that we created that are making a difference in our students' success and then learn how to do your own!
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