American Accounting Association
2010 Ohio Region Meeting

May 6-8, 2010
Columbus, Ohio

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Effective Learning Strategies Poster Session

CPE Information

CPE #1:
Faculty/PhD Students Teaching Success Workshop
Accouting–Overview–4.0CH
This Workshop not only provides many best practices and teaching tips from nationally recognized master teachers, but also provides career path specifics and insights about becoming successful faculty members.
Workshop faculty include: Bob Allen (University of Utah), Cassy Budd (Brigham Young University), Susan Crosson (Santa Fe College), Julie Smith David (Arizona State University), and others.

CPE #2:
Primer in Qualitative Research in Accounting
Accouting–Intermediate–4.0CH
This session is a “boot camp” with basic training in qualitative research design, data interpretation, and strategies for analysis. It compares and contrasts qualitative and quantitative research. Issues regarding ethics, validity, and transferability are discussed. We cover the “how to” of conducting interviews, making observations, performing document analysis, and developing grounded surveys. Learn basic analysis techniques such as high vs. low inference interpretation, theory-building, concept mapping, and displaying data. Lastly, we will discuss ways you can tell “the story” of your data. More Information...
Workshop Presenter: Marsha Huber, Otterbein College

CPE #3:
Tour of Ohio State Capital Building and the Accountancy Board of Ohio
Regulatory Ethics–Overview–3.0 CH
This CPE session will include a tour of both the State Capital and the Accountancy Board of Ohio. A representative of the Accountancy Board will make a short presentation.
Facilitator: Ray Stephens, Ohio University

CPE #4:
The Learner-Centered Approach and Holistic Education
Accounting–Basic–1.5CH
Learn how to improve student learning beyond a basic application of the learning centered approach (based on Fink’s work).  Gain the knowledge and tools to complete the holistic learning experience for students by helping them integrate course topics with other factors, grow as humans, develop professional values, and motivate them to life-long learning. More Information...
Workshop Presenter: David Albrecht, Concordia College (Moorhead, MN)

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CTLA Information

Motivating Your Students and Rediscovering your Passion for Teaching
Accounting–Overview–2.0 CH
Presenter: Bob Allen (University of Utah)
This session focuses on three keys to motivating students:  1. Renewing our own passion for teaching, 2. Recognizing the potential of the students, and 3. Regularly conveying persuasive messages about the importance of accounting.  The ability to motivate students begins with a motivated teacher. How can we expect students to be excited about our class if we’re not excited about our class?  Many of us have been teaching the same courses for many years.  How do we maintain our passion for the subject and for teaching? To maximize our effectiveness, students must sense that we have an appreciation for their capabilities and potential.  They must have a sense that we care about their learning.  They are less likely to care about what we have to say unless they sense that we care about them.  Some students are capable, bright, and motivated and it’s easy to appreciate these students.  But sometimes the rest of the class can be a challenge.  The second portion of the session focuses on ways of recognizing the potential of our students and cultivating a genuine concern for them and their learning. Finally, we can increase student motivation by regularly conveying persuasive messages about the importance of accounting.

Encouraging Learning with YouTube
Communications–Overview–1.5 CH
Presenter: Susan Crosson (Santa Fe College)
YouTube is more than an entertainment website; students, business professionals, and organizations from all over the world search daily for accounting topics on a need to know basis.  The videos they find are less than 10 minutes if created by an individual and can be longer if created by a college or university.  Until now you may not have been interested in creating and posting your voice over powerpoints or your teaching videos on YouTube, because the return on your investment seemed to be nothing.  But examine the performance metrics of InSights and the revenue model of AdSense before deciding if You Tube is right for you and/or your school.  This session will share real data of the results you can expect if you use YouTube to connect with students globally. You on YouTube can really make a difference!

Teaching Students How to Make Informed Judgments
Communications–Overview–2.0CH
Presenter: G. Peter Wilson (Boston College) and Carolyn Wilson
Considering the ever increasing prominence of fair value measures and the widespread demand for more principle based standards, it is essential that we teach students about the accounting judgments behind reported numbers. At the very least, they need to know how to identify situations where objective experts would reasonably disagree about accounting policies or reported measures, and how to qualitatively gauge the extent of this disagreement. For example, they need to know that objective experts’ estimate of the fair value of a company’s cash and cash equivalents would be considerably less dispersed than their estimates of the fair value of a patent acquired through a business combination. This session illustrates a very simple interactive exercise I use the first day of an introductory undergraduate financial reporting course to begin developing a framework for understanding accounting judgments. I also use a variation on this exercise with MBAs and finance managers in executive training courses, where I extend the discussion to fair value levels under SFAS 157. This approach also sets the stage for discussing in simple terms situations where moral hazard, adverse selection, and the demand for authoritative guidance arise. Time permitting, we will also consider ways to teach students how to make informed judgments in situations where multiple accounting standards or principles with very different financial statement consequences are appropriate and where experts reasonably disagree about the most appropriate treatment.

AAA Commons – Optimize Your Research and Teaching
Communications–Overview–1.5CH
Presenter: Julie Smith David (Arizona State University)

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