Global Leadership, Learning, and Research-Program 2013

10 Opening Session and Welcome NSU’s FSE welcomes all students, administrators, faculty and staff members, and honored guests to the 2013 Conference on Global Leadership, Learning, and Research. Please join us on Monday, July 15, from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. in Fantasia Ballroom H–J for welcome remarks from H. Wells Singleton, Ph.D. , FSE dean, and guest speaker George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D. , NSU president and chief executive officer. Repeated Presentations Many presentations will be repeated. See “Part Three: Presentations” for dates, times, and locations of each session. Research is Relevant Presentations These sessions promote scholarly discussions concerning global issues, trends, and best practices in research. Students will gain new insight on cutting edge topics in applied research, as it is relevant in today’s P-20 educational systems. The sessions are designed to highlight excellence in education through collaboration, global analysis, needs analysis, research methodology, data analysis, results, organizational impact, research sustainability, and trending. The application of real-world investigative studies allows doctoral students the opportunity to enhance the knowledge learned throughout their course of study and contributes to the attainment of an exemplary dissertation grounded in empirical research and inquiry. These sessions will be on Monday, July 15 from 9:15 to 10:30 a.m. (LoudCloud Systems, Inc.) and from 10:40 a.m. to noon (Steelcase Education Solutions, Steelcase Inc.) in Fantasia Ballroom H–J. Student Expo—Emerging Scholarly Research and Poster and Networking Session The Student Expo presents a unique learning and networking event that brings together international researchers and doctoral students in a forum where researchers, students, alumni, and dissertation chairs can discuss international trends in education from pre–K to higher education. Through the networking event, students will be able to speak individually with researchers from countries around the world and recent graduates to make connections, look for future research ideas, or discover new opportunities for collaboration. Research areas include grades pre–K to12 education (including public, private, and charter education), higher education, organizational leadership, speech-language pathology (and related fields), instructional technology, distance education, training and organizational development, and cross-cultural competency. This session will be on Sunday, July 14, from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. in Fantasia Ballroom G–H. 2013 Conference on Global Leadership, Learning, and Research