Conference Program

SERU-INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE
A Comparative International View of the Student Experience in Research Universities
May 15-17, 2014
Higher School of Economics – Moscow

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THURSDAY, MAY 15 - DAY 1 (Room 311)
09.00-10.00	Registration
10.00-10.15	Welcome and introduction – Igor Chirikov and John Douglass
10.15-11.15	Keynote 1: “What is Your Calling?” Soviet Students Experience and Implications for Theory and Practice PDF Watch Video Isak Froumin – Higher School of Economics Moscow Chair: John Douglass – CSHE UC Berkeley
11.15-11.45	Break
11.45-13.45	Session 1: Roundtable – BRICS and the Special Challenges for Undergraduate Education Download Video Panel: Brazil – Renato Pedrosa – Unicamp Russia – Igor Chirikov – Higher School of Economics Moscow PDF India – Roopa Trilokekar – York University/Visiting Scholar CSHE PDF China – Dan Xu – Hunan University South Africa – Shelva Hurley – CSHE UC Berkeley Chair: Jinghuan Shi – Tsinghua University
13.45-15.00	Lunch
15.00-16.20	Session 2: General Education and Emerging International Models of the Liberal Arts Watch Video Presentations: Ramon Puras – Amsterdam University College PDF Marina Kalashnikova – Smolny College, Saint-Petersburg PDF Renato Pedrosa – Unicamp, Campinas Eugene Mironov – Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Mocsow Chair: Alexander Sidorkin – Higher School of Economics Moscow
16.20-16.40	Break
16.40-18.00	Session 3: Theoretical Views on Student Engagement: Implications for SERU Instrument Watch Video Presentations: Vygotsky’s Theory: Lessons for Student Engagement Research – Natalia Maloshonok – Higher School of Economics Moscow PDF Foundations for the SERU Survey Instrument – John Douglass – CSHE UC Berkeley, Ron Huesman – SERU AAU Director, University of Minnesota PDF Chair and Commentator: Manja Klemenčič – Harvard University
18.00-19.20	Session 4: Research Engagement: Institutional Practices and Experiences Watch Video Presentation: John Douglass and Shelva Hurley – CSHE UC Berkeley PDF Campus Examples: Maria Yudkevich – Higher School of Economics Moscow PDF Carlos González – Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Chair: Emma Potts – University of Oxford
19.30-21.00	Conference reception (at Professors' Club)
FRIDAY, MAY 16 - DAY 2 (Room 311)
10.00-11.00	Keynote-2: The Challenges of MOOCs for Student Experience – Watch Video Michael Kerrison – University of London International Programs Chair: Igor Chirikov
11.00-11.20	Break
11.20-13.00	Session 5: Student Experience and the Uses of Technology. SERU Data and a Discussion with Students Watch Video Presentations: What Students Want: Preliminary Observations of SERU Data – John Douglass – CSHE UC Berkeley and Ron Huesman – University of Minnesota PDF MOOCs and SPOCs at HSE: Challenges and Prospects – Alexander Mazurov – HSE Moscow PDF Panel: HSE Students Chair: Carlos González – Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
13.00-14.15	Lunch
14.15-16.15	Session 6: International Students: National and Institutional Strategies, Student Experiences, Behaviors, Support Needs Watch Video Panel: IS in the US – Margaret Heisel – CSHE UC Berkeley IS in Russia – Yulia Grinkevich – HSE Moscow PDF IS in Japan – Satoshi Watanabe – Hiroshima University PDF IS in China – Jinghuan Shi – Tsinghua University Chair and Commentator: Will Archer – I-Graduate Insight Group PDF
16.15-16.35	Break
16.35-18.00	Session 7: Graduate Education at Research Universities: Major Challenges Watch Video Presentation: Building a SERU Graduate Student Survey – Ron Huesman – SERU AAU Director, University of Minnesota PDF Panel: Elena Kobzar – HSE Moscow PDF Emma Potts – University of Oxford PDF Takahiro Saito – Osaka University PDF Floor Discussion on Graduate Education in other parts of the world Chair and Commentator: John Douglass – CSHE UC Berkeley
18.30-20.30	Guided walking tour, Moscow City Center
20.45-22.30	Dinner at Restaurant Belaya Rus' (by invitation)
SATURDAY, MAY 17 - DAY 3 (Room 327-K) (FOR SERU-I CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE CAMPUS MEMBERS ONLY)
09.15-09.30	Welcome - Coffee
09.30-09.45	Introductions – General Status Report of SERU Consortium
09.45-10.30	SERU-I General Report Presentation - John Douglass and Shelva Hurley
10:30-11:00	Revised SERU-I Survey (Content, Length) – Igor Chirikov
11:00-12:15	Survey Administration 2014-15 plans Planned Campus Surveys Logistics with I-Graduate Strategies for Increasing Response Rates
12:15-13:30	Use of SERU-I Data – campus examples (roundtable – each campus rep presents)
13.30-14.30	Lunch
14.30-14.50	Discussion of Possible Revised Membership and SERU-I Funding Model - John Douglass and Igor Chirikov SERU-I Campus Recruitment – Priority Campuses
14.50-15.40	New SERU Graduate Student Survey - Ron Huesman
15.40-16.30	I-graduate workshop: SERU Interact System Use – Will Archer and Caitlin Mills Lyle