29 May 2014
16th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Symposium - E392
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
June 2, 2014
Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, MD
Monday, June 2, 2014 – Pre-Conference Workshops (Open Only to Symposium Participants)
(1) Introduction to ArcGIS for Emergency Management
8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., Computer Lab, M201 (1st 34 Registered)
Presenter:Kevin Mickey, GISP, CTT+
Director, Geospatial Technologies Education
The Polis Center
IndianaUniversity Purdue University Indianapolis
Description: The workshop will begin with an overview of GIS concepts and terminology. It will then provide hands-on exposure to a series of key ArcGIS tools that empower users with the ability to perform fundamental, but powerful, GIS tasks. These include symbolizing existing spatial information such as the distribution of population within a county or land use by category; asking questions such as ‘how many structures are located in a floodplain,’ or ‘what is the total population exposed to an earthquake’; and creating new spatial information such as roads, floodplains, or buildings that can then be mapped and analyzed to answer a question or explain a concept. It is anticipated that at the conclusion of this segment of the workshop, participants will have the necessary skills to begin constructing meaningful exercises that can be used in their classrooms. The workshop will conclude with a brief discussion of how the analytical abilities of GIS can support the complex needs of the emergency management community which requires moving beyond the question of where is a problem to identifying what can be done to address the problem. During this part of the workshop, participants will be introduced to the capabilities of Hazus-MH, a powerful and free GIS application available from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that can help identify risk as well as appropriate mitigation actions that can lead to the reduction of loss of life and property from floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes. Finally, the workshop will end with a discussion of how GIS can be applied in a higher education environment. This will involve a brief discussion of research and teaching applications as well as resources that are available to support these areas.
(2) Survey of Hazus-MH: FEMA’s Tool for Natural Hazard Loss Estimation
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., M201 (1st 34 Registered)
Presenter:Kevin Mickey, GISP, CTT+
Director, Geospatial Technologies Education
The Polis Center
IndianaUniversity Purdue University Indianapolis
Description: This workshop will provide an introduction to Hazus-MH, FEMA’s free, GIS tool for analyzing the social and economic impacts from natural hazards including hurricanes, earthquakes and riverine and coastal floods. Impact assessments for each hazard include shelter needs, short and long term economic losses, and debris estimations. Hazus-MH can also assess impacts on transportation and utilities, agricultural losses, and vehicle losses for selected hazards. Topics addressed in this workshop include overviews of building and population inventory components; options for describing the magnitude and extent of modeled hazards; loss estimation methodologies; and options for creating maps, tables, and reports that describe hazard impacts. Particular emphasis is given to exploring and interpreting the outputs that Hazus-MH can generate as well as discussing how that information can be applied to support emergency management needs and goals. Participants will explore Hazus through a combination of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on activities. The workshop will include a discussion of the applicability of Hazus to both teaching and research opportunities in higher education.
(3) What to Teach in Emergency Management Courses: Thoughts for Those New to the
Disaster Field
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., K-302
Presenter: David A. McEntire, Ph.D.
Professor
Emergency Administration and Planning Program
Department of Public Administration
University of North Texas
Description: Are you new to the disaster, emergency, and homeland security fields? Do you desire additional knowledge about the fundamental concepts, issues, and literature for your courses in emergency management? If so, this workshop is for you! “What to Teach in Emergency Management Courses” will trace the evolution of emergency management research and discuss important disaster topics and disaster case studies. The workshop will also identify significant debates in emergency management, novel teaching techniques, and future projections in this growing profession.
(4) Teaching Face-to-Face, Online and Hybrid: Which Club to Pull from the Bag
8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., L-100
Presenters: Ronald C. Thomas, Jr., Ed.D., C.P.M.
Course Director, New Media Journalism
Full Sail University
Description: The student in this century is accustomed to doing almost everything online from shopping for a car or mortgage (or college) to shopping for a mate. To these “digital natives,” an online education is just as normal as anything else they do. How do we, as educators, maintain the same traditions of quality and interaction when our students expect “edutainment” instead of education? This workshop will provide guiding principles for lesson planning, choosing among delivery options, and some activities for participants to assemble their own strategies.
(5)Exercising Emergency Plans: It Could Have Been Your Campus
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., S-121
Presenter: Richard Sexton
Training and Exercise Specialist
Integrated Emergency Management Branch
Emergency Management Institute
Description: Every time a major event on a campus makes the headlines, administrations look to review emergency plans. If this is your campus, it may be too late. This workshop will talk about events around the United States and how to utilize comprehensive emergency management applications on a college campus. Constantly integrating current threats as well as utilizing an all-hazards, comprehensive approach to emergency management on your campus is a crucial part of being prepared. This workshop shows how exercising these plans will promote campus responders to implement and practice these plans effectively and efficiently to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from incidents.
(6) Emergency Management Theory and Research Workshop
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., K-308
Moderator: Jessica Jensen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Management
North Dakota State University
Description: Most established academic disciplines have research conferences wherein advances in theory development and new research findings or data from research underway are shared. This sharing creates the opportunity for researchers to receive feedback on their work; new knowledge to be disseminated amongst scholars; and, for the scholars to in turn build on this new knowledge through their own research and/or share the new knowledge with students in higher education programs. This sharing also provides the opportunity for those conducting research to receive peer feedback on their work, offer presentations that are meaningful for achieving tenure, and develop synergies that will enhance scholarship in the field.
The Emergency Management Theory and Research Workshop is the first such research conference designed specifically for emergency management scholars. In the months preceding the Hi Ed Symposium, emergency management theory and research presentation abstracts were submitted, reviewed, and selected to be a part of this Workshop. All are welcome to attend to learn about and provide feedback regarding the latest emergency management theory development and research findings from emergency management scholars!
(8) Integrating Emergency Management Education into Your Institution (E390)
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., - M-202
Presenters: Lillian Virgil
Mitigation Branch Chief
FEMA/EMI/NETC
Carol L. Cwiak, J.D., Ph.D.
Department of Emergency Management
North Dakota State University
Thomas D. Phelan, Ed.D.
Principal Consultant
Dr. Tom Phelan Consulting
Vernon Center, NY
Description: The workshop provides information about Emergency Management (EM) and the benefits of and resources available for integrating EM degree programs and EM course offerings. It is a facilitation-driven workshop focused on creating an action plan to be applied within each participant’s academic department. During the session, participants will be inspired to see the importance of EM and will create an action plan that they can use, along with a toolkit of additional resources that will be provided, when they return to their schools to increase their school’s EM-related offerings.