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A tentative list of sessions scheduled to be presented at the Innovations 2012 conference can be found below.
Please note that this list is subject to change.
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM top
Special Session
The Kansas Studies Institute at JCCC
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| James Leiker |
| Associate Professor |
| Johnson County Community College |
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Area-studies programs typically have been a staple of universities. This session will explore the successes and challenges of one such program at the community college level.
The Student Political Issues Convention and the Agenda Building Model
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Robert Yahrmatter |
| Professor |
| Henry Ford Community College |
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| Henry Bowers |
| Faculty |
| Henry Ford Community College |
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| Eric Rader |
| Professor |
| Henry Ford Community College |
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| Cynthia Stiller |
| Professor |
| Henry Ford Community College |
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Learn how students develop a political issues agenda of critical concerns, promote the agenda, and request political elites to make these issues their legislative priority.
Forum Sessions
Media Literacy Education and the 21st Century Learner
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Richard Hodges |
| Head Librarian |
| Thomas Nelson Community College |
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Media literacy education provides students with the skills necessary to make sound judgments concerning the relevance and credibility of information, regardless of its media format.
How to Hijack the Priority List for Lecture Capture
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| B Bagby |
| Head Media Geek |
| Virginia Western Community College |
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Lecture capture was 80th on the technology list and minimally funded. One year later the project had risen to second on the list and was fully funded. Lessons learned will benefit faculty and administration.
Simulation Debriefing Isn't Always at the End!
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Ruth Irwin |
| Director |
| Westmoreland County Community College |
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| Carie Shedlock |
| Simulation Specialist |
| Westmoreland County Community College |
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| Pauline Freedberg |
| Professor |
| Westmoreland County Community College |
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| Kathleen Malloy |
| Dean |
| Westmoreland County Community College |
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A common routine of simulation is post-simulation debriefing. WCCC also uses in-simulation debriefing as an effective tool to facilitate closing the loop between goals, objectives, and participants.
Building Community: Getting Off on the Right Foot for Success
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Greg Luce |
| Faculty |
| Bucks County Community College |
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| Bruce Imber |
| Faculty |
| Bucks County Community College |
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Learn about proven techniques and activities to create a welcoming and comfortable classroom environment that helps motivate and engage students, increase persistence, and improve performance.
Using Psychology to Enhance Student Self-motivation and Success
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| William Nast |
| Instructor |
| Bishop State Community College |
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Participants will learn to increase students? own level of inner motivation through study skills enhancement, behavior modification, and career choice. Anyone having direct contact with students will benefit, particularly instructors.
Digital Revolution: Taking Your Lectures to the Web
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Mark Schmid |
| Manager |
| Sinclair Community College |
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| Matthew Malcuit |
| Laboratory Manager |
| Clark State Community College |
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This session will explore ways for instructors to easily create targeted videos to enhance their traditional, online, or hybrid courses with low-budget, off-the-shelf video equipment.
Developing Students of Global Distinction
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Tara Ebersole |
| Professor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
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| Encarni Trueba |
| Assistant Coordinator |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
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| Stacy Korbelak |
| Coordinator |
| Howard Community College |
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| Mary Beth Furst |
| Assistant Professor |
| Howard Community College |
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Two Maryland community colleges partnered to develop a Global Distinction program, which increases global perspectives and intercultural competencies of students through globalized curriculum, study abroad options, service learning, and more.
Move It or Lose It
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Debra Lacey |
| Elearning Coordinator |
| St. Clair County Community College |
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| Carol Redfield |
| Consultant |
| WebStudy, Inc. |
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Learn about the successful LMS movement from Educator (UCompass.com) to WebStudy with the detailed conversion followed by St. Clair County Community College ensuring a timely launch of WebStudy.
Assistive Technologies: A Strategy for Improving Learning for all Students
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Purnima Sharma |
| Professor |
| West Virginia Northern Community College |
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| Donald Poffenberger |
| Professor |
| West Virginia Northern Community College |
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Create course content using inexpensive technology to improve student learning irrespective of disability. Findings of a case study support that instructional materials in various formats enhance learning for all students.
Learning on the Go at Brookdale
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Michael Qaissaunee |
| Professor |
| Brookdale Community College |
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| Norah Kerr McCurry |
| Director |
| Brookdale Community College |
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Preliminary results of a mobile technology pilot for teaching and learning easily distributed content taking advantage of the unique features and capabilities inherent in the latest mobile technology.
Filling the Void: Real-time Interaction in the Online Learning and Support Environment
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Stoney Gaddy |
| Director |
| Northern Wyoming Community College District |
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| Keri DeDeo |
| Instructor |
| Northern Wyoming Community College District |
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| Beau Corkins |
| Instructor |
| Northern Wyoming Community College District |
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From online office hours to class sessions to technical support, come find out how Northern Wyoming Community College District is engaging learners real time in the online environment utilizing Web conferencing.
Explore a Grow-Your-Own Leadership Program
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Linda Scherr |
| Professor |
| Mercer County Community College |
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| Deborah Kell |
| Dean |
| Mercer County Community College |
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Presentation of the development and implementation of the Mercer Leadership Academy, Mercer County Community College's response to the need to cultivate the leadership potential of faculty and staff.
Sowing the Seeds of Success: Institutionalizing a Successful Retention Effort
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Carolyn Bortz |
| Dean |
| Northampton Community College |
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| Margery Lafferty |
| Support Specialist |
| Northampton Community College |
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Learn how a successful student retention effort has expanded and begun to infiltrate campus student success efforts. The program, outcomes data, and sustainability strategies will be discussed.
Bioscience Manufacturing Technician Training: Matching Needed Skills to Displaced Workers
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Brenda Latanza |
| Manager |
| Sinclair Community College |
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| Jim Kleemeier |
| Project Manager |
| Cincinnati State Technical and Community College |
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Sinclair and Cincinnati State collaborated with regional industry partners to develop a short term bioscience curriculum. It focuses on development operators, manufacturing and packaging technicians, and laboratory and research assistants.
Redesigning Developmental Mathematics, Scaling Up, and Lessons Learned
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Jane Serbousek |
| Assistant Professor |
| Northern Virginia Community College |
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| Susan Wood |
| Vice Chancellor |
| Virginia Community College System |
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Virginia?s first semester of developmental mathematics redesign to improve student progression to college-level courses and an overview of road to redesign will be shared. For all considering redesign.
What Works and Why: Finding Effective Learning Technology
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| David Kephart |
| Director |
| Link-Systems International, Inc. |
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In this practical survey of what works in evaluating the efficacy of online learning tools, the presenter demonstrates current study design, scientific basis, and practicality, and participants design their own studies.
Roundtable Discussions
Reforming Professional Development Through Employee-driven Teams
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Kathryn Barbour |
| Vice President |
| Chesapeake College |
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Participants will learn to put learning at the center of a professional development program and to improve involvement and outcomes. This session will benefit those helping to further strategic goals.
From Grassroots Movement to Institutionalization: Academic Service Learning
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Glenda Morling |
| Service Learning Coordinator |
| Kellogg Community College |
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| Kevin Rabineau |
| Dean |
| Kellogg Community College |
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Build and sustain an academic service learning program at your college. Learn simple and effective procedures and receive KCC?s electronic service learning certification manual for faculty, administrators, and community partners.
The First Four Weeks
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Leanna Hale |
| Associate Professor |
| Alamo Colleges |
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The presentation will highlight current research explaining how the first four weeks of a semester will facilitate retention and promote student success.
Get Involved! Community College Input and Engagement in NASA?s Education Initiatives
| Stream - Sustainability |
| Russanne Low |
| Senior Scientist |
| Institute for Global Environmental Strategies |
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| Theresa Schwerin |
| Vice President |
| Institute for Global Environmental Strategies |
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Do you offer green technology, climate change, or earth science courses workforce training? Share your vision, provide input, and learn how to get involved in NASA?s community college initiative.
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM top
Special Session
Academic Affairs and Student Development: A Holistic Approach to Student Success
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Normah Salleh-Barone |
| Vice President |
| Moraine Valley Community College |
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| Sylvia Jenkins |
| President |
| Moraine Valley Community College |
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The CAO and the CSSO at Moraine Valley Community College will share their philosophy of leadership, practices, and programs that support student retention, success, and program completion.
Forum Sessions
Transforming a Course Project Through Collaboration in a Virtual World
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Cindy Epperson |
| Faculty |
| St. Louis Community College at Meramec |
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Two instructors will share a joint course project using Second Life to enhance students' global competence and understanding of humanitarian issues by collaborating within and developing a virtual world.
Saving the World One Assignment at a Time
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Terry Konn |
| Associate Professor |
| Brookdale Community College |
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| Tom Berke |
| Professor |
| Brookdale Community College |
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Educators will learn about and discuss a model to integrate global citizenship into their curricula, a necessity as technology shrinks our world and makes our futures interrelated.
Growing the STEM: Implementing Collegiate STEM Programs of Study
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Bridget Fetter |
| Director |
| Polk State College |
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| Richard Jeffries |
| Assistant Director |
| Polk State College |
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Learn how Polk State College Collegiate High School implemented a comprehensive STEM program including structured curriculum and research components. This session will benefit professionals wanting to implement STEM initiatives.
Making "Class" the Best Movie Your Students Have Ever Seen
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Andrew Ainsworth |
| Professor and Coordinator Post Production |
| Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning |
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By understanding Hollywood story structure and embracing the teacher-hero at the white board, a dynamic narrative unfolds making "Class" the best movie your students have ever seen.
Educational Breakthroughs: Using Human Needs Psychology to Enhance Learning Retention
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Rollo Fisher |
| Instructor |
| Monroe Community College - SUNY |
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This session introduces the concepts of Human Needs psychology. The presenter will apply these techniques with session participants to solidify engagement at all educational levels.
Excuse Me: You Have a Banana in Your Ear.
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Ironda Campbell |
| Assistant Professor |
| Pierpont Community and Technical College |
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Faculty, staff and administrators will benefit as they learn concepts and techniques to become better listeners: listening vs. hearing; listening types; listening styles; listening barriers; listening tips.
Learning Studios: Engaging Faculty and Students in Learning
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Judith Morris |
| President |
| Lambton College |
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| Donna Church |
| Director |
| Lambton College |
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The presentation will offer academic administrators and faculty an overview of a learning studio implementation project: physical plan, technology/active learning relationship, faculty professional development, and research on our students' success.
Command Central: If You Build It, They Will Come
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Janette Weiss |
| Assistant Professor and Program Chair |
| Ivy Tech Community College |
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Participants will learn how Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana has used Blackboard as a departmental resource allowing the math department to facilitate communication with all faculty.
Putting the Community College Back Into the Community
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Rebecca Riley |
| Vice President |
| Lone Star College System |
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| Jay Theis |
| Professor |
| Lone Star College System |
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This presentation highlights how one college is responding to the central role of community colleges play in educating the next generation of American leaders by infusing civic engagement across curriculum.
English Proficiency General Education Courses
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Stephen Kaufman |
| Professor |
| Raritan Valley Community College |
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Is English placement a strong predictor of success in general education courses? Participants, including faculty and administrators, will discuss the need to establish guidelines or prerequisites for courses.
Data-driven Online Success
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Peter Rettler |
| Campus Administrator |
| Moraine Park Technical College |
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Online faculty and administrators will hear how the online team at Moraine Park teamed with their learning management partner to mine existing data to identify star online faculty.
Adjunct Faculty Members are People, Too!
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Betty Hatcher |
| Dean |
| Craven Community College |
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| Tanya McGhee |
| Chair |
| Craven Community College |
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| Diane Tyndall |
| Chair |
| Craven Community College |
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Department chairs share strategies used to motivate, retain, and develop transfer and technical degree part-time faculty at a North Carolina community college with limited financial resources.
Quick, Easy, and Cheap Distance Education Instructional Design
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Michael Cawdery |
| Instructor |
| Leeward Community College |
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| Jeffrey Judd |
| Assistant Professor |
| Leeward Community College |
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Session participants will learn how to approach designing distance education courses in a quick, easy, and cheap manner. Educators interested in improving distance education courses are encouraged to attend.
Best Practices: Teaching Science Totally Online
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Jim Brown |
| Associate Professor |
| Ocean County College |
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Teaching lab sciences online is reality! Hands-on wet labs versus the virtual labs will be compared. Best practices, student feedback, and outcomes will interest both faculty and administrators.
Power PowerPoint
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Douglas Wilkins |
| Professor |
| Greenfield Community College |
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Participants will learn how to use advanced features in PowerPoint, including advanced animation, action buttons, hyperlinks, and advanced graphic manipulation to control the attention of the audience.
Innovations in Labor Market Information
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| John Dorrer |
| Program Director |
| Jobs for the Future |
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Credentials That Work (CTW) uses innovations in real-time labor market information to better align investments in education and training with the needs of the economy.
Designing an Effective Early Intervention System for At-risk Students
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Cheoleon Lee |
| Associate Director |
| Howard Community College |
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| Pamela Wallentiny |
| Retention Specialist |
| Howard Community College |
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Learn how to develop a proactive, dynamic, and effective intervention system for at-risk students in this session designed for student services and developmental education professionals.
Roundtable Discussions
Hybrid Professor: Teaching, Mentoring, and Coaching
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Roel Evangelista |
| Instructor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
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Innovate faculty roles and become mentors and coaches to facilitate student engagement and assist in student success, retention, and graduation.
The Challenges of Online Instruction for Community College Instructors
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Kathleen Murphey |
| Associate Professor |
| Community College of Philadelphia |
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Community college students with a number of disadvantages come to faculty members who may be struggling to teach them. What strategies can faculty use to get students to take their classes seriously?
The Power of a Highly Motivated Mid-management Team
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Courtney Belluccio |
| Coordinator |
| Monroe Community College - SUNY |
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| Trung Nguyen |
| Assistant Director |
| Monroe Community College - SUNY |
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Come learn what happens when you combine 20 dedicated mid-management professionals from across two campuses all working toward one common goal.
Under Construction, Reconstruction, and Analysis: A Learning Community in Progress
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Rochelle Watson |
| Assistant Professor |
| Monroe Community College - SUNY |
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| Renee Dimino |
| Assistant Professor |
| Monroe Community College - SUNY |
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MCC?s innovative learning communities align curriculum with student skills, interests, and career goals. Explore the progress of one such community, how it works, and prospects for its future.
Assessing Assessment: A Catalyst for Improvement
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Nassim Ebrahimi |
| Director |
| Anne Arundel Community College |
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Accreditation pressures necessitate an evaluation of student learning assessment processes. Hear about Anne Arundel Community College?s processes and experiences with assessing its assessment system, and share your institution?s best practices.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM top
Special Session
Fun in Engineering with ECO Marathon Cars
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Alfred Tan |
| Course Manager |
| Institute of Technical Education |
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| Joe Koh |
| Lecturer |
| Institute of Technical Education |
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ITE College West will share a School of Engineering project on ECO Marathon car development to encourage teamwork, authentic skill training, innovative platform design approach, clean-and-green technology awareness, and fun in engineering.
Forum Sessions
Understanding Cross-cultural Identity Through Exploring the African-American Journey
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Michael Walsh |
| Associate Professor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
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| Stacie Miller |
| Coordinator |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
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Presenters share a lesson created to lead students toward self-exploration, define identity, and discuss how their experiences relate to the journey expressed in African-American literature.
Holding the Bar and Passing the Baton in Online Education
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Robert Saldarini |
| Chair |
| Bergen Community College |
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| Marybeth Klein |
| Professor |
| Bergen Community College |
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| Susan Gilbert |
| Dean |
| Thomas Edison State College |
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Students may be unprepared for online education and receive inadequate information regarding virtual senior institutions. See how a two-year and virtual state college maintains rigor while addressing transfer.
Professional Development for New College Faculty: A Blended Learning Model
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Li-Lee Tunceren |
| Lead Faculty Associate |
| St. Petersburg College |
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Tour a professional development program for new faculty in a blended environment that highlights content, communication, and accountability. Share successes and challenges with faculty development in the digital age.
We Are in Recession: I'll Work for Less
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| William Austin |
| President |
| Warren County Community College |
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| Barbara Pratt |
| Vice President |
| Warren County Community College |
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In the new-normal age of fiscal responsibility, we must determine an appropriate level of employee compensation. Too much compensation aired in public can ruin a good career.
Five Years Later: Two First-time Presidents Share Lessons Learned
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Hal Higdon |
| Chancellor |
| Ozarks Technical Community College |
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| Cheryl Thompson-Stacy |
| President |
| Lord Fairfax Community College |
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This case study of lessons learned during the first five years focuses on experiences of two presidents leading very different institutions and the ways an institution?s governance structure affects leadership.
The Wisconsin Experience: Leadership in Times of Crisis and Joy
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Terrance Webb |
| Provost |
| Madison College |
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| Keith Cornille |
| Vice President |
| Madison College |
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Madison College, 2010-11: Explore leadership strategies involved in winning the largest referendum election in state history while dealing with massive budget cuts amid historic political controversy.
LMS Transitions: Faculty Test Pilots Fly High and Land Smooth
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Melanie Morris |
| Associate Professor |
| Raritan Valley Community College |
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| Lynne Kowski |
| Professor |
| Raritan Valley Community College |
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LMS transitions can be turbulent. RVCC?s recent successful transition was piloted by faculty for faculty. With faculty-driven training, the transition was managed smoothly over a single semester.
Future Workforce: Energy Companies Sponsor STEM Career Youth Camp
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Linda Drobnich |
| Senior Manager |
| San Jacinto College - Central Campus |
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Help your area companies fill their pipeline of future workers by creating a youth camp. Learn about a program that has been successfully replicated at six colleges in Texas and Louisiana.
Employer Partnerships Advancing the Completion Agenda With Community Colleges
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Peggy Walton |
| Senior Director |
| Corporate Voices for Working Families |
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Learn about model practices of community college and employer partnerships that ensure development of a workforce with the education needed to be competitive. Receive steps on engaging and sustaining these partnerships.
Engage. Motivate. Graduate. Student Success: A Race Against Time
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Amy Davis |
| Director |
| Cleveland Community College |
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| Tyra Silvers |
| Counselor |
| Cleveland Community College |
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| Athena Smith |
| Instructional Technologist Specialist |
| Cleveland Community College |
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Learn how our college?s Title III grant has used Starfish Early Alert, allowing advisors, counselors, and academic support staff to reach at-risk students at critical times in the semester.
Developmental Educational Reform from the National and State Perspective
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Gretchen Schmidt |
| Program Director |
| Jobs for the Future |
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| Sharon Morrissey |
| Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer |
| North Carolina Community College System |
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| Susan Wood |
| Vice Chancellor |
| Virginia Community College System |
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| Bruce Vandal |
| Director |
| Education Commission of the States |
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Jobs for the Future and Education Commission for the States lead national developmental education reform initiatives. State leaders will describe scaled reform efforts and lessons learned.
Institutional Effectiveness and the National Community College Benchmark Project
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Cecelia Connelly-Weida |
| Associate Dean |
| Lehigh Carbon Community College |
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Learn how NCCBP results can be indicators of institutional effectiveness and explore best-practice applications for sharing data with constituents who may be data averse or emerging data practitioners.
Program Efficiency Revealed in Living Color
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Paul Nagy |
| Special Assistant to the President |
| Hillsborough Community College |
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| Alisa Zujovic |
| Academic Assessment Officer |
| Hillsborough Community College |
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A simple color-coded matrix will be demonstrated revealing program efficiency using four metrics: enrollment, completion, labor market, and cost recovery. Participants will discuss proper use of the matrix in guiding decisions.
Lost in Translation: Facilitating a Common Campuswide Language of Assessment
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Nelson Marquez |
| Director |
| Polk State College |
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| Chris Fullerton |
| Director |
| Polk State College |
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| Sharon Collins |
| Professor |
| Polk State College |
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| Sharon Miller |
| Provost |
| Polk State College |
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This presentation will describe how a small team at Polk State College facilitated a collegial and sustainable process of assessing academic programs and departments in a span of five months.
K-20 Data Sharing to Improve Student Outcomes
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Melinda Mack |
| Director |
| City University of New York - CUNY |
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| Colin Chellman |
| Director |
| City University of New York - CUNY |
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Presenters highlight innovative strategies and tools for sharing student-level data along the K-20 continuum.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM top
Special Session
Community Colleges 101: Who, what, why, and how
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Naomi Story |
| Director |
| Mesa Community College |
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This highly interactive session will include everything you’d want to know about community colleges to establish and sustain strategic and productive relationships and partnerships as a business or corporate partner.
Forum Sessions
A Distributed Genomics Project for STEM Recruitment
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Craig Caldwell |
| Chair |
| Salt Lake Community College |
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Participants will see how SLCC is using genomics to attract students to STEM majors. Join this session and discover a new gene. Really!
From Seed to Table: Landscape Horticulture Collaborates With Culinary Arts
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Melanie Sifton |
| Director |
| Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning |
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| Leonhard Lechner |
| Professor |
| Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning |
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Learn how the Landscape Technology and Culinary Arts programs combine forces with hands-on experiential learning activities, multimedia demonstrations, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Organic, hyper-local produce begets delectable cuisine.
Going Global: A Curricular Approach to Globalizing the Community College
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Rachele Lawton |
| Chair |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
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| Scott Black |
| Dean |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
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| Stacie Miller |
| Coordinator |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
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| Debbie Trevathan |
| Coordinator |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
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Presenters demonstrate how CCBC instructors have globalized their courses in order to develop their students? global perspectives. Participants will learn about approaches to globalizing the curriculum in any discipline.
Top Strategies for Cultural Transformation from a Top 5 College
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Kimberly Russell |
| Director and Coordinator |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College - KCTCS |
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| Renea Akin |
| Associate Vice President |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College - KCTCS |
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Presenters will discuss facilitating transformation while maximizing the potential of existing institutional resources. Participants will receive concrete, innovative, and adaptable strategies to achieve meaningful changes at their own colleges.
A Community College of the Future Here Today!
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Shah Ardalan |
| President |
| Lone Star College System |
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| Richard Carpenter |
| Chancellor |
| Lone Star College System |
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A new campus showcases innovative vision, program design, and a self-sustaining operating model. Discover how innovation can be a catalyst for growth and vitality.
Rethink Training: Best Practices in Adopting a New LMS
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Paul Tannahill |
| Elearning Systems Administrator |
| Linn-Benton Community College |
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| Liz Pearce |
| Faculty |
| Linn-Benton Community College |
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Community colleges leaders learn best practices for training faculty on a new LMS. Participants discover that it?s more than just learning how it works; it?s also how individuals and institutions approach e-Learning.
Easily Develop an Online Cybersecurity Certificate Program
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Robert Albano |
| Associate Professor |
| Westchester Community College - SUNY |
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Our country and businesses need people trained in Cybersecurity, and our students need jobs. Learn how easy it is to create an Online Cybersecurity Certificate Program.
HiTech Curious to TechnoSavvy: Technology Training by Faculty for Faculty
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Melanie Morris |
| Associate Professor |
| Raritan Valley Community College |
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| Megan Dempsey |
| Instructional Librarian |
| Raritan Valley Community College |
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Tech Week, a grassroots technology training program, was conceptualized, developed, and implemented by faculty for faculty. The presentation will demonstrate the evolution of this successful interdisciplinary effort.
Foot In the Door: Health-care Opportunities for Low-income Students
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| John House |
| Director |
| Edmonds Community College |
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| Pat Copeland |
| Dean |
| Edmonds Community College |
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For the disadvantaged, finding and succeeding in entry-level jobs is more difficult than ever. Learn practical strategies leading to foot-in-the-door job opportunities in health care.
Systems Thinking and Business Process Efficiency
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Bhavesh Bambhrolia |
| Manager |
| Community College of Philadelphia |
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| Tarsha Walton |
| Associate Director |
| Community College of Philadelphia |
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The presenters will discuss how operational efficiency is gained in the Division of Enrollment Services by applying a systems thinking approach to the business process design.
A National Movement: Hispanic Student Achievement
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Marian Burkhart |
| Executive Director |
| Lone Star College System |
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Presenters will discuss the National Center for Hispanic Achievement and what it is doing to promote awareness, innovation, and best practices for Hispanic student achievement.
Mandatory Placement Tests: What Would Ben Franklin Have Done?
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Joanne Thomas |
| Assistant Director |
| Salt Lake Community College |
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| Marilyn Brumbaugh |
| Advisor |
| Salt Lake Community College |
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Students learn what Ben Franklin professed about preparation. Explore the collaboration, implementation, and content of a placement test strategies workshop and academic advising support strategies for mandatory placement testing.
Untangling the Knot: Developmental Education in Four Community Colleges
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Cecelia Connelly-Weida |
| Associate Dean |
| Lehigh Carbon Community College |
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Many bodies report aggregate data, but little is done to facilitate an apples-to-apples comparison with multilevel developmental programs to see if additional detail improves interpretation. Explore the implications of this study for faculty and institutional researchers.
Collegewide Assessment: Whose Responsibility Is It, Anyway?
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Marcia Gellin |
| Assistant Academic Dean |
| Erie Community College - SUNY |
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| Mary Beard |
| Assistant Academic Dean |
| Erie Community College - SUNY |
|
This session will provide community college faculty and administrators with an opportunity to examine collegewide assessment and explore the newly developed assessment process at Erie Community College.
Academic Affinity and Beyond: Building Bridges With Post-ESL Expectations
| Stream - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| Susan DePhilippis |
| Associate Professor |
| Atlantic Cape Community College |
|
| Judith Otterburn-Martinez |
| Assistant Professor |
| Atlantic Cape Community College |
|
Post-ESL college students pursue degrees, unfamiliar with American academic culture, and their professors unaware of their needs. Learn how an online survey, feedback, and awareness led to action.
Supporting GED Graduates at Community College
| Stream - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| Liz Recko-Morrison |
| Coordinator |
| Berkshire Community College |
|
This workshop will present placement test and retention data for GED graduates entering community college, data that can inform the development of more successful supports for this cohort.
Collaboration: The Two-Year College and the Four-Year University
| Stream - Open Educational Resources |
| Daniel Driessen |
| Director |
| Lake Region State College |
|
| Philip Parnell |
| Director |
| The University of North Dakota |
|
| Kyle Fischer |
| Assistant Director Outreach and Recruitment |
| The University of North Dakota |
|
This session provides an opportunity to learn how Lake Region State College and The University of North Dakota have collaborated to bring staff and programs to each other?s campuses.
Teaching Future Global Thinkers and Community Leaders
| Stream - Open Educational Resources |
| Laurie Fisher |
| Senior Associate |
| American Red Cross |
|
| Andy Reyes |
| Professor |
| Bunker Hill Community College |
|
| Cindy Epperson |
| Faculty |
| St. Louis Community College at Meramec |
|
Through guided activities, participants will experience resources from the Exploring Humanitarian Law curriculum that empower students through experiential learning to explore, question, and understand complex issues related to conflict.
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM top
Special Session
Making It Real: Using Contextualization for Student Success. The Cross Papers, Number 15
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Donna McKusick |
| Dean |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
Learn the latest research on the use of contextualization to make learning more real to students across all disciplines and levels. Through lecture and discussion, discover how to apply this powerful tool. ÿ
Forum Sessions
Engaging Learners via Virtual Break Rooms
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Suhana Chikatla |
| Instructional Designer and Trainer |
| Wallace State College |
|
Virtual Break Rooms encourage interaction among instructors and students in online environments. Online instructors will be particularly interested in this discussion of the elements that make these virtual spaces successful.
Program Design, Approval, and Assessment
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Robin Nickel |
| Associate Director |
| Worldwide Instructional Design System |
|
Design program assessment rubrics and assign them to courses for implementation. Manage program revisions and approvals with one web-based curriculum management tool.
Divide and Conquer: Managing the Enrollment Surge in Advising
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Jaime Bell |
| Assistant Director |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
CCBC Advising was recharged through the implementation of advising computer labs. CCBC has empowered its students to be self-directed learners and has helped its staff find balance.
Mind Mapping: Visual Learning and Thinking in the Classroom
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Dave Hamilton |
| Educational Advisor |
| MatchWare, Inc. |
|
Mind maps help facilitate students? analytical thinking, comprehension, creativity, and writing skills. MindView allows students and teachers to rapidly visualize, organize, and implement ideas and export them to HTML, Word, and PowerPoint.
Increasing Success Among Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Students
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Anu Khanna |
| Faculty |
| De Anza College |
|
| Rowena Tomaneng |
| Associate Vice President |
| De Anza College |
|
| Karen Chow |
| Instructor |
| De Anza College |
|
| Jim Nguyen |
| Faculty |
| De Anza College |
|
IMPACT-AAPI integrates mentoring, counseling, advising, readiness and leadership programs, and culturally infused learning communities to increase access, success, and persistence. Learn effective practices addressing achievement among underrepresented students.
How to Live the Future of Postsecondary Education Today
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Trent Keough |
| President And Ceo |
| Portage College |
|
Higher Education in Tumultuous Times (Kisner and Hill) provides the conceptual framework and session structure for sharing a dialogue on how we can live the future of education now.
Projecting the Cost to Start and Sustain New Programs
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Lori Alexander |
| Assistant To The Vice President |
| Central Piedmont Community College |
|
Participants will learn about an online process, Road Map, that uses a data-driven approach to vet new program ideas and culminates in a three-year feasibility study.
Developing International Education Opportunities for U.S. Manufacturing Technician Students
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Marilyn Barger |
| Executive Director |
| Hillsborough Community College |
|
| Karen Wosczyna-Birch |
| Executive Director |
| Connecticut Community Colleges |
|
| Richard Gilbert |
| Professor |
| University of South Florida |
|
This session focuses on the faculty experiences as important background for developing community college student educational experiences in Europe. It includes lessons learned and benefits for all participants.
Montgomery College and India Address 21st Century Workforce Needs
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Sanjay Rai |
| Vice President and Provost |
| Montgomery College |
|
| DeRionne Pollard |
| President |
| Montgomery College |
|
| Margaret Latimer |
| Associate Dean |
| Montgomery College |
|
| Sanjeev Sahni |
| Head Of Education |
| Jindal Steel And Power |
|
Objective: Understand process, lessons learned, and significance of undertaking global education and workforce development initiatives. Benefit: Community colleges, nations, and partners seeking to impact the 21st century global workforce.
Are You Ready for the Mobile Students?
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Rob Karnbach |
| Systems Engineer |
| Extreme Networks |
|
Participants will learn how the network can make administrative life easier by tracking and following the mobile student while providing on-demand access to services.
Using a Virtual Concept to Coordinate Decentralized Tutoring Services
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Dennis Krieb |
| Director |
| Lewis and Clark Community College |
|
The first year of applying a virtual model to coordinate diffused tutoring services had its challenges and successes. Come hear about them and about our comparative assessment data for final grades, persistence, and retention.
Equipping Hispanic Immigrants for an Effective Social Integration
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Ernesto De la Hoz |
| Director |
| Miami Dade College - InterAmerican Campus |
|
Small-scale programs that meet the distinctive needs of immigrants may constitute a more effective approach to meeting their educational needs. The presentation describes the design of a specialized curriculum.
The Required Revolution: Improving Developmental Student Transition to College Coursework
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| John Cosgrove |
| Director |
| St. Louis Community College |
|
| Larry McDoniel |
| Faculty |
| St. Louis Community College |
|
Assessment and Achieving the Dream results confirmed the need for a revolutionary approach to developmental education. Participants will consider instigating this proposed revolution and discuss anticipated actions.
A Blueprint for Creating a Safe Campus Model
| Stream - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| Janice Marks |
| Assistant Vice President |
| Howard Community College |
|
| Kimberly McNair |
| Director and Executive Associate To Vice Presi |
| Howard Community College |
|
| Shelly Bilello |
| Capitol Programs Administrator and Risk Manager |
| Howard Community College |
|
Presenting a successful safe-campus model that uses technology, a desktop icon, and cross-functional committees to improve reporting, tracking, monitoring, and collaboration between linked safety initiatives.
Engaging the Disengaged: Strategies for Working with Nontraditional Populations
| Stream - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| Leticia Barajas |
| Vice President |
| Los Angeles Trade-Technical College |
|
| Jess Guerra |
| Department Chair |
| Los Angeles Trade-Technical College |
|
| Marcia Wilson |
| Director |
| Los Angeles Trade-Technical College |
|
Educators will benefit from learning about successful programs and strategies implemented to engage women in nontraditional careers and at-risk youth and young adults in postsecondary education.
Enhancing Your Personal Learning Network Through a Mentor Network
| Stream - Open Educational Resources |
| Ann Beheler |
| Executive Director |
| Collin College |
|
| Helen Sullivan |
| Director |
| Collin College |
|
Creating a support system of colleagues doesn't need to be limited to just people down the hallway. Learn how IT instructors have developed a national model mentor network.
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM top
General Session
Opening General Session - Cathy Casserly
Monday, March 5, 2012
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM top
Special Session
Why All the Collaboration? Orienting Students to Campus
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Hal Higdon |
| Chancellor |
| Ozarks Technical Community College |
|
| Joan Barrett |
| Associate Vice Chancellor |
| Ozarks Technical Community College |
|
| Joel Doepker |
| Director |
| Ozarks Technical Community College |
|
| Cliff Davis |
| Vice Chancellor |
| Ozarks Technical Community College |
|
Learn how we collaborated across campus to produce a video orientation product that serves as both a highly visible marketing piece and an informative tool for our incoming students.
Using Data to Illustrate the Interconnectivity of Faculty and Staff
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Shana Corvers |
| Director |
| Baton Rouge Community College |
|
Make data relevant to your faculty and staff and see how a culture of evidence can help staff become interconnected with the college's goals of retention and student success.
Forum Sessions
Stacking the Building Blocks: Improving Student Success through Next Generation Learning Challenges Projects
| Stream - All Streams |
| Nancy Millichap |
| Program Officer |
| EDUCAUSE |
|
| Nassim Ebrahimi |
| Director |
| Anne Arundel Community College |
|
| Russ Little |
| Director |
| Sinclair Community College |
|
| Tracy Sleep |
| Manager |
| Iowa Community College Online Consortium |
|
EDUCAUSE’s Next Generation Learning Challenges initiative provides funding to identify and scale technology-enabled solutions to problems of student readiness and completion. Participants will learn from leaders of three NGLC projects how their work is ensuring that underprepared or underperforming students get the resources, attention, and support needed for success.
Outcome Assessment Planning in WIDS
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Robin Nickel |
| Associate Director |
| Worldwide Instructional Design System |
|
Develop a plan for learning outcomes assessment, identify standards for student success, lay out a data collection plan, and record improvement interventions using a common curriculum management tool.
Preparing for Online Courses: How to Improve Student Readiness Activities
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Rachel Bork |
| Research Associate |
| Columbia University Teachers College |
|
| Ghazala Hashmi |
| Coordinator |
| J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College |
|
| Meg Foster |
| Assistant Coordinator |
| J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College |
|
Presenters discuss how institutions can improve student readiness activities for online courses to reduce the likelihood of mismatched expectations between students and instructors and subsequent poor online outcomes.
CollegeAnywhere: Teaching and Learning With Rich Media
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| John Kahler |
| Chair |
| CollegeAnywhere |
|
| Norm Green |
| Manager |
| Governors State University |
|
| Josh Piddington |
| Chair |
| Governors State University |
|
CollegeAnywhere provides web-based content and tools to incorporate rich media and interaction into online, blended, and face-to-face courses, including media from renowned producer partners.
The New 3 R?s for Faculty Development
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Meg McGranaghan |
| Director |
| Butler Community College |
|
Butler spent a decade building a highly effective, replicable model for faculty development. Administrators and faculty should attend to explore the model?s use of rigor, restriction, and reward.
A Leadership Development Program to Prepare Faculty for Administration
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Jonathan Grimes |
| Associate Professor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
| Avon Garrett |
|
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
| Jennifer Joyner |
| Assistant Professor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
| Robert Hess |
| Associate Professor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
Learn about a leadership program that trains faculty for administration opportunities. This session is beneficial for academic deans and faculty in their quest for succession planning and mentoring.
Meeting the Community College Mission While Adding Bachelor?s Degrees
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Meeta Goel |
| Vice President |
| Colorado Mountain College |
|
| Stanley Jensen |
| President |
| Colorado Mountain College |
|
A framework for offering bachelor?s degrees at a community college will be presented and audience discussion encouraged. The intended audience is interested community college administrators, faculty, and other staff.
Faculty, Staff, and Student Leadership: Networking, Creativity, Innovation, Service, FUN!
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Ernst Roberts II |
| Vice President |
| El Paso Community College |
|
| Linda Brown |
| Coordinator |
| El Paso Community College |
|
| Arvis Jones |
| Director |
| El Paso Community College |
|
Student leadership program details and two-tiered staff leadership academy training successes will be shared. Participants will also share their program challenges and successes.
From GPA to ROI: Maximizing Employer Investment in Higher Education
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Brianna Bendotti |
| National Director |
| University of Phoenix |
|
| Steve Kolar |
| Vice President |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Caroline Molina-Ray |
| Executive Director |
| Apollo Research Institute |
|
Learn how 21st-century workplace demands for an educated and skilled workforce call for distinctive triad relationships connecting businesses with college and university solutions.
A Two-Year/Four-Year Partnership: The Freshman Transition Program
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Ann Gamble |
| Program Coordinator |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
Come learn how community college leaders can build upon relationships with four-year institutions through collaboration to help achieve their goals. A freshman transition program may be the answer.
It's a Mobile World: How Will You Respond?
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Jim Gaston |
| Associate Director |
| South Orange County Community College District |
|
| Robert Bramucci |
| Vice Chancellor |
| South Orange County Community College District |
|
The mobile platform presents higher education with a great opportunity and a great challenge. Hear about our implementation of mobile services to communicate with students.
Are Students Online Ready? Preparing Successful Students in the DORM
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Rene Cintron |
| Assistant Dean |
| Louisiana Community and Technical College System |
|
| Jennifer Lang |
| Instructor |
| Louisiana Community and Technical College System |
|
Explore Delgado's Online Readiness Module (DORM) and discover technical tools and study skills used. Student services professionals, faculty, and administrators will be interested in learning how DORM was developed to increase student success and retention.
Building Bridges: New Mathematics Resources for Developmental Educators
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Terri Rowenhorst |
| Director |
| The NROC Project |
|
Discover rich, adaptable, open educational resources to support new models of instruction. This nonprofit effort aims to increase educational opportunities for financially disadvantaged learners struggling with mathematical literacy.
Strategic Decision Making: Fast-tracking Developmental English Students
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Barbara Buchanan |
| Dean |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Lana Myers |
| Faculty |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Deirdre Hayes-Cootz |
| Program Manager |
| Lone Star College System |
|
Learn how innovative strategies, including curriculum re-design, linked classes, and integrated classes fast-tracked developmental education. Research from this pilot shows that students benefit from innovative strategies that save time and money.
High-impact Educational Practices: What Are They?
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Jeff Crumpley |
| Associate Director |
| Center for Community College Student Engagement |
|
| Evelyn Waiwaiole |
| Project Manager |
| Center for Community College Student Engagement |
|
Learn how the Center for Community College Student Engagement?s student, faculty and institutional surveys are being used to identify and understand high-impact educational practices and how institutions can use Center data for improving student outcomes.
What Does Authentic Assessment Mean Today?
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Bill Wynne |
| Product Manager |
| Educational Testing Service (ETS) |
|
This presentation explores the virtues of multiple-choice and scenario-based performance measures and how these complement each other in documenting effectiveness and fostering continuous improvement.
Indigenous Education: Valuing Culture, Community, and Shared Learning
| Stream - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| Ken Tourand |
| President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Nicola Valley Institute of Technology |
|
| Warren Weir |
| Dean |
| Nicola Valley Institute of Technology |
|
| Verna Billy-Minnabarriet |
| Vice President |
| Nicola Valley Institute of Technology |
|
Participants will learn about the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, British Columbia, Canada's Aboriginal Public Post Secondary Institute, and gather lessons on promoting indigenous education in practice.
African-American Mentoring: A Comprehensive Model for Second-Year Students
| Stream - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| Linda Pastore |
| Professor |
| Sinclair Community College |
|
| Mortenous Johnson |
| Manager |
| Sinclair Community College |
|
This institutionally supported, data-driven, interactive session will introduce and illustrate a comprehensive triangulated model that supports the retention and completion rates for African-American students.
Building the Village to Sustain and Graduate Underserved Students
| Stream - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| Karen Gutshall |
| Professor |
| Raritan Valley Community College |
|
| Alicia Liss |
| Adjunct Faculty |
| Raritan Valley Community College |
|
Faculty, administrators, and student services staff will explore the multifaceted set of barriers and empowerment strategies that support under-resourced students in achieving academic success.
Roundtable Discussions
The Sky's the Limit: Instructional Design for Immersive Courses
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| David Clarke IV |
| Vice President |
| Toolwire |
|
| Michael Watkins |
| Director |
| Toolwire |
|
Online immersive learning environments open up a realm of possibilities previously unimaginable for educators. But how are they designed? Join us to learn more.
Revitalizing the Entrepreneurial Spirit: Bridging Academics With Real World Issues
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Warren Munick |
| Faculty |
| Pikes Peak Community College |
|
Strategies to identify student interest and community resources yield valuable connections resulting in education and business partnerships. Students and faculty will be able to relate educational choices to career goals.
Is This Program Worth It? How to Determine Return on Investment
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Lori Alexander |
| Assistant To The Vice President |
| Central Piedmont Community College |
|
Participants will learn how to calculate ROI to help determine which academic programs should be subsidized, revitalized, consolidated, or retired.
What?s Your Advising Magnet Strength?
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Magali Reyes |
| Academic Advisor |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Tadji Wickham |
| Academic Advisor |
| Lone Star College System |
|
Student success course advisors developed open labs with staffing based on advisor strengths. Participants will learn how to maximize both advisor and student time via creative open-lab advising techniques.
Can the Impact of Tutoring Be Assessed?
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Megan Fuller |
| Faculty |
| Community College of Philadelphia |
|
Tutoring services are thought to be beneficial to both developmental and college-ready students, but in today's evidence-based environment, how can we assess the benefits of tutoring?
Get Your Facebook On: Incorporating Social Media in Academia
| Stream - Open Educational Resources |
| Brenda Friday |
| Associate Director |
| East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania |
|
| Matthew Connell |
| Dean |
| Northampton Community College |
|
Examine student perceptions of Facebook at a nonresidential community college branch campus and discuss the similarities and differences of its use at community colleges versus four-year institutions.
9:15 AM - 10:30 AM top
General Session
Monday General Session - Terry O'Banion
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM top
Special Session
Is an Online Doctorate Right for You?
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Terry O'Banion |
| President Emeritus |
| League for Innovation in the Community College |
|
Learn about the most innovative and substantive online master's and doctoral programs ever created for those aspiring to positions of leadership in community colleges.
Building an Interdisciplinary Sustainability Degree: Use What You Have
| Stream - Sustainability |
| Margaret Robertson |
| Instructor |
| Lane Community College |
|
Lane?s Sustainability Coordinator degree is an interdisciplinary program built on existing courses. Learn how to implement a similar program at your own institution for little or no additional cost.
Forum Sessions
Creating Interactive Syllabi and Newsletters for Web and Mobile Devices
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Tim Linder |
| Associate Professor |
| St. Louis Community College at Meramec |
|
| Michael Burks |
| Manager |
| St. Louis Community College at Meramec |
|
| Yvonne Johnson |
| Dean |
| St. Louis Community College at Meramec |
|
Learn to create digital syllabi and newsletters with interactive elements, including 360§ scenes, video, and panoramas. Learn the benefits, possibilities, and process of developing interactive content for the Web and iPad.
Struggles and Triumphs in Training for and Converting to Blackboard
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Ruth McAdams |
| Professor |
| Tarrant County College District |
|
| Kevin Eason |
| Director |
| Tarrant County College District |
|
Join the director of distance learning, a Spanish Instructor, and an English professor for a demonstration of our training and conversion program.
Innovative Critical Thinking Assignments for Student Success
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Rose Mince |
| Dean |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
| Linda De La Ysla |
| Assistant Professor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
| Melvin Berry |
| Assistant Professor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
| Nancy Parker |
| Instructor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
| Michael Venn |
| Instructor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
"My students don't think!" Sound familiar? Help students become critical thinkers. Come learn proven strategies to increase students' critical thinking. Presenters will share practical, cross-disciplinary strategies.
The Information Literacy Institute: Integrating IL Into the Course Experience
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Margaret Montet |
| Librarian |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
| Maureen McCreadie |
| Dean |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
The Information Literacy Institute was created to help faculty incorporate IL seamlessly. This presentation will share some of the ideas and inspirations that make the institute a success.
Pedagogy Matters! Refining Teaching Practice to Increase Student Success.
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Bronte Miller |
| Associate Professor |
| Patrick Henry Community College |
|
| Kathy Perino |
| Faculty |
| Foothill College |
|
| Rosemary Arca |
| Faculty |
| Foothill College |
|
| Kate Smith |
| Interim Dean |
| Monroe Community College - SUNY |
|
Presenters will demonstrate how techniques of Global Skills for College Completion helped them become more intentional and effective teachers by addressing the cognitive goals and affective needs of students.
From Dry Content to Invigorating Discussion Using Case Method
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Amanda Baskwill |
| Professor |
| Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning |
|
Keeping students' attention when teaching dry material is challenging. Learn how using Case Method can ignite your classroom and help students to engage with dry but important concepts.
Promoting Student-centeredness with Project-based Learning
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Diane Fitton |
| Professor |
| Monroe Community College - SUNY |
|
Project-based learning in college orientation courses actively engages students in student success topics. PBL is also ideal for hybrid sections. This session benefits all college orientation and first-year experience personnel.
Positive Student Civic and Academic Engagement Results in Improved Performance
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Dave Shorow |
| Professor |
| Richland College |
|
| Jennifer Rice |
| Student |
| Richland College |
|
| John Millemon |
| Assistant Dean |
| Richland College |
|
Participants will learn how a program combining civic and academic engagement can increase student course completion.
Students Speak: Are We Listening?
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Arleen Arnsparger |
| Project Manager |
| Center for Community College Student Engagement |
|
What do students need to know to be college-ready? Experience community college through their eyes. Learn from research, practice, and students themselves how to create an on-ramp to college.
Collaborative Strategic Plan Facilitates Student/Faculty Mobility Among International Partners
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| John Henik |
| Associate Vice President |
| Kirkwood Community College |
|
| Susan Radke |
| Manager |
| SAIT Polytechnic |
|
Global Education Network, a collaboration of premier institutions, provides students with an international learning experience for employment in a global economy. Strategic planning drives the success of this network.
Using Learning Analytics to Enhance Student Retention in Distance Education
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Vivie Sinou |
| Executive Director |
| Etudes, Inc. |
|
| James Marteney |
| Faculty |
| Los Angeles Valley College |
|
| Glenn Golden |
| Chief Architect |
| Etudes, Inc. |
|
Learn how a teacher-centered learning analytics tool, Activity Meter, and student guidance tool, Course Map, of the Etudes Learning Management system, enhance student retention and promote success.
Cashing in on Change
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Dana Grove |
| President |
| Morton College |
|
| Sandra Warner |
| Director |
| Johnson County Community College |
|
Organizational change creates anxiety and can have adverse effects. Learn how one college capitalizes on change by incorporating it into its operational infrastructure and budgeting cycle.
Getting All Your Academic Strategic Initiatives on the Same Bus
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Phil Speary |
| Director |
| Butler Community College |
|
The session will guide the participants through a coordinated model for academic strategic initiatives. This will help administrators improve their efforts to achieve disparate strategic goals with limited resources.
13th Year Scholarship: An Advancement and Student Affairs Partnership
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Gary Oertli |
| President |
| South Seattle Community College |
|
| Elizabeth Pluhta |
| Executive Director |
| South Seattle Community College |
|
The interactive discussion includes the innovation process; a partnership between advancement and student affairs; and student success. Ideal for presidents, advancement staff, and student affairs professionals.
Transforming a Community of Adjunct Faculty to Enhance Student Learning
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Sylvia Orr |
| Dean |
| Estrella Mountain Community College |
|
| Marianne Smith |
| Adjunct Faculty |
| Estrella Mountain Community College |
|
Faculty and administrators will learn how faculty preparedness, communication, and building a sense of community can transform adjuncts, who are critical to student success and learning.
Preparing for Future Challenges: What Will It Take?
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| M. Richard Shaink |
| President |
| Mott Community College |
|
| Chris Engle |
| Registrar |
| Mott Community College |
|
| Mara Fulmer |
| Professor and Program Coordinator |
| Mott Community College |
|
| Jan Karazim |
| Dean |
| Kellogg Community College |
|
Emerging leaders will explore contemporary leadership competencies designed to advance community colleges to become more vibrant catalysts within their communities as they address education, student, and economic issues.
Collaborating for Success: Innovation in Health Information Technology (HIT) Training
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Norma Morganti |
| Executive Director |
| Cuyahoga Community College |
|
Recognizing critical demand for a skilled HIT workforce, Cuyahoga Community College and the Midwest Community College HIT Consortium are developing innovative experiential learning environments addressing current and future needs.
Synergies Between Humanities and Workforce Programs: Strangers No More
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Otto Lee |
| Vice Chancellor |
| San Diego Community College District |
|
Cross-disciplinary collaborations are the norm at SDCCD. Faculty have teamed on contextualized basic skills, aligned curriculum, global competencies, and best practices for successful proposals, enhancing each discipline.
Using the Information at Hand to Increase Student Retention
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Tracy Sleep |
| Manager |
| Iowa Community College Online Consortium |
|
| Gretchen Bartelson |
| Dean |
| Northwest Iowa Community College |
|
Join the ICCOC, a Next Generation Learning Grant recipient, as it shares scalable strategies for increasing online student success through the use of student data delivered in a timely fashion.
Key Performance Indicators: A Major Component of an Institutional Dashboard
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Lee Ann Nutt |
| Vice President |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Jeff Seybert |
| Higher Education Consultant |
| Johnson County Community College |
|
This session describes institutional dashboards and key performance indicators (KPIs), outlines steps needed to identify KPIs, and recounts one college?s experience with the process that produced its initial KPIs.
Roundtable Discussions
The Importance of Instructional Design Teams in Quality Assurance
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| David Cheng |
| Facilitator |
| Florida State College at Jacksonville |
|
Learn the importance of having an instructional design team, the characteristics the team needs, and how the team improves quality assurance in online course development.
Relevance of Teaching Philosophy at the Community College Level
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Amir Salehi |
| Associate Professor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
The question concerning the relevance of teaching philosophy courses depends on what we teach in philosophy sections. Join this important conversation!
A Classroom in the Cloud: Promises and Potential Pitfalls
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Brian Fox |
| Associate Professor |
| Santa Fe College |
|
This roundtable will discuss the benefits and potential problems associated with an Internet-based approach to software and services, issues facing all educators as we move to the cloud.
Engaging the Differently-abled Online User
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Hilary Ciment |
| Professor |
| Foothill College |
|
Make a collaborative Voicethread and discuss ways to engage the differently-abled online user.
Year of Learning: Revolutions as an Experiment in Cross-campus Learning
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Jane Harradine |
| Instructor and Coordinator |
| North Seattle Community College |
|
| Karen Stuhldreher |
| Instructor and Program Coordinator |
| North Seattle Community College |
|
Taste an unfolding experiment in engaging an entire campus community with exploring various revolutions. Explore adapting this project to deepen community and boost student success at your college.
Beyond YouTube: Facilitating Critical Thinking in the Online Classroom
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Sarah Jakub |
| Faculty |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
| Max Probst |
| Assistant Professor |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
Engaging the online learner in the use of critical thinking presents different challenges than in face-to-face classes. In this roundtable, educators will evaluate different critical thinking tools.
Discover the Benefits of Earning the National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance 2 Year Education (CAE2Y) Designation
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Margaret Spivey |
| Director |
| Hagerstown Community College |
|
Earning the designation CAE2Y for a cybersecurity program is a great honor. This designation is earned through meeting guidelines set forth by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. The influence of earning this designation has spurred us into action creating a Cybersecurity Training Institute. During this presentation the participant will learn about short-term credit-free mini-courses and workshops that have been developed for manager, IT personnel, and other staff who need to know cyber basics and/or earn cyber-related certifications. Detail of the creation and marketing of the Institute will be shared during this discussion.
Darn Degree Audits! How to Make Them Work You
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Laureen Balducci |
| Dean |
| Foothill College |
|
| Leeann Emanuel |
| Counselor |
| Foothill College |
|
| Stephanie Franco |
| Evaluations Specialist |
| Foothill College |
|
Learn how to use degree audits not only for graduation purposes, but also for academic counseling, educational planning, course management, and enrollment. DegreeWorks degree audit system is featured.
System Study: Three Rs for Developmental Education
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Derrick Barbee |
| Academic Coordinator |
| Guilford Technical Community College |
|
| Johnathan Stowe |
| Instructor |
| Guilford Technical Community College |
|
This study examines the precollege educational system, including teacher quality and location, to develop opportunities to improve developmental education. Modern integrative applications with old-school techniques are shared.
Turning Conflict Into Opportunity: Picking a Good Fight With Faculty
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Ray Somera |
| Vice President |
| Guam Community College |
|
Campus conflicts on assessment can destroy rather than build professional relationships. Administrators and faculty can take away strategies from Guam Community College's faculty-driven assessment process ? a process that works.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM top
Special Session
Online Higher Education: Positioning Community Colleges
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Valerie Cavazos |
| Director |
| Onlinecommunitycolleges.org |
|
Community colleges have more online courses, affordable programs, and students than any other postsecondary institutional type, but remain relatively hidden in a competitive, sophisticated marketplace. Learn about strengthening community college's visibility through OnlineCommunityColleges.org.
Forum Sessions
VisionLink
| Stream - All Streams |
| Lois Ann Porter |
| Vice President |
| TAConnecT |
|
TAConnecT: Technical Assistance for TAACCCT Round 1 Grantees & Round 2 Applicants
Developing Independent Word Attack Skills in American English
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Edward Kent |
| Adjunct Instructor |
| Somerset Community College - KCTCS |
|
Participants will become aware of coalescing three linguistic elements: phonemes, patterns, and positions. Instructors teaching students from grade five to adults in developmental education programs are encouraged to attend.
Redefining the Classroom: Addressing Expectations of Your Future Students
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Robert Pozos |
| Professor |
| Primal Pictures |
|
Student's expectations of the classroom have changed. Hear a panel of educators discuss transition of curriculum to integrate new technologies, including the effectiveness of technology and education models.
Floating STEMs in the Reedy River
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Kathy Ferrell |
| Faculty |
| Greenville Technical College |
|
Biology instructors will use STEM lessons to investigate the science of a river. Explore using taxonomic keys to identify macro-invertebrates, evaluate water chemistry, and interpret layered topographic maps.
Authentic Learning Combines Rigor and Relevance for Community College Students
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Stephen Mendonca |
| Professor |
| Lone Star College System |
|
Increase retention and success rates by blending authentic learning with significant learning, on site and online. Increase student interest through projects of global and intergenerational relevance.
SIM Hospital
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Oscar Ramos |
| Executive Director |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Lee Jerls |
| Associate Professor |
| Lone Star College System |
|
High-fidelity simulation in a teaching environment is no longer purely academic. Learn how the creation of a SIM hospital improves student performance and facilitates active learning.
Making Data Work for Professional Development and Student Success
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| John Cooper |
| Contributing Faculty |
| Walden University |
|
| Arleen Arnsparger |
| Project Manager |
| Center for Community College Student Engagement |
|
Learn from college examples how to use college data, student engagement surveys, and student and faculty voices in professional development to improve pedagogy and support services for student success.
The Language of Our Lives: Bridging Cultures Through Online Education
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Susan Holmes |
| Assistant Professor |
| Northwest Arkansas Community College |
|
| John Tuthill |
| Vice President |
| Truckee Meadows Community College |
|
| Fred Lokken |
| Associate Dean |
| Truckee Meadows Community College |
|
| Elena Kargina |
| Faculty |
| Togliatti State University |
|
Introducing a breakthrough community college program, grounded in cross-cultural communication theory, teaching communication skills to Russian university students new to online learning. Lessons learned and future collaborations discussed.
Community College Trustees: Perspectives on Preparation to Serve an Elected Term
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Terri Winfree |
| Vice President |
| Prairie State College |
|
This lively, interactive presentation, geared toward the entire college community, explores how prepared Illinois community college trustees are in their role as elected official and their understanding of role.
Re-visioning Community Colleges: The Disruptive Innovators of Higher Education
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Debbie Sydow |
| President |
| Richard Bland College |
|
Using current research and insights of leading thinkers as prompts, this session will explore how the contradictions embedded in community colleges also position them to become disruptive innovators.
How Can Y Be a Catalyst for Institutional Change?
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Daniel Lewis |
| Director |
| Virginia Community College System |
|
| Susan Wood |
| Vice Chancellor |
| Virginia Community College System |
|
Participants will learn how 23 colleges in Virginia have collaborated to leverage people, talent, and technology to redesign and transform developmental education. This session targets faculty and administrators.
Integrated Planning—What does it take?
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Phyllis Grummon |
| Director |
| Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) |
|
Creating an integrated planning process benefits campuses. Done well, integrated planning reduces silo behavior, increases collaboration, and enables a campus to target resources where they are needed. Learn the six key components of effective integrated planning.
Using Cell Phones and Existing Technology to Eliminate Waiting Lines. Added Bonus: Reduced Stress for Staff and Students
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Alex Backer |
| Founder And Ceo |
| QLess Inc |
|
Panelists will show how they eliminate student and staff stress, waiting lines, and waiting rooms with virtual lines using student cell phones, giving students time to study instead.
QR Code: The Hottest Way to Engage Students
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Jen Murillo |
|
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Shah Ardalan |
| President |
| Lone Star College System |
|
The QR code phenomenon is booming in advertising. Lone Star College will demonstrate how we pushed beyond just advertising by using QR codes to connect and serve students.
AMPing It Up to Increase Success and Retention
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Jean Ashby |
| Assistant Dean |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
| David Stewart |
| Dean |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
AMP (Accelerated Math Program) offers students an opportunity to complete their developmental and credit courses in a shorter timeframe. Hear about course design, implementation, retention, and success rates.
Accelerated Learning Program at the Community College of Baltimore County
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Jackie Scott |
| Assistant Professor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
| Andy Rusnak |
| Assistant Professor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
Exactly how did the Community College of Baltimore County significantly enhance success rates, reduce attrition, and develop confident, dedicated, developmental writing students in its Accelerated Learning Program? Come find out in this session!
Taking Why Out of the Equation: Formulas for Student Success
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Lauren Lopez |
| Instructor |
| Atlanta Technical College |
|
| Laura Jones |
| Instructor |
| Atlanta Technical College |
|
Why do I have to take this Class? Participants explore relationships between building a strong academic foundation, increased student engagement, and student recognition of the relevance of academic coursework.
Mnemonic Devices in the Mathematics Classroom
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Robert Koff |
| Assistant Professor |
| Georgia Perimeter College |
|
This presentation is a compilation of memory devices designed to help students recall math facts and concepts. It covers arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, and other math topics.
Weighing the Evidence: Considering Three Approaches that Improve Students? Skills
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Elisabeth Barnett |
| Senior Research Associate |
| Columbia University Teachers College |
|
| Donna McKusick |
| Dean |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
| Christine Timmerman |
| Director |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Thomas Brock |
| Director |
| MDRC |
|
How can students master basic skills? We highlight three approaches ? college readiness partnerships, summer bridge programs, and learning communities ? and discuss where to invest scarce college resources.
General Education Assessment: The Computer Literacy Outcome Goes Full Circle
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Mary Zegarski |
| Professor |
| Northampton Community College |
|
From defining outcomes to implementing changes based on the assessment result. All educators get the gory details on completing the assessment cycle for the general education computer literacy outcome.
Bridging Through the Looking Glass to Java
| Stream - Open Educational Resources |
| Leslie Spivey |
| Associate Professor |
| Edison Community College |
|
This session introduces using Alice software in student recruitment and retention. Using Alice software concepts, instructors can bridge students from Alice to NetBeans Java programming.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM top
Special Session
Scaling Innovation in Developmental Math: Lessons From Research and Practice
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Nikki Edgecombe |
| Senior Research Associate |
| Community College Research Center |
|
| Barbara Lontz |
| Assistant Professor |
| Montgomery County Community College |
|
| Susan Bickerstaff |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate |
| Community College Research Center |
|
Presenters will share findings on the process and challenges of scaling reforms in developmental education. An innovative conceptual arithmetic course, now at full scale, will be described in detail.
Forum Sessions
Using Clickers to Teach Critical Thinking
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Randy Malta |
| Senior Instructional Designer |
| St. Louis Community College |
|
This interactive presentation demonstrates the use of classroom response systems courses to enhance and stimulate critical thinking. Explore and learn if clickers can be used in your class.
A Lesson on Culture: What is Your Cultural Script?
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Michael Walsh |
| Associate Professor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
| Patricia Quintero-Hall |
| Administrator |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
Participants will reflect on the cultures to which they have been exposed; discuss culture in a reflective, interactive manner; and leave with a lesson on culture appropriate for classrooms.
Providing Professional Development 24/7: Restructuring How We Deliver Training
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Valerie Kisiel |
| Co-owner |
| Innovative Educators |
|
It?s time to do more with less. Learn innovative and cost-effective strategies that will help your department provide ongoing professional development anytime, anywhere.
Project-Based Teaching Made Easy With Interactive Datasets
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Andrei Perkhounkov |
| Assistant Professor |
| Kirkwood Community College |
|
If you discuss data in your classroom, this Excel-powered database generator will help you use time effectively with interactive datasets, facilitate learning statistical concepts, and create classroom materials.
Turning Different Disciplines and Departments into a Single Learning Community
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Carmen Powers |
| Associate Professor |
| Monroe Community College - SUNY |
|
| Patricia Kuby |
| Professor |
| Monroe Community College - SUNY |
|
Presenters will discuss how to integrate classes from different disciplines through a service-learning project that builds partnerships across the entire campus. Administrators, faculty, and most especially students, benefit!
Introductory Chemistry: A Novel Approach
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Levi Torrison |
| Faculty |
| Estrella Mountain Community College |
|
| Fiona Lihs |
| Faculty |
| Estrella Mountain Community College |
|
Presenters will provide information about an instructional approach applied to introductory chemistry courses. The approach focuses on conceptual understanding using active learning techniques that promote critical thinking.
Deliberate Practice Makes Perfect: 10,000 Hours to Expertise
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Terry Posthumus |
| Program Coordinator |
| Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning |
|
Student success is a group effort. Learn how the 10,000-hour theory can be taught and implemented by students, resulting in effective goal setting, time management, and skill development.
Creating Collegewide Professional Development with Limited Resources
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Jocelyn Sirkis |
| Director |
| Community College of Philadelphia |
|
Do you need to develop faculty and staff on a small budget? Discover how one person can use technology and other resources to create programming for the entire college.
Data to Dashboards: Creating and Using Analytics
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Celeste Schwartz |
| Vice President |
| Montgomery County Community College |
|
| Stephen Grieco |
|
| Montgomery County Community College |
|
This session will identify people, processes, and tools needed for the successful deployment of analytics, and will provide examples of data-driven decisions based on analytics.
Classroom Technology Can Lead Students to Rewarding IT Careers
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Alan Rowland |
| Business Development Manager |
| CompTIA |
|
Technology in the classroom can engage student learning and increase curriculum absorption. What educators now realize is that students? technology familiarity can also inspire them to rewarding careers.
Using the Information at Hand to Increase Student Retention
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Steve Rheinschmidt |
| Director |
| Pearson |
|
| Ann Jenkins |
| Instructional Designer and Training Specialist |
| Southeastern Community College (IA) |
|
Join the ICCOC, a Next Generation Learning Grant recipient, as it shares scalable strategies for increasing online student success through the use of student data delivered in a timely fashion.
Optimizing Transfer Through Student Success Courses
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana |
| Research Associate |
| Columbia University Teachers College |
|
| Alexis Ehrhardt |
| Transition Counselor |
| Danville Community College |
|
This session will demonstrate how information about the transfer process to a four-year institution can be disseminated through transfer-specific student success courses.
Improving the Cycle: Service Area Student Learning Outcomes
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Darya Gilani |
| Project Coordinator |
| Foothill College |
|
| John DuBois |
| Executive Assistant |
| Foothill College |
|
| Maureen Chenoweth |
| Coordinator |
| Foothill College |
|
Learn how Foothill College implemented a new SLO system and created a clear Service Area Assessment cycle that aligned with institutional goals while maintaining the focus on students.
Fail Safe: Teach Decision-Making Skills Through Immersive Experiential Learning
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Michael Watkins |
| Director |
| Toolwire |
|
Many of life?s greatest lessons are learned from experience. These mistakes can be costly, and some more others. Help students improve decision-making skills through immersive experiential learning.
From the Horse's Mouth: ABE Students Talk About Transitioning
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Terry Cox |
| Dean |
| North Seattle Community College |
|
ABE students were asked how they would design the perfect college program, what the most difficult thing about college would be, and more. Their responses will be of interest to administrators, faculty, and staff.
Steering Ships: Institutional Efforts to Serve Students in Developmental Education
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Gregory Anderson |
| Dean |
| De Anza College |
|
| Karen Chow |
| Instructor |
| De Anza College |
|
| Gerald Rosenberg |
| Dean |
| De Anza College |
|
| Rowena Tomaneng |
| Associate Vice President |
| De Anza College |
|
Participants explore how a task force is institutionalizing efforts to serve underprepared students. Discussions will lead to preliminary guiding principles for anyone interested in leading a similar institutional change.
From Seed Money to Value Added on a Tight Budget
| Stream - Resource Development and Foundation Management |
| Patrick Vaughn |
| Vice President |
| St. Louis Community College at Wildwood |
|
Find out how to use small amounts of seed money to develop value-added projects with tight budget constraints, in this session designed for coordinators, chairs, deans, and faculty. Participants will explore developing seed money projects.
Students Say the Darnedest Things: Focus Groups and Student Success
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| William Mullaney |
| Dean |
| Chandler-Gilbert Community College |
|
Participants will learn the basics of conducting focus groups, examining how audio or video clips and information from the groups supplement institutional data and lead to better action plans.
Ready or Not, Here I Come
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Alan Manley |
| Manager |
| SmarterServices |
|
Does student readiness make a difference? Do students who are a better fit for distance learning make better grades, feel more satisfied, participate more fully, and enroll more regularly? Explore the answers in this session.
21st Century Information Literacy for ESL Students: Retention and Transition
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Ileana Porges-West |
| Professor |
| Miami Dade College - Hialeah Campus |
|
| Maria Casado |
| Assistant Professor |
| Miami Dade College - Hialeah Campus |
|
The EAP/Virtual Librarian project teaches information skills and assesses student learning with LMS Angel. Participants learn about the project and review assessment data.
Add Captioning to Your Multimedia Content
| Stream - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| Greg Cook |
| Associate Professor |
| Blue Ridge Community College (VA) |
|
Faculty create much of their own media; little of it is accessible to hearing-impaired students. Learn about options for captioning podcasts, video lectures, recorded PowerPoint, and other media.
Roundtable Discussions
Motivating Adult Students Through a Competency-Based Approach to Learning
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Philip Schmidt |
| Associate Provost |
| Western Governors University |
|
Western Governors University, an online, competency-based institution, measures learning through the passing of assessments. Learn how all faculty can apply competency-based approaches to their own courses.
Socratic Method or Lecture: Which is More Effective?
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Mehul Shah |
| Associate Professor |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
Participants will learn how the Socratic method works, how it differs from lecturing, and why it is more effective than lecturing for helping students retain information and think critically.
Beyond Classroom Borders: Educating Globally Engaged Thinkers and Community Leaders
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Laurie Fisher |
| Senior Associate |
| American Red Cross |
|
| Andy Reyes |
| Professor |
| Bunker Hill Community College |
|
Students today must develop skills and knowledge to navigate complex global realities. Participants with engage with tools and strategies that promote critical thinking, civic engagement, awareness, and cultural sensitivity.
Innovative Strategies to Design and Foster a Culture of Appreciation
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Marwin Britto |
| Executive Director |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Michelle Chandler |
| Senior Instructional Designer |
| Lone Star College System |
|
A culture of appreciation has become an important tool to promote staff morale. With creativity and innovation, institutions can implement morale-boosting programs with little or no cost.
Advisors, Hands Off That Keyboard! Customer Service and Student Responsibility
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Karen Palmer |
| Academic Advisor |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Magali Reyes |
| Academic Advisor |
| Lone Star College System |
|
Participants will learn the strategies that LSC-Montgomery student success course advisors have developed to provide exceptional customer service while empowering students to take charge of their educational pathways.
Teachers and Religious Fundamentalism
| Stream - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| David Brahinsky |
| Professor |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
Join this short presentation followed by discussion of the difficulties and opportunities involved in dealing with religious fundamentalism in the community college classroom environment, for teachers in the social sciences.
Narrowing the Achievement Gap: A College Conversation
| Stream - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| Lisa Orta |
| Coordinator |
| Diablo Valley College |
|
Instigate a collegewide conversation about stereotypes and how they affect the achievement gap. Learn how to start conversations about ways identity contingencies affect performance.
Googlification to Expedite Education: Seven Easy Steps
| Stream - Open Educational Resources |
| Katherine Watson |
| Professor |
| Coastline Community College |
|
Participants will discover seven customizable free Google tools useful to educators for Web navigation, search, multimedia interaction, communication, calculation, and organization, with consistency and no learning curve.
TEXAS Genuine Career and Technical Education: Connecting Careers and Colleges
| Stream - Open Educational Resources |
| Alfred Lawrence |
| Director |
| El Paso Community College |
|
EPCC has led the development and implementation of a strategic plan to market CTE in public higher education throughout Texas. Deans, marketing, and counseling staff could replicate elements of this plan for CTE opportunities at their institutions.
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM top
Special Session
Language Conversation Groups: Combining Learning With Fun
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Beth Kupper-Herr |
| Professor and Coordinator |
| Leeward Community College |
|
Native-speaker led conversation groups develop language students? fluency, vocabulary, and cultural appreciation. Learn how our dynamic, cost-effective program uses peer conversation leaders to help students learn languages.
Engaging Faculty: Patterns and Innovations in Developmental Education
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Marisa Klages |
| Assistant Professor |
| LaGuardia Community College - CUNY |
|
Developmental educators and administrators learn about working in a socially networked professional development community using pedagogical patterns to enhance student and faculty learning.
Forum Sessions
Faculty as Adult Learners: Effective Faculty Development
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Suzanne James |
| Specialization Coordinator |
| Walden University |
|
| David Binder |
| Faculty |
| Walden University |
|
A model for effective faculty development built on five adult learning principles will be presented. This session applies to community college personnel concerned with effective instruction.
Using Clickers and Games to Improve Learning
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Dan Alexander |
| He Sales |
| Qwizdom, Inc. |
|
How do clickers make instruction, assessment, and learning more dynamic? Learn how clickers are used effectively. The hands-on session provides opportunities to experience classroom situations using Qwizdom clickers.
Creating Mind maps to Improve Critical Thinking of Nursing Students
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Dave Hamilton |
| Educational Advisor |
| MatchWare, Inc. |
|
Mind maps help nursing students enhance critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills, and clearly identify patient needs. MindView creates mind maps easier than pen and paper, allowing instructors to incorporate the mind-mapping methodology.
Educational Technology is Far More Than Just Software and Servers
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Vivie Sinou |
| Executive Director |
| Etudes, Inc. |
|
| James Marteney |
| Faculty |
| Los Angeles Valley College |
|
| Glenn Golden |
| Chief Architect |
| Etudes, Inc. |
|
To support distance education programs, Etudes augments its learning management system technology with a well-developed faculty training program, peer-to-peer support, and vibrant user communities of practice.
Are You Ready To Be a President?
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Brenda Beckman |
| Senior League Consultant |
| League for Innovation in the Community College |
|
| Augustine Gallego |
| Chancellor Emeritus |
| San Diego Community College District |
|
Senor administrators determine their interest in becoming college presidents. Readiness requirements and the means to strengthen experience in weaker areas are addressed, and job demands are examined.
The President and the General Counsel: A Partnership for Success
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Susan Karr |
| President |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Brian Nelson |
| General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer |
| Lone Star College System |
|
The president and general counsel in a community college system will address legal situations they have resolved. Administrators will benefit by learning how to resolve and prevent similar issues.
Montgomery College and Holy Cross Hospital: Building a Successful Partnership
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Sanjay Rai |
| Vice President and Provost |
| Montgomery College |
|
| DeRionne Pollard |
| President |
| Montgomery College |
|
| Eileen Cahill |
| Vice President |
| Holy Cross Hospital |
|
Objective: To create a mutually beneficial partnership to support academics, workforce, and economic development. Benefit: Community colleges and potential partners seeking to maximize their impact on the community. Come learn about our success!
Using Technology to Enhance Customer Service in Education
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Tyler Hall |
| Director |
| Salt Lake Community College |
|
| Chad Miller |
| Director |
| Salt Lake Community College |
|
Learn how SLCC uses a central contact center as well as key technology programs to enhance overall student services and provide a 24/7 service model.
Sherpa: Increasing Student Success With a Recommendation Engine
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Jim Gaston |
| Associate Director |
| South Orange County Community College District |
|
| Robert Bramucci |
| Vice Chancellor |
| South Orange County Community College District |
|
Students flock to online services like Amazon, Pandora, and Netflix that offer personalized recommendations. Sherpa is a higher education recommendation engine that uses human and machine intelligence.
Providing Services 24/7: Restructuring How We Support Students
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Valerie Kisiel |
| Co-owner |
| Innovative Educators |
|
| Kristen Seldon |
| Director |
| Innovative Educators |
|
More students, less money. Does this sound familiar? This session will explore a series of online tools faculty and staff can use to provide 24/7 resources for students.
CUNY Collaboration: Educational Drama Supporting Student Development
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Daniela Boykin |
| Assistant Director |
| City University of New York - CUNY |
|
| Gwendolen Hardwick |
| Artistic and Education Director |
| City University of New York - CUNY |
|
Learn how CUNY ASAP uses educational drama to support students in the development of life skills to transition into college, improve communication, and reach their full potential as leaders.
EQ...BBQ: What is This Affective Domain Stuff?
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Jim Begotka |
| Associate Dean |
| Northeast Wisconsin Technical College |
|
| Kinga Jacobson |
| Consultant |
| Northeast Wisconsin Technical College |
|
Presenters will share strategies for positively impacting the affective factors associated with student success currently evolving at the two year college they represent. Come join the conversation!
Zero to $60,000 or More in Just One Year
| Stream - Resource Development and Foundation Management |
| Robin Johnston |
| Vice President |
| Tallahassee Community College |
|
Many development officers wonder where to start when developing an annual campaign. This session introduces a framework for building a campaign to fit your college?s culture and resources.
A New Model in Innovation Funding and Decision Making
| Stream - Resource Development and Foundation Management |
| David Sears |
| Vice President |
| Montgomery College |
|
Learn how Montgomery College geometrically increased support of innovation in classrooms and beyond with its Innovation Fund, and find out how it sparked philanthropy from donors.
Strengthen and Expand Partnerships to Support Learner Success
| Stream - Resource Development and Foundation Management |
| John Henik |
| Associate Vice President |
| Kirkwood Community College |
|
| Bill Lamb |
| Vice President |
| Kirkwood Community College |
|
| Scott Ermer |
| Dean |
| Kirkwood Community College |
|
Strategically identified partnerships are important to learner success. This session will provide an overview of the colleges critical partnerships and how learner success has been impacted.
Measuring Institutionalization of Innovations: A Model
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Judith Kirkpatrick |
| Professor |
| Kapi‘olani Community College |
|
| Maria Bautista |
| Chair |
| Kapi‘olani Community College |
|
The Assessment of Institutionalization Mapping (AIM) Tool measures whether campus innovations have been institutionalized and produces a road map for what needs work in the campus?s innovative STEM program.
Using National Student Clearinghouse Data to Understand Transfer Patterns
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Katherine Swanson |
| Vice President |
| Montgomery County Community College |
|
| Leon Hill |
| Director |
| Montgomery County Community College |
|
| Pamela Borkowski-Valentin |
| Research Analyst |
| Montgomery County Community College |
|
Presenters will discuss studying transfer as part of student progression and completion. College leaders and researchers will learn study methodologies and use in reporting, including the Voluntary Framework for Accountability.
Reaching Diverse and Nontraditional Students With Honors Programs
| Stream - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| Leticia Lopez |
| Professor |
| San Diego Mesa College |
|
Learn how the Mesa College Honors Program, with Student Support Services, provides academic and personal training to students of diverse academic backgrounds to help them become scholars and leaders.
Family Engagement: Investing in a Community for College Success
| Stream - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| Betsy Nikolchev |
| Director |
| Foothill College |
|
| Aaron Fulk |
| Assistant Director |
| Foothill College |
|
FEI is an innovative program focusing on family engagement, parenting, and starting children on college pathways in preschool. Explore this new way to serve underrepresented students that goes beyond access to success.
Flipping the Classroom and Success Rates with Open Educational Resources
| Stream - Open Educational Resources |
| Paul Golisch |
| Dean |
| Paradise Valley Community College |
|
Only 18 percent of college students survive the developmental math gauntlet. Discover how some faculty are having dramatic success by flipping the classroom and using open educational resources.
Roundtable Discussions
Does Class Size Matter?
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Norah Kerr McCurry |
| Director |
| Brookdale Community College |
|
| Larry Hartzell |
| Professor |
| Brookdale Community College |
|
Some colleges are increasing the capacity of courses in order to accommodate more students with fewer faculty. In this scenario, what pedagogical techniques can be employed to promote active learning? Does class size matter?
High-impact Mentoring
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| J. Juechter |
| Director |
| Bronx Community College - CUNY |
|
| Jan Robertson |
| Director |
| Bronx Community College - CUNY |
|
Structured mentoring can raise the bar for senior tutors and dramatically improve the skills of new tutors. Managers of academic service centers will appreciate program, training strategies, and materials.
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: 21st Century Media Selection for Online Learning
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Stephanie Fells |
| Professor |
| Berkeley College |
|
Media selection is an integral component of 21st century online instructional design. Learn about available tools, technologies, and media selection models to help make these important decisions.
Brainstorming Small Group Activities Using Tablets for Collaborative Learning Skills
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Susan DePhilippis |
| Associate Professor |
| Atlantic Cape Community College |
|
| Judith Otterburn-Martinez |
| Assistant Professor |
| Atlantic Cape Community College |
|
Join us to share successful group activities appropriate for learning goals via tablet medium, and to brainstorm new ones. All ideas will be compiled and provided to all participants.
The Completion Agenda: Impact on BA/BS
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| John Crooks |
| Associate Provost |
| Lorain County Community College |
|
Community colleges are focused on a completion agenda. Business leaders often require associate or baccalaureate degrees for employment. Strategies employed will be shared and discussed.
But I Don't Want To Be a Project Manager!
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Marian Burkhart |
| Executive Director |
| Lone Star College System |
|
This experienced presenter will teach you how to manage your project without jargon and without requiring PMP certification!
Being Engaged Demands Commitment and a Ring
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Stephany Hewitt |
| Dean |
| Trident Technical College |
|
Faculty and administrators will learn how to move student engagement data from a global to a discipline-specific application.
Quality Assurance Considerations for Online Courses: Challenges and Opportunities
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Marwin Britto |
| Executive Director |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Michelle Chandler |
| Senior Instructional Designer |
| Lone Star College System |
|
With increasing online student enrollments, quality control in course design, delivery, faculty support and student services are essential. We present our approaches with opportunities for audience engagement.
The Journey from Green to Sustainability: Start Small, Grow Fast
| Stream - Sustainability |
| Stephen Mendonca |
| Professor |
| Lone Star College System |
|
A Go-Green initiative that targets sustainability through campus collaboration, innovative alliances, revenue generation, and student involvement. Administrators and educators can share ideas and successes.
Think Globally, Act Openly: Approaches to Open Educational Resources
| Stream - Open Educational Resources |
| James Glapa-Grossklag |
| Dean |
| College of the Canyons |
|
Participants will learn about creating OER playlists, including challenges and rewards. Also, participants will learn about the Community College Consortium for OER and the benefits of membership.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM top
Special Session
Adventures in Advising: An Alternative Avenue to Achievement
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Laura Sturgis |
| Associate Dean |
| York Technical College |
|
Attention Advisors: Explore an innovative, alternative approach in academic advising. Empower and engage students to be active partners in their own educational journey.
Forum Sessions
Doing Dewey in the Digital Age
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Ravyn Wilson-Bernard |
| Assistant Professor |
| Community College of Philadelphia |
|
| Kristy Shuda Mcguire |
| Assistant Professor |
| Community College of Philadelphia |
|
| Ruth Baker |
| Librarian |
| Community College of Philadelphia |
|
Faculty from various disciplines will discuss how to encourage critical thinking through learner-centered techniques. Participants will revisit John Dewey?s seminal work, reflecting learner diversity present at community colleges.
Strategies to Support Effective Teaching
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Judith Gay |
| Vice President |
| Community College of Philadelphia |
|
| Annette Conn |
| Provost and Dean |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
Participants will learn about initiatives that support faculty in their teaching. Ideas for assessing the effectiveness of the strategies will also be presented.
The Easiest Way to Research, Reference, and Write Research Papers!
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Dave Hamilton |
| Educational Advisor |
| MatchWare, Inc. |
|
NoteControl allows students to capture information, take notes, and create citations on the fly. Simply organize information into folders, select bibliographic style, and export to Word.
Engaging Students Through Internationalizing a Computer Skills Course
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Joanne Patti |
| Assistant Professor |
| Community College of Philadelphia |
|
Learn about a project that helped to internationalize a computer skills course providing collaborative activities, which concluded in a presentation.
Teaching a Skills-Based Communication Course Online
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Susan Holmes |
| Assistant Professor |
| Northwest Arkansas Community College |
|
Learn new methods to provide instruction in speech development and delivery in online classes. Implications for teaching public speaking and facilitating virtual presentations across the curriculum will be reviewed.
Successful Anatomy Instruction for all Learning Styles; Great Hands On class for Health Career Education
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Chuck Roney |
| Instructor |
| Hands and Minds, Inc. |
|
| Kelly Canino |
| Manager |
| Hands and Minds, Inc. |
|
In this class you will build Anatomy from the inside out in clay on a specially designed skeleton! You will explore directional terms, muscle and bone morphology, as well as concepts that will lead in to other body systems. It will also demonstrate how to create true inspiration in the classroom, with results that can guide students into the world of medicine and health-related careers successfully. This is truly an amazing discovery of interactive teaching and learning, with decades of verifiable results.
Set Yourself Apart From the Rest!
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Marnie Piehl |
| Manager |
| Bismarck State College |
|
| Larry Skogen |
| President |
| Bismarck State College |
|
Learn how this community college created a distinctive and somewhat controversial logo that is gaining recognition and the follow-up campaign that is gaining students.
Strategic Management of Concurrent Enrollment: Increase Accountability and Deepen Collaboration
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Loralee Stevens |
| Assistant Dean |
| Johnson County Community College |
|
Trendsetting colleges move beyond merely offering college courses to high school students by strategically aligning partnerships. Learn how adhering to national standards results in greater accountability and collegial relationships.
Indicators for Student Success: What Trustees Need to Know
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Coral Noonan-Terry |
| Dean |
| National American University |
|
| Brenda Hellyer |
| Chancellor |
| San Jacinto College District |
|
| Marie Flickinger |
| Trustee |
| San Jacinto College District |
|
| John Roueche |
| President |
| National American University |
|
What does college completion mean to trustees and presidents? The panelists will define the focus, outline promising practices, and explore questions leaders should be asking to meet this challenge.
Why the Cloud in Information and Communication Technology Education?
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Kim Yohannan |
| Manager |
| EMC Corporation |
|
Learn how you can provide students with the IT technical skills required as data centers evolve from traditional to virtualized to cloud through participation in the EMC Academic Alliance.
Supplying Workforce Needs: National Center for Supply Chain Technology Education
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Ned Young |
| Professor |
| Sinclair Community College |
|
| Bob Sheehan |
| Project Manager |
| Sinclair Community College |
|
Participants will learn how Sinclair Community College, Norco College, and their partners are creating a pipeline of supply chain workers with an NSF National Center for Supply Chain Technology Education Grant.
How to partner with Oracle to increase student job readiness
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Thyra Busch |
| Director |
| Oracle Academy |
|
Teachers and administrators can discover educational resources available from the Oracle Academy to help students become better prepared for the 21st Century marketplace, in areas including Java and database administration.
Community College Citizen Preparedness Program for Students, Faculty, and Staff
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| John Perrone |
| Director |
| Monroe Community College - SUNY |
|
| Deborah Bayer |
| Director |
| Oakland Community College |
|
Learn about community college opportunities to participate in recent federally funded initiative to train students, faculty, and staff how to be prepared for disasters lasting up to 72 hours.
TAP Into Success: A Program Designed for First-generation Students
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Melanie Chai |
| Peer Facilitator |
| Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning |
|
| Chantal Joy |
| Director |
| Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning |
|
The Transition and Advising Program is designed to help first-generation students find success in higher education. Join us as we discuss program design, implementation, achievements, and lessons learned.
$200 for a $70 Item Isn?t Much of a Discount
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Charles Mathers |
| Assistant Professor |
| Northampton Community College |
|
Anyone who teaches a subject that has numeric answers for many content questions can learn techniques for improving students? ability to detect incorrect answers by developing number sense.
Student Success Course Boosts Retention and Success for Developmental Students
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Maureen Loiacano |
| Chair |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Karen Miner |
| Director |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Heidi McDonald |
| Associate Professor |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Barbara Eckenfels |
| Faculty Counselor and Professor |
| Lone Star College System |
|
Participants will learn how to develop and implement a systemwide student success course for developmental students. The challenges, benefits, and data will be shared.
Using Student Learning Outcomes Data: Closing the Loop
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Brian Epp |
| Supervisor |
| Pearson |
|
The collection of student outcomes assessment data has become a key means of evaluating learning effectiveness. This session investigates best practices for meaningful data collection.
If You Build It?: Developing an LGBTQ Ally Program
| Stream - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| David Chase |
| Instructor |
| Raritan Valley Community College |
|
Learn how to develop and sustain an LGBTQ Ally/Safe Zone Program at the community college. Intended audience: faculty, administrators, or staff interested in LGBTQ student support.
What a World: How to Bring it to Your Students
| Stream - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| Tara Ebersole |
| Professor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
| Rachele Lawton |
| Chair |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
Impacting the growth of students' global perspectives requires a comprehensive program. Come learn the steps CCBC took to create an integrated and innovative program with clearly defined outcomes.
Roundtable Discussions
Online Doctoral Degree Taught by Community College Leaders
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Fred Ricci |
| Professor |
| Nova Southeastern University Abraham S. Fischler School of Education |
|
| Deo Nellis |
| Professor |
| Nova Southeastern University Abraham S. Fischler School of Education |
|
An online doctoral program taught by college presidents and community college chancellors is designed for those desiring a doctoral option offered as a blended or totally online program.
Accelerated Diesel Mechanic Program: A Successful Short-Term Training Model
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Leticia Barajas |
| Vice President |
| Los Angeles Trade-Technical College |
|
| Jess Guerra |
| Department Chair |
| Los Angeles Trade-Technical College |
|
| Marcy Drummond |
| Vice President |
| Los Angeles Trade-Technical College |
|
Although focused on a specific training program, this presentation will describe the benefits of accelerated programs in all workforce development departments. Strategies and best practices will be shared.
Achieving Readiness in Math and Science Across the River Parishes
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Savitha Pinnepalli |
| Assistant Professor |
| River Parishes Community College |
|
Achieving Readiness in Math and Science Across the River Parishes is aimed primarily at preparing high school students by intervention and placement tests for developmental courses funded by BOR.
Effective Use of Mathematical Software in Developmental Mathematics Courses
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Wade Ellis |
| Instructor |
| West Valley College |
|
Participants will learn to use mathematical software to develop student understanding of mathematical skills and concepts. Mathematics chairs, faculty, and division science deans will benefit from this presentation.
Establishing and Supporting Systematic Institutional Assessment
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Sherry Wilson |
| Faculty |
| Crowder College |
|
| Patsy Garner |
| CO Chair |
| Crowder College |
|
This session showcases for representatives of community colleges, agencies, and organizations how one community college has addressed the challenges inherent in developing and supporting an institutional assessment system.
General Education Program Review: Are You serious?
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Cynthia Bennett |
| Assistant Professor |
| Chesapeake College |
|
| Susan English |
| Assistant Director |
| Chesapeake College |
|
Learn about assessing your General Education program using an academic program review model that includes institutional and outcomes assessment data. Discover a process, lessons learned, and pitfalls to avoid.
Dacum to Syllabus: Workforce Training Generates a Sustainable Credit Certificate
| Stream - Sustainability |
| John Jaramillo |
| Dean |
| College of the Desert |
|
Learn how College of the Desert incubated a new certificate for Energy Systems Technicians from a not-for-credit workforce training program and linked it to K12.
9:15 AM - 10:30 AM top
General Session
Tuesday General Session - Wes Moore
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM top
Special Session
How to Integrate Relevant, Engaging Digital Media into Classrooms with NBC Learn
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Bruce Wilson |
| Director |
| NBC Learn |
|
Engaging students and providing real world context to their learning is becoming exceedingly important. Students increasingly comprehend through observation and learn by seeing events themselves. Learn how to use video to introduce or emphasize specific topics, stimulate critical thinking and debate, and enliven class material with the 13,000 multimedia resources from 80 years of NBC News . This set of resources will enable faculty to provide a contextual historical perspective along with timely aspects that bring the real world to the classroom and the students to the world.
Forum Sessions
The Pursuit of Excellence: Faculty Mentoring and Professional Development
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Gloria Morgan |
| Associate Dean |
| Genesee Community College - SUNY |
|
| Diane Clements |
| Assistant Professor |
| Monroe Community College - SUNY |
|
The pursuit of excellence in teaching and student learning is the goal. Tools and strategies will be shared in an interactive approach with chairs, deans, and professional development personnel.
MInDSpace: New Media Literacy and Student Success
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Jacqueline Fritz |
| Faculty Liaison Learning Technologies |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
| Karl Carter |
| Director |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
MInDSpace is a media and instructional design space for students and faculty. Come explore the relationship between this new space, the services, and student success.
Professional Development for Busy Professionals: An Online Solution
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| William Ford |
| Executive Assistant |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
| Rebecca Stevenson |
| Scenarios Program Facilitator |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
This presentation will describe an online professional development program for teachers, Scenarios. This session is of particular interest to all concerned with faculty development.
E-portfolios: The Way to Engage, Empower, and Connect Students
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Denise Gardner |
| Professor |
| Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning |
|
| Lenore Duquette |
| Associate Dean |
| Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning |
|
How do you compete for your students? time? Learn how students became engaged, empowered, communicative, and willing to critique their learning and reflections with online e-portfolios.
What is a Slotted Screwdriver? Giving Engineering Students Practical Skills
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Andrew Langrehr |
| Vice President |
| St. Louis Community College at Meramec |
|
| Tim Pedersen |
| Associate Professor |
| St. Louis Community College at Meramec |
|
Reintroducing hands-on to freshman-level engineering design, this session will provide participants with examples of projects and assignments that give science students practical knowledge to complement classroom theory.
Employing E-delivery to Maintain Face-to-face Standards
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| James Freeman |
| Faculty |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
Learn about courses that maximize success through universalized design while tapping open resources to ensure learning. This demonstration will run from developmental composition to advanced creative writing, and from traditional to abbreviated periods.
Enhancing Online Course Quality Though Multimedia and Interactive Technologies
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Melissa Barragan |
| Senior Research Assistant |
| Community College Research Center |
|
| Jason Vance |
| Blackboard Administrator and eLearning Specialist |
| Thomas Nelson Community College |
|
| Di Xu |
| Senior Research Assistant |
| Columbia University Teachers College |
|
This forum explores the concept of quality in online courses, examining student outcomes and highlighting promising teaching practices that integrate various interactive technologies in service of particular learning objectives.
A Sense of Place for the Distance Library Patron
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Brian Johnstone |
| Librarian |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
| Margaret Montet |
| Librarian |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
| William Hemmig |
| Librarian |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
Implement and integrate current teaching, learning, virtual reference, and mobile access technologies to create online learning spaces that bring your students to the library no matter where they are.
Using AcademicPub to Create Customized Course Materials in eBook and Print Formats
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Michael Cairns |
| Chief Revenue Officer |
| AcademicPub |
|
Create the course materials you want in print or eBook formats. Free of charge, combine content from our library of materials from well-known and respected publishers, content from your desktop, and content gathered from your sources on the Web.
How to Publish Your College’s Big Ideas and Innovations
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Deborah Floyd |
| Editor |
| Routledge/Taylor & Francis |
|
| Cynthia Wilson |
| Vice President |
| League for Innovation in the Community College |
|
Come learn how to publish your article in the Community College Journal of Research and Practice. Join this discussion of opportunities offered by a new section featuring shorter manuscripts that highlight innovative practices and research.
Going Wild With Innovation!
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Carla Hixson |
| Associate Vice President |
| Bismarck State College |
|
| Larry Skogen |
| President |
| Bismarck State College |
|
This session will explain how a community college formed an office of innovation, developed a process to implement new ideas across campus and how it is transforming campus culture.
Funding for Completion: Performance Funding Policies in Three States
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Richard Kazis |
| Senior Vice President |
| Jobs for the Future |
|
| Jeffrey Terp |
| Vice President |
| Ivy Tech Community College |
|
| Karen Wheeler |
| Associate Vice Chancellor |
| University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
|
| Eric Fingerhut |
| Vice President |
| Battelle Memorial Institute |
|
Representatives from Jobs for the Future and Ohio, Arkansas, and Indiana will explore recent experiences with performance funding and debates over its efficacy for driving the college completion agenda.
Completion by Design: Transforming Ohio Colleges Through Leadership and Learning
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Nan Poppe |
| Executive Director |
| Completion By Design Assistance Team |
|
| Kathleen Cleary |
| Director |
| Sinclair Community College |
|
| Jill Wohlford |
| Vice President |
| Completion By Design Assistance Team |
|
Administrators will learn about a bold approach to community college redesign that aims to dramatically increase completion, and discuss ways to drive learning and knowledge transfer for student success.
The Vanishing Classroom: Five Trends Impacting Your College
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| William Flynn |
| Managing Director Emeritus |
| National Council For Continuing Education And Training |
|
Community colleges face many challenges. If they all arrive simultaneously, a perfect storm may happen. Learn how these five trends are impacting colleges and forcing tough decisions on campuses.
Charting a Course for Success in Uncertain Budget Waters
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Tim Flood |
| Vice President |
| Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District |
|
| Sahar Abushaban |
| Interim Director |
| Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District |
|
| Tim Corcoran |
| Director |
| Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District |
|
| Arlene Satele |
| Vice President |
| Cuyamaca College |
|
Captains of finance in a multi-college district share tips for keeping the learning ship afloat amidst foggy state budgets, tumultuous accountability seas, and fickle political winds. Hoist your sails and swap tales of high-stakes navigation in rough budget waters.
Secure Federal Grants for Job Training in Engineering
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Jeff Steele |
| Academic Program Manager |
| National Instruments |
|
National Instruments partners with schools to create programs that solve retraining challenges. Join this discussion about government grants, future challenges, and the accelerated technology cycle.
Engaging African-American Males in Higher Education
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Samuel Hirsch |
| Vice President |
| Community College of Philadelphia |
|
| Ron Jackson |
| Dean |
| Community College of Philadelphia |
|
| Daryl Bright |
| Support Coach |
| Community College of Philadelphia |
|
Presenters discuss how a large urban institution used data, best practices, and continuous assessment to create multifaceted and high-touch interventions to engage African-American males.
Student Success Plan: Improving Student Success With Open Source Software
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Russ Little |
| Director |
| Sinclair Community College |
|
| Scott Markland |
| Senior Director |
| Sinclair Community College |
|
Learn how we support at-risk students using holistic case management and early alerts. We will discuss the student success outcomes, demonstrate key tools, and share resources as OpenSource software.
Student Success: More Than Just Words
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Cameron Brunet-Koch |
| President |
| North Central Michigan College |
|
| Linda Holoman |
| Director |
| Delta College |
|
| Kathy Mullins |
| Executive Deputy |
| Grand Rapids Community College |
|
| Naomi DeWinter |
| Dean |
| North Central Michigan College |
|
| Keith Sayles |
| Director |
| St. Louis Community College at Forest Park |
|
Organizations that are successful have internalized student-focused cultures and system approaches. Learn student success practices to include community engagement and value-added techniques for CEO and board oversight.
Adventures in Acceleration: Fast-tracking Students in Composition, Reading, and Mathematics
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Susan Darrah |
| Assistant Academic Dean |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
| Lisa Angelo |
| Assistant Academic Dean |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
| Denise May |
| Coordinator and Student Success Corrdinator |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
| Lois Gilmore |
| Professor and Director |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
Bucks created successful models for students completing developmental requirements. Learn about pilots in composition, reading and mathematics. Those embarking on their own acceleration adventures will benefit from this session.
Teaching With the Power of Digital Media
| Stream - Open Educational Resources |
| Dani Pedrotti |
| Director |
| The NROC Project |
|
Discover rich open educational resources freely available to empower teachers and students at the new HippoCampus.org. Learn how to leverage new tools to support your educational innovations.
Roundtable Discussions
Goals and Criteria in Curriculum Development: Educating the Discerning Student
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Catherine O'Conor |
| Faculty |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
Participants dealing with entitled, consumerism-overwhelmed, self-focused students will benefit from this presentation. The emphasis is on using goals and criteria in curriculum development to change student focus.
IMHO Twitter is Gr8 N Classrooms: Using Social Media Effectively
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Doug McConatha |
| Professor |
| WebStudy, Inc. |
|
| Carol Redfield |
| Consultant |
| WebStudy, Inc. |
|
This session will demonstrate some of the ways that Twitter can be incorporated into current pedagogical systems including current presentation packages, LMS and CMS applications, and OpenCourseWare products.
Embracing Social Media: Why, How and What For?
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Valerie Lopes |
| Instructor |
| Seneca College |
|
Embracing social media means teaching in ways unfamiliar to many of us. How, why, and for what do these tools make good pedagogical sense?
Meeting the Leadership Challenges Facing Academic Deans Today
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Avon Garrett |
|
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
| Timothy Davis |
| Dean |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
This roundtable will address the challenges that the dean and assistant dean of the School of BSSWE at The Community College of Baltimore County confront on a daily basis.
Implementing an Integrated Support System for Online Faculty and Students
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Marwin Britto |
| Executive Director |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Michelle Chandler |
| Senior Instructional Designer |
| Lone Star College System |
|
Learn how to replicate and customize our support system, which integrates synchronous and asynchronous tools to effectively provide instructional and technical support for online faculty and students.
Leveraging Credit and Noncredit Offerings for Developmental Education
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Leslie Petty |
| Assistant Dean |
| Schoolcraft College |
|
| Deborah Daiek |
| Associate Dean |
| Schoolcraft College |
|
Create a seamless pipeline between continuing education and credit developmental classes to improve student success. Examine collaborative syllabi development, test cut-off scores, advising, and financial aid.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of English Fluency
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Susan DePhilippis |
| Associate Professor |
| Atlantic Cape Community College |
|
| Judith Otterburn-Martinez |
| Assistant Professor |
| Atlantic Cape Community College |
|
America?s founding documents continually inspire immigrants to pursue their life dreams, but few know more than starting phrases. This session outlines low-literacy-English civics lessons using authoritative, online resources.
Increasing Student Diversity in Community College Honors Programs
| Stream - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| Leticia Lopez |
| Professor |
| San Diego Mesa College |
|
Increasing and encouraging student diversity in college honors programs can be a challenge. How do honors programs address that challenge? Come to the discussion group to find out.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM top
Special Session
Keeping the Dream Alive: Dreamkeepers Student Emergency Financial Assistance Program
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Sue Linn |
| Executive Director |
| Moraine Valley Community College |
|
| Joann Wright |
| Dean |
| Moraine Valley Community College |
|
Financial emergencies derail educational dreams. Learn how modest grants keep students on track and moving forward. Come explore the benefits and challenges of creating a Dreamkeepers financial emergency program.
Forum Sessions
Enhancing Critical Thinking by Interactive Tablet PC and iPads
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Savitha Pinnepalli |
| Assistant Professor |
| River Parishes Community College |
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This session will provide faculty with free online resources that engage students through interaction with touch technology, using tablet PC and iPad apps to enhance critical thinking.
Using Technology to Create Personalized Learning as an Iterative Process
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Michael Wolf |
| Instructor |
| Harcum College |
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| Carol Redfield |
| Consultant |
| WebStudy, Inc. |
|
See an iterative model for instructional change using technology that emphasizes moving in modest, discrete steps to develop digital materials, leading to the evolution of new forms of instruction.
Enhance Blackboard 9.1 Course Design Layout to Ease Frustrations
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Suhana Chikatla |
| Instructional Designer and Trainer |
| Wallace State College |
|
Learn the techniques of integrating the 3-click rule in Blackboard 9.1 course design, and discover ways to enhance course design to ease faculty and student frustrations.
Get Your Game On: Innovative Assignment in Introductory Psychology
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Varsha Shah |
| Faculty |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
Engage your students by having them collaboratively create an original game incorporating their favorite psychological concepts. Project details as well as grading criteria will be demonstrated.
Connecting With Online Students Through Audio-enhanced Presentations
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Jeannine McDevitt |
| Assistant Professor |
| Pennsylvania Highlands Community College |
|
Learn how to use Impatica for PowerPoint and Jing to create audio-visual presentations that will help students connect with the course material in online and hybrid courses.
EduStream: An Educational Digital-media Repository and Streaming Solution
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Glen Kuck |
| Interim President |
| San Bernardino Valley College |
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| Andy Chang |
| Interim Director |
| San Bernardino Community College District |
|
EduStream is designed to provide a medium for faculty to upload digital media and to stream that media to their students. This session is aimed at distance educators.
Use of Self-publishing as a Tool to Improve Writing
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Michael Kolitsky |
| Adjunct Online Professor |
| Atlantic Cape Community College |
|
Discover how to produce a multimedia enhanced iBook for self-publishing, discuss how self-publishing can improve student writing, and learn how to include multimedia in digital writing projects.
Online Academic Support: Experiences from Two Colleges
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Lea Bien-Aime |
| Implementation Specialist |
| Smarthinking, Inc. |
|
| Marguerite MacDonald |
| Director |
| Harrisburg Area Community College |
|
| Elisa Cohen |
| Assistant Director |
| Harrisburg Area Community College |
|
| Barbara Zaborowski |
| Associate Dean |
| Pennsylvania Highlands Community College |
|
How do you successfully support students on campus and online? This multi-campus panel will discuss the motivations, decisions, implementation, and results of providing extended online academic support with Smarthinking Online Tutoring. Included will be audience questions, sharing, and dialog on the benefits and challenged of 24/7 academic support.
WebStudy's Innovative Toolbox: Sharing Creative Ways to Use LMS Tools
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Holly Smythe |
| Instructional Designer |
| Raritan Valley Community College |
|
A brief overview of our LMS search, a look at our favorite WebStudy tools, and an opportunity for participants to share creative uses of similar LMS tools.
Making Media Work: Enhanced Student Learning
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Paul Proces |
| Librarian |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
| Marzenna Ostrowski |
| Librarian |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
Presenters describe a successful general media education program from effective assignment design, marketing to other faculty, quality of student work, copyright issues, and overall educational impact.
Make It Personal: Improving Student Retention and College Completion
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| James Walters |
| Director |
| Montgomery College |
|
| Robert Giron |
| Professor |
| Montgomery College |
|
Help your students complete college by addressing pregnancy planning, prevention, and healthy relationships. Try out replicable curriculum templates, online resources, and data from five colleges that make it work.
Get Up, Get Off That Thing: Getting Your Students Involved
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Sean Glassberg |
| Professor |
| Horry-Georgetown Technical College |
|
Be James Brown in your classroom: Get your students moving and sharing! Come learn about collaborative, energizing, student-centered strategies such as Numbered Heads Together, Diversity Day, Talking Chips, and Find Someone Who for use in your classroom.
The Road to Completion - An Integrated Learning-Centered Approach
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Alicia Harvey-Smith |
| Vice President |
| Baltimore City Community College |
|
| Carlos Muhammad |
| Coordinator |
| Baltimore City Community College |
|
| Leslie Perkins |
| Coordinator |
| Baltimore City Community College |
|
It takes a “college community” to support completion. This interactive session will highlight innovative efforts at Baltimore City Community College that support the academic and social integration of learners from start to finish and will serve as a roadmap for integrating college-wide efforts designed to engage and empower learners from start to finish. Session participants will also be provided an opportunity to share their unique completion strategies.
Framing the Future: Redefining Education for Public Health
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Donna Petersen |
| Dean |
| University of South Florida |
|
A national task force is examining all aspects of education in public health toward rewriting the 1915 Welch-Rose Report. An interactive discussion will explore the rationale and expected outcomes.
Exploring Applied Baccalaureate Degree Pathways in Technician Education
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Julia Makela |
| Research Specialist |
| University of Illinois |
|
| Debra Bragg |
| Professor |
| University of Illinois |
|
View results from research examining applied baccalaureate degrees in technician education. Contribute to the conversation as we explore existing challenges, strategies to overcome challenges, and what makes programs exemplary.
Guiding underrepresented students to successful STEM career paths
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Richard Cerkovnik |
| Director |
| Anne Arundel Community College |
|
| Bartlett Sheinberg |
| Director |
| Owen Software Corp. |
|
Community Colleges across the country face formidable challenges recruiting, retaining and graduating STEM majors. What can we do, as educators and administrators, to help our students navigate to successful STEM academic and professional careers? This interactive discussion will explore some of the major obstacles facing Community College students, particularly among underrepresented populations, and approaches to overcoming those obstacles. Learn first-hand from institutions that have implemented effective initiatives. Join us for a lively and engaging conversation about capitalizing on economic growth opportunities across the country.
Pathways to Completion: Improving Success Rates for At-risk Students
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Patrick Gill |
| Counselor |
| Sinclair Community College |
|
| Carolyn Gunn |
| Counselor |
| Sinclair Community College |
|
Participants interested in completion rates for at-risk students will learn how a large, urban college transformed support for low-SES and underprepared students using an access and completion model.
Moving Beyond Access: A Success Model for Community Colleges
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Paula Pando |
| Vice President |
| Hudson County Community College |
|
| Christopher Wahl |
| Associate Dean |
| Hudson County Community College |
|
Student success has become the single most important goal for many community colleges across the nation. This session will highlight innovative programs and practices at an urban, Hispanic-Serving Institution with retention and completion rates well above the national average. Student services and developmental education professionals will benefit from participating in this session.
Developing Transliteracy: Bridging the Classroom Community Gap
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Amy Leonard |
| Instructor |
| De Anza College |
|
| Sarah Lisha |
| Instructor |
| De Anza College |
|
Participants will learn elements to successfully bridge the gap between students? online social communities and the educational community of the classroom to create a meaningful and successful learning experience.
Learning Sustainability and Sustainable Learning: Thriving in a Green World
| Stream - Sustainability |
| James Sell |
| Executive Director |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
| Mark Grisi |
| Executive Director |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
Beginning in the new millennium, BCCC embarked on a path toward sustainability. Presenters will provide insight on their initiatives along with the expansion of an environmentally concerned campus culture.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM top
Forum Sessions
Paperless Learning Strategies Benefit Students in Unexpected Ways
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Tom Donlan |
| Assistant Professor |
| Montgomery County Community College |
|
| Kathryn Ishler |
| Instructional Technology Specialist |
| Montgomery County Community College |
|
Integrating paperless strategies into traditional classrooms uncovered unexpected results. Learn how students who were apprehensive about taking online classes and students with learning disabilities benefited from taking a paperless Communications course.
The Turducken Model: Avoid Indulging at the New Media Buffet
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Samantha Gross |
| Part-time Faculty |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
| Jacqueline Fritz |
| Faculty Liaison Learning Technologies |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
Technology can be an incredibly powerful teaching and learning tool. This session will help faculty harness that power in a way that effectively helps students achieve learning objectives.
Improve Student Outcomes: Use Engaging Content Created With SoftChalk
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Susan Evans |
| Chief Executive Officer |
| SoftChalk LLC |
|
Come learn about SoftChalk, an integrated solution that allows educators to combine the resources of repositories and e-learning tools to develop content that engages students improves student outcomes.
WID at MC: Unforeseen Interdisciplinary Possibilities
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Rita Kranidis |
| Professor And Program Director |
| Montgomery College |
|
We will share some tools that have worked for us in WID and the many often unexpected collaborations it has engendered, especially our work with faculty in STEM fields.
Student Success: Learning More by Doing More
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Steve Sullivan |
| Associate Professor |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
Want to challenge, engage, assess, and remediate 21st century students? Student-centered, active learning increases student success without over-taxing the instructor. Explore efficient, effective solutions to this dilemma.
Balancing Approved Course Curriculum and Instructor Creativity
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Robin Nickel |
| Associate Director |
| Worldwide Instructional Design System |
|
View course approval as it moves through a workflow process. See how syllabi, learning plans, and assessments connect to intended outcomes and broader institutional goals without limiting instructor creativity.
Successful Adult Education: Blending Engagement, Culture, and Flexibility
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Nancy Zimmerman |
| Associate Professor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
| Tara Ebersole |
| Professor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
Adult education operates on the premise that students should be motivated. Discover the connection between practical theories and new strategies that will maximize engagement, retention, and completion.
Teaching Chemistry in a Hybrid Format
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| James Lenoir |
| Faculty |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
Delivering chemistry content online poses new challenges for transferring knowledge. This presentation will review the experience gained and the alternative approaches currently being used.
Reusable Learning Objects for Quantifiable Critical Thinking Assessment in Humanities
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Mark Lulek |
| Academic Program Chair |
| St. Petersburg College |
|
This presentation focuses on the humanities applications of a flexible rubric developed at St. Petersburg College for assessing critical thinking skills across a range of assignments in various disciplines.
Investing in Adjunct Faculty: Piloting a New Adjunct Faculty Orientation
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Dallas Dolan |
| Director |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
| Charlyn Cassady |
| Associate Professor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
| David Stewart |
| Dean |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
|
Learn about the design and implementation of a pedagogy-focused workshop to smooth the path of new adjunct faculty. Outcomes data and lessons learned will be shared.
Aspire to Inspire: A Conference Model for Adjunct Professional Development
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Darren Divine |
| Vice President |
| College of Southern Nevada |
|
| James McCoy |
| Associate Vice President |
| College of Southern Nevada |
|
Professional development is something part time faculty desire! Hear how we succeeded in bringing together 400 part-time instructors for a full-day professional development conference.
Improving Success Rates in Online Education
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Kathryn Campbell |
| Faculty Chair |
| Capella University |
|
| Edward Gould |
| Faculty |
| Capella University |
|
All who teach or administer online education in community colleges will benefit from this session that will present and discuss best practices leading to success in online courses.
Developing an Infrastructure for Continuous Improvement
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Gretchen Schmidt |
| Program Director |
| Jobs for the Future |
|
| Susan Wood |
| Vice Chancellor |
| Virginia Community College System |
|
| Francesca Purcell |
| Associate Commissioner |
| Massachusetts Department of Higher Education |
|
| Chris Baldwin |
| Executive Director |
| Michigan Center For Student Success |
|
Achieving the Dream has made its mark on 16 state community college systems. Four states will discuss their state policy change processes.
Buried Treasure: Using Continuing Education in Tough Budget Times
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| William Flynn |
| Managing Director Emeritus |
| National Council For Continuing Education And Training |
|
Cut budgets, cut programs, cut staff? Why cut when you can increase revenue and capacity? Learn how intelligent partnering with existing programs can reverse the cycle of budget blues.
Achieving Employment Results: Applying an Employer-driven Approach
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Shannon Rzasa |
| Director |
| LaGuardia Community College - CUNY |
|
| Tamara Al-Fadl |
| Strategic Operations |
| LaGuardia Community College - CUNY |
|
Participating organizations will explore how the business model versus job-seeker-centric approach secured numerous employment opportunities, particularly in the health-care sector.
UAS 101: Training Tomorrow?s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Workforce
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Jeff Miller |
| Assistant Vice President |
| Sinclair Community College |
|
Sinclair is working with industry partners to ensure there is a skilled workforce available for commercial Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) applications by establishing the National UAS Training and Certification Center.
Orientation? Why?
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Jennifer Thomas |
| Coordinator |
| Santa Fe College |
|
| Bennye Alligood |
| Associate Vice President |
| Santa Fe College |
|
Learn how to achieve administrative buy-in, meet the high-tech needs of students, and ensure upbeat delivery. Data will validate why onsite orientation is crucial for student success.
Trade Bridge Academy: Comprehensive Approach for Orientating Students for Success
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Chapdelaine Roland |
| President |
| Los Angeles Trade-Technical College |
|
| Marcy Drummond |
| Vice President |
| Los Angeles Trade-Technical College |
|
| Jess Guerra |
| Department Chair |
| Los Angeles Trade-Technical College |
|
The Trade Bridge Academy is an innovative composition of activities designed to increase the success of all incoming students. Educators involved in orientation, assessment, and student success will be interested.
Managing the Developmental English Classroom
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Justin Felix |
| Assistant Professor |
| Raritan Valley Community College |
|
| Ronald Tyson |
| Assistant Professor |
| Raritan Valley Community College |
|
| Gwendolyn Kane |
| Assistant Professor |
| Raritan Valley Community College |
|
Explore strategies for developmental instructors that support students in their educational goals. Strategies include best practices in problem-solving techniques and students with behavioral issues.
Creating a STEM Hub: Student-centered Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
| Stream - Resource Development and Foundation Management |
| Beth Nichols |
| Director |
| Edmonds Community College |
|
| David Chalif |
| Dean |
| Edmonds Community College |
|
| Deann Leoni |
| Faculty |
| Edmonds Community College |
|
Through 18 NSF grants, EdCC created a STEM Hub. Learn how we improved access to data, engaged faculty, and leveraged resources to fund a student-centered STEM support network.
Increasing Student Retention and Graduation: Findings from the ASAP Evaluation
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Zineta Kolenovic |
| Assistant Director |
| City University of New York - CUNY |
|
| Donna Linderman |
| Director |
| City University of New York - CUNY |
|
| Alex Tavares |
| Research Associate |
| City University of New York - CUNY |
|
Learn about retention, performance, developmental education, and impressive 2- and 3-year graduation outcomes for two cohorts of the innovative CUNY ASAP program in relation to the cohort constructed comparison groups.
Roundtable Discussions
Collegewide Curriculum Committee: Friend or Foe?
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Marcia Gellin |
| Assistant Academic Dean |
| Erie Community College - SUNY |
|
| Mary Beard |
| Assistant Academic Dean |
| Erie Community College - SUNY |
|
This session provides faculty and administrators with opportunities to discuss the process of course, certificate, and program development, including preliminary review, curriculum committee decision, and follow-up.
Dissertation Doldrums
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Cecelia Connelly-Weida |
| Associate Dean |
| Lehigh Carbon Community College |
|
Rigmarole, frustration, obstacles, and needless delays seem to be the topic of the day for dissertation writers. Let?s talk. This session will be of particular interest to doctoral candidates.
Creating Engaging, Rigorous, and Reflective Experiences for Community College Students
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Melissa Fernandez |
| Program Coordinator |
| City University of New York - CUNY |
|
| Amy Prince |
| Consultant |
| City University of New York - CUNY |
|
Explore and discuss the development of a seminar series aimed at improving student skill development, confidence, persistence, and overall engagement. Share strategies, materials, and instructional approaches.
E Pluribus: Using the Heterogeneous to Educate All of Us
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Katherine Watson |
| Professor |
| Coastline Community College |
|
Participants will discover five ways to mix and mash-up with new social technologies, brainstorming to glean the most useful alternative resources for individualized and shared learning.
Can You Really Teach Public Speaking Totally Online?
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Cara Cotellese |
| Faculty |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
Participants will explore teaching practices and the use of technology used in teaching public speaking online. Discussion focus on successes and best practices in this environment.
Using Audience Response System, or Clickers, in the Classroom
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Lisa Taylor |
| Instructor |
| Golden West College |
|
Discuss how clickers can be effectively brought into the classroom to engage and challenge students. How can we use them to start and further discussions?
Portrait of a Novel: Interactive Mapping and More
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Susan DePhilippis |
| Associate Professor |
| Atlantic Cape Community College |
|
| Judith Otterburn-Martinez |
| Assistant Professor |
| Atlantic Cape Community College |
|
| Shirley Shields |
| Assistant Professor |
| Atlantic Cape Community College |
|
Technologies visual and interactive strengths engage struggling students in reading willingly. See how interactive mapping, storytelling, and clips for exploring a novel?s context, characters, plot, and themes can lead to greater comprehension.
Distributed Staffing to Better Support Online Faculty Across Multiple Campuses
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Marwin Britto |
| Executive Director |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Michelle Chandler |
| Senior Instructional Designer |
| Lone Star College System |
|
By distributing instructional designers to campuses and creatively employing technologies to ensure continued centralization, we provided more responsive support for online faculty. This model will be discussed and shared.
Unobtrusive Intrusive Advising: Advisor on the Go
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Tadji Wickham |
| Academic Advisor |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Karen Palmer |
| Academic Advisor |
| Lone Star College System |
|
Advising labs, pop-in visits, and strategically roaming the hallways produced increased advisor and student interactions, contributing to increased success and retention. Participants will discuss Advisor on the Go strategies.
ePortfolio and Developmental English: Creating an Integrative Curriculum
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| April Dolata |
| Faculty |
| Northwestern Connecticut Community College |
|
The NCCC English department has combined its developmental courses into integrated units to foster integrative learning and the synthesis of skills. We are using ePortfolio as a pedagogical tool.
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM top
Special Session
Grow Your Own Problem Solving Approach
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Ping-Tung Chang |
| Professor |
| Matanuska-Susitna College |
|
Join this exploration of an award-winning hands-on student-driven Problem Solving approach, which netted its developer the 2010 U.S. Professor of the Year Award in community colleges.
Rural Law Enforcement Training at the Community College
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Eric Heiser |
| Assistant Professor |
| Central Wyoming College |
|
| Jeff Hosking |
| Professor |
| Central Wyoming College |
|
Participants will learn about the innovative techniques being employed in the field of law enforcement and first-responder training at the community college level.
Forum Sessions
Using Shared Readings to Involve Community in Community Colleges
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Michael Nagle |
| Professor |
| West Shore Community College |
|
Faculty at West Shore Community College have used common readings to facilitate a powerful shared learning experience across the disciplines and in the surrounding community.
More Than a Library: It?s Learning Resources
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Elizabeth Sette |
| Director |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
| Linda McCann |
| Director |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
| Karl Carter |
| Director |
| Bucks County Community College |
|
Come learn how learning resources at Bucks has shifted delivery of services and resources from a library with an instruction-centered model to one that is now learner centered.
Basic Skills in Science
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Kim-Leiloni Nguyen |
| Faculty |
| Mt. San Antonio College |
|
To succeed in science, students need to know and practice basic skills for mastering large volumes of information. Come learn how to teach these skills to your students.
Digital Literacy, the Community College, and Student Success
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Jeremy Riel |
| Co-coodinator |
| University of Illinois |
|
We will explore Lane Community College?s 2011 study on defining technology and digital literacy skills in the community college and will discuss the implications on student success and preparation.
Revamping EdTech: Branding Educational Technology at Hostos Community College
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Carlos Guevara |
| Coordinator |
| Hostos Community College - CUNY |
|
| George Rosa |
| Instructional Design Specialist |
| Hostos Community College - CUNY |
|
The Hostos EdTech brand encompasses a faculty learning commons, a social network, a feature-rich rich-media management platform, and more, providing immediate access to valuable educational technology tools.
Transforming Colleges and Classrooms Through Active, Cooperative Learning
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Greg Hodges |
| Dean |
| Patrick Henry Community College |
|
This presentation demonstrates the effectiveness of a cooperative learning as an educational tool for empowering students. Data will be presented highlighting the efficacy of cooperative learning for student success.
Globalization at Community Colleges: Perceptions, Practices, and Pitfalls
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Christine Brandel |
| Assistant Professor |
| Ivy Tech Community College |
|
| Martin Wolfger |
| Dean |
| Ivy Tech Community College |
|
The presenters will highlight the globalization efforts of a statewide community college system and discuss benefits, opportunities, and pitfalls of adding international experiences to the curriculum.
Teamwork: The Key to Faculty Engagement in Course Redesign
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Kevin Forgard |
| Instructional Designer |
| Bristol Community College |
|
Benefiting faculty and administrators, this session introduces a course redesign project by engaging participants in analyzing the project?s challenges and successes.
Faculty Learnimg Style's Impact on Integrating Media-rich Content
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Celeste Schwartz |
| Vice President |
| Montgomery County Community College |
|
The presenter will share dissertation research findings regarding the impact of faculty learning styles on their perceived usefulness and perceived ease of integrating media-rich content into instruction.
The Role of Technology in the Learning College
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Terry O'Banion |
| President Emeritus |
| League for Innovation in the Community College |
|
| Alex Plachuta |
| Director |
| Delaware County Community College |
|
| Cynthia Wilson |
| Vice President |
| League for Innovation in the Community College |
|
The Learning College is a breakthrough concept that has been adapted by hundreds of community colleges. Learn how colleges have made the Learning College work through creative and innovative uses of technology.
San Diego City College Academy for STEM Success - A Model Summer Bridge Program
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Rafael Alvarez |
| Director |
| San Diego City College |
|
This 3-day Academy introduced students to a STEM culture of success. Learn about City College’s efforts to increase the retention and success of students in STEM majors.
Emerging Higher Education Model: Canada, US, Australia, Diverse Countries Worldwide
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Beth Hagan |
| Executive Director |
| Community College Baccalaureate Association |
|
| David Ross |
| President |
| Langara College |
|
| Leesa Wheelahan |
| Associate Professor |
| University Of Melbourne |
|
This session addresses forces driving the development of baccalaureate and similar programs in several countries. Program similarities and differences, institutional culture, political issues, and challenges in attaining success will be addressed.
Maintaining Viable and Relevant Educational Programs: Tools and Best Practices
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Robin Ballard |
| Program Manager |
| Bellevue College |
|
| Keiko Matter |
|
| Bellevue College |
|
Continuing Education must deliver in-demand training and financial sustainability. Use practical tools such as pricing, scheduling, evaluation, and marketing to assess quality and achieve financial viability of programs.
Stacking Certificates for Improving Completion
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Ann Beheler |
| Executive Director |
| Collin College |
|
| Paula Velluto |
| Professor |
| Bunker Hill Community College |
|
| Deborah Boisvert |
| Executive Director |
| University of Massachusetts - Boston |
|
Failure to complete academic credentials is a nationwide problem. Implementing stackable certificates helps increase completion numbers, allowing students to complete credentials in stages aligned with increasing job responsibilities.
Successful and Sustainable Program Development
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Renee Kuharski |
| Assistant Vice President |
| Colorado Mountain College |
|
| Pam Cox-Otto |
| Ceo |
| Interact Communications |
|
Imagine starting a program knowing students will come and that the program will be successful and sustainable. It can happen! Learn about a three-phase program feasibility process and the successful new programs!
The National Lone Star Report Aligning Technology With Student Success
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Marian Burkhart |
| Executive Director |
| Lone Star College System |
|
| Shah Ardalan |
| President |
| Lone Star College System |
|
Presenters discuss the results of a nationwide survey of community college students on how technology impacts student achievement and success.
Roundtable Discussions
Word Jigsaw Puzzle: Explication as Tool to Identity and Language
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Kya Reaves |
| Assistant Professor |
| Gainesville State College |
|
With experience at play in learning, English instructors will learn to use explication to motivate students to explore poetry and the language, culture, and history used to shape poems.
Beyond the Perspective of the Individualized Course
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Michael Wolf |
| Instructor |
| Harcum College |
|
Achieving personalized learning for students can be enhanced by technology, but it requires collaboration and institutional support beyond the bounds of any single course.
Rethinking Online Instructional Design for Collaborative Knowledge Construction
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Stephanie Fells |
| Professor |
| Berkeley College |
|
This session will present a set of instructional design principles for constructivist online learning environments focusing on collaborative knowledge creation.
Strategic Leadership in Developing Articulation Agreements and Community Partnerships
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Debbie Nellis |
| Director and Professor |
| Nova Southeastern University Abraham S. Fischler School of Education |
|
| Jolette Apela |
| Coordinator |
| Nova Southeastern University Abraham S. Fischler School of Education |
|
Share innovative articulation agreements and partnerships developed to address academic and community needs.
I Read the Whole Book, and I Really Liked It
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Christine Pipitone Herron |
| Associate Professor |
| Raritan Valley Community College |
|
Are you faced with the challenge of identifying materials that will engage students? Faculty at RVCC identified books that engage students and develop their critical reading skills.
Free Internet Media Is the Mother of Inventive Writing
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Susan DePhilippis |
| Associate Professor |
| Atlantic Cape Community College |
|
High-tech youth find no-tech writing absolute drudgery. See how Internet media such movies, PSAs, and commercials facilitate grammar, vocabulary, and essay form and style instruction with stronger student engagement.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM top
Special Session
Improving Services and Support for Your Student Veterans
| Stream - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| Darlene Head |
| Manager |
| Salt Lake Community College |
|
| Eric Weber |
| Assistant Vice President |
| Salt Lake Community College |
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Student and veteran services, college administration, and student leadership professionals will experience a hands-on approach to developing a veterans center and improving services and support for this diverse, under-represented population. Share strategies for improving persistence and success of veterans at your college.
Forum Sessions
Making Change Happen: The Benefits of Human Networks and Network Technology
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Cathy Garland |
| Vice President |
| Edvance360 |
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Participants interested in networking can learn to identify networks to better leverage them for change. Human networks and technology tools will be explored by live interaction and polls.
Free Web 2.0 Applications to Foster Student Engagement
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Paulette Comet |
| Associate Professor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
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| Susan Maggio |
| Assistance Professor |
| The Community College of Baltimore County |
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Participants learn quick and easy ways to incorporate Web 2.0 applications into online and face-to-face courses while engaging students and increasing enthusiasm.
An Innovative Progressive Online Teaching Series for Online Faculty
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Marwin Britto |
| Executive Director |
| Lone Star College System |
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| Michelle Chandler |
| Senior Instructional Designer |
| Lone Star College System |
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Beyond the introductory teaching-online training for faculty, this online-teaching series provides faculty with deeper engagement and extensive experience in understanding and mastering relevant online-teaching issues.
Leading in the 21st Century Using a HECTIC Design.
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Rosemary Gillett-Karam |
| Director and Professor |
| Morgan State University |
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| Robin Spaid |
| Professor |
| Morgan State University |
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| Michael Parsons |
| Visiting Professor |
| Morgan State University |
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Can emerging 21st century community college leaders engage society's diverse challenges? Morgan State University uses a model that improves success. Come learn how to use the strategy.
Using Visioning to Lead Organizational Change and Strategic Planning
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Steve Scheffler |
| Dean |
| Lone Star College System |
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| Chris Tkach |
| Senior Analyst |
| Lone Star College System |
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| Austin Lane |
| President |
| Lone Star College System |
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Our college engaged the campus community in a series of current and future state visioning sessions to lay the groundwork for its strategic planning and unit effectiveness cycles.
The Future of Work, Education and Society- Technological Transformations
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Tracey Wilen-Daugenti |
| Vice President and Managing Director |
| University of Phoenix |
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Society, work, and technology are creating new demands on higher education institutions. Participants will learn current and future trends in higher education.
Recruit, Retain, Renew: Alabama's New Workforce Mantra
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Amy Brabham |
| Director |
| Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education |
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| Ed Castile |
| Executive Director |
| AIDT |
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?Recruit, Retain, Renew? is the new mantra for workforce training and development in Alabama, a charge issued by Governor Robert Bentley to the Alabama Community College System regarding workforce training needs.
Community College Efforts to Prepare Special Populations for the Workforce
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Maria Heidkamp |
| Project Manager |
| Rutgers University |
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| Paula Barber |
| Senior Research Project Manager |
| Rutgers University |
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Learn about promising community college practices to improve the educational and workforce success of older workers, dislocated workers, and students with disabilities, based on two recent national studies.
Displaced Workers: Reshaping Lives Through an Intensive Case Management Model
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Melissa Tolle |
| Assistant Director |
| Sinclair Community College |
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| Matt Massie |
| Manager |
| Sinclair Community College |
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After four years, displaced workers and unemployment still affect our colleges and communities. Participants will experience tools, communication models, and resources used to connect displaced workers with training and workforce.
Fast Track for Mathematics
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Janine Termine |
| Faculty |
| Bucks County Community College |
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The fast-track program gives students the opportunity to work independently on specific math topics and potentially skip one or more developmental math classes.
Streamlining Developmental Education with ACCUPLACER and MyFoundationsLab
| Stream - Basic Skills and Developmental Education |
| Keith Henry |
| Senior Assessment Manager |
| The College Board |
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In addition to determining placement, the College Board ACCUPLACER testing platform can now diagnose each learner strengths and weaknesses, then deliver technology-based intervention tailored to each student?s needs.
Building Consensus About Great Teaching Through Faculty Observation
| Stream - Research, Assessment, and Accountability |
| Christine Pense |
| Dean |
| Northampton Community College |
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| Carolyn Bortz |
| Dean |
| Northampton Community College |
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Learn how to develop a faculty observation form collaboratively, train observers effectively, and use feedback to improve teaching. For administrators and faculty seeking to improve classroom observation.
A Dynamic Partnership With African-American Community Leaders
| Stream - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| Stephen Darr |
| Treasurer |
| Virginia Western Community College |
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| Gloria Lindsay |
| Coordinator |
| Virginia Western Community College |
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Increase African-American enrollment by 133 percent. That,s what Alliance for Excellence did in four years. Community colleges and African-American churches are inspirational partners for access and success.
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM top
Forum Sessions
The Writing Certificate of Completion Program: How Writing Works Today
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Andrea Malouf |
| Assistant Professor |
| Salt Lake Community College |
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| Lisa Bickmore |
| Associate Professor |
| Salt Lake Community College |
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SLCC?s Writing Certification of Completion Program offers students experiences in writing and publication centers, as well as internship and service-learning opportunities to prepare students to enter writing careers.
The Passion Principle: Student Motivation and Passionate Instruction
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Elizabeth Roeger |
| Dean |
| Elgin Community College |
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Join an exploration of passionate teaching and student motivation, suggestions for faculty professional development strategies, and ways institutions may create a climate of internal motivation for faculty and students.
Automating Personalized Online Instruction
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Carol Redfield |
| Consultant |
| WebStudy, Inc. |
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| Gisele Larose |
| President |
| WebStudy, Inc. |
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See how an online or hybrid course can be individualized to meet the needs of different students. See a mathematics course that automates personalized material presentation.
A Blueprint for Engaged Learning: Creating an Active Learning Lab
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Daniel Pahlow |
| Dean |
| Moraine Park Technical College |
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Presenters share their story of how an idea for an active learning lab became a reality. All participants will leave with a blueprint of their own.
The Social Media Enabled Technician
| Stream - Learning and Teaching |
| Michael Qaissaunee |
| Professor |
| Brookdale Community College |
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| Gordon Snyder |
| Director |
| Springfield Technical Community College |
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| Joyce Malyn-Smith |
| Principal Investigator |
| Education Development Center |
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Future entrepreneurs will be technicians and community college graduates with Web and social expertise. This presentation describes the merging of social media and entrepreneurship for technician education.
Galveston College Creates Dynamic IT Customer Service Model
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| George Crossland |
| Chief Information Officer |
| Galveston College |
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| John Slack |
| Chief Operating Officer |
| EduServe International |
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| Barbara Brown |
| President |
| EduServe International |
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| Jennifer Aries |
| Director |
| EduServe International |
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| Melissa Aries |
| Marketing Coordinator |
| EduServe International |
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Learn how Galveston College took an understaffed IT department, implemented collegewide customer service training, and created a dynamic new model for IT service.
Paying for Completion: Transforming Your College While Maintaining Costs
| Stream - Leadership and Organization |
| Richard Carpenter |
| Chancellor |
| Lone Star College System |
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| Jonathan Durfield |
| Associate Vice Chancellor |
| Lone Star College System |
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| Amy Welch |
| Director |
| Lone Star College System |
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Colleges must look beyond traditional business models if they are to compete in the new completion movement. Participants learn strategies to increase success while maintaining costs, access, and quality.
Beyond Tech Prep and Articulation: Integrating Academic and Occupational Education
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Shannon Harvey |
| Campus Dean |
| Harrisburg Area Community College |
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| Lisa Dennis |
| Career Counselor |
| South Western High School |
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Learn about three dual-enrollment career pathway programs resulting in immediate job placement. This session will benefit education professionals looking to create effective career-pathway partnerships between industry and education.
Learn on Demand: An Education Revolution for Workforce Training
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Sandra Cook |
| Systems Director |
| Kentucky Community and Technical College System - KCTCS |
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| Deb Volzer |
| Senior Executive Director |
| Pearson eCollege |
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This session will focus on the institutional processes required for successfully delivering this type of flexible, modularized program.
National Partnerships, Local Results: Equipping the Local Workforce to Strengthen Economies
| Stream - Workforce Preparation and Development |
| Brad Turner-Little |
| Director |
| Goodwill Industries International |
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There will never be enough resources, time, talent, or funds for any sector to succeed alone. Organizations must join forces to meet community needs and stimulate economies.
Using Assessment in Student Affairs
| Stream - Student Services and Activities |
| Ron Jackson |
| Dean |
| Community College of Philadelphia |
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| Carl Moore |
| Director |
| Community College of Philadelphia |
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Using student learning objectives and qualitative and quantitative assessments, the presenters will discuss how to build programs and initiatives designed to promote the holistic development of students.
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM top
General Session
Closing General Session - Paul Harrington
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