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Idea Lab: Make, Create, Innovate
Valerie Benigno, Ewan Gibson, Christopher Rugo, and Erin Walker June 2025
Volume: 28 Issue: 6
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Humber Polytechnic’s Idea Lab is a library initiative designed to support digital fluency skills development and media-rich assignments requiring fabrication, audio, video, photography, and more.
Tags: Learning and Organization, Workforce Preparation, Innovations
A PEAK Into Tracking Student Engagement at Kirkwood Community College
Seth Vander Tuig May 2025
Volume: 28 Issue: 5
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We talk about the importance of two key words in the Student Life department at Kirkwood Community College: connection and experience. Our endeavors are centered on providing opportunities for connections between students, between students and campus resources, and between departments in order to improve the college experience. While we have often discussed the belief that our efforts are contributing to meaningful connections and positive experiences, our efforts to track the engagement of students have proven it.
Tags: Student Services, Institutional Research, Learning Resources, Innovations
Victories in Information Literacy: A Library and Reading Department Collaboration
Amanda M. Leftwich and Dianna Sand April 2025
Volume: 28 Issue: 4
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Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) publishes learning outcomes for each course offered. Reading department course outcomes include identifying and applying practical and efficient comprehension strategies for college-level texts. These outcomes are essential for academic success at the postsecondary level. Collaborative efforts between the Student Success Librarian and Reading coordinator and faculty began in 2018. In 2019, faculty in the Reading and Library departments developed a final course assignment intended to assess student learning for each course outcome.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Access, Learning Resources, Partnerships, Innovations
Sinclair Community College Automotive Technology Department: A Case Study of Leadership
John Porter March 2025
Volume: 28 Issue: 3
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"Find the need and endeavor to meet it" is the seminal quote from David A. Sinclair, Director of YMCA of Dayton, later named Sinclair Community College, from 1887 to 1902. This powerful message still serves as a mantra for the institution’s faculty and staff. The original mission of D. A. Sinclair and the YMCA was to support the Dayton community by providing services such as adult education courses and job training (YMCA of Greater Dayton, n.d.).
Tags: Learning and Organization, Workforce Preparation, Innovations
Case Study of a Smart City Education Platform
Adam Thomas February 2025
Volume: 28 Issue: 2
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The integration of BrickMMO into Humber Polytechnic’s programming fundamentals program in fall 2023 provided students with the opportunity to learn through a workplace integrated classroom (WIC) teaching methodology which resulted in increased learning, opportunities for solutions-based problem solving, and cross-program collaboration projects. BrickMMO is a smart city education platform made of a 1:45 scale smart city designed to provide students with a hands-on sandbox, or safe testing environment, to apply their newly acquired skills.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Access, Learning Environments, Innovations
Delta College’s Coordinated Care Network Initiative
Shelly Raube and James Perry January 2025
Volume: 28 Issue: 1
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Delta College's Student and Educational Services division has initiated a transformative project to address students' basic needs by establishing a Coordinated Care Network (CCN). This innovative network is grounded in research from The Hope Center for Student Basic Needs at Temple University, which emphasizes the critical role of nonacademic support in fostering student success.
Tags: Student Services, Access, Programs and Practices, Innovations
Navigating Difficult Dialogues: Teaching in a Politically Polarized Environment
Jill Channing December 2024
Volume: 27 Issue: 12
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The 2024 election may be over, but as many educators continue to experience, teaching during a presidential election year presents unique challenges, particularly in today’s increasingly polarized environment. For educators, especially those in community colleges, where diverse adult student populations converge, facilitating respectful, inclusive, and productive discussions can be daunting. The stakes are high: Classrooms serve as microcosms of society, reflecting broader political, social, and cultural tensions.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Learning Environments, Innovations
A Multidisciplinary and Holistic Approach to Student Support
Laura Green November 2024
Volume: 27 Issue: 11
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I have always believed that a multidisciplinary, holistic approach to student support is needed as students work toward academic success. Prior to moving into academics, I worked as an occupational therapy practitioner. One of occupational therapy's philosophical beliefs is that practitioners support individuals as they engage in life occupations, with each person’s engagement being unique and personal (American Occupational Therapy Association, 2017). Students in higher education participate and engage in multiple occupations and roles, one of which is being a student.
Tags: Student Services, Diversity, Learning Environments, Policy and Practice, Innovations
The Literacy Partners Program: Inviting Faculty Into Student Success Initiatives
Stacy Wilson and Alex Arreguin October 2024
Volume: 27 Issue: 10
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A recent Community College Research Center brief (Lahr, 2023) focused on attempts to implement large-scale student success initiatives related to guided pathways at two major community college systems. The author reported that both leaders “reflected on the progress they could have made earlier had they included more faculty in the planning and implementation process from the start” (p. 4). Although the sentiment to include faculty in collegewide student success initiatives is shared among community college administrators across the U.S.
Tags: Learning and Organization, Teaching and Learning, Learning Resources, Programs and Practices, Innovations
Orienting for Success: An Online Learning Management System Orientation
Joyce Langenegger and Marcelo Bussiki September 2024
Volume: 27 Issue: 9
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Students in online classes are required to navigate complex learning management systems (LMS), the software that is used to deliver online course materials, communicate with students, track student learning, and serve as a depository for student assignments. For students to achieve their fullest potential in online classes, they require technological skills and confidence as well as content knowledge.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, College Readiness, Institutional Research, Learning Resources, Technology Systems, Innovations
The Collaborate Toolkit: Learning in Community
Emily Castillo August 2024
Volume: 27 Issue: 8
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It is your first term studying business in college and you’ve managed to earn impressive grades. Now, your microeconomics teacher is announcing that that your final assignment, worth a large percentage of your grade, is going to be a group project. You scan the room, considering who you might team up with. Who do you trust to be an equal partner? Who would you enjoy working with? Who has valuable skills to help you earn a good score? Who might drop the ball, leaving you to complete most of the work on your own?
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teaching Strategies, Innovations
Decolonization Is Not a Metaphor: A Professional Development Program for Faculty and Academic Leaders
Blake Kanewischer and Julie Mooney July 2024
Volume: 27 Issue: 7
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Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), with over 15,600 students enrolled in 126 programs, has a significant presence in Calgary and southern Alberta, Canada. The region around Calgary and the land on which SAIT is located—Moh’kinsstis, to the Niitsitapi—is home to several First Nations communities, including the Blackfoot Confederacy, comprised of the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai Nations; the Tsuu’tina Nation; and the Îyârhe Nakoda Nation, which includes the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney bands.
Tags: Learning and Organization, Diversity, Inclusion, Organizational Culture, Innovations
Law of Diminishing Marginal Products of Labor Activity: Promoting Understanding With Active Learning
Shengnan Fang June 2024
Volume: 27 Issue: 6
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The COVID-19 pandemic brought significant disruptions and challenges to higher education. The return to in-person teaching was an adjustment for both instructors and students after more than two years of remote learning, and did not necessarily mean that active learning and engagement in the classroom would automatically follow. However, interactive classroom activities can provide students with opportunities to deepen their understanding of economic concepts.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teaching Strategies, Innovations
The Academic Support Services Model at Johnson County Community College
Vincent Miller May 2024
Volume: 27 Issue: 5
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Johnson County Community College (JCCC) provides students with extensive academic support services that continue to develop to meet their needs. What follows is an overview of the services offered through JCCC’s Academic Support division, and how each program works toward a single goal of student success.
Tags: Student Services, Access, Inclusion, Learning Resources, Innovations
Integrating AI Into Higher Education: The Journey Begins
Lani Wildow April 2024
Volume: 27 Issue: 4
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The global response to generative AI (GenAI) has been varied and dynamic. There is rapid adoption in some sectors, cautious exploration in others, and a growing push for regulation. Businesses and educational institutions worldwide are leveraging GenAI to innovate and enhance productivity, from automating routine tasks to generating new content and insights. However, this enthusiasm is tempered by concerns over privacy, security, intellectual property, and the ethical implications of AI-generated content.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Learning Environments, Policy and Practice, Innovations

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