Change, Stability and Retention: A Collegial Conversation

At this Faculty Council workshop/meeting, we’ll resume the conversation among colleagues we initiated at Opening Sessions 2008. We’ll look further into our goal of retaining our students and accelerating their progress toward success in a world that is rapidly changing, in terms of economics, politics, demographics and technology. We’ll delineate the goal, identify impediments to reaching it and suggest useful strategies.

Presenters: Sally Mettler (Humanities; President, Faculty Council) and Marcia Glick (Communication Skills; Vice President, Faculty Council)

Room: E251

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Using iTunes University, YouTube and Other Online Technologies in the Mathematics Classroom

Many of our students, often referred to as net-generation learners, are “experts,” regardless of their math skills, in obtaining information from the Internet, albeit not always accurate or reliable information. In this presentation I will talk about some prospects and concerns about using popular Internet resources as supplements to learning mathematics.

Presenter: Dr. Dong Wook Won (Mathematics, Engineering, & Computer Science)

Room: E266

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Exploring the City as a Catalyst for Learning in the 21st Century

A unique feature of urban studies courses is that they bridge the gap between classroom learning and real life experience by requiring two field trips or hands-on learning experiences that use the city as a learning laboratory. This workshop will demonstrate how such experiential learning can bring the city into the classroom and illuminate the nature of social change over time. Faculty presenters will discuss their class field trips and explain how they can be used to investigate the constantly evolving social and physical environment of New York City. The session will show how exploring New York can enable students to become better workers and citizens in the 21st century city.

Facilitator: Joanne Reitano (Social Science)

Presenters: Tim Coogan (Social Science), Kristen Gallagher (English), Val Ginter, (Business & Technology), and Max Rodriguez (Education & Language Acquisition)

Room: E265

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Universal Design in Higher Education: Global Access Made Easy for the 21st Century

Universal Design, according to the Center for Universal Design, "is the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design." It is an approach to the designing of products and environments, including instruction that takes into consideration the variety of abilities, disabilities, racial/ethnic backgrounds, reading abilities, ages, and other characteristics of the consumer. Universal design is a part of everyday living and is all around us.

The use of Universal Design in Higher Education would allow equal access to all students and foster the four strategies developed at the Visioning Summit for LaGuardia –leadership for a sustainable future, harnessing Web 2.0 technology, educating for a global citizenry and redefining the role of community colleges in higher education.

Presenters: Jhony Nelson and Regina Varin-Mignano, (Office for Student Services & Disabled Students Programs)

Room: E264

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Using Technology to Prepare Nursing Students for Competitive Professional Placement in a 21st Century Healthcare Environment

Nurses face challenges everyday. Our graduates will be competing with four year baccalaureate degree nursing programs for limited acute care facility positions. Students’ optimal performance in the clinical area can improve their chances for gaining employment. By using high fidelity patient simulation, a new technology, combined with conventional lecture, we will better prepare students for the challenges of the 21st century. Limited clinical opportunities can be facilitated in the classroom by creating scenarios in which students can demonstrate competence. Faculty can adopt the scenarios based on course objectives and increase complexity based on student ability. We look forward to sharing this innovative technology and exploring the uses of simulation within other disciplines. In addition we will explore the use of simulation and ePortfolio as a means of demonstrating competency and providing employers with a comprehensive electronic resume.

Presenters: Suzanne Rosenberg, Kathy Karsten, and Lisa O’Donnell (Health Sciences)

Room: Nursing Lab - E358

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Protecting Human Subjects Means Protecting Yourself—An Introduction to IRB Application and Review

Today, the significance of the role of community colleges in responding to change is pivotal when considering the dual role that educators often play as researchers, to investigate factors that impact not only education, but the economic, social, environmental mobility of our country. In support of such needed endeavors, Institutional Review Boards (IRB), work to ensure the protection, rights, and welfare of human subjects and additionally provides a supportive environment for the scholarship of faculty. The evolution of IRBs, including the role of the committee, the application of relevant federal regulations, and review criteria will be discussed. LaGuardia IRB will also offer advice on writing and submitting applications that conforms to fundamental ethical principles: respect for persons, beneficence and justice.

Presenters: Frank Wang, Xiwu Feng, and Arlene Spinner (Academic Affairs, Institutional Review Board)

Room: E262

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Working with Multilingual Writers to Promote Academic Success: Changing with the Times

Students at LaGuardia are part of an increasingly multicultural, multilingual population with varied academic abilities and needs. As faculty, we have broadened our pedagogical scope by breaking former disciplinary boundaries providing a continuum for transfer of learning which we feel leads to increased academic success. This interdisciplinary workshop will highlight and underscore the organic connections in learning academic writing in a globally integrated environment. Presenters from three disciplines will present approaches to writing pedagogy using a range of technologies which lead to increased support for multilingual writers.

Presenters: Carolyn Sterling-Deer (Education & Language Acquisition), Susan Bernstein (English), Maria Jerskey (Education & Language Acquisition), and Patricia Sokolski (Humanities)

Room: E225