This session is designed for Criminal Justice, IT/Cybersecurity and Education faculty who are participants in the AAC&U HIP, Student Success and Equity grant. Discussion will include an details of the grant award and all deliverables, grant parameters, timeline, and action plan.
Apple representatives will explore written markup and audio commentary on word processed documents. We will look at two different apps, considering teaching in person and online. Learn about how mobile technology is bringing our voices and our handwriting into digital discourse using your own ipad or one of ours.
Panelists will emphasize various tools available for meaningful assessment projects to improve teaching, learning and student retention, including Blackboard Outcomes, assignment design, learning outcome and rubric development, surveys, and focus groups. Specific examples will be shared, and strategies for moving forward, including this academic year's professional development offerings, will be discussed.
In this session faculty participants will learn how they can make career readiness part of their curriculum. They will also earn about current recruiting trends and interview processes in the workforce.
MCC’s Career Exploration courses for Pathways expose first-year students to the programs within each pathway: Arts, Humanities and Communication, Business, Health, STEM, Public Service, Social Science and Education. Pathways assist students in successfully establishing and achieving education, career and life goals, while also engaging them in unique ways.
Three MCC librarians will talk about how to scaffold research assignments, how to create a research assignment with the databases in mind, and bring in some sample assignments that do this. The Library wants to collaborate with you!
Besides covering how to set up your gradebook, we'll discuss creating tests/assignments, copying your course into a new course, making your course available to students and any other items you wish to cover
Have you noticed the many students carrying around, and using, iPads around campus? Are you interested in exploring the use of the iPad in your course work? Come to this hands-on session, and see how an iPad could transform your classroom.
Representatives from iWorx will demonstrate their newest upgraded data acquisition and analysis system. Appropriate for those who teach Anatomy and Physiology and General Biology.
Open to all faculty in the 100 More! Pilot Project. This session will launch the third phase for AY 2019-20 of the SoTL Community's 100% Course Completion Project (CCP), building on what the cohort learned in the 100% CCP 1.0 and 2.0. This session will explore ideas about which strategies can be implemented to increase the number of students persisting from fall 2019 to spring 2020 by 100 more students than last year
Director, Office of Professional Development, Middlesex Community College
Peter Shea is director of the Office of Professional Development at Middlesex Community College. He also serves as the Chief Hub Administrator for the Massachusetts Community OER Hub. He is the co-editor of the forthcoming book from Stylus Publishing Transforming Digital Learning... Read More →
Tuesday September 3, 2019 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT
LC 318
BHE, DHE, NECHE, CCA. AAC&U, NILOA – Multiple Measures, ECE, SSA, Early College, Guided Pathways, Purpose First, etc. ??? As the Academic and Student Affairs areas of the college are at the heart of what we do, there are often multiple layers of new initiatives, program and policy pilots and federal and state grant efforts in play intentionally designed and interwoven to create the best environment for student success, improve our performance metrics, and strengthen the college overall. In this session, we’ll explore what those layers are, why they are so important to improving the student experience and positioning the college as a state and national leader and how you can better understand and support them.
If you request space on campus then this is session is for you. 25Live Pro is an update to the R25 room reservation system. 25Live Pro has a completely new look and feel, as well as additional features and functionality. This session will show you how to search for available space, use the Event Wizard to request space, Express Scheduling (no approval needed), and customizing your 25Live Pro Dashboard.
Participants will learn how people read and process information digitally, with an emphasis on how to craft persuasive digital copy that gets results. This session is perfect for anyone who maintains webpages via OU Campus or who sends lots of emails.
In this immersive training experience, MCC employees will learn effective strategies for dealing with an active shooter emergency on campus. (Please note, this workshop required attendance in both session 1 and 2.)
This presentation provides an overview of the policies related to Procurement including contract guidelines, procurement of supplies and services, consortium's, grant purchases, equipment purchases, and prompt pay discounts etc.
For several years, faculty member Rob Kaulfuss has been requiring all his students to attend a governmental meeting in their town or go to a talk or conference related to their career. This activity often proves to be an inspiring eye-opener for students. In this session, participants will learn how to organize and implement this activity with your classes.
This session is designed for Criminal Justice, IT/Cybersecurity and Education faculty who are participants in the AAC&U HIP, Student Success and Equity grant. Discussion will include an details of the grant award and all deliverables, grant parameters, timeline, and action plan.
Housing and food insecurity are the new normal for many MCC students, but because of the associated stigma and shame, very few students ask for help. Hunger and homelessness can be detrimental to academic and personal success. In this session, you will see video testimonials from students with lived experiences, learn how to recognize signs, engage in conversation with students, de-stigmatize these issues, share resources, and become an advocate.
Apple representatives will explore written markup and audio commentary on word processed documents. We will look at two different apps, considering teaching in person and online. Learn about how mobile technology is bringing our voices and our handwriting into digital discourse using your own ipad or one of ours.
You may not think of yourself as entrepreneurial because business has commandeered the word and usage, but learn how you have more qualities and skills than you do realize! Participants in this session will get a foundation of understanding and leave with an activity you can do in any classroom or job.
Representatives from iWorx will demonstrate their newest upgraded data acquisition and analysis system. Appropriate for those who teach Anatomy and Physiology and General Biology.
Open only to faculty new to the 100% Course Completion Project. This session will describe the history and scope of the SoTL Community's goal to increase persistence by 50% by 2023. Participants will discuss and will outline strategies for achieving 100% course completion in one of their courses, without a lowering of academic standards.
In this immersive training experience, MCC employees will learn effective strategies for dealing with an active shooter emergency on campus. (Please note, this workshop required attendance in both session 1 and 2.)
If you request space on campus then this is session is for you. 25Live Pro is an update to the R25 room reservation system. 25Live Pro has a completely new look and feel, as well as additional features and functionality. This session will show you how to search for available space, use the Event Wizard to request space, Express Scheduling (no approval needed), and customizing your 25Live Pro Dashboard.
Many of our students lack belief in their potential as “bachelor’s degree material.” Others just don’t know where to begin or how to prepare for transfer. How can faculty & staff better help our students navigate the transfer process, help students prepare for MassTransfer and other transfer options?
Director, Office of Professional Development, Middlesex Community College
Peter Shea is director of the Office of Professional Development at Middlesex Community College. He also serves as the Chief Hub Administrator for the Massachusetts Community OER Hub. He is the co-editor of the forthcoming book from Stylus Publishing Transforming Digital Learning... Read More →
Tuesday September 3, 2019 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
LC 318
