Resources and Materials from

 

Middlesex Carnegie Summer Institute 2006

&

The New England Faculty Development Consortium:

 

We're Teaching, But Are Students Learning?

 

A Colloquium on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

 

Held

June 2, 2006

Middlesex Community College

Lowell, Massachusetts

 

 

**Follow links below to presentation/workshop PowerPoints, Handouts, Session Summaries, and Photos

The Middlesex Community College Carnegie COPPER  Cluster and the New England Faculty Development Consortium held their first-ever joint program, on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. This conference combined the MCC Carnegie Summer Institute with the NEFDC Spring Roundup to create a synergy that was energizing for the many participants!

Keynote Speaker:

One of the highlights of the colloquium was the keynote address by

Barbara L. Cambridge, Ph.D., President of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Keynote Address Summary

 

 

Middlesex Carnegie Summer Institute

& The New England Faculty Development Consortium

 

Colloquium Workshop Schedule

 

Friday, June 2, 2006

Concurrent Session  1  - Time: 9:00 to 10:15 am

 Session             Topic

  A.

Exactly What is the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning?:

Phyllis Gleason, Middlesex Community College

 

(Session Summary 1A)

 

  B.

Assessing Self-Directed and Problem-Solving Skills in an Evidence- and Problem-Based Pharmacology Course

Alice Gardner and Irena Bond, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

 

(Session Summary 1B)

  C.

Bridging the Gap - An Educational Assessment Model that Integrates Technical and Professional Skill Development

Lorna Hayward and Betsy Blackmer, Northeastern University

 

(Session Summary  1C; PowerPoint Presentation 1C  )

 

  D.

Anatomy of a Carnegie Scholar’s Project

Jack Mino, Holyoke Community College

 

(Session Summary 1D )

 

  E.

Is Going to Class the Same as Going to Work?

Luanne Proko, Nichols College

 

(Session Summary 1E ; PowerPoint Presentation  )

 

 

Concurrent Session  2  - Time: 10:30 to 11:45 am

 Session             Topic

  A.

SoTL: Different Approaches

Robert Bowles and Jan Arabas, Middlesex Community College

 

(Session Summary 2A  ; PowerPoint Presentation  )

 

  B.

Developing Research Skills and Promoting Research Activities among Postsecondary Educators in the Two-Year College

Steve Fadden, Landmark College

 

(Session Summary 2B ; PowerPoint Presentation 2B  )

 

  C.

Use Teaching and Learning to Integrate Immigrant Students into the College Community

Li Li, Salem State College

 

(Session Summary 2C  ; PowerPoint Presentation  )

 

  D.

Does Library Usage Contribute to Student Achievement?

Irene Herold and Cristi Carson, Keene State College

 

(Session Summary 2D ; PowerPoint Presentation  )

 

  E.

Networking Session for SoTL Beginners and Veterans

Judith Kamber, Northern Essex Community College, Judith Miller, Clark University, and Jeffrey Halprin, Nichols College

 

(Session Summary 2E ; PowerPoint Presentation  )

 

 

Lunch and Keynote Address  - Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm  

 Session

  Topic

  E.

Barbara Cambridge, Ph.D., President, International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

 

 ( Keynote Address Summary )

 

 

Concurrent Session  3   - Time: 1:45 – 3:00 pm

Session             Topic

  A.

SoTL and Assessment–Measuring Student Learning

Tom Laughlin, Sandi Regan, and Hayat Weiss, Middlesex Community College

 

(Session Summary 3A ; Handouts 3APowerPoint Presentation 3A )

 

  B.

Implementing SoTL on Your Campus

Barbara Cambridge, International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

 

(Session Summary 3B  ; PowerPoint Presentation  )

 

  C.

Seeing Meaning Everywhere Now - Using Found Literature as a Qualitative Method for Assessing Interpretation Skills

Amy Havel, Southern Maine Community College

 

(Session Summary 3C  ; PowerPoint Presentation  )

 

  D.

The Launching of a SoTL Project - Three Days in June, a Postcard in August, a Project in September

Debbie Mael, Newbury College

 

(Session Summary 3D  ; PowerPoint Presentation  )

 

  E.

Designing a Seamless Learning Community - An Inclusive Approach to Fostering a Successful First-Year Experience

Robert Shea, Pine Manor College

 

(Session Summary 3E ; PowerPoint Presentation  )

 

 

Concurrent Session  4  - Time: 3:15 – 4:30 pm  

 Session

  Topic

  A.

Designing Doable Classroom Research

Donna Duffy and the MCC Carnegie Group, Middlesex Community College

 

(Session Summary 4A  )

 

  B.

Key Differences Between Online and Traditional Learning Milieus

Shelley Steenrod, Salem State College

 

(Session Summary 4B; PowerPoint Presentation  )

 

  C.

Teaching Strategies for Universal Access

Mary Moriarty, Springfield Technical Community College

 

(Session Summary  4C ; PowerPoint Presentation  )

 

  D.

Assessment as if Teaching Mattered

Nicholas Hunt-Bull and Helen Packey, Southern New Hampshire University

 

(Session Summary  4D; PowerPoint Presentation 4D )

 

  E.

The Results of Introducing Storytelling into the Public Speaking Classroom

Raymond Puchot, Bristol Community College

 

(Session Summary 4E; PowerPoint Presentation  )

 

 

 

PHOTOS from the Middlesex Carnegie Summer Institute 2006 / NEFDC Colloquium

 

CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ON THE COPPER Cluster Weblog!

News, comments, and questions are all welcome on the COPPER Cluster Weblog in response to the  Middlesex Carnegie Summer Insitute 2006 & NEFDC's  A Colloquium on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, June 2, 2006.  Summaries of some of the Institute sessions also appear on the COPPER Weblog.   Feel free to use the comments section of the Weblog to add your own thoughts, ideas, and reactions to any session postings.

 

 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

 

2005 Middlesex Carnegie Summer Institute - Resources and Materials

 

2004 Middlesex Carnegie Summer Institute - Resources and Materials (from the first Summer Institute)  

 

 

MCC's CASTL / COPPER Website

 

COPPER Cluster Weblog

 

COPPER Pages

 

 

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