THURSDAY, March 23
8:00 – 9:00 REGISTRATION Main
Street
Continental Breakfast DiPonio
Multi-D
9:15 –
11:45 Workshop I Applied Science 320
(Meet in front of the Registration
Table)
Presenters:
Tia Chaudhery & Linda Talbert
Title: Electronic Portfolios:
Dynamic Resume and Record of Achievement (Learning Outcomes
Assessment And Teaching Outcomes Assessment)
Using Schoolcraft’s
state-of-the-art VisTaTech facility, participants will observe
several of Schoolcraft’s student and faculty electronic
portfolios and get started with a technique that is fast
becoming the preferred method for digitally documenting student
learning outcomes as well as teaching credentials and
accomplishments. E-portfolios can highlight what students are
able to do – they capture direct learning outcomes. Faculty
E-Portfolios capture educational backgrounds, affiliations, best
practices, professional presentations, professional writings,
and award recognitions. Both can serve as a resume, as a
compilation of learning outcomes and achievements, or as a
vehicle for publicizing talents. Join us for
a hands-on opportunity to get started with your very own
e-portfolio. The CD that you will use for this presentation can
be found in your Conference Bag.
12:00 Lunch DiPonio Multi-D
Barbara Stockton – MDEC
Co-President Welcome
Dan Woodward -
Michigan Department
of Labor and Economic Growth: Community Colleges Services Unit
1:10 – 4:00 Workshop II
Strategic Bay
Dr. Barbara Johnson
Title: CULTURE OF POVERTY
Poverty
is a state of mind that evolves over generations. Financial
resources are not the answer to moving someone from poverty to
middle class. This session will not only help educators and
employers understand why many individuals from
generational poverty are, for example: often late, consumed with
relationship issues, poor money managers, tangential in
conversation… but also how to help these
individuals maximize their potential.
Friday, March 24
8:00 –
8:50 Registration in Main Street
Breakfast in DiPonio
Multi-D
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome in Presentation Room V-550
Barbara Stockton
&
Dr. Jo Warner, MDEC Co-Presidents
Dr. Conway Jeffress, Schoolcraft
College President
9:15 –
10:30 Keynote Presentation by Dr. Willard Daggett
Technology,
Work and Our Growing Skills Gap
We have a skills gap in America.
Schools continue to work hard to raise student performance as
measured by state tests. Unfortunately, this effort is not
necessarily leading to a better prepared work force, because
many states have focused on 20th century skills and
knowledge in creating their standards and tests. Dr. Daggett
will present an in-depth look at our changing economy and
workplace. Following that, he will lay out specific actions that
education must take on behalf of students to ensure their
success in the 21st century work world.
10:45 – 11:45 Concurrent Sessions
Title: Conversation with
Dr. Daggett – Follow-Up Session
Location: V- 550
Presentation Room
Presenter: Dr. Daggett
Title: Establishing
Frameworks for Success – Techniques for Active Learning
Location:
Strategic Bay
Presenters: Renée
Mickelson & Jeane Zimmie
Lansing Community College
Participants
will experience the positive impact of fun and humor on
interactive learning techniques that are used for classroom
instruction and for training tutors.
Title: Adaptive Technology: Educational Independence for People
with Learning Disabilities
Location: Waterman 210-B
Presenters: Michael Alonzi
& Kathy Rourk
Schoolcraft College
This presentation will inform
participants regarding the use of adaptive equipment in and
outside of the classroom from a student perspective. The goal is
to share some of the adaptive equipment used in Schoolcraft
College’s Learning Assistance Centers (LAC) located at the
Livonia Campus and the Radcliff Center.
Title: Framing
a Course: Creating a Customized Text
Location: V – 405
Presenter: Tim Miank
Lansing Community College
This presentation will highlight
a specific "frameworks for learning" by discussing how a
developmental writing program used customized publication as a
means of tailoring course materials to fit student and program
needs. The presenter will discuss his own experience with the
process—the motivation to do it, the process, which is ongoing,
and the short and long-term benefits for the program and its
students—those we anticipated, and those we received.
12:00 –
1:00 Lunch, Awards & Election in DiPonio Multi-D
Dr. Barbara Stockton and Jo
Warner, MDEC Co-Presidents
Dr. Carl Wagner, Awards Chair
Dr. Sonja Strahm – NADE, Vice
President
1:10 –
2:10 Concurrent Sessions
Title: From Associate to
Bachelor’s Degrees: Making the Transition. Lessons Learned!
Location:
Waterman 210-B
Presenters: Donna Clack &
Dr. Silverenia Kanoyton
Schoolcraft College & Wayne State University
Shepherding students through
community colleges to university settings is both an exciting
and challenging process. This session will focus on the
University Bound Program offered at Schoolcraft College in
conjunction with Wayne State University. Information regarding
our vision, population, program offerings, lessons learned and
future directions will be shared.
Title:
Opportunities for a Seamless High School to College Transition
Location: V- 425
Strategic Bay
Presenter: Dr. Mickey Hay
Southwestern Michigan College
Among high school seniors there
is a great deal of difference in their readiness for college.
Some have exhausted relevant high school course work and are
already ready for college-level work; some need to focus on
their career goals before starting their college education; and
some need significant remediation before they are ready for
college. In order to facilitate the college success of each of
these three groups of students, Southwestern Michigan College
has developed a holistic plan for insuring a seamless high
school to college transition.
Title:
Using Portfolios and the Web for Reading/Study Strategies
Assessment
Location: V - 550 Presentation
Room
Presenter: Dr. Gretchen
Starks
Minnesota State University
Every reading or study strategy
taught in our college reading courses is assessed by a written
or oral "portfolio" assignment that is available on our Web
site. This presentation will show how to set-p portfolio
assignments with scoring rubrics and links to the Internet. One
or two of the assignments will be covered in detail.
Participants will brainstorm topics and methods they want to
develop for their classrooms. A finished portfolio product will
be shown and a folder with sample assignments will be provided.
Title:
Using Outcomes Assessment to Improve Teaching and Student
Learning in College Reading
Location: V- 405
Presenter: Dr. Naomi
Ludman
Southwestern Michigan College
Presenter will describe the
outcomes assessment process that faculty at Southwestern
Michigan College use to assess student learning in its college
reading classes. Data from this process has been used to revise
and refine course objectives and to inform teaching practices.
Discussion will include the long-term process of developing and
revising an objective-referenced exam, refining objectives,
ranking objectives and setting targets in terms of what
percentage of students should meet each objective.
Title:
Could You Be Smarter?
Location: V- 455
Presenter: Elizabeth
Warner
Washtenaw Community College
The answer is yes. Attend this
session to learn how. Using Dr. Art Whimbey’s Analytical Skills
Index (the WASI test), we will explore some of the typical
problems presented on intelligence tests. Participants will take
the WASI, score their tests, and then practice solving some of
the problems with a partner, using Whimbey’s TAPS procedure
(talking-aloud-problem-solving). We will also explore some of
Dr. Whimbey’s methodologies for solving specific types of
problems. Finally, participants can take the test again and get
their new and revised I.Q. scores.
2:20 –
2:35 Break in Prefunction Room
2:40 – 3:40 Concurrent Sessions
Title:
Using Palm Pilots for Faculty and Students
Location: V – 455
Presenter: Alexa
Azzopardi
Schoolcraft College
Was your New Year’s Resolution to become more organized?
Tired of looking for that little slip of paper or your grocery
list? Are you being required to use technology as a
faculty member? Work Smarter – Not Harder! Not only
will this session give you an overview on how to use a Palm
Pilot and its basic software, but software specific for faculty
and students use will be demonstrated.
Title:
A Positive Framework For Developmental Mathematics
Location: V- 405
Presenter: Dr. Jo Warner
Eastern Michigan University
Mathematics causes fear,
apprehension, and avoidance in many developmental students.
This session will explore methods that the presenter has
developed over several years to create a positive atmosphere
for learning mathematics. Participants will collaborate to
explore a number of activities and techniques designed to
improve students’ attitudes and relax students’ fears.
Title:
A Learning Community for Nursing Students
Location: Waterman 210-B
Presenter: Dr. Ted
Miller
Jackson Community College
A group of JCC instructors and administrators met to identify
obstacles to learning that many students face and to design a
learning community system that would, ideally, minimize
obstacles and maximize learning and persistence. Targeted
students, candidates for Nursing who placed into development
reading, are taking Reading, Nutrition, and Stress Management
together during the current semester. The presenter will
report on how the cohort is doing and share lessons learned.
Title:
Enhancing English and Math Courses Through PLATO Technology
Location: V – 425
Strategic Bay
Presenters: Mary
Etter & Gary Franchy
Davenport University
Davenport University has integrated PLATO into its
developmental math and English program, creating a hybrid
curriculum melding essential course elements with PLATO
technology. This course structure combines both the group and
individual interaction necessary for developmental students with
the advantages of self-paced learning. The challenges of
implementing and refining this model have been enormous. Among
those to be discussed are aligning the curriculum, determining
the right mix of computer-based and traditional learning in the
classroom, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the
computer-based environment, addressing technological
requirements, and training faculty to teach in this environment.
Title:
Connecting Cultures While Combating Plagiarism
Location: V-
550 Presentation Room
Presenter: Dr. Steven
Berg
Schoolcraft College
The best time to "combat" plagiarism is while designing an
assignment; not after the cheating has already taken place.
Furthermore, research suggests that teaching students how to
document correctly needs to be incorporated throughout the
semester. In this seminar, I will present a series of short
assignments whose primary purpose is for instructors to use to
teach students to act with integrity by avoiding plagiarism.
However, these assignments have a secondary purpose of promoting
cross cultural understanding.
