Concurrent Session B

11 - 11:45 a.m.

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B1 Student Podcasting: Enhance Student Learning by Transforming Confidence in Teaching

During this interactive session, Monica Starks, a Cuyahoga Community College sociology adjunct faculty member, will share how she introduced an innovative podcasting feature to enhance student learning in her introductory sociology course. The presenters will provide an overview of how students used podcasting to explore a social problem specific to their community. Through the use of interactive communication technology, students learned critical thinking skills as they researched, conducted interviews, produced podcasts, and presented to stakeholders. A demonstration of the Flip software used in this innovative course project will be provided.

Monica Starks, Adjunct Faculty, Sociology, Cuyahoga Community College

Casey Brown, Senior Instructional Designer, Center for Learning Excellence, Cuyahoga Community College

At the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

1. Use new interactive communication technology in the classroom for all learning modalities

2. Provide a renewed sense of confidence in teaching while enhancing student learning

3. Support students by determining where they are and how to overcome obstacles through personalized activities

B2 Using Extracurricular Events to Build Community in the Classroom

Building a community of learning outside of the classroom is even more important after the pandemic. Students are struggling to connect with other students and can have a hard time building new friendships after years of social distancing. The goal of IT Days is to build student engagement and rapport between peers. These events focus on building onto skills learned in the classroom through interactive projects, seminars and, at the end of the semester, a skills competition focused on students’ final class projects. The presenters will discuss how they created a community of learning through extracurricular events that are focused on student learning.

Mike White, Associate Dean and Assistant Professor, Technical Programs, Marion Technical College

Ks Ku, Professor, Information Technology, Marion Technical College

At the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

1. Plan for extracurricular events related to their major

2. Brainstorm ideas for replication

3. Learn how to engage students across the curriculum

B3 The 9Ps Program: Calling on Ambassadors to Promote Student Success

The 9Ps Program began as a campus retention program during the onset of the pandemic in 2020. The presenters will discuss each of the 9Ps, which are tangible elements that each student needs to have in place to be successful. The presenters will provide an overview of how this program has transformed over the past two years and how it has impacted the culture of retention at the campus. Participants will be provided with information on how they can apply the 9Ps with students inside and outside of the classroom. As these elements are put in place, students should be more successful. The students’ success will help increase the faculty’s confidence in their ability to teach and connect students with support services.

Jenea Weems, Director, Enrollment Center and Adjunct Faculty, General Studies, Cuyahoga Community College

Felisa Eafford, Dean of Access and Completion, Cuyahoga Community College

At the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

1. Identify and define each of the 9Ps

2. Describe the framework from which the 9Ps model was developed

3. Become 9Ps Ambassadors and promote student success through a classroom assignment

B4 Building Strength With Teaching and Learning Through Outcomes Assessment

The goal of the Tri-C’s outcomes assessment efforts is to create a college culture that measures student learning, finds ways to help students improve and embraces change that makes improvement possible. This workshop explores how Tri-C assesses outcomes at three levels: course, program and institution (i.e., Essential Learning Outcomes or ELOs). Attendees will learn how adjunct faculty are an important part of course-level assessment and explore the “Align-It-All” initiative – a program to assist faculty in aligning courses to the selected ELOs for each year, creating a large and diverse pool of artifacts for assessment.

Anne Distler, Professor, Chemistry, Cuyahoga Community College

Amanda Nolan, Program Manager, Learning Outcomes Assessment, Cuyahoga Community College

Bridget Kriner, Associate Professor, English, Cuyahoga Community College

Joseph Amschlinger, Adjunct Faculty, Communication Studies, Cuyahoga Community College

Justin Miller, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Cuyahoga Community College

Donya Waugh, Assistant Professor, Psychology, Cuyahoga Community College

At the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

1. Define the purpose of outcomes assessment at institutional and course levels

2. Recognize how course-level outcomes assessment benefits both faculty and students

3. Describe how adjunct faculty are part of the Align-It-All initiative and the course-level assessment initiative