connections: a community of teaching and learning scholars
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Connections: A Community of Teaching and Learning Scholars. Faculty Learning Community 2011-12. What Is Connections?. Connections is a faculty learning community Connections is comprised of “veteran” faculty members who have been at CCBC for more than five years - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CONNECTIONS: A COMMUNITY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING SCHOLARSFaculty Learning Community2011-12
WHAT IS CONNECTIONS?
Connections is a faculty learning community Connections is comprised of “veteran” faculty
members who have been at CCBC for more than five years
Members work on a pedagogy project, either individually or in collaboration with other group members
CONNECTIONS MEMBERS 2010-11
Jennifer Pemberton, Facilitator, Psychology Kadriyya P. Clark, Nursing Linda Gronberg-Quinn, Education Renuka Kumar, SAIT Marilyn Kuzsma, Chemical Dependency
Counseling Margy McCampbell Robert Miller,
CONNECTIONS PROJECTS
“E-portfiolio Development” is the theme for this 2011-12 Connections cohort
Project goals: Collaboration with at least one other area of the
college to enhance teaching and learning by developing one new major strategy for improving student learning
Positive impact of the project on students, people, departments, and/or disciplines both inside and outside of the participants of the learning community
Public sharing of project final report so that others can benefit from what was gained
THE PROJECTS
Kadriyya P. Clark Nursing Concepts I Electronic Portfolio Journal w/ brief bulleted
description Students given directions to create and access
epsilen A template was created for guidance (questions) Students created journals in epsilen for 8 weeks
of clinical Themes included professional growth,
clinical outcome evaluation, and personal growth
THE PROJECTS
Linda Gronberg-Quinn EDTR101: Foundations of Education Teacher Education e-Portfolio
Used Epsilen as the platform “Building a Better Teacher” Student Journaling Maryland Teacher Technology Standards
THE PROJECTS
Renuka Kumar CSIT 101, Introduction to Computers ePortfolio Project
In CSIT 101 students learn computer concepts as well as Word, Excel and PPT
For the project students develop an ePortfolio on www.weebly.com
Students must create the following documents and upload them to there ePortfolio Resume – using Word Schedule/Transcript – using Excel Presentation – using PowerPoint
They also must present their ePortfolio to the class
THE PROJECTS Marilyn Kuzsma CMDP 251: Practicum in Chemical Dependency Counseling Developing an E-portfolio of Assignments from the Course
In this course, students produce 5 assignment that demonstrate their achievement of the CMDP Program Outcomes.
Using the Epsilen platform, students will develop an E-portfolio consisting of these assignments.
Epsilen was chosen because it is both portable and password protected.
Students can use the E-portfolio to provide a sample of their work to prospective employers and for admission to 4 year colleges.
In the future, the E-portfolio will be instrumental in providing both internal and external evaluations of the students’ work.
ROBERT MILLER MARGY MCCAMPBELLCREATING AN E-PORTFOLIO APS
FACULTY RESULTS
STRONG SUPPORTMUCH CLEARER REPRESENTATION OF THEIR WORKMUCH EASIER IF THEY WERE ALLOWED TO USE THE PLATFORMS A SECOND TIMEPLATFORMS SHOULD BE STANDARDIZED100% WOULD USE E-PORTFOLIOS AGAIN IF ALLOWED.
ADMINISTRATION RESULTS- less agreement (but sample size of only 2)
- make sure there is opening / signature page
- more of faculty activities are reflected
- no system for electronic storage, so the e-portfolios had to be printed.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Upon project completion, all Connections members will: Compose a final report that includes outcomes
and reflection Present project outcomes at a CCBC professional
development event Fall Focus Teaching Learning Fair Professional Development Day
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?