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Presentation for the 18th Annual Sloan-C International Conference – October, 2012
Patrice Prusko TorciviaLorette Pellettiere Calix
Kevin WooLisa Snyder
Pauline Carrico
The iTransformational Bottom Line: People, Planet and Business
A personal quest across cultures,disciplines and the digital divide exploring what sustainability means to adult learners, business and society
SUNY Empire State College
• Cutting-edge, comprehensive college founded in 1971
• 60,000 alumni
• 11 academic centers of learning; 30 locations throughout NY
• 19,000 students enrolled per year
– every county in New York state
– every state in the United States
– 50 countries around the world
• 2,000 faculty and staff serving primarily adult learners
SUNY Empire State College
Mission –
to be innovative and creative, and to offer people
throughout the state of New York and beyond the
opportunity to study, to learn, and to earn a
degree while still being able to work, raise a
family and be engaged in their communities
College-Wide Blended Learning Program
Online Panama-Specific Topics Include:
•Literacy and the sustainability of Panama as a global business hub
•Sustainability and human capital: What is human capital and how do you measure it?•Sustainability and natural capital: Cradle to grave and the life cycle assessment•Sustainability and profit: it is not just about money, what are the social and environmental impacts?•Information technology in Third World countries•Ecology in Third World Countries•Service Learning: why bother?•What does it mean to have a transformational learning experience?
Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is,
not a preparation for life; education is life itself.
-John Dewey
Why a Residency Experience?
Hands-on learning is a primary component of experiential education and a core ESC value.
Learning by doing offers students the opportunity to apply academic knowledge in real-world settings and to experience a culture first hand.
Why a Residency Experience?
Technology and Information Literacy
Web 2.0 tools to be used by all students
•Blogs
•Google+
•Elluminate
Interdiscplinary Studies
• Information technology• Literacy• Bioscience• Environmental management• Human development• Business management
• Social theory and social change• Option to create an individualized topic
Residency in Panama
Proposed Travel Itinerary
• Day 1 Travel/Arrival to Panama and Service Project Community
• Day 2 Community Service Overview/Identify Modules of study
• Day 3 Community Service/lecture/reflection time• Day 4 Community Service/lecture/reflection time• Day 5 Community Service wrap up/ return to Panama
city and city/canal tours• Day 6 Free Day/optional tours
• Day 7 travel/Depart Panama City
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Service Learning-Global Brigades
Business Brigades
Business Brigades
Business Brigades
Environmental Brigades
Environmental Brigades
Environmental Brigades
Environmental Brigades
Environmental Brigades
Quality Leadership University
PANAMA PARTNER