Karen Cowden on “Informational Literacy to Build Lifelong Learning”

Matt Stoltzfus on “Flipping the Chemistry Classroom”

Alan Levine on “Digital Footprints & Creativity”

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Introduction

As a part of the Media Literacy for Teaching & Learning program, the Wagner College Provostʼs Office will award three innovative pilot course teaching incentives for Fall 2013. These awards, which can be individuals or pairs, will support the integration of media technology to support the teaching and learning goals of the course. Awardees will each receive a stipend of $1,500 along with skill building support and coaching from the Center for Teaching, Learning and Research and Wagner IT. Pilot course experience and documentation will be published and shared with the wider Wagner community.

Application Process

Application form for individuals or co-teaching pairs must be completed by May 17, 2013. Full and part-time faculty are invited to apply. Applications will be reviewed by the Media Literacy for Teaching & Learning committee.

Timeline

May 17, 2013 Applications due.
May 22, 2013 Awarded applicants notified.
Fall Semester 2013 Work takes place.
January 2014 Results shared with Wagner community.

Award Criteria

• Focused idea integrating media technology to the teaching goals of a fall 2013 course
• Creative, innovative, and original idea or unique adaptation of an existing plan
• Media technology is appropriate and applicable to course and curriculum teaching and learning goals
• Suggested readings, sites, and literature that inspire the proposal

Questions?

Please contact:

Dr. Katia Gonzalez
Education Department
Faculty Scholar — Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

(718)420-4082
katia.gonzalez@wagner.edu

Have you recently been asked,

• what educational technology tools you use or would like to use?
• what are the challenges?
• what support would help make your job easier?

It was the Provost’s office, the Center for Teaching, Learning & Research, and Information Technology asking those questions.

Through surveys, focus groups, departmental meetings and other conversations some important lessons were learned. Thank you for the discussion and your insights. Here is an online presentation of our observations and recommendations for the future.

RSVP for Media Literacy in Teaching & Learning

While the Wagner community is ablaze with innovative and creative teaching, it’s clear that we need a spark to learn about the myriad of new online tools and approaches, how best to connect them to learning goals, and how to fully embrace the advantages these online technologies can bring to our work.

To begin to meet the needs of our community, we’re happy to announce a celebration of Wagner faculty: Media Literacy in Teaching & Learning, a series of training opportunities, pilot course programs, and faculty support.

We will kick off the celebration with a special day for Wagner faculty:

View the detailed agenda for the day

Time	Agenda Item	Location	Who
8:00	Continental Breakfast	Spiro VIP Room	All
9:00	Hosted Panel Discussion with Karen Cowden, Matthew Stoltzfus, and Alan Levine.	Spiro VIP Room	All
11:10	Wagner Case Studies: Nick Richardson (chemistry) & Annemarie Dowling-Castronovo (nursing), Rhoda Frumkin (education), Jason Fitzgerald (education), Donald Crooks (business), Sarah Scott (art history)	Faculty Dining Room	Choose one
12:15	Lunch with discussion	Faculty Dining Room	All
1:10	Hands-On Skills Workshops with Karen Cowden, Matthew Stoltzfus, and Alan Levine.	Spiro A, IT Training Lab, and Library Smart Lab	Choose one
3:20	Wine & Cheese Discussion	Spiro VIP Room	All

Read speaker bios

Karen Cowden, Valencia College (FL) [@cowdenkaren]

Karen Cowden is an innovator in developing reading curriculum activities and leads college-wide collaborative initiatives. The foundation of her practice is helping students develop a different way of thinking, behaving, and living to contribute as citizens who display academic demeanor. Karen will speak about her work with students on information literacy, evaluating the veracity of web resources, learning to read critically online, and student academic skill mastery.

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Matthew Stoltzfus, The Ohio State University [@Dr_Fus]

Matt Stoltzfus is a Chemistry Lecturer and Digital First Faculty. He teaches general and advanced inorganic chemistry to multiple sections of hundreds of students. (General Chemistry course website). Matt will share his experience flipping the lecture classroom by converting lecture material into pre-class homework assignments and classroom time focused on interactive problem solving and group work. Matt is also a coauthor on the Brown/LeMay General Chemistry project and an instructor with Apple’s iTunes University. Here’s a video, featuring him describing his approach, Rethinking Lecture Styles for the Virtual Classroom.

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Alan Levine, CogDog.it [@cogdog]

Alan Levine is a thought leader in the use of educational media in teaching. Formerly director of instructional media at the Maricopa Community College system and affiliated with New Media Consortium. Most recently he’s developed the open, online digital storytelling course, “ds.106”. Alan will present his work on student blogging, digital photography, as well as the use of visuals/media and digital storytelling to help students design and build online identities, develop skills for networking and sharing, and tell their stories.

RSVP for Media Literacy in Teaching & Learning

We look forward to learning with you,

Lily D. McNair, Ph.D.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Katia Gonzalez, Ed.D.
Education Department
Faculty Scholar, Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

Frank Cafasso
Interim Chief Information Officer

In addition, students engaged in service learning had higher levels of what was called “faculty-student-site connection” than students primarily engaged in field trips. “Faculty-student-site connection” was composed of four factors from the faculty surveys:

• faculty communication with the site
• orientation to experiential learning by faculty
• orientation to experiential learning by the site
• faculty accompanying students to the site

To illustrate these results and promote the work being done in the Port Richmond neighborhood, brief profiles were displayed on campus and appear here.

Reference:  Keyes, C., 2006, Mental Health Continuum, short form, (“flourishing survey”).

Go to Student Learning Assessment homepage.

“Network,” a satirical film about a fictional television network and its struggle with poor ratings, tells the tale of TV news anchor Howard Beale, his on-air descent into madness, and the way corporate interests controlled the news media (and everything else). Released in 1976, the film won screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Other honors for “Network” include:

• 2000 — Selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry
• 2002 — Inducted into the Producers Guild of America Hall of Fame
• 2006 — Voted one of the Top 10 screenplays by the Writers Guild of America, East
• 2007 — Ranked #64 in the American Film Institute’s Top 100 greatest American films

Tom Santopietro is the author of “Sinatra in Hollywood,” “Considering Doris Day” (a New York Times Editor’s Choice), “The Importance of Being Barbra” and, most recently, “The Godfather Effect: Changing Hollywood, America and Me.” Combining stories and film clips, Santopietro lectures on all four books around the country. He also performs in “That’s Life!”, a tribute to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Tony Bennett, accompanied by Carnegie Hall headlining singer/pianist Tony DeSare.

The Barnes & Noble in-store interviewer for celebrity author appearances, Santopietro lectures nationwide on classic films. In addition, he has managed more than 30 Broadway shows over the past 25 years. A graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law, he says that he is “extremely happy not to be practicing law.”

In addition to “Network,” Tom Santopietro will host screenings and discussions of three more “Films on Film” this semester:

• March 19, “The Bad and the Beautiful,” directed by Vincente Minelli
• April 16, “Ace In The Hole,” directed by Billy Wilder
• May 7, “The Player,” directed by Robert Altman

• Purchase or preview the Fall 2012 issue here. To preview the entire issue online, click on word “Preview” under the cover illustration.
• And to see the entire catalogue of all 21 issues of the Forum, visit the online storefront.

• Horrmann Library
• Health Services
• Postal Center
• Copy Center
• Admissions

Positive comments about these and other top-rated offices included “very helpful”, “a comfortable place”, “nice people who interact well and do their best to help me”, “great service and fast results”.

The survey also included a question about people’s preferred method of communication, asking respondents to rank the choices of email, phone, text, FaceBook, and Twitter. Both students and employees responded that their preferred method was email, followed by phone. Open-ended comments indicated that email was more business-like, whereas text messages, FaceBook, and Twitter were seen as personal and informal in nature.

The following changes being made on campus have been based in part on the survey results:

• Students will receive an email alerting them when a “hold” is placed on their account. Some of the comments on the survey indicated that students found out about a hold only when they went online to register.
• A computer is being placed on the first floor of Cunard Hall for students to conduct transactions associated with the Business Office, Registrar’s Office, or Financial Aid.
• Improved signage in Cunard Hall, to reduce confusion about which office is where.

Contact Dr. Anne Love, Associate Provost for Assessment, alove@wagner.edu, if you have questions or additional comments.

Student Learning Assessment homepage

Go to Student Learning Assessment homepage.

• Joanna Emilio — “Analyzing the effect of Di-n-pentyl phthalate on the development and viability of Drosophila melanogaster” — Dr. Heather Cook, Wagner College research adviser
• Corey Gaylets — “Modification of a yeast strain toward the creation of a light-activated elongation factor” — research completed during a summer internship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine under supervision of Dr. Brendan Cormack; Dr. Christopher Corbo, Wagner College research adviser
• Felicia Rubertone — “Analyzing the effect of BPA on viability and development of Drosophila melanogaster” — Dr. Heather Cook, Wagner College research adviser

Corey Gaylets won a special award for best student presentation from a four-year institution.
“The kind of research these students are accomplishing is not only award-worthy,” said Wagner College biology professor Donald Stearns, “it is taking our students to exciting places and enhancing the reputation of Wagner College as an institution of higher education. Congratulations to all.”