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2015 Sessions

Use Texting to Increase on-time Homework Submission Rate

Tanvir, Prince, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Hostos CC.

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Creating a Virtual Community: Using Digital Stories to Connect Classmates on Blackboard 2015

Creating a Virtual Community: Using Digital Stories to Connect Classmates on Blackboard

Presenter: Jane K. Cleland, Lecturer & Director, Program for Professional Communications, English, Lehman Abstract: Distance learning…

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"Flipped Classroom" Information Literacy in Business Management Courses – What Have We Learned? 2015

“Flipped Classroom” Information Literacy in Business Management Courses – What Have We Learned?

Presenter: Madeline Cohen, Assistant Professor, Library; & Deborah Sanders, Lecturer, Business and Economics,Lehman Abstract: This presentation…

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Narrative Pedagogy 2015

Narrative Pedagogy

Presenter: Rowland Ramdass, Assistant Professor, Allied Health, Hostos Community College Abstract: This presentation will discuss how…

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Promoting Community and Student Engagement through Innovative Use of the Online Environment 2015

Promoting Community and Student Engagement through Innovative Use of the Online Environment

Presenter: Amy Ramson, Associate Professor; Karen Steinmayer, Assistant Professor, Behavioral & Social Sciences; & Julie Trachman,…

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Meeting the Online Challenge: Digital Solutions for Engaging Different Kinds of Learners 2015

Meeting the Online Challenge: Digital Solutions for Engaging Different Kinds of Learners

Presenter: Kate Mazza, Adjunct Assistant Professor, History, Lehman; Thomas Hafer, Adjunct Assistant Professor, History, John Jay…

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Two Heads Are Better than One!: Forming Creative Partnerships in Online Learning 2015

Two Heads Are Better than One!: Forming Creative Partnerships in Online Learning

Presenter: Alyson Vogel, Senior Instructional Designer, John Jay Online, John Jay College;Jennifer Hamano, Graduate Teaching Fellow,…

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Hybrid Initiatives‐ supporting faculty who teach online 2015

Hybrid Initiatives‐ supporting faculty who teach online

Presenter: William Bernhardt, Associate Professor, Co‐Director, Faculty Center for Professional Development; Gloria Gianoulis, Lecturer; & Susan…

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Flipped Chemistry ‐‐ Encouraging Students to Become Better Learners 2015

Flipped Chemistry ‐‐ Encouraging Students to Become Better Learners

Presenter: Donna McGregor, Assistant Professor; & Pamela Mills, Professor, Chemistry, Lehman Abstract: For the past three…

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The Master Class: Who, What, Where, When, Why, and HOW 2015

The Master Class: Who, What, Where, When, Why, and HOW

Presenter: Mary Tesoro, Assistant Professor, Nursing; & Stephen Castellano, Online Teaching and Learning Technology Specialist, Online…

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Student Developed Course Content Using Rich Media in an Online Course Environment 2015

Student Developed Course Content Using Rich Media in an Online Course Environment

Presenter: Elys Vasquez‐Iscan, Assistant Professor, Education, Hostos Community College Abstract: Online courses are becoming a medium…

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Virtual Office Hours Using Blackboard Collaborate 2015

Virtual Office Hours Using Blackboard Collaborate

Presenter: Natasha Nurse, Lecturer, Nursing, Lehman Abstract: Virtual Office Hours are a possibility that any professor…

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Pedagogical Aspects of Using Mobile Devices in the Biology Classroom 2015

Pedagogical Aspects of Using Mobile Devices in the Biology Classroom

Presenter: Vyacheslav Dushenkov, Assistant Professor; & Zvi Ostrin, Assistant Professor, Natural Sciences, Hostos Community College Abstract:…

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Improving Pronunciation through Smartphones 2015

Improving Pronunciation through Smartphones

Presenter: Juan Soto‐Franco, PhD Candidate, Writing Center, Bronx Community College Abstract: This presentation describes the purpose,…

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Beyond Recruitment & Retention: Success Via a Data‐Centric Eco‐System 2015

Beyond Recruitment & Retention: Success Via a Data‐Centric Eco‐System

Presenter: David Stevens, Manager of Web Services; Joseph Medved, Manager of Database and Applications; Aarti Deshmukh,…

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Building an Online Student Community from Within at BMCC 2015

Building an Online Student Community from Within at BMCC

Presenter: Joseph Lathan, Associate Director; Alex Pereira, Student, Technical Support Coordinator; Brian Nemeth, Student, Technical Support…

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What We Have in Common(s): WordPress and its Anthologizing Possibilities 2015

What We Have in Common(s): WordPress and its Anthologizing Possibilities

Presenter: Anne Lovering Rounds, Assistant Professor, English, Hostos Community College Abstract: This presentation addresses the experience…

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Beyond Genius: Teaching with Interactive Playlists in a History of Pop Music Course 2015

Beyond Genius: Teaching with Interactive Playlists in a History of Pop Music Course

Presenter: Timothy Alborn, Professor, History, Lehman Abstract: Since it first appeared in 2009 as a rap-lyric…

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Blackboard e‐Portfolio: Transitioning Existing Activities to New Technologies 2015

Blackboard e‐Portfolio: Transitioning Existing Activities to New Technologies

Presenter: Helen Keier, Manager of Support Services; Chandra Shehigian, Training and Support Specialist; Caroline Peppers, Blackboard…

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Flipping the script! Rewriting educational narratives of Latino students at Bronx Community College 2015

Flipping the script! Rewriting educational narratives of Latino students at Bronx Community College

Presenter: Monique Guishard, Lecturer, Social Sciences, Bronx CC; Jose Morel; Brandol Barcena; Jellinthon Henriquez; Suleika Rodriguez,…

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Using Blackboard, iPads and Nearpod in Pedagogical Research with Student Research Assistants 2015

Using Blackboard, iPads and Nearpod in Pedagogical Research with Student Research Assistants

Presenter: Kate Wolfe, Assistant Professor, & Sarah Hoiland, Assistant Professor, Behavioral & Social Sciences, Hostos CC;…

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