With Dr. Amy Moyer and Dr. Donald Leake
In schools across the country, studies have documented widening achievement disparities between African American and Hispanic students and their white counterparts; between poor and wealthy students; and between students of similar backgrounds educated in different parts of the country. Achievement, or opportunity, gap research, however, has offered few solutions in higher
education. How can we as educators meet the needs of our students and set them up for success at TCNJ?
Making Things with Computers and Glue
With John Kuiphoff
The Department of Interactive Multimedia and its partners have been working to create a makerspace that fosters a collaborative environment that embraces cross-disciplinary interaction, community outreach and entrepreneurship. This talk will demonstrate how 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines and other digital fabrication tools can influence the way that students and faculty can approach their work.
John Kuiphoff, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Interactive Multimedia at The College of New Jersey. He is a developer and designer who specializes in interactive computing and digital fabrication. John’s diverse skill set has enabled him to develop applications for Best Buy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Bucks County Children’s Museum. He is an active member at NextFab, a collaborative makerspace with digital and traditional fabrication tools, classes, events, and consulting services in Philadelphia, PA. John is a graduate of the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University.
Raising Awareness on the Student Experience with Electronic SIMS
With Dr. Amy Moyer and Dr. Donald Leake
Session participants will use an electronic simulation to reinforce key points and facilitate learning on recognizing potential barriers to success from the student perspective. The simulation follows first-year student, Carmen Lopez, as she learns to navigate college life, including identifying and leveraging resources, planning and goal setting, prioritizing, and communicating. We will follow up the simulation with discussion on how we can develop appropriate intervention strategies in our classroom that address these barriers.
Amy L. Moyer has been with the Center for American Lanugage & Culture since 2014. She holds an an M.Ed. in TESOL and an Ed.D. in International Educational Leadership. Amy has both studied and taught abroad for over fifteen years. Her areas of interest include curriculum design, teacher training, and program evaluation. She has conducted research on teacher education in Cambodia, Bangladesh, Latvia, and the United States.
Donald O. Leake is has been with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Administration and Secondary Education (EASE) since 1994. Currently, he serves as the Graduate Coordinator of EASE, and from 2009-2016 he served as the department’s chairperson. His interest areas include innovative leadership in urban schools, effective principal evaluation, and leadership development.
Anytime, Anywhere on Any Device – Use the Applications You Need When You Need Them
With Len Niebo
Over the past several years, TCNJ has been on a path towards the virtualization of servers, systems and storage. Moving forward, we will extend the capabilities of virtualization to the desktop. Virtual Application will allow users to access course applications, data, and files on any device, anytime and anywhere on or off campus. The Fall 2018 semester will see the deployment of virtual applications. Extension of this technology will occur to individual users being able to access their TCNJ application experience on campus anywhere they have an internet connection.
Leonard Niebo is the Director of Enterprise Infrastructure for The College of New Jersey. For over 15 years Len was a Technology Director/CIO for large K-12 school districts including a national charter school network.
Len has presented at many local, state, national and international conferences such as ISTE, CoSN, FETC and EduCause Connect on topics that vary from server virtualization to the effective use of technology in the classroom. Len was invited to be the keynote speaker at the province of Alberta, Canada’s Technology Leaders in Education Conference.
Len is an alumnus of the Richard Stockton University where he received his BA degree in History and Teacher Education. He received his MA in Educational Technology Management from Columbia University – Teachers College and will begin working on his doctorate in Higher Education Management at UPenn in August 2018.
Implementing evidence-based strategies to support the success of students in the School of Science
With Dr. Lynn Gazley, Dr. Gary Dickinson and Dr. Benny Chan
Through a variety of grant funded programs, the School of Science has learned a tremendous amount on why and how our students succeed and persist in our courses and majors. We have a moral imperative from these grants to sustain the changes in our departments and courses so that more students can benefit beyond the confines of the grants. In the Fall of 2016, we created a Task Force on Student Success charged with transforming the School toward student-ready curricula, practices, and structures. Throughout the process, we have integrated technology to facilitate our work by making it more collaborative and transparent. In this session, we’ll focus on three examples. First, the Task Force created a living collaborative document that acts as a handbook for faculty to house the recommendations. In our Course Design to Canvas workshops, we highlight ways Canvas can support inclusive teaching practices (without adding too much additional burden for faculty). Finally, we’ll demonstrate how these elements are used in the Foundations of Biological Inquiry course as a practical example.
Lynn Gazley is an Associate Professor in the Sociology and Anthropology Department. Her research focuses on structural changes to support diversity in STEM disciplines.
Gary Dickinson is an Associate Professor in the Biology Department. His research is in the area of adhesion, biomineralization, and larval behavior of marine invertebrates and their biological responses to ocean acidification and climate change.
Benny Chan is an Associate Professor in the Chemistry Department. His research is in the areas of Materials Chemistry, Crystallography, and the Science of Broadening Participation in STEM.
Web Conferencing Tools Using Canvas for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
With Dr. Abhishek Tripathi
Rapid growth of Web 2.0 enables increased media convergence, especially in respect of better communications. The advancement in the technology has enabled the paradigm shift and plays an important role in the knowledge creation and development. Web conferencing is one technique which gains a lot of attention from academic community for effective learning. In the earlier years of the internet, web conferencing was mostly used to describe group discussion and was not live, but web conferencing evolved and refer specifically to live and synchronous communication to attain the real time learning goals. In this presentation-talk we will discuss – what is web conferencing and webinar? Features of web conferencing using canvas; and importance of web conferencing in higher education.
Abhishek Tripathi, Ph.D., is assistant professor of Information systems in the School of Business at The College of New Jersey (New Jersey, USA). Tripathi has 9 years of teaching experience in IT-related graduate and undergraduate courses and worked professionally in the software and telecom domain for four years. His current research interests are in Crowdsourcing, Sustainable Educational Technologies, IT/S Leadership, Big Data, Software Project Management and Engineering, and Virtual Project Management.
Supporting Student Success: Accessibility and Universal Design in Canvas
With Dr. Judi Puritz Cook
What should faculty know about Universal Design for Learning and accessibility? This workshop explores best practices for developing accessible course content in Canvas. You’ll learn what you can do to make your course content accessible, as well as what TCNJ resources are available to assist you in meeting the needs of your students with disabilities.
Dr. Judi Puritz Cook is the Director of Instructional Design at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) where she supports faculty in best practices for integrating technology with teaching and learning. She is also an affiliated faculty member with the Communications Studies Department and teaches courses in Communication Theory and Media Communication. Before joining the administration at TCNJ, Dr. Cook spent 16 years as a faculty member in the Communications Department at Salem State University. She holds a doctorate in Mass Media & Communication from Temple University, a master’s degree in Communication from Florida Atlantic University, and bachelor’s degree in Communications from Boston University.