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Developing And Transitioning Faculty To Online Teaching, Barbara Serianni

SoTL Commons Conference

In the midst of decreasing trend in postsecondary enrollment, enrollment in fully online programs continues to trend upward (U.S. Department of Education, 2018). Given the persistent growth of online learning in higher education as the result of adding fully online courses to traditional on-campus programs of study and the persistent development of new fully online programs, the question of instructional effectiveness must be asked. Are faculty in traditional 4-year public universities prepared to effectively deliver online instruction and support the needs of online students? If they are, how were they prepared? If they are not, how can they be prepared?

Critical Teaching Behaviors: What Does "Good" Teaching Look Like?, Lauren M. Barbeau, Claudia Cornejo Happel

SoTL Commons Conference

How can faculty and administrators identify and document evidence of “good” teaching? Defining “good” teaching as the implementation of evidence-based practices proven to foster success, we developed a Critical Teaching Behaviors framework consisting of six categories of observable behaviors: alignment, assessment, inclusive learning environment, student engagement, educational technology, and reflective practice. We will present an overview of the meta-analysis conducted to construct the framework, participants will then use the framework to reflect on their teaching practice before providing feedback on its design and usefulness in documenting effective teaching behaviors at their institutions.

Engagement, Innovation, Impact: Aacsb Definition And Faculty Perspective On Implementation, Melek Meral Anitsal, Ismet Anitsal, Liz Alexander, Michael Jones, Tommy Hsu

Atlantic Marketing Association Proceedings

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A Collaborative Approach To Blended Learning Design And Activities To Engage Students: A Case Study, Tulay Girard, Lori Lysiak

Atlantic Marketing Association Proceedings

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Incentivizing Better Writing: The Fatal Flaw Policy, Kirsten Passyn, Michael Weeks

Atlantic Marketing Association Proceedings

No abstract provided.

An Innovative Approach To Marketing Curriculum That Prepares Students For The Workforce, Diane R. Edmondson, Lucy M. Matthews

Atlantic Marketing Association Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Síndrome Del Imposter: Feeling Like A Fraud And Overcoming The Symptoms, Erika Solis

First-Generation Symposium

Constantly comparing yourself to others. Questioning your abilities. Feeling like a fraud. These are a few symptoms of imposter syndrome, and it's common in first-generation students. It's a psychological pattern, where someone doubts their achievements and is afraid of being exposed as a 'fraud'. It can shape a student's entire identity in college, leading to stress, anxiety, and depression. This presentation will cover the broader symptoms of imposter syndrome and how it can greatly influence first-generation college students. We'll discuss the long-term effects of it, what students can do to overcome it, and how faculty can support their students.

Las Vias: Creating Pathways To Graduation, Dr. Maud Fried-Goodnight, Iris Torres

First-Generation Symposium

Rowan College of South Jersey - Cumberland campus (previously Cumberland County College) implemented the Las Vias - Pathways to Graduation program, with required Touch Points to guide students to credential completion over the past 5 years. Graduation rates have increased 19% for Hispanic students, 9% for African American students and 13% for all students. Vías hacia la Graduación, a Title V grant funded program established Academic Pathways, a team of bilingual Student Development Advisors, and an Early Alert system to raise Flags, report Attendance, and Kudos. Hispanic/ Latino and African American students, First Generation and Pell recipients demonstrated progress toward …

First To Fly: Building First Generation Campus Community From The Ground Up, Claude Taylor, Jenna Fleming

First-Generation Symposium

This panel will highlight the development, growth, and evolution of First to Fly: First Generation at Monmouth. Launched in spring 2017, First to Fly provides student-centered initiatives designed to offer academic, social, and personal support for students who identify as first-generation. Co-presenters Claude Taylor and Jenna Fleming will discuss a range of challenges and successes related to raising awareness of first-generation identity and experiences on their campus. The design of these initiatives is to build an inclusive community across students, faculty, and staff stakeholders. Particular attention will be given to defining first-generation identity, the role of mentoring, and promoting campus-wide …

Challenges Foster Youth Face In Pursuing Higher Education, Hailey D'Elia

First-Generation Symposium

This discussion aims to address the challenges that foster youth face in pursuing higher education. With little to no family and community support college is more demanding for foster youth. About 50% of foster youth graduate from high school and less than 3% of foster youth graduate from four-year colleges. Additionally, first generation foster youth face their own unique identities and trials in college. This discussion will include a personal perspective of how foster youth are viewed in the education system.

The First-Generation Latinx Experience And How Families Hold The Key To Retention, Yasmin Acosta

First-Generation Symposium

Drew University’s new initiative Launch is designed to prepare students/future leaders with the skills necessary to adapt to a changing workforce in the 21st century. Our goal is to help our students create a purpose-driven life plan in line with their interests, skills, and values, and the confidence to put this plan into action. Launch consists of a 1-credit mandatory course for first-year students that includes a selfassessment piece, three guaranteed immersive experiences, professional and identity/intercultural development, mentor relationships with peers, alumni, staff, faculty, and community members and the creation of a career plan e-portfolio. Launch also includes Career and …

What About The "Others"? Addressing Class-Based Microaggressions And Supporting Fgli Students At Penn, Hatef Alavi

First-Generation Symposium

First-Generation and/Lower income students are often seen as the “others”, which is a terminology that was used by Ronald Takaki to refer to anyone who is not White and comes from low socioeconomic status (Takaki, 2008). Over the past three decades, college enrollment for first-generation students have increased and it continues to rise. However, higher education institutions are still experiencing higher attrition and lower retention and graduation rates in relation to this population (Blackwell & Pinder, 2014). Some contributing factors to this issue are lack of parental support, absence of knowledge on how to navigate the higher education system, financial …

An Overlooked Piece Of First-Gen College Success: Overcoming Past Traumatic Experiences, Dr. Angelle Richardson, Dr. Dyron Corley

First-Generation Symposium

Transitioning to higher education is a challenge for most first-generation students; however, it can be even more challenging for those who have experienced past trauma. Up to 85 percent of young people report being exposed to a traumatic event before entering college. Often, educators who are not trained to recognize trauma responses can miss signs when they appear in their students. This can create distance in the student/educator relationship. This workshop session will help educators recognize signs of and triggers for trauma so that they can better serve the students in their care. Using the principles of the Sandy Blume’s …

Put Some "Respeck" On The Respect Of The First-Gen Student Experience, Dr. Dyron J. Corley, Dr. Dana C. Kemery

First-Generation Symposium

First-generation students bring various experiences and understandings to the educational environment that can enrich the overall experience for students, faculty, and staff members. Although this student population has meaningful past experiences to share, they often do not know how to capitalize on those experiences or how the experiences align with ultimate college success. As educators, we often miss the mark focusing on the task of being a “student” versus building on the strengths learners already have within them. It is easy to view and interact with these learners from a deficit mindset, negating the abilities they already have. At Rutgers-Camden, …

Two Generations Of First-Gen Stories: What Has Changed And What Has Not, Rosaria Pipitone, Ma, Cdfi, Tommy Choi

First-Generation Symposium

Tommy Choi is a Biology major at Rowan University, a Resident Assistant, and an IWS worker at the Office of Career Advancement. Rosaria Pipitone is the Associate Director of Career Readiness at the Office of Career Advancement. Both are bilingual, first-generation students who come from different cultural backgrounds. Together, they share their stories of navigating the education system and the world of work from a first-generation standpoint.

Positing Strength: Shifting Perspective & Focus On Low-Income, First-Generation Students' Experiences, Ricky Urgo, Richard Jones

First-Generation Symposium

This presentation explores and celebrates the strengths of students who find themselves at the merger of being first generation and low income identities, and the role of having staff members who've either lived the experience or seek to embrace students living this truth. Considering the increase in students with these identities on campus nationally (33% of students on average), it behooves us to shift perspectives away from deficits and celebrate the skill sets that students bring to our campuses. Using Yosso's (2005) Community Cultural Wealth Model, this presentation seeks to highlight the strengths students bring to our campuses and the …

How To Figure Out College (When You're Family Can't Help You), Stephanie Abraham

First-Generation Symposium

In this presentation, I will talk about my own experiences as a first generation high school graduate and college student. Specifically, I will address the lack of support in high school, difficulty of applying for and finding financial aid, and the problem of "time" during undergraduate preparation. I will offer some advice for first generation students and faculty; however, I will also offer a strong critique of the structure of the United States’ university system, which must be changed to offer equal and equitable support for all people who want to attend a university or college.

The Resilience And Success Of Adult College Students Who Have Been Impacted By Parental Incarceration, Sandra Joy, Phd, Lcsw, Mikenzie Lord, Sunovia Scudder

First-Generation Symposium

Given the increased attention in recent decades to the national crisis of mass incarceration, the children of incarcerated parents have also been receiving increasingly more attention. Researchers have found that the children of those who have been incarcerated, are also paying the price of their parent's sentence. With the odds set against them, there are children who are resilient and have "beat the odds." On Rowan University's campus, there is a student group, Youth Empowerment Program, who have been impacted by parental incarceration at some point in their lives. With the disenfranchisement their parents face, they have also faced challenges …

Piecing It Together: The Puzzle Of The First-Generation Identity Crisis, Bareeq Barqawi

First-Generation Symposium

After first enrolling in college, comparatively more first-generation students drop out than their non-firstgeneration peers before earning a degree. Although first generation students are gaining access to college, the support structures created within these institutions may fall short to address the psychological needs and deep-seated issues they face. How can we better understand these experiences and what can we do to help guide them through these phases? Using the “culture shock” framework, this session will review the four stages of “culture shock” and the way they correlate directly to the firstgeneration student experience. The four phases to be discussed are: …

Understanding And Supporting The Transition Of Marginalized Students Entering College, Taylor Sweet, Barb Dos Santos, Meagan Seago, Derrick Paladino

National Cross-Cultural Counseling and Education Conference for Research, Action, and Change

Although all new college students experience adjustments and transitions, marginalized students entering a majority populated campus may encounter additional obstacles. This presentation will explore the collegiate ecological system’s impact on this transition and the potential mental health issues that arise. Exploring both domestic-minority and international students, presenters will discuss struggles, strengths, and offer insight into counseling approaches and campus supports.

Seeing The Global Physical Context Of Wholeness, Hamid Rafizadeh

Learning Teaching Forum

Kennedy Union 311

The pursuit of the whole person through models like 3H (head, heart, hands) my miss a critical physical aspect within which the wholeness develops and exists. One such aspect originates at the earth’s two versions. Humankind has a good understanding of one version and little if any of the second. Such lack of knowledge would adversely affect the development and maintenance of human wholeness. This proposal considers a workshop at the 2020 Learning and Teaching Forum to address this knowledge deficiency in University of Dayton’s community through participative knowledge processing and systems thinking.

Building Bodies, Building Minds, Lis Regula

Learning Teaching Forum

Kennedy Union 211

Majors level Human Anatomy has long been taught as a gatekeeping class for medical schools of graduate schools, and has been highly professionalized due to this. It has also been constructed historically in a very hierarchical paradigm that has multiple oppressions supporting both the study of anatomy and the anatomy classroom. Besides these social issues around anatomy, there are the pedagogical issues of treating this material as something to just memorize and not understand that can cause problems for a student of anatomy. Disrupting these processes can be a very powerful force for anti-racism, anti-sexism, and hopefully …

The Power Of Collaboration: Cross-Boundary Contributions To Students’ Holistic Success, Dorothy Mensah-Aggrey

Learning Teaching Forum

Kennedy Union 311

Cross boundary and collaborative education have existed in the past. The University of Dayton’s attempt to reignite these concepts of education is in line with its Catholic Marianist identity. Education can be achieved in silos or collaboration of various entities on campus, both face-to-face and in current times, online as well. This presentation will offer ways in which the Institute for Pastoral Initiatives has in the past achieved collaboration with other departments on campus, and how this can be done across the board for maximum student development.

Keywords: Catholic, collaborate, develop, educate, students, whole person, online formation, …

Overcoming Institutional Barriers To Service Learning, Talia Smith, Annie Zou, Grace Nelson, Ali Al-Ghaithi

Center for Engagement and Community Development

Partnerships between universities and community organizations contribute to sustainable community development by creating networks of resources that may not otherwise exist among university faculty, students and community members. Service learning serves as a vessel for connecting and strengthening these resources; however, barriers within universities limit effective practice. University faculty members often cite time constraints, coordination challenges, and lack of support as deterrents to the incorporation of service learning projects in their courses. To overcome such barriers, universities can implement institutional structures and programs that facilitate community-engaged learning. A case study of the Service Learning Academy (SLA) at the University of …

Conference Program 2020, Sotl Commons Conference

SoTL Commons Conference

Conference Program