A Note From Your AFACCT Coordinator

Stan Kajs

Chesapeake College

You are all invited to attend the Eleventh Annual AFACCT Conference on January 11 and 12, 2001, at the Community College of Baltimore County--Essex campus. Ken Bourn, the AFACCT representative from Essex, will be our host.

The conference this year will provide you with more opportunities to attend your preferred sessions. Most of your colleagues will be making their presentations twice so that more of you can hear them. We have invited only two guest speakers this year rather than three to give more time for these peer presentations. The names of peer presenters and summaries of the presentations are published in this issue of the Communitas.

You will want to hear this year’s exceptional guest speakers. Dr. Stanley Rosen, Professor of Philosophy from Boston University, will give the keynote address on Thursday, January 11 and conduct our "Meet the Speaker" session. Our featured speaker is Dr. Langenberg, Chancellor of the University System of Maryland. He will speak on Friday, January 12, during lunch. You may find their biographies and summaries of their speeches on our website at www.aacc.cc.md.us/afacct/  (new Web address: http://www.afacct.csmd.edu)

As you know, AFACCT is an organization of faculty funded by the community colleges of Maryland to promote faculty development. We are grateful to the instructional deans from your college for approving an increase in funding for AFACCT to continue its work. Through their support, we are able to keep the conference registration fee low to encourage attendance: $35 for two days and $20 for one day, with a nominal fee for late registration.

Your AFACCT representative will be giving you a registration form for the conference very soon. Complete it by December 18 and send it to me with your payment.

Join us on January 11 and 12, 2001, at the Community College of Baltimore County--Essex campus for the Eleventh Annual AFACCT Conference. We look forward to seeing you there.

Session 1 10:30-11:30

James Bell, Psychology, Howard Community College

This session will present and discuss current "hot" topics of interest to social science teachers. Participants are encouraged to bring their ideas and related handouts to share.

Marcia A. Hall, Library Science, Hagerstown Community College

The Maryland Library Leadership Institute (MILI) is dedicated to identifying, developing, and energizing future leaders in the library profession. Librarians in Maryland are aging and retiring. Those entering the field do not equal those leaving it. The same is true for the teaching profession, especially in higher education. Leaders are needed to inspire the profession and lobby for funds and services to keep and attract good people. The presentation will describe the Institute, compare it to programs in other states, review the history and funding and suggest that the MLLI is a model the Maryland community college faculty could copy and find beneficial.

Cynthia Horton and Mary Way Bolt, Nursing, Cecil Community College

This presentation will offer a guided discussion and/or suggestions for ways that faculty can increase critical thinking skills in their students. The focus will be on moving from lecture to teaching methods that promote critical thinking in an interactive manner.

Dr. Shree Iyengar, Chemistry and Dr. Gary Thomas, Business Management, Anne Arundel Community College

Funded in December 1999 by the Maryland Higher Education Commission, Maryland Faculty Online (the FOTTC grant) is an initiative to train faculty in the state’s colleges and universities. There are 40 faculty from two-year and four-year colleges and universities who have been attending regular training sessions to become knowledgeable about online teaching and learning. This presentation, not being discipline specific, focuses on various aspects of online teaching and the experiences of two of the faculty fellows from Anne Arundel Community College.

Ken Kerr, English, Frederick Community College

Morgan State University’s Urban Community College Leadership Doctoral Program is an intensive, cohort-structured program designed to have doctoral students complete course work in two years of weekend study. This information session will explain the program, provide application material, and offer attendees the opportunity to speak with instructors and current doctoral students.

Florence N. Lednum, Conway Gregory, R.R. (Mike) Sturm, Chesapeake College

Robert M. Tardiff, Kent N. Kimmel, Mark Frana, and K. Pete Lade, Salisbury State University

Colleen C. Dallam and Edward T. Taylor, Wor-Wic Community College

Chesapeake College, Salisbury State University, and Wor-Wic Community College are involved in a nationwide project, Quality in Undergraduate Education (QUE). The purpose of QUE is to develop processes for evolving disciplinary standards and for developing assessment tools for those standards for undergraduate education. The primary objective is to improve student learning. This project brings together faculty from four-year colleges with faculty from two-year colleges whose students frequently transfer to the four-year institution. The intent is that this collaboration will lead to a process that other such partnerships can apply to develop standards and assessment tools for three stages of a student’s career: entering freshman, rising junior, and graduating senior. The purpose of this session is to inform community college faculty and staff about QUE and to invite discussion, response, and involvement.

Dr. Michael H. Parsons, Sociology,

Cheyanne Lewis, Instructional Technician, Hagerstown Community College

Community college instruction in the 21^st century will change from teacher- to learner-centered. The presenters will review the use of CD-ROM technology, classroom simulation, and SCANS skills as critical incidents in making the transition. The focus will be a sophomore-level gerontology course.

K. Joann Pilachowski, English, Carroll Community College

This experiential workshop will present research on three means of enhancing the classroom experience: sound, color, and aroma. References for further reading will be provided. Participants are invited to bring journals, if they keep them, or a new one, if they would like to start writing.

Virginia Schurman, Biology, CCBC-Essex

This session will present ways of designing PowerPoint presentations which stimulate thought and discussion. They do so by setting up situations for students to think about and predict outcomes by using examples and images from the students own experiences and current events, as well as by using striking images which have a power to involve students beyond words. This approach can be used in all disciplines, but the presenters’ examples will be from biology.

Lori Spessard, Economics, Hagerstown Community College

This presentation addresses the challenge of change management from an academic point of view. Higher education must be modified to meet the needs of the life-long learner in a rapidly changing environment.

Douglas Wells, English, Frederick Community College

Challenges in developing instructions, commenting on essays, and answering students’ questions seem more formidable when teaching composition online. This presentation will suggest some measures English instructors can use in order to meet these challenges.

Session 2 11:45-12:45

James Bell, Psychology, Howard Community College

Marcia Hall, Librarian, Hagerstown Community College

By 2002, approximately half a million books will be published on the web. Titles published on the web will exceed those traditionally published by a ratio of 6 to 1. A reading device or e-book will allow us to purchase, download, and read these books. It is clear that the e-book, which is not really new technology, is about to become mainstream technology. What does this mean to "book people" both personally and professionally? What does an e-book look like? How does it work? What does it cost? And will we come to love it?

Cynthia Horton and Mary Way Bolt, Nursing, Cecil Community College

Dr. Shree Iyengar, Chemistry, and Dr. Gary Thomas, Business Management, Anne Arundel Community College

Ken Kerr, English, Frederick Community College

Florence N. Lednum, Conway Gregory, R.R. (Mike) Sturm, Chesapeake College

Robert M. Tardiff, Kent N. Kimmel, Mark Frana, and K. Pete Lade, Salisbury State University

Colleen C. Dallam and Edward T. Taylor, Wor-Wic Community College

Dr. Michael H. Parsons, Sociology,

Cheyanne Lewis, Instructional Technician, Hagerstown Community College

Virginia Schurman, Biology, CCBC-Essex

Sandy Shumway, English, Anne Arundel Community College

In a learning-centered classroom, students are encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning. To enhance motivation, teachers can guide students in developing their own learning objectives and in assessing their performance. The presenter will share student-generated learning objectives and assessment tools from her freshman composition and literature courses.

Douglas Wells, English, Frederick Community College

Session 3 2:15-3:15

Cynthia France, Instructional Design, Chesapeake College

Teachers can apply this research-based checklist to ensure the effectiveness of almost any class session. Dr. France demonstrates how and why the checklist works, using multiple in-class and online examples from various disciplines. Participants will be asked to contribute their own examples.

Cheryl Hack and Carol Veil, Biology, Anne Arundel Community College

Our presentation will share activities that encourage student behaviors that allow students to be more successful in biology classes. Two fundamental behaviors are attending class regularly and arriving for class on time. In addition, students are encouraged to pay attention in class and participate more fully in lectures and lab discussions and in lab activities. To further enhance their learning, students are motivated to prepare earlier and more thoroughly for exams. We have used these techniques in Fundamentals of Biology, General Microbiology, Genetics, and Anatomy and Physiology, but they could be utilized in any course.

Nancy Henry, Nursing, Delaware Technical Community College

Rose Miller, Nursing, College of Southern Maryland

Nancy and Rose have learned "most’ of the pitfalls for putting nursing courses online.

Come learn from their mistakes and their successes.

Jean-Louis Marchand, Sociology and Film, and Clayton Railey, English and Philosophy, Chesapeake College

This session would use a draft document entitled "Future Faculty Roles" to discuss the continually evolving role of the instructor in the academy.

Carl Minnier, Chemistry, and Irene Matusz, CCBC—Essex Campus

A tale of gif’s, jpeg’s, bitmaps, and javascript: A narration of our experiences in the creation and teaching of three online courses in chemistry and physics is presented with exposition of the courses. Our experiences with Dreamweaver and WebCT led us to choose to avoid the use of WYSIWYG’s and other templates in favor of writing the code ourselves.

Judith Peisen, Biology, Paul Jozik, Physics, Doroth Mayer, Mathematics,

Bernard Murphy, Biology, Nancy Thorpe, Chemistry, Hagerstown Community College

This session will involve participants in interdisciplinary Math/Life Sciences materials for a Mathematics Across the Curriculum (MATC) initiative. The underlying theme of the MATC vision is the integration of math and computational science into the undergraduate coursework of all students. The presenters will provide materials obtained at an NSF/Mathematics Association of America (MAA) conference in Summer 2000. Included will be 1. several biology laboratory activities that have been specifically modified to present and reinforce math concepts, 2.materials for use in an interdisciplinary Math/Environmental Science course (Earth Algebra, Schaufele et al.), 3. materials for developing problem solving skills in biology (Biomath, Keck and Patterson), 4. NSF grant application materials and ideas for funding MATC initiatives and 5. opportunities to share ideas on the implementation of the MATC vision. Faculty with interdisciplinary experience in math are especially encouraged to participate.

Cathy Sewell, Writing Center, Chesapeake College

To provide Academic Support Services for all students, including distance learning students, the Writing Center at Chesapeake College offers online writing consultations. This presentation will examine the theory and practice of responding to students’ writing in an online setting, as well as students’ papers and the responses they received.

Lori Spessard, Economics, Hagerstown Community College

Dody Welsh-Parris, English, Chesapeake College

Composition students at Chesapeake College used electronic technology to connect with students from UMBC and create a collaborative research and writing project. This presentation will look at benefits, limitations, and results of the project.

Deb Zankofski, Mathematics, Prince George’s Community College

Finite Mathematics was offered online for the first time in the Fall 2000 semester using Blackboard 5. The presentation will demo the course and the Blackboard Website. Lessons learned and changes for the Spring 2001 semester will also be discussed.

Session 4 3:30-4:30

Cynthia France, Instructional Design, Chesapeake College

Cheryl Hack and Carol Veil, Biology, Anne Arundel Community College

Jean-Louis Marchand, Sociology and Film, and Clayton Railey, English and Philosophy, Chesapeake College

Carl Minnier, Chemistry, and Irene Matusz, CCBC—Essex Campus

Judith Peisen, Biology, Paul Jozik, Physics, Doroth Mayer, Mathematics,

Bernard Murphy, Biology, Nancy Thorpe, Chemistry, Hagerstown Community College

Cathy Sewell, Writing Center, Chesapeake College

Sherman E. Silverman, Geography, Prince George’s Community College

Understanding history and cultural evolution can be taught through the interpretation of landscapes. The Catoctin Valley in Frederick County provides a micro study which brings together concepts and processes relevant to history, sociology, economics, and geography. In a sense the Valley reflects what American was and is now.

Dody Welsh-Parris, English, Chesapeake College

Deb Zankofski, Mathematics, Prince George’s Community College

Session 5 9:00-10:00

Sue Bard and Mary Alice Jost, Biological Sciences, Howard Community College

Two community college biology faculty have five years of experience in developing and implementing multimedia presentation software linked to a student study guide. Numerous samples will be used to illustrate how specific instructional goals are achieved. There will be discussion of content, organization, pedagogy, and learning styles, as well as student and part-time faculty reactions to the use of the material.

Peggy Beck, Mathematics, James Bridger, Biology, Nadene Houser-Archield, Chemistry, Martha Mathews, Speech/Theatre, Prince George’s Community College

Students who have successfully completed a course are employed as group leaders for current students, leading the groups through specially designed cooperative activities. PGCC faculty in the Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology departments will explain how it works and share sample group activities currently being used and future plans for use in English as a Second Language programs.

Forrest P. Chisman, Political Science, Howard Community College

Maryland Community College Presidents are launching a new initiative to improve instruction in Information Technology. The initiative has been dubbed MAITI-MACC. It is hoped that $5 million will be available in FY2002 and larger sums thereafter. The presentation will preview the initiative.

Kathleen Colarusso, English, College of Southern Maryland

An all-discipline faculty survey of student reading/writing demands and abilities was conducted at College of Southern Maryland. This presentation will cover the fascinating results and implications of the survey.

Anne C. Crowley, Health/Complementary Medicine, College of Southern Maryland

In this workshop, we will explore the energies of the seasons interpreted from the Chinese Classics on 5-Element Acupuncture. This is an offering to faculty for their own development and also to help them understand the energies of their students, administrators, family, and friends. We all have energies of nature within us—Winter-Water, Spring-Wood, Summer-Fire, Late Summer-Earth, and Autumn-Metal. We will explore the gifts of the seasons, energetic imbalances within us and practices to take on to smooth our interactions with others.

Arnita Hicks McArthur, English, Baltimore City Community College

Emily Jensen, English/Speech, and Gene Popiolek, Career Development and Decision Making, Harford Community College

For two semesters, we created a learning community at Harford Community College by linking English Composition and Career Development and Decision Making. We will share our experiences from the students’, faculty, and College’s perspectives. We view the experience as a special kind of "marriage" and will share what we learned about selecting a partner, creating a family, and renewing the vows.

Shirley Maase, Communication, Chesapeake College

This presenter will discuss results of a study which compared students in three settings: traditional classroom, fiber optic classroom, and the Internet. The focus included pre- and post-tests of communication competence, quality and quantity of student interaction, and student comfort level.

Jean-Louis Marchand, Sociology and Film, and Dody Welsh-Parris, English, Chesapeake College

Dr. Marchand and Ms. Welsh-Parris share the joys and pains of linking a film class to an introductory literature class in a hybrid face-to-face and online classroom. How does the learning community grow?

William Peirce, English, Prince George’s Community College

For the Middle States accrediting commission, PGCC designed an "institutional portfolio" of 13 heavily enrolled courses to assess general education learning outcomes by using course-embedded assignments. This review of the first year pilot project includes the procedures used, the decisions made, the work of the subcommittee, participation by departments, and the scoring of students’ assignments.

Karyn Schulz, Coordinator of Tutoring, and

Donna Tupper, Math/Computer Science, CCBC-Essex

Have you ever heard the excuse "I’d love to come to your office, but . . . " or another classic "I would go to the tutoring center, but . . . ." The Mathematics Department and the Coordinator of Tutoring at CCBC-Essex has put much of its math tutoring online. Whether students need extra practice or extra help, a quick question or one-on-one instruction, Dr. ELMO’s office hours are flexible to meet all students’ needs.

Lynn Tracey, Chemistry, and Carol Veil, Biology, Anne Arundel Community College

What is Online Tutoring and why would students or faculty want to participate in it? How many CyberProfessors does it take to successfully maintain an Online Science Tutoring Center? This presentation will include a review of the process by which the OSTC was established, a brief tour of the OSTC, a discussion of experiences with the OSTC, and an assessment of the successes and problems encountered along the way.

Session 6 10:10-11:10

Dr. William T. Anagnoson, Counseling, Montgomery College, Takoma Park

Help students achieve academic success by not letting F.E.A.R. stop them. Teach them to utilize learning techniques that fit their life style. Worksheets on self-motivation and self-management will be used so that students can take off on the runway to success.

Peggy Beck, Mathematics, James Bridger, Biology, Nadene Houser-Archield, Chemistry, Martha Mathews, Speech/Theatre, Prince George’s Community College

Kathleen Colarusso, English, College of Southern Maryland

G. Nevin Crouse, History/Geography, Chesapeake College

What is race? Can race be defined? What are the places of biology and sociology in a racial definition? The presenter will give an evolving, radical solution suggestion. Fireworks may ensure.

Anne C. Crowley, Health/Complementary Medicine, College of Southern Maryland

Ben Culbertson, Art, Hagerstown Community College

A fully online course may not be on your to-do list, but nearly every instructor can benefit from a website for supplemental instruction and communication. This session will take you step by step through the process of building a FREE course website using Blackboard.com and show you all the resources available to you at this level. Take this seminar and have a course website before your next class.

Arnita Hicks McArthur, English, Baltimore City Community College

Jean-Louis Marchand, Sociology and Film, and Dody Welsh-Parris, English, Chesapeake College

William L. Morton, Management and Accounting, College of Southern Maryland

The presenter will share his experiences using CD-ROM delivered casework in management courses. The CD’s were developed as part of the SCANS 2000 Project sponsored by Johns Hopkins University. The project attempts to help students acquire skills identified as necessary for the workplace by the Department of Labor.

William Peirce, English, Prince George’s Community College

Thomas H. Russ, Environmental Science, Community College of Baltimore

A technical program is often limited to the applied aspect of the subject matter with less attention given to issues of values and ethics. In the field, however technicians may encounter circumstances beyond the scope of a technical subject. Linking a social education to technical training is necessary to a complete academic experience.

Karyn Schulz, Coordinator of Tutoring, and

Donna Tupper, Math/Computer Science, CCBC-Essex

Session 7 11:20-12-20

Dr. William T. Anagnoson, Counseling, Montgomery College, Takoma Park

G. Nevin Crouse, History/Geography, Chesapeake College

Ben Culbertson, Art, Hagerstown Community College

Jennifer Gross, Teacher Education, Anne Arundel Community College

Are you stuck in the lecture mode? Why not branch out and turn your classroom into an active learning environment? This workshop will help you redesign your lecture plans to increase student learning, motivation, and achievement. Come see what students are raving about!

Dennis Klima. P.T., Allied Health, Baltimore City Community College

This presentation will review the overall value and benefits of humor in medicine; areas to be covered include depression, stress reduction, and wellness programs. Using this theme as a basis, a variety of teaching methods involving humor will be presented to demonstrate effective communication skills for students and their clients. The use of humor in the classroom will also be explored to facilitate learning course content and skills.

Shirley Maase, Communication, Chesapeake College

William L. Morton, Management and Accounting, College of Southern Maryland

Thomas H. Russ, Environmental Science, Community College of Baltimore
 
 

Lynn Tracey, Chemistry, and Carol Veil, Biology, Anne Arundel Community College

Spring Ward, Political Science, and Dr. Rosemary Nickerson, Biology, Hagerstown Community College

Take the journey with us as we recount some of the lessons learned while developing our new web courses in our respective subjects of political science and environment science. Our presentation focuses on our two decidedly different approaches toward individually pioneering the techniques of the magical and sometimes maniacal world of computers.

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