Introduction Constructivist learning environments are rich learning environments which involve problem-solving activities (Roblyer, Edwards, & Havriluk, 1997), cooperative and collaborative group learning, and learning through exploration. Cognitive constructivism contends that knowledge is constructed and made meaningful through an individual’s interactions…
Introduction The Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems of Pace University is a leader in courses of service-learning in New York (Coppola, Daniels, Gannon, Hale, Hayes, Kline, Mosley, Novak & Pennachio, 2008). The faculty of the school in…
The last half of the twentieth century saw the rise in institutions of higher learning in the United States of “service-learning,” “experiential learning,” or “engaged learning.” Concurrently, these same institutions came to understand “internationalization” as a necessary tool for preparing…
Abstract Farmingdale State College is an institution of applied technology within the State University of New York. Teaching and learning across the campus is structured to progressively expand students’ knowledge and prepare them for work in their discipline through exercises…
Introduction The mission of community colleges has recently taken center stage in the national public debate. Should community colleges be dedicated to training workers for the economic marketplace, or should they provide the first two years of a liberal arts…
To provide students at a large urban community college with the academic advisement essential for academic success, the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), City University of New York (CUNY), instituted an extensive advisement program that included a team of…
Introduction On the surface, it seemed a most improbable pairing: Two-Dimensional Design (VIS 112) and Freshman Composition (EGL 101). After all, the first class relies on the precise choice and placement of images; the second, on the precise choice and placement of words. But…
Introduction In this article I provide a snapshot of how some classes have been improved and enriched using a combination of techniques that allow for both the instructor voice and student voices to be heard outside the traditional classroom setting.…
Introduction Cogenerative dialogues (cogens) are discussions over shared experiences of teaching and learning and can involve students, instructors, researchers, and sometimes administrators (Tobin & Robin, 2006). They can address, for example, the extent to which teaching benefits learners, the roles…
Introduction Education has changed as a result of technological advances. Millennials, a new generation of students who have grown up with the Internet, are college age. They use the Internet to manage their daily lives and consider themselves technologically savvy.…
Our commitment to teaching includes multiple active learning strategies. This excerpt from our panel, Transforming Pedagogies, Practices, and Products, highlights five innovative ways to enhance the traditional classroom format from lectures to meaningful hands-on activities. As a cross-disciplinary panel, represented by…
Farmingdale State College (FSC) was founded in 1912. Over the past 100 years, the institution has grown and evolved, morphing from one identity into another. Its first identity was as a public agricultural institute. By the late 1940’s (when FSC…
The use of technology in the classroom, and online learning, has become the most important pedagogical instrument of the twenty-first century. According to one report, almost one-in-three American college students are taking, or have taken, online courses. This past year,…
Introduction With the assistance of a Title III “Students First Grant,” three project-based learning techniques and a field trip were implemented into a section of Materials and Methods of Construction (CON 161) in the fall 2011 semester. In addition to enhancing the…
McLuhan’s vision of the global village has never been more compelling than it is today. The world in which our students are coming of age—and which they are helping to create—calls for greater international understanding and cooperation. One way to…
Introduction Faculty from three colleges presented innovative service-learning courses in which programs were developed in the community to address specific needs of school-age children, senior citizens, and homeless adults. The first of these unique programs was presented by Ruth Zealand…
Introduction At Marygrove College, students in every discipline are required to complete a senior research seminar experience. In the business and computer information systems disciplines, students are immersed in an outcomes-based capstone experience that is required at the end of…
In this “flat” world, interdisciplinary practices, which often involve problem-solving, have become increasingly essential. The traditional disciplinary practices of many academic institutions are restrained by their approaches to problems, use of theory, and traditional questions. Problem-solving, by its complexity and…
Introduction For thousands of years, the human voice has been an essential instructional tool. Teachers talked to students and students responded with questions and comments. This content-?focused conversation has been the basis of almost all subsequent teaching and learning approaches.…
Spelman College has established strategic initiatives that inform and frame the curricular and co-curricular experience for students, faculty and staff for the next five years. As we think of intellectual engagement opportunities and the qualities and experiences that we hope…