Learning and Student Engagement

Symposium on Learning and Student Engagement at Drexel
Wednesday, September 15 and Thursday, September 16, 2010
University City Campus

Click on the names of the sessions below for detailed information,
including recordings and other materials



Welcome Address from Provost Greenberg


Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Learning Across the Institution: Drexel Student Learning Priorities
  • Craig Bach, Associate Vice Provost for Curriculum and Assessment
  • Barbara Hornum, Director, Drexel Center for Academic Excellence and
    Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences

What Students Want

  • Janet Fleetwood, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Development and
    Professor, School of Public Health
  • Antonis Asprakis, Assistant Director of Academic Development
  • Panel of undergraduates

Employers Assess the Drexel Education

  • Peter Franks, Senior Associate Vice Provost, Steinbright Career Development Center
  • Panel of Employers
Challenging Our Students - Challenging Ourselves: Building a Strategy for Success (part 1)
  • Terrel Rhodes, Vice President of Office for Quality, Curriculum, and Assessment; Association of American Colleges and Universities

Introducing High Impact Practices

  • Barbara Hornum, Director, Drexel Center for Academic Excellence and Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Stephen C. Ehrmann, Senior Coordinator for Special Projects, Office of the Provost and Associate Clinical Professor, Learning Technologies, Goodwin College of Professional Studies

Breakout A
Capstone Courses and Projects

  • Ron Bishop, Professor, Culture & Communication, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Renée Weiss Chase, Professor, Fashion Design, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design

Breakout B
Writing-Intensive Courses

  • Scott Warnock, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Freshman Writing Program, Department of English and Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Karen Nulton, Director, The Drexel Writing Center, Drexel Writing Assessment, Department of English and Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences
Rethinking the First Year Experience Course at Drexel
  • Dan Dougherty, Executive Director, Center for Civic Engagement
  • Jennifer Johnson, Assistant Director, Center for Civic Engagement
  • Faculty Panel
Thursday, September 16, 2010

How Can Faculty and The New Libraries Work Together To Improve Learning?
  • Danuta Nitecki, Dean of the Libraries and Professor of Information Science and Technology, The College of Information Science and Technology
Using New Technologies to Support Teaching and Learning - Three concurrent sessions

Breakout C
Engaging Students with Electronic Portfolios

  • Rich Varenas, Analyst/ Programmer, IRT
  • Dan Driscoll, Associate Teaching Professor of English and Associate Director of the Writing Center, COAS
  • Eric Poole, Director, Instructional Technology, Office of the Dean of LCOB
Breakout D
Engaging Students with Polling Systems

  • Michael Shelmet, Assistant Director of Online Learning, Information Resources and Technology, Online Instructional Support
  • Larry Epstein, Associate Teaching Professor, Arts & Entertainment Enterprise, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Breakout E
Capturing and Repurposing Your Lectures

  • Jeffrey Berman, Senior Applications Administrator, ITS-IRT
  • Rob Rasberry, Assistant Director, Facility Services, ITS-IRT
Challenging Our Students - Challenging Ourselves: Building a Strategy for Success (part 2)
  • Terrel Rhodes, Vice President of Office for Quality, Curriculum, and Assessment; Association of American Colleges and Universities

Breakout F
Quality Matters-Aligning Goals, Teaching, and Assessment
  • Jean Runyon, Dean of the Virtual Campus at Anne Arundel Community College, Master Peer Reviewer and member of the Quality Matters Academic Advisory Council, the Quality Matters Program, Annapolis, MD
Breakout G1
High Impact Practices: Collaborative Projects and Experiences
  • Eva Thury, Associate Professor, Department of English and Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Timothy P. Kurzweg, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Breakout H
Engaging Students with Technologies
A series of three half-hour sessions:

Next Steps

  • Janice M. Biros,Vice Provost for Budget, Planning, and Administration, Office of the Provost
  • N. John DiNardo,Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Office of the Provost


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