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Faculty Training June 25, 2008 Lone Star College System Dr. Marsha Fralick

Faculty Training June 25, 2008 Lone Star College System Dr. Marsha Fralick. Overview Morning. Features Technology for the New Millennial Student Overview of CollegeScope Administering the Do What You Are (DWYA) and Productivity Environmental Preference (PEPS) learning style inventory

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Faculty Training June 25, 2008 Lone Star College System Dr. Marsha Fralick

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  1. Faculty Training June 25, 2008 Lone Star College System Dr. Marsha Fralick

  2. Overview Morning • Features • Technology for the New Millennial Student • Overview of CollegeScope • Administering the Do What You Are (DWYA) and Productivity Environmental Preference (PEPS) learning style inventory • Log into your account and take the DWYA and PEPS

  3. Overview Afternoon • Resources for faculty • Interpreting the Do What You Are • Exercises • Interpreting the PEPS • Exercise

  4. Overview Tomorrow • Research on student success • Using CollegeScope to improve student retention and success • Tips for engaging students in learning • Key ideas and exercises for topics in CollegeScope

  5. What are your goals for this workshop? Think Pair Share

  6. Features

  7. College Success 1 • Resources for faculty and students http://www.collegesuccess1.com/ Details after lunch Training Notes

  8. Careers: A Key Component • Personality • Learning Style • Interests • Values • Career Research

  9. Key Themes • Personality • Learning style

  10. Personality Carl Jung and personality type Online:

  11. The PEPS Learning Style Assessment • Measures preferences in 20 areas

  12. Keys to Success • At the end of each chapter • Inspiration • Positive thinking • For example: • Life is a dangerous opportunity

  13. Broad Scope • College success • Career success • Lifelong success

  14. College Success • Motivation • Time and Money • Memory and Reading • Test Taking • Taking Notes, Writing and Speaking

  15. Career Success • Personality and Related Majors • Learning Style and Intelligence • Interests and Values • Career and Educational Planning

  16. Lifelong Success • Communication and Relationships • Critical and Creative Thinking • Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle • Appreciating Diversity • Positive Thinking • Life Stages

  17. Applied Psychology • From theory to practice • Academically rigorous, yet practical • Easy to read

  18. Engaging Students in Learning • Interactive online format with journal entries, quizzes, activities, surveys, videos • Classroom exercises for engaging students in learning

  19. Personalized for each college • Includes your information about counseling, financial aid, health and other student services

  20. Personalized for each student • Based on personality and learning style • Refers to the student by their name

  21. Technology A Skill Needed for College Success

  22. New Millennials • Our current college students • Most were born with a computer in the home and were using them by age 5 • Cyber generation • The connected generation • 82% are online daily • Average 12 hours per week online

  23. Being in the Millennial Generation, I did start using computers as a young child. I learned how to spell with the help of computers and how to read with computerized books. Computers have always been a part of my life, which is probably why I am so drawn to them.Dawn Cardenas College Success Student

  24. These New Millennial students are now being called Generation E • What does the “E” stand for?

  25. New Millennials or Generation E • 18-30 years old • Empowered • Entitled • Electronic • Leading change from paper to electronic media

  26. Introduce yourself. Where are you in the technology continuum? • Baby boomer 1946-1964 • Generation X 1965-1977 • New Millennials 1977-1995 • How much technology did you use in college?

  27. America’s Perfect Storm Technological innovation and globalization have changed the world of work. Higher levels of education equal higher pay. Large numbers of students lack literacy skills, especially disadvantaged minorities. The population is becoming older and more diverse. Most new growth from immigrants with lower skills..

  28. Many of our community college students are not prepared for the storm

  29. To prepare for good paying job in the future, students need: • Reading • Writing • Math • Career planning • Technology They need to become lifelong learners.

  30. Technology • Most college courses, especially upper division courses, have online components • Working in an online environment is essential for high paying careers • Students are disadvantaged if they do not have access to the Internet and are skilled in using it

  31. Rationale for Using Technology • It prepares students for good paying jobs in the future • Improved retention and success • New roles for faculty • Your students use it • It captures their attention • Education any time or place

  32. New features for fall • New updated edition • Faculty comments on student work on student portfolio • New chapter order • Chapter 1: Motivation • Chapter 2: Personality • Chapter 3: Learning Style

  33. CollegeScope: An Overview • http://www.collegescope.com/cuyamaca

  34. Time for a Break? Let’s move to the computer lab.

  35. Let’s PracticeHow Students Register and Log In • http://www.collegescope.com/ccs/cy-fair • http://www.collegescope.com/ccs/kingwood • http://www.collegescope.com/ccs/montgomery • http://www.collegescope.com/ccs/northharris • http://www.collegescope.com/ccs/tomball

  36. The difference between a faculty and student account • The student account has /ccs/ • ccs stands for college and careersuccess

  37. Log into your account • http://www.collegescope.com/cy-fair • http://www.collegescope.com/kingwood • http://www.collegescope.com/montgomery • http://www.collegescope.com/northharris • http://www.collegescope.com/tomball

  38. How to Log On • Log in with your e-mail address • Use the password that was mailed to you (summer) • Update your account

  39. Add a Student • Click on My Students • Click on Add Students • Put a checkmark in the box next to Sample Student • Click Add to Me

  40. Get Ready for the Assessments • Do What You Are • Peps

  41. Carl Jung 1875-1961 • We are born with natural preferences which we develop over a lifetime. • There are no good or bad types. • Each type has their own unique gifts and talents. • Exercise: What is a preference?

  42. Administering the DWYA • Find a time when you are not tired or rushed. • There are no right or wrong answers. • Answer quickly giving your first impression. Do not over analyze. • You will have a chance to look at your profile and change it if you think it is not correct.

  43. Administering the DWYA • Answer the questions honestly to get the best results. • Answer the questions how you usually are when you are not stressed. • Do not answer the questions: • How you want to be • How you have to be at home, work or school • How others want you to be

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