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Turning Different Disciplines and Departments into a Single Learning Community

Turning Different Disciplines and Departments into a Single Learning Community. Challenging students with authentic problems (supports Ken Bain’s central theme in What the Best College Teachers Do ).

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Turning Different Disciplines and Departments into a Single Learning Community

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  1. Turning Different Disciplines and Departments into a Single Learning Community Challenging students with authentic problems (supports Ken Bain’s central theme in What the BestCollege Teachers Do) Carmen Powers & Patricia Kuby Monroe Community College

  2. Benefits of integrating classes from different disciplines through a service learning projectWho Benefits? Students: • Real life application of theory requiring critical thinking • Time driven coordination • Timely and continuous feedback • Integration into entire college community • Resume and transfer applications enhanced • Possibility of additional presentations and scholarships • Empowering students through in-depth individualized learning

  3. Benefits of integrating classes from different disciplines through a service learning projectWho Benefits? College Community: • Embraces college’s strategic plan’s emphasis on forging connections between student learning and success, leading to life-long learning and citizenship • Breaks down silos • Builds internal relationships based on trust • Reassessment of course objectives and outcomes • Actionable Quantitative Analysis for free • Provides marketing ideas for administration

  4. Course/ProjectCombinations/Collaborations What we did: a) Based on department/college/administration level involvement, determined a need that involved analysis and recommendations for moving forward b) Integrated an Honors Statistics and an Honors Marketing to collaborate on project (all Honor courses - WR – writing intensive) What you could do: (combinations abound) Accounting, Advertising, Anthropology, Art, Audio Visual Technology, Biology, Communication, Criminal Justice, Economics, Electronics, Ethics, Geography, History, Nutrition, Food Service, Marketing, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Theatre

  5. Joint ProjectGreen Group Sustainability Players: • Statistics class (HON, WR, GR, SV) & Professor • Marketing class (HON, WR, GR, SV) & Professor • The Client (GR group) • Service Learning Office and Co-coodinator (SVL) • Project Coordinator (independent study SVL 101) • Institutional Research (IR) • Print Shop • Report/Presentation Recipients - Department Chairs, Deans - Administration - Faculty from other Departments

  6. Goal: Comprehensive Report Format: Design of Experiment Outline • Chapter 1 - Introduction • Chapter 2 – Design of Experiment • Chapter 3 – Presentation of Data • Chapter 4 – Data Analysis and Inference • Chapter 5 – Marketing Analysis

  7. December Mathematics Faculty Client Bus Ad/Eco Faculty

  8. January – before start of semester Set timeline Set timeline

  9. Added Bonus • Connections between/among disciplines • Working individually, small and big groups • Assessing own and peer’s work • Organization skills • Design/Implementation of Quantitative Project • Public speaking skills • Presentation skills

  10. Lasting Impact on Students

  11. Presenters Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York Patricia Kuby – Mathematics Department pkuby@monroecc.edu Carmen Powers – Business Administration/Economics Department cpowers@monroecc.edu

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