Baruch College’s Fourteenth Annual TEACHING AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
All sessions will be held on the 14th floor of the Newman Vertical Campus (NVC).
8:30 - 9:30
On-Site Registration and Continental Breakfast (NVC 14-220)
9:30 – 10:30 : Session I
“Beyond Text: Enhancing Student Blogs with Multimedia" (14-285) Vera Haller, Professor of Journalism and the Writing Professions
This session will highlight the use of media content and blogs within a journalism reporting course to enhance instructional delivery. Students engage in the learning process by designing and creating multimedia content, using audio, photos, videos, and digital maps.
"Using Interactive Tutorials for Learning Italian" (14-266)
Antonietta D'Amelio, Lecturer in Modern Languages and Comparative Literature
This session will explore the use of interactive tutorials developed to engage students in learning Italian. The presentation will highlight software tools used to 1) address and target various learning needs, 2) amplify the in-class experience, and 3) explore the potential for sharing across the languages, to build interest and increase retention. In addition, the presenter will elaborate on the design, content, implementation, outcomes (or tangible results) and how this approach may enhance the learning experience.
"Leveraging Synchronous Communication for Course Delivery" (14-270) Stan Altman, Professor and Director, American Humanics Program, School of Public Affairs
Synchronous or Telepresence tools can enhance the instructional delivery process for in class, hybrid, and fully on-line learning. This presentation will highlight how industry tools can be leveraged to meet the scheduling demands of students while optimizing on limited facilities. The project evaluated the use of various platforms including WebEx, ooVoo, and Adobe Connect.
"An Overview of e-Book Initiatives at Baruch College" (14-280)
Newman Library Faculty
This presentation will cover a variety of projects that support the use of electronic books and e-readers, such as providing students with multiple digital formats, adopting e-textbooks from an existing library full-text collection, supplying preloaded Kindles to classes, loaning e-readers in the library, and supplying access to books on demand.
10:35 – 11:35 : Session II
"Faculty Interviews on Student Writing Across Multiple Disciplines" (14-285)
Keri Bertino, Director, Baruch College Writing Center, and Co-coordinator, Writing Across the Curriculum Program
This session will explore the development of faculty video interviews, to help students understand writing conventions and requirements across multiple disciplines. Participants will review the recently produced videos and discuss expansion of this project to include a response mechanism and a link to Baruch’s iMagazine.
"Screen Casting, Presenting, and Archiving Dynamic Worked Examples using Tablet Technology" (14-266) Sarah Harney, Lecturer in Mathematics; Peter Gregory, Instructor in Mathematics; Mona Zamfirescu, Masters Program in Financial Engineering; Aloke Ghosh, Professor of Accountancy, Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Accountancy, & Director of Executive MS in Financial Statement Analysis The presentation will demonstrate the use of tablet pc technology to leverage hand writing material in class and through online course delivery by Baruch Faculty. Examples will include producing lecture notes, calculations for Math and Accounting, and integrating materials into Blackboard. Advantages of this technology and possible extensions will be highlighted.
“Online and Hybrid Teaching – Adding Engagement with Web 2.0 Technologies” (14-270) Linda Weiser Friedman, Associate Dean, Zicklin School of Business and
Professor of Statistics & Computer Information Systems
Distance education models have evolved quite a bit from the 19th century’s ‘correspondence courses’ – just in time to collide with 21st century pedagogies in which communication, interaction, student engagement, active learning, and assessment are of critical importance. The term Web 2.0 encompasses a wide variety of Web-related communication technologies, such as blogs, wikis, online social networking, virtual worlds and other social media forms. These technologies are versatile, user-friendly, and exactly what today’s students are involved with outside of class. This session explores the use of Web 2.0 technologies in developing class materials for online and hybrid classes.
"Publishing with Blogs@Baruch" (14-280)
Luke Waltzer, Assistant Director for Educational Technology,
Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute
This presentation will detail the range of publishing modes currently explored on Blogs@Baruch, and their implications for the future of communication and technology at Baruch College. We'll discuss course-based publishing, extra-curricular publishing, social publishing, and administrative publishing.
11:40 – 12:40 : Session III
"Producing a Documentary on Mathematics to Engage Students" (14-285) Laurence Kirby, Professor of Mathematics
This session will feature and discuss the creation of “Plimpton 322: The Ancient Roots of Modern Mathematics", a short documentary film produced by Baruch Media Services, with the aim of inspiring students to pursue mathematics. Set in New York City, this film demonstrates how fundamental aspects of the modern world are driven by mathematics with ancient Middle Eastern, Asian and African origins: timekeeping, compound interest, accounting, spreadsheets, positional notation, algebra, and algorithms.
“Stream of Consciousness”: Taking Psychology into the Digital Age through an Online Streaming Talk Show (14-266) David Sitt, Deputy Chair of Psychology
This presentation will focus on the innovative ways in which a weekly streaming broadcast is integrated into an advanced course on Positive Psychology at Baruch College. The presentation will showcase several segments produced for "The Sitt Down" radio show by undergraduate students through group collaboration. Various technology tools are woven together to create this novel pedagogical experience, including a full radio broadcast studio, Flip Cams, Snowball microphones, UStream media outlet, Live365, ProTools, podcasting, and more. Discussion will touch upon the impact of students' ability to digest, create, and share their developing knowledge of Positive Psychology through technology.
"Developing, Deploying, and Sharing the Video Oral Communication Assessment Tool (VOCAT)" (14-270)
Mikhail Gershovich, Director, Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute Following a brief demonstration of the Video Oral Communication Assessment Tool (VOCAT) focused on some of its newest features, the session panelists will discuss the evolution of VOCAT and will consider its pedagogical potential, and the ways in which it has been deployed for a variety of purposes at Baruch College. The discussion will also focus on the implications of sharing the tool with other institutions and the development associated with preparing the tool for wide dissemination.
"It's Not Netflix: Licensing and Streaming Films via the Library" (14-280)
Amanda Timolat, Adjunct Media Librarian & Michael Waldman, Head, Collection Management, Newman Library
For the past two years the Newman Library has provided faculty the option of streaming feature-length films as part of its electronic course reserves. Students have been able to view entire films outside the classroom whether on campus or remotely. The Library secures permission in advance from rights holders and their commercial intermediaries.
12:40 Lunch (NVC 14-220)
Plenary Speaker: John V. Maciuika, Associate Professor of Art & Architectural History, "Evolution and Current State of Hypercities (hypercities.com)"
