24th Annual TCC | Online Conference | April 16-18, 2019

Sustainable Learning, Accessible Technologies, & Diverse Contexts

collaboration

Multiperspectivity: Melding mixed points of view in all we do

Session Description
“Multiperspectivity” accepts as a fact that effective learning in the twenty-first century will result best from a realization that modern challenges are complex, whole-society-based, and global, and that these challenges are most successfully met, addressed, and resolved by promoting a “culturally responsive learning space” engaging learners and teacher alike in critical “multilogue”. This presentation will be divided into four unequal parts: First, the questions of “what” and “why” will be asked. That is, the theory of “multiperspectivity” will be presented as a pertinent idea, and the need for it will be addressed. Second, the questions of “how” and “where” will be offered. Here, notable examples of how multiperspectivity has been deployed will be presented. It will be seen that multiperspectivity comprises problem-based learning. Comments from participants will be invited and discussed. Third, participants will be asked “when” and “how”, brainstorming methods and means by which multiperspectivity might be incorporated into their own classes. Fourth, and finally, participants will be invited to apply a 3-2-1 process to what has been presented and discussed and to comment upon how the integration of multiperspectivity can lead to broader, deeper, more engaged thought.
Presenter(s)
Katherine Watson
Katherine Watson, Coastline Community College, Fountain Valley, California, USA
Dr. Watson has been teaching French, English, linguistics, anthropology, and English as a Foreign Language for more than four decades, at first among fieldworkers in New England, then in traditional classrooms, then through television, and finally, online. She was named by the Annenberg/ CPB (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) Project to co-conceive, develop, and teach in the Project’s first online iniative, French in Action Online, and her French Topics was the first completely-online offering in California’s Coast Community College District. Dr. Watson’s papers have been published here and abroad, by IDEA, Syllabus, Virginia Tech, Temple University, The League for Innovation, NISOD, and The International Conference on Teaching and Learning, among others. In addition, Dr. Watson is a professional translator and interpreter and trained interpreters for the United States Olympic Committee and during the World Cup. Apart from these activities, sailing and swimming and reading and writing provide joy!
Session Type
45-Minute Interactive Session
Audience
All Audiences

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College of Education in Minecraft: Exploration or Educational Technology Tools through Virtual Worlds

Session Description
The presentation aims to showcase the College of Education at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM) in a virtual worlds settings using Minecraft. The contents of the virtual building are filled with the instructional tools used in the Learning Design and Technology (LTEC) department. The simulation allows the learners to explore the college, complete a set of tasks including an in-game journal scavenger hunt, and also to experiment with Minecraft as an educational tool. Upon going through a formative evaluation, our team realized that virtual world games do have a learning curve and can be quite challenging for students who are unfamiliar with the game mechanics. Despite the shortcomings of virtual world game-based learning, the students were highly motivated and engaged during their lesson.
Presenter(s)
Casey Bales
Casey Bales, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Kapolei, USA
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Mellissa Lochman
Mellissa Lochman, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Waipahu, USA
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Session Type
20-Minute LTEC Student Session
Audience
All Audiences

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OER Renewable Assignments for English 100 Online and Face-to-Face

Session Description
As part of the Designing with OER (DOER) Fellows program, Susan Wood, a Professor of English and Rachael Inake, an Instructional Designer, partnered to design three OER renewable assignments for English 100: Composition 1, which is the college’s introductory writing class. An OER renewable assignment is one where students create Open Educational Resources (OER) artifacts that are of value to the world. The three assignments included a: description essay topic activity, writing using sources activity, and writing using sources practice exercises. Renewable assignments support authentic learning and students’ work contributes to the OER movement. Students’ artifacts were licensed as CC BY and contributed as supplemental materials to the OER English 100 course sites.
Presenter(s)
Rachael Inake
Rachael Inake, Leeward Community College, Pearl City, HI, USA
Rachael Inake is an Educational Technologist at Leeward Community College where she supports and helps faculty to use technology to enhance teaching and learning.
Susan Wood
Susan Wood, Leeward Community College, Pearl City, HI, USA
Susan Wood is a Professor of English at Leeward Community College. Her professional interests include distance learning and open educational resources.
Session Type
20-Minute Session
Audience
All Audiences

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Online Collaboration to Facilitate Instruction of Diagnostic Medical Coding (ICD-10-CM): The effects of collaboration on asynchronous learners in MEDA 271

Session Description
The Medical Assistant should be competent in assigning and selecting diagnostic medical codes (ICD-10-CM) from medical documentation to keep up with changing medical regulation, ensure appropriate reimbursement, and contribute to improved revenue flow for the health care practice. Students in Kapi’olani Community College’s Medical Assistant Program (MEDA) can achieve competence and work toward an Associate’s Degree in Science by completing MEDA 271: Professional Medical Coding.

In my project, the purpose of this action research, is to look at the effects of collaboration with asynchronous learners in the course. I have learned using Constructivism and Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction, through repetitive emphasis of diagnostic coding concepts, with engagement and collaboration of experiences, students learn effective coding strategies through practice and feedback regardless of learners attending synchronously or asynchronously. Delivering the course via Zoom, giving students additional attendance options, and using Google Docs to engage students with online collaborative coding practice, encourages confidence and accurate coding skill to be successful with attempting the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) Professional Medical Coding Certification (PMCC) Exam. Eventually the goal is to increase the number of students in the course which contribute to increasing the number students in the Associate’s Degree Track by: 1) targeting students from the Certificate of Achievement Track, 2) recruiting MEDA graduates, who are employed full-time, and 3) recruiting clinically experienced healthcare professionals to take the course thus overall addressing the State’s shortage of Certified Medical Assistants and Certified Professional Coders.

Presenter(s)
Mae Dorado
Mae Dorado, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Mililani, Hawaii, USA
Mae Dorado, CMA (AAMA), CPC, CPC-I is an Associate Professor of Medical Assisting and Health Sciences at Kapiolani Community College. She has completed her Bachelor Degree in Public Administration with an emphasis in Health Care Administration. Currently, she is a candidate for a Masters Degree with the UH Manoa College of Education in Learning Design and Technology (LTEC).

As a Certified Medical Assistant through the AAMA and a Certified Professional Medical Coder and Approved Instructor with the AAPC, her strength is in teaching clinical and administrative skills at KapCC for the last 17 years. She also guest lectures for the PTA, OTA, Respiratory Therapy and Practical Nursing Program Students in various clinical topics.

In addition to her teaching load, she is the KapCC HOSA (Future Health Professionals) Advisor and has served on the National HOSA Competitive Events Committee for two 3-year terms, is serving on the National HOSA, Inc. Board of Directors. She served on the Hawaii AAPC Board as the New Member Officer for two 1-year terms and currently acts as a consultant to the current Board Members and lastly, is currently on the Advisory Leadership Council of the Hawaii American Lung Association.

Session Type
20-Minute LTEC Student Session
Audience
All Audiences

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Party of One? Fostering Faculty and Staff Professional Development

Session Description
Learn how two lonely instructional technology librarians from different small liberal arts colleges collaborated to develop workshops, learning communities, and programming at their institutions with limited resources in an effort to help faculty, staff, and students develop their digital literacy skills.
Presenter(s)
Christine Iannicelli
Christine Iannicelli, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, USA
Christine Iannicelli is the Instructional Technology Librarian at Ursinus College.
Hailey Wyman
Hailey Wyman, Westminster College , New Wilmington, PA, USA
Hailey Wyman is the Instructional Design and Technology Librarian at Westminster College.
Session Type
20-Minute Session
Audience
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