UC Monthly College Meeting

October 29, 2012

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Changes in College Structure Introductions College Committees Department News Learning Assessment iPad Initiative Updates Q&A

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Associate Deans

 Coordinates faculty evaluation process  Consults with co-chairs on departmental issues

Assistant Deans

 Manages student appeals & complaints  Coordinates with campus offices in matters related to registration and scheduling

Dean’ Office Sequence Responsibilities

 Peter – Global Awareness  Lisa – Languages  Belkeis – SMT  Zia – University Socialization & Career Education

Co-Chairs Advising & Academic Development Angela Skuba Interdisciplinary Studies Ikko Tucker Department of Languages Belkeis Altareb Department of Mathematics & Statistics Leonard Raj Coordinators COL 105 – Alysha Tysor COL 120 – Angela Skuba COL 110 - Jason Johnson COL 111 – Leonard Raj COL 140 – Lisa Kassem COL 145 – Anne Greenhoe COL 240 – Marion Engin COL 150 - Susanne Kranz COL 155 – Akbar Keshodkhar COL 250 – Helena (Penny) Evans COL 260 – Ikko Tucker COL 270 – Chris Stryker MTH 101 – Carla Rudder COL 130 – Mokhtar Boularwi COL 135 – Tarak Abdallah COL 230 – AbuBaker Ibrahim

UC College Committee Membership

Academic Affairs

Thomas Opio Gergana AlZeer Derick Singh

Faculty Affairs

Imani Lowman Fariba Shaikh Fairlie Atkinson

Student Affairs

Michael Brochu Zubaida Huq Jane Hislop Carla Rudder Jim Morey Fida AlOmari

Research

Angela Skuba Tofi Rahal David Palfreyman Elena Tzenova

PD

Leonard Raj

Promotion

Nadiyah ElAmin David Gallacher Amir Kaviani Linda Laube Mary Jane Curry Ibrahim Rahimov Peter Heckman Departmental Committees

Learning Assessment Hiring Working Groups Etc.

    ADV  Majors Day – majors fair + presentation  Advising through the majors in male program  Job Shadowing Day  IDS Leadership Assessment shared as best practice  COL 165 Workshops LAN  Review of Curriculum  Faculty working on English in Profession course  Writing Center available to COL + major students  POTB sections – will pilot integration of iPads MTH  Department participating in Webinar with meeting with Pearson Course Redesign and MyFoundations Lab for foundational materials  Working with College of Education to offer math classes to meet accreditation by NCATE  Website update

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AY 2012 – 2013 Assessment Plan

http://www.zu.ac.ae/main/files/contents/university_college/Draft%20Annual%20Assessment%20Plan_2012-2013.doc

ZULOs

Language (speaking) Language (writing)

Fall 2012

COL 140, 145, 240 Language (reading, writing, speaking listening) Language (reading)

Global Awareness Critical Thinking & QR Information Technology Information Technology Leadership

COL 250 COL 105

Spring 2013

COL 120 COL 140, 145, 240 COL 240 COL 150, 155 COL 250 COL 111 COL 110 COL 270 COL 105

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Departmental iChampions

▪ ▪ ▪ Michelle (ADV) Faculty learned app and shared with department In pairs faculty are working on competition to develop lesson plan to share Evaluation of departmental apps continues ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ David (IDS) Some faculty working with Socrative quizzes Quizlet.com study guides produced COL 165 placed onto Keynote and iAuthor; COL 260 almost iPad ready Review of different apps for different purposes ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Fairlie (LAN) Edmodo site for lesson plan sharing developed Lesson plan development based on common skills across courses COL 140 POTB materials on iBook Author Training workshops and sharing on apps related to delivery, retrieval and production on the iPad DoL faculty involved in research on best practice in iPad classrooms (with ABP) ▪ ▪ Jason (MTH) Faculty working on apps for courses Lessons developed with apps