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SCCC Librarians
Create Cool Objects
for the Virtual
Learning Commons
(VLC)
SUNYLA Annual Conference, SUNY FIT, June 6-8, 2012
• Susan P. Lieberthal, Campus Head
Librarian, Ammerman Campus, SCCC,
[email protected]
• Jennifer Farquhar, Associate Professor,
Ammerman Campus Library, SCCC,
[email protected]
Suffolk County Community College
Title III Grant
Principal Investigator: Dr. Shaun McKay, President, SCCC
• What is a Title III Grant?
A federal program that helps eligible institutions of higher education to expand their
capacity to improve and strengthen the academic quality, institutional management, and
fiscal stability.
• What is the goal of SCCC’s five year (2010-2015) Title III Grant?
To increase student engagement through informed support. The activities in the current
grant will dramatically improve student success and engagement at Suffolk County
Community College.
Our Title III Grant:
Student Engagement through Informed Support
Enable
An electronically enabled enrollment, advising,
and intervention system.
Enhance Academic support for 20 gateway courses using
online learning objects to increase student
success.
Enrich
A Virtual Learning Commons (VLC) that provides
a unified delivery system for enrollment,
advisement, the gateway course and library
learning objects, and the academic skills centers.
What is the Library’s role in
the grant?
To provide information literacy
learning objects to students
through the Virtual Learning
Commons.
What is a
learning object?
Online learning material that is:
• Based on a single learning
objective.
• Self contained and reusable.
• Concise, but rich in content.
• Self paced and stand alone.
SCCC VLC Page
Library VLC Page
Learning object – Searching:
Keywords tutorial
Learning object – Plagiarism
Plagiarism & Academic Integrity LibGuide
Learning object – Citation Guides:
Guide to MLA format
Assessment
• Visits to learning object
• Student votes:
• Future plans – quizzes built into select learning
objects
Outreach to Students
• College Seminar and Gateway course
professors will demonstrate the VLC in
their classes
• VLC screensavers on all computers in the
Academic Computing Centers
• VLC posters in all campus buildings
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