Join us on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in Menard 2202, for our workshop: “Open Educational Resources: Promoting Student Success Through Collaboration and Innovation” with,
- Dr. Erin Shanle, assistant professor, biology
- Jan Dowell, adjunct instructor, biology
- Leslie Ross, librarian and associate professor
Open educational resources are free and openly shared resources, including textbooks, that can be customized for specific courses in most disciplines. For the past year, LLCC has participated in a SCOERs (Support for the Creation of Open Educational Resources) grant through FIPSE (the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education) at the U.S. Department of Education. The purpose of this grant is to develop, improve and expand OERs throughout the state, increasing student success through increased awareness and adoption of OERs. In this workshop, LLCC faculty who are part of this grant project will discuss the creation and implementation of an OER for a course on human nutrition, including a discussion of the successes achieved and challenges encountered. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how one might create an OER, the benefits of doing so and tips on how to overcome difficulties in the OER creation process.
Faculty participants will receive one point toward their Training and Innovation professional development total for successful completion of this workshop. Please register for this event.
AIeL is preparing for a robust day of departmental activities and college-wide faculty programming, including four afternoon tracks:
Dr. Chris McDonald, professor of political science, has been named the LLCC nominee for the 2023 Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty Award. The award is the American Association of Community Colleges’ faculty distinction recognition, named in honor of former AACC President and CEO Dale P. Parnell, to recognize individuals making a difference in the classroom. Nominees demonstrate passion for students and the classroom; show willingness to support students, inside and outside of the classroom; are inclined to participate in college committees; and go above and beyond what is required to ensure that students are successful in their academic endeavors. Congratulations!
Ana Till is an LLCC graduate and has her M.S.N. in nursing education from SIU-E. She has a clinical background in medical/surgical nursing and has been working in Memorial Medical Center’s Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit since 2012. She has taught as an adjunct and nursing tutor with ADN students.
nursing education from Benedictine University in Lisle, and is currently working on her doctorate in nursing practice from American Sentinel University, also in education. She has an extensive clinical background in medical/surgical nursing and has been working in the Intensive Care Unit at Memorial Medical Center since 2009. Amanda has taught as an adjunct with ADN and CNA students at LLCC and has also taught LPN students. Amanda will be teaching in the critical care course in the ADN program.
Sandy Davidson is an LLCC graduate and has her M.S.N. in leadership and nursing administration from Benedictine University in Lisle. She has an extensive clinical background in medical/surgical nursing and has been working as an administrative supervisor at Memorial Medical Center since 2011 where her duties included attending to rapid response calls, codes and traumas with the ICU charge nurse. She has taught as an adjunct with ADN students in different semesters of the program.
Casandra Troxell is the new faculty member for the Surgical Technology AAS program. Casandra is a graduate of the very first class here at LLCC and she obviously impressed us as a student and has continued to impress us as a graduate. Casandra has her AAS and is a nationally Certified Surgical Technologist (CST). She belongs to the Association of Surgical Technologists. She works as a CST at Memorial Medical Center where she has vast and varied surgical experiences including robotics that she will bring to the classroom.