The Faculty Center for Innovative Teaching and Professional
Development
2014-2015 Events
Introduction
The Faculty Center sponsored 15 separate events across the academic year. Many of these events
(Faculty Exchange, Lunch & Learns, Faculty Research Forum, Teaching Circles, and Academic Portfolio
Workshops) were offered more than once and most were offered on both campuses and reached a total
of 415 faculty and key academic support administrators. Most activities are open to both full time and
adjunct faculty. The Center’s events hold practical value especially for the faculty seeking support in
teaching methodologies, support in writing articles/books and with the tenure and promotion process.
In addition, the Faculty Resource Network provides research and scholarly activities for the full-time
faculty. Peer observation and feedback session are also available. Programs are offered on internal
resources and programs such as academic technologies.
Listed below are the events The Center offered in Academic Year 2014-2015 with a breakdown on
numbers of participants and a link to assessment instrument in most cases.
Teaching Effectively Online Seminar
This seminar, offered twice a year prior to the start of each semester in January and August, introduces
instructional design theory and the basics to develop and teach an online course. In this week-long
online asynchronous seminar, participants experience first-hand what it is like to be an online learner.
By completing each module, participants learn pedagogical concepts, trends, and mechanics of online
teaching. The goals of the workshop are: 1) to create effective online instruction; 2) to describe some of
the challenges students have getting started with online learning; 3) to examine assessment differently
when teaching online; 4) to apply consistency to design and think holistically about the structure of an
online course; 5) to identify the critical elements of managing a discussion board; and 6) to investigate
Pace University Library resources and services available to online students and faculty. Participant
outcomes include the ability to identify the types of learning resources available and assess their
abilities.
Attendance:
August 2014
11 faculty participated and completed seminar
January 2015
16 faculty participated and completed seminar
Instructional Development Day
This workshop, offered at the beginning of the Fall and Spring semesters, is dedicated to assisting faculty
develop upcoming courses that enhance pedagogical skills. Open to all Pace faculty, this workshop is
designed for both first-time and experienced instructors.
Attendance:
Pleasantville
26 faculty members (8/21/14)
6 faculty members (1/22/15)
New York City
23 faculty members (8/19/14)
15 faculty members (1/21/15)
Survey results Instructional Development Day August 2014
Survey results Instructional Development Day January 2015
New Full-time Faculty Orientation
This workshop was offered to all new full-time faculty at the beginning of Pace’s 2014 fall semester. The
purpose of the event is to provide information regarding support and resources for faculty to teach
successfully, conduct research, and increase engagement in the Pace University community. This
daylong event provided opportunities for new faculty members to meet one another and network.
Introductions to university administrators included Provost Sukhatme, Associate Provosts, Deans and
other key administrators, as well as a student-panel. Orientation was held on August 27th, 2014 at the
Graduate Center in White Plains. A total of 31 newly-hired faculty attended.
Click here to view survey results
Adjunct Faculty Resources Webinars
During these webinars key resources available to Pace adjuncts are reviewed. Representatives from the
Faculty Center for Innovative Teaching and Professional Development, the Library, Information
Technology Services and Human Resources are available. During the webinar adjuncts are provided
opportunities to ask (or type) questions to the different representatives. Three opportunities to enroll in
this webinar are offered at the beginning of each Fall and Spring semester.
Registration:
September 2014
43 adjuncts attended
January 2015
33 adjuncts attended
Faculty Exchange Lunches
The first Faculty Exchange Lunch (FEL) was held on September 30th, 2014 on the Pleasantville Campus
and again on October 7th, 2014 in New York City. Clare Van den Blink, VP/CIO for Information
Technology Services, was introduced and facilitated this session. The lunch attracted 42 throughout the
Pace community.
The second FEL was held on March 3rd, 2015 in New York City and April 13th, 2015 in Pleasantville. Barry
Stinson, the new AVP for International Programs and Services was introduced and the guest at the
Spring semester’s lunch. He discussed the new division – Pace International and current developments,
as well future plans.
Attendance:
Pleasantville
25 faculty members (9/30/15) attended
13 faculty members (4/13/15) attended
New York City
17 faculty members (10/7/15) attended
13 faculty members (3/3/15) attended
FEL Fall 2014 survey results
FEL Spring 2015 survey results (Pleasantville Lunch)
FEL Spring 2015 survey results (New York City afternoon reception)
Junior Faculty Reception
A reception was hosted for junior faculty on September 22nd, 2014 in Pleasantville, and September 30th,
2014 in New York City. The purpose of the reception was to check-in with junior faculty to see how they
were doing and to meet the new faculty that started on September 1st, 2014.
Attendance:
Pleasantville
6 faculty members attended
New York City
10 faculty members attended
A second reception was held in the spring 2015 semester, on May 15th following the 14th Annual Faculty
Institute on the New York City Campus. A total of 10 junior faculty members attended this reception.
Academic Advising and Core Curriculum Workshop
This workshop offered faculty timely and essential advising information from Partnership for Advising
eXcellence (PAX) – a university-wide advising training, support and development initiative. In addition to
reviewing the core curriculum, the faculty and student PAX websites were displayed and navigated, in
an effort to show faculty members how to use these comprehensive online advising tools.
The workshop was held in October in the New York City and Pleasantville Campus.
Attendance:
Pleasantville
7 faculty members attended
New York City
22 faculty members attended
Click here to view survey results
Lunch & Learns
Lunch & Learn sessions are offered 3-4 times per semester. Each session covers a different topic. Listed
below are the Lunch & Learn sessions that were offered this Academic Year. Sessions are video
conferenced between the Pleasantville and New York City Campus.
Date
10/1/14
10/15/14
10/29/14
11/12/14
2/18/15
3/25/15
4/8/15
5/6/15
Topic
Case Studies
Transitioning to an Online Environment in the Event
of an Emergency
Information Security for the Pace Community
Civic Engagement
Blackboard 101
Disability Services
Interdisciplinary Research
Blackboard: Archiving/Deleting Courses
Attendees
21
31
21
13
33
19
16
12
Faculty Research Forum
For the third year, full-time faculty gathered five times during this past Academic Year to collaborate,
complete, support, exchange research ideas, and offer suggestions for participants writing a scholarly
publication (article for peer reviewed journal or book chapter). The primary aim of the forum is to
enable participants to dedicate time and complete a finished “manuscript” by the end of the academic
year. A total of 12 faculty members completed their manuscript and shared their work at the last
meeting.
List of faculty who attended the 2014-2015 Faculty Research Forum
Robert Mundy – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Christine Clayton – School of Education
Marcella Szablewicz – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Kyeongra Yang – College of Health Professions
Prerna Arora – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Lauren Gaul – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Rebecca Martin – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Manuela Soares – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Jeffrey Keefer – College of Health Professions
Brice Particelli – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Gina Scutelnicu – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Juan Shan – Seidenberg School of Computer Sciences and Information Systems
In addition to the above, one person did not complete the final project.
Click here to view survey results
Chair Development Workshops
For the first time, these sessions were offered to department Chairs to discuss topics such as classroom
expectations, adjunct CBA negotiations, and scheduling. Sessions were offered once in the Fall semester,
with a follow-up session in the Spring.
Attendance:
Pleasantville
18 Department Chairs attended (10/23/14)
17 Department Chairs attended (2/13/15)
New York City
25 Department Chairs attended (10/28/14)
15 Department Chairs attended (3/12/15)
Chair Development Survey results fall 2014
Chair Development survey results spring 2015 (Westchester)
Chair Development survey results spring 2015 (New York City)
*Spring 2015: survey results are separated by campus because the agenda was different on each
campus
Academic Portfolio Workshop
The Academic Portfolio Workshop (APW) was offered from January 12-15, 2015 on the New York City
Campus and from June 15-18, 2015 at the Graduate Center in White Plains. A total of 14 faculty
attended the January workshop and 15 attended in June.
List of Faculty that attended Academic Portfolio Workshop in January 2015:
Luke Cantarella – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Ion C. Chivu – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Marisa Isaacson – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Lisa Rosenthal – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Marcella Szablewicz – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Meikang Qiu - Seidenberg
Juan Shan - Seidenberg
Judith Pajo – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Anna Shostya – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Emily Welty – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Peter McDermott – School of Education
Kimberly Collica-Cox – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Gina Scutelnicu – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Kristen di Gennaro – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Mentors:
Randi Priluck – Lubin
Emilie Zaslow – Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Lucille Ferrara – College of Health Professions
List of Faculty that attended Academic Portfolio Workshop in June 2015:
Name
Col Burcin - Lubin
Imram Chowdhry - Lubin
Kate Richardson - Lubin
Peter McDermott –Education
Meikang Qiu – Seidenberg
Elmer-Rico Mojica - Dyson
James F. Albrecht - Dyson
Myojung Cho - Lubin
Shobani Musti –Education
Julia Eisenberg - Lubin
Ana Shostya - Dyson
Dan Greenberg - Dyson
Darren Hayes – Seidenberg
Stephanie Hsu - Dyson
Raquel Plotka – Education
Mentors:
Melissa Cardon – Lubin
Emilie Zaslow – Dyson
Lucille Ferrara – Health Professions
Click here to view survey results from January 2015
Click here to view results from June 2015 (survey was sent out recently, responses are still being
recorded)
Teaching Circles for Innovative Pedagogy
The Teaching Circles are designed to help faculty examine an existing course with an eye toward student
learning outcomes and more engaging and active for student learning. Also important was increasing
faculty participants’ enjoyment of teaching. The Teaching Circles were offered during the Spring 2015
semester on both New York City and Pleasantville campus. The 3 Spring sessions centered on the
concept of Backward Design and addressed the following essential questions:
February 11: What do we want our students to know and be able to do?
March 11: Are we there yet?
April 15: How can we make sure all of our students succeed?
Attendance:
February 11
23 faculty members attended
March 11
15 faculty members attended
Click here to view survey results from Teaching Circles Spring 2015
April 15
15 faculty members attended
Best Practices Conference
The fourth annual Best Practices Conference was held on Friday February 27th, 2015 at the Graduate
Center in White Plains. This one-day program was developed for faculty and academic support units to
highlight best teaching practices. The theme for this year was “Shared Responsibility: Student & Faculty
Engagement.” For the first time, student participation was included in this conference. A total of 80
attendees participated in this year’s Best Practices Conference.
Overall number of participants by school/administration
Best Practices Conference 2015
CHP
3%
SOE
9%
SSCSIS
8%
Academic
Support Units
27%
Lubin
7%
Dyson
46%
For more information and to view a copy of the program please visit http://www.pace.edu/facultycenter/events/best-practices-conference
Click here to view survey results
Tenure and Promotion Workshop
The Tenure and Promotion Workshop was offered on April 24th, 2015 at the Midtown Center. The
Tenure and Promotion Workshop is geared to full-time faculty currently at the Assistant Professor level
applying for tenure and promotion to the rank of Associate Professor from Seidenberg, Dyson, College
of Health Professions, Lubin, and the School of Education.
The Promotion Workshop is geared to full-time faculty currently at the Associate Professor level
considering applying to the rank of Full Professor from Seidenberg, Dyson, College of Health Professions,
Lubin, and the School of Education.
A total of 19 faculty attended the Tenure and Promotion Workshop at the Midtown Center.
Click here to view results from Tenure and Promotion survey
Faculty Institute 2015
The 14th Annual Faculty Institute was held on May 14-15, 2015 at the New York City Campus. This year’s
theme was “Who Gets to Graduate from Pace and Why?” A total of 154 attendees participated in this
year’s Institute.
Overall number of participants by School or College/Administration
SSCSIS
8%
Faculty Institute 2015
CHP
7%
SOE
8%
Academic
Support Units
25%
Lubin
8%
Dyson
44%
For more information and to see the program please visit http://www.pace.edu/faculty-center/facultyinstitute
Click here to view survey results
Digital Studio
The Faculty Digital Studios, located on both the Pleasantville and NYC campuses, serve as a venue where
faculty can consult with an instructional designer to plan, design and implement various technologies
into their teaching curriculum. The Digital Studios provide a dedicated workspace for multimedia project
development with training and support available to create online lectures, multimedia and digital course
resources for faculty individually as well as a venue to collaborate with colleagues. These studios are
equipped with high-level recording equipment, cameras, microphones, tablets, and digital editing
computers for post-production work and playback. The main functions of the digital studios include:
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Teaching and learning training consultation
o Consultation on teaching and learning projects in addition to personalized training on
software, platforms, tools and techniques available
Video / Audio Capture, Production, and Publication
o Capture video from various formats, edit and encode to make available via the Pace
University’s dedicated streaming server or other viable platforms
Live Video / Audio Capture
o Record voice overs, lecture capture or interactive whiteboard presentations to publish
to courses
Digital Graphics
o Creating and editing digital images, photos, etc.
During the academic year 2014/2015, the Pleasantville studio facilitated more than 186 individual
recordings and the NYC studio facilitated more than 135. These recordings included course lectures,
panel discussions, training demonstrations and interviews. Of note, included was an interview with a
Pace faculty member that was broadcast on Verizon’s Fios 1 news channel.
Unique recordings for AY 2014-2015
Pleasantville
186 recordings
New York City
135 recordings
Qualtrics
The Faculty Center also offers Qualtrics support to faculty, staff and students. During the Academic Year
2014-2015, The Faculty Center offered support, one-on-one training, and email support to over 90
Qualtrics users. Below is a summary of Qualtrics users and the number of active surveys.
Qualtrics Users and Active Surveys as of May 2015
Pace Admin
Users:
758
Active Surveys:
2677
Pace_CHP
Users:
74
Active Surveys:
111
Pace_Lubin
Users:
1151
Active Surveys
1923
Pace_Seidenberg
Users:
158
Active Surveys:
708
Pace_Main (mostly student
accounts)
Users:
501
Active Surveys:
643
Pace_Dyson
Users:
281
Active Surveys:
489
10
2933
Active Surveys:
Total number of active
surveys:
10
6561
Pace HR Administration
Users:
Total number of active
users:
Faculty Resource Network (FRN)
Pace University is a member of the FRN, a consortium of 51 colleges and universities throughout the
country. Each November a FRN Symposium is held. This past November the theme was “The Global
Imperative in Higher Education. Three faculty from Pace presented at the conference.
Each June a week-long Summer Residence and month-long Summer Scholar in Residence program are
held at New York University. This June Pace had 7 faculty accepted to the summer seminars.
The Network also offers a semester-long University Associate status where faculty can have access to
NYU libraries and can audit courses.
Since joining the FRN in 2001 over 375 full time faculty have taken advantage of the various resources.
http://www.nyu.edu/frn/
Online Course Statistics
Number of Sections by School for WWW and WAX Course
Total Sections for Fall 2014, January 2015, and Spring 2015: 858
Unique Student Headcount Fall 2014 for WWW and WAX Course
By School and Student Status
Unique Student Headcount January 2015 for WWW and WAX Course
By School and Student Status
Unique Student Headcount Spring 2015 for WWW and WAX Course
By School and Student Status