1. Presentation for the 18th Annual Sloan-C
International Conference – October, 2012
Patrice Prusko Torcivia
Lorette Pellettiere Calix
Kevin Woo
Lisa Snyder
Pauline Carrico
2. The iTransformational Bottom Line:
People, Planet and Business
A personal quest across cultures,
disciplines and the digital divide exploring what
sustainability means to adult learners, business
and society
3. SUNY Empire State College
• Cutting-edge, comprehensive college founded in 1971
• 60,000 alumni
• 11 academic centers of learning; 30 locations
throughout NY
• 19,000 students enrolled per year
– every county in New York state
– every state in the United States
– 50 countries around the world
• 2,000 faculty and staff serving primarily adult learners
4. SUNY Empire State College
Mission –
to be innovative and creative, and to offer people
throughout the state of New York and beyond the
opportunity to study, to learn, and to earn a
degree while still being able to work, raise a
family and be engaged in their communities
5. College-Wide Blended Learning Program
Online Panama-Specific Topics Include:
•Literacy and the sustainability of Panama as a global business hub
•Sustainability and human capital: What is human capital and how do
you measure it?
•Sustainability and natural capital: Cradle to grave and the life cycle
assessment
•Sustainability and profit: it is not just about money, what are the social
and environmental impacts?
•Information technology in Third World countries
•Ecology in Third World Countries
•Service Learning: why bother?
•What does it mean to have a transformational learning experience?
6. Why a Residency Experience?
Education is a social process.
Education is growth. Education is,
not a preparation for life;
education is life itself.
-John Dewey
7. Why a Residency Experience?
Hands-on learning is a primary component of
experiential education and a core ESC value.
Learning by doing offers students the
opportunity to apply academic knowledge in
real-world settings and to experience a
culture first hand.
8. Technology and Information Literacy
Web 2.0 tools to be used by all students
•Blogs
•Twitter
•Pinterest
•Google+
•Elluminate
9. Interdiscplinary Studies
• Information technology
• Literacy
• Bioscience
• Environmental management
• Human development
• Business management
• Social theory and social change
• Option to create an individualized topic
11. Proposed Travel Itinerary
• Day 1 Travel/Arrival to Panama and Service Project
Community
• Day 2 Community Service Overview/Identify Modules of
study
• Day 3 Community Service/lecture/reflection time
• Day 4 Community Service/lecture/reflection time
• Day 5 Community Service wrap up/ return to Panama
city and city/canal tours
• Day 6 Free Day/optional tours
• Day 7 travel/Depart Panama City
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