Presentation for the 18th Annual Sloan-C International Conference – October, 2012

Patrice Prusko TorciviaLorette Pellettiere Calix

Kevin WooLisa Snyder

Pauline Carrico

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

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

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

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?

Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is,

not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

-John Dewey

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.

Why a Residency Experience?

Technology and Information Literacy

Web 2.0 tools to be used by all students

•Blogs

•Twitter

•Pinterest

•Google+

•Elluminate

Interdiscplinary Studies

• Information technology• Literacy• Bioscience• Environmental management• Human development• Business management

• Social theory and social change• Option to create an individualized topic

Residency in Panama

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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Service Learning-Global Brigades

Business Brigades

Business Brigades

Business Brigades

Environmental Brigades

Environmental Brigades

Environmental Brigades

Environmental Brigades

Environmental Brigades

Quality Leadership University

PANAMA PARTNER