Prof. Thomson at the Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop

CW Professor Janet Thompson will present at the 11th Annual Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop: Pathways to Student Success in Denver, Colorado.  A conference devoted to the purposeful, strategic and comprehensive approach to blended teaching and learning with a focus on improving student learning, supporting students and providing them access to a quality education.  Professor Thompson will present Student Writing and International Collaborations in Two Flex Courses in which she shared the Flex mode of teaching and learning in international student collaborations at The College of Westchester.

With CW Flex schedule, the college has been an innovator in blended learning making extensive use of the combination of in-class and online activities in its day programs and instituting blended learning in all of its evening and weekend adult division classes. “Releasing part of the required classroom schedule for adult learners allows great flexibility for students to complete coursework, manage obligations and reach their goals of completing their degree.  Students have been very positive about CW Flex schedule,” said professor Thompson.

The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) is the leading professional online learning society devoted to advancing quality e-Education into the mainstream of education through its community. Sloan-C is dedicated to providing access to high quality e-Education to individuals, institutions, professional societies and the corporate community.  The Sloan Consortium has made its presence known to the majority of all major online learning providers regardless of whether they are public, private, non-profit or for-profit. As the largest recipient of funding from this program, it continues to provide a host of services to the online learning community. Sloan-C remains committed to helping institutions create high-quality educational experiences, improving the U.S./international field of online education, contributing to the creation of an educated workforce, and creating mutually-beneficial partnerships with like-minded organizations.