The Discussion Group on the Two Year College will have two sessions at MLA14 in Chicago.  Below is the program description for one of the sessions: Please attend!

Friday, 10 January

213. Twenty-First-Century Pedagogies

8:30–9:45 a.m.

Program arranged by the Discussion Group on the Two-Year College

Presiding: Stacey Lee Donohue, Central Oregon Community Coll.

1. “Not on Wikipedia: Making the Local Visible,” Laurel Harris, Queensborough Community Coll., City Univ. of New York

2. “Survival Spanish Online: Designing a Community College Course That Bridges Culture and Authentic Connections,” Cecilia McGinniss Kennedy, Clark State Community Coll., OH

3. “Sound Essays: A Cure for the Common Core,” Kathryn O’Donoghue, Graduate Center, City Univ. of New York

4. “Leveling Up! Gamifying the Literature Classroom,” Jessica Lewis-Turner, Temple Univ., Philadelphia

For abstracts visit mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-two-year-college/announcements/ after 15 Dec.

Dear MLA Two-Year-College Members,

as your co-administrator, I welcome you to our blog!  I am excited that our panel “Teaching Sustainability” was accepted by the Program Committee, and hope to see many of you at this panel in January in Chicago.

Apart from news related to the conference, how do you envision this space for us? What are some burning issues and questions at your campus?  What are you fired up about (apart from summer vacation)?

Best,

Falk