2020 Best Practices Showcase- Schedule

Celebrating Innovation in Access, Retention and Online Learning and Technology Integration to Promote Hispanic Student Success in Higher Education

The HETS 2020 Best Practices Showcase will take place on January 16 and 17, 2020 at the Universidad Interamericana de PR, Facultad de Derecho (IAUPR, Law School) in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

2020 Best Practices Showcase Schedule (Subject to change):

Day 1: Thursday January 16, 2020

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Time	Theater	Amphitheater 3	Amphitheater 4
7:30 am Continental Breakfast	Continental Breakfast- Theater Lobby
9:00 AM	Welcome Remarks (Video) & Opening Plenary (Video) By Dr. Peter Shea, Associate Provost for Online Learning, University at Albany English (Presentation handout)
10:30 am Coffee Break	Coffee Break at Central Atrium
11:00 AM	Track: Retention Title: Quality Management Serving More Students Through Distance Education: Experience of two HSI (Presentation handout) (Video) By Dr. Carlos Morales, TCC Connect Campus- Tarrant County College; and Dr. Omayra Caraballo-Pagán, Inter American University of Puerto Rico English & Spanish	Track: Online Learning and Technology Integration Title: Principios fundamentales para desarrollar una oferta académica en línea de calidad (Presentation handout) (Video) By Dra. Dolymari García Dávila & Prof. Bessie Rivera, National University College, División Online Spanish	Track: Access *Title: Redesigning the Ultimate Student On-Boarding Experience (Presentation cancelled) By Ms. Indra Paola Pelaez, Houston Community College English
12:00 PM	Track: Retention Title: First Comes Technology in Identifying Hispanic and Latinx Students in Need: Then Comes Familia for Retention and Persistence Gains (Presentation handout) (Video) By Dr. Walter Diaz and Mr. William Bisese, Eastern Connecticut State University English	Track: Access Title: Creando una cultura de inclusión en los entornos virtuales de aprendizaje (Presentation handout) (Video) By Dr. Rolando J. Méndez, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus Spanish	Track: Online Learning and Technology Integration Title: UTRGV Hybrid Academy (Presentation handout) (Video) By Prof. Francisco García, Prof. Jessica Sanchez, & Jessica Handley University of Texas Rio Grande Valley English
1:00 PM Lunch	Lunch – Rooms 101 & 102
2:00 PM	Overall Track Winner: Access Title: Lehman College: Transforming the Transfer Process (Presentation handout) (Video) By Ms. Laurie Austin, Ms. Deira Pereyra, and Ms. Lisa Moalem; Lehman College of the City University of New York (CUNY) English	Track: Online Learning and Technology Integration Title: Uso de recursos digitales para apoyar el Aprendizaje basado en proyectos en línea (Presentation handout) (Video) By Prof. Iliana Ballester, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón Spanish	Track: Access Title: Just-In-Time: the value of online Integrated interlibrary loans to broaden access to information resources (Presentation handout) (Video) By Mr. Carlos Crespo, Executive Director, COBIMET English
3:00 PM	Special Presentation: Una Mirada al Ecosistema del Internet 2020 (Video) By Mr. Norberto Cruz Córdova President, Internet Society of Puerto Rico (Presentation handout ISOCPR) Mr. Pablo Rodríguez, Executive Vice President, .PR Top Level Domain (Presentation handout PRTopLevel)Spanish	Track: Online Learning and Technology Integration * Title: Educación Virtual: Un enfoque de Calidad (Presentation cancelled) By Dr. María Bonilla- Romeu, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, San Germán Campus Spanish
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm	Room 201 & 202 – Closed Session Board Meeting
4:30 pm – 7:30 pm	Central Atrium – Academic Fair

Day 2: Friday January 17, 2020

Time	Theater	Amphitheater 3	Amphitheater 4
8:30 am	Registration & Continental Breakfast – Theater Lobby
9:00 AM	Plenary- Track winners’ panel (Video) Retention: Dr. Michael Hutmaker, Borough of Manhattan Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY) Online Learning and Technology Integration: Dr. Rolando J. Méndez, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus Access: Ms. Laurie Austin, Lehman College of the City University of New York (CUNY) Moderated by: Dr. Carlos Morales, HETS Vice Chair & President, Tarrant County College, Connect Campus English & Spanish
10:30 AM	Track Winner: Retention Title: Enhancing the Culture of Care and Redefining In Loco Parentis (Presentation handout) (Video) By Dr. Michael Hutmaker, and Ms. Deborah Harte; Borough of Manhattan Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY) English	Track: Online Learning and Technology Integration Title: Tecnología en el aula: Impactando a estudiantes de psicología una visión hacia el futuro educativo (Presentation handout) (Video) By Dr. Andrés Cruz Santos Carlos Albizu University Spanish	Track: Retention Title: What Can a Culture of Hispanic STEM Success Look Like? (Presentation handout) (Video) Dr. Mary Jo Parker University of Houston- Downtown English
11:30 AM	Special Panel Presentation Title: El Futuro de la Educación a Distancia en Puerto Rico (Video) Panel with Education Doctoral Candidates Moderated by Dr. Juan “Tito” Meléndez-Alicea, Full Professor, College of Education University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus Editor: Juan Meléndez-Alicea (Presentation handout) With: Michael Baez-Arroyo Yennelly Eve-Flores (Presentation handout) Andrés López-Román (Presentation handout) Omayra Torres-Carrión Mary Torres-Mulero English & Spanish	Track: Online Learning and Technology Integration Title: Diseño y uso de la página web garymorales.info como recurso innovador en el Departamento de Música de la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Recinto de San Germán* By Dr. Gary A. Morales Rodríguez, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, San Germán Campus Spanish	Track: Access Title: BECA Believing Everyone Can Achieve: Creating Access for Hispanic-Latino Youth (Presentation handout) (Video) By Dulce Maldonado-Muñoz, Southeast Missouri State University English
12:30 pm Lunch	Lunch- Rooms 101 & 102
1:30 PM	Track Winner: Online Learning and Technology Integration Title: Adopting the Embedded Librarianship Model to Improve Students’ Research and Informational Literacy Competences in Online Courses and Other Digital Spaces (Presentation handout) (Video) By Dr. Rolando J. Méndez, and Linda Mayo Matos, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus Spanish	Track: Online Learning and Technology Integration Title: Portafolios electrónicos para la educación a distancia (Presentation handout) (Video) By Dr. Carmen Pacheco-Sepúlveda, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus Spanish	Track: Online Learning and Technology Integration Title: Google Classroom: una herramienta didáctica para el docente universitario innovador (Presentation handout) (Video) By Prof. José A. Otero, Atlantic University College Spanish
2:30 PM	Track: Retention Title: El diseño instruccional: herramienta de integridad y promotor de calidad en EaD (Presentation handout) (Video) By Dr. Alice J. Casanova, EDP University Spanish	Track: Retention Title: Guías para el apoyo de un estudiante a distancia no tradicional (Presentation handout) (Video) Dr. Juanita García, and Profa. Bessie Rivera, National University College, División Online Spanish
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm	Room 201 & 202 – Closed Session Board Meeting
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm	Central Atrium – Closing Reception

*(Presentation cancelled)- Presentation was not showcased during the event due to natural disaster reasons