Just a Thought

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”

-Charles Dickens

Center for Academic Development

Learning Assistance Specialist

• Provides assistance to students and faculty in the effective use of learning support tools and resources.

• Assesses individual and campus learning assistance needs and makes appropriate recommendations as requested and needed.

• Trains, provides guidance and supports students and faculty in their use of available learning tools and resources.

LAS: Jonathan A. Cedeño

Location: Language Lab (Room 102)

Contact: jocedeno@suagm.edu / 407-207-3363 ext. 1827

Student Services• E-Lab and Virtual Components

• Assess learning needs as requested

• Blackboard Assistance

• Workshops for Academic and Language Development

• Student orientations related to the use of learning assistance tools

Faculty Services• Programs specific learning

assistance resources and strategies as requested

• Class Workshops

• Student Referrals

• Language Lab Reservations

• Audiovisual Equipment Reservations

Services

Workshops

Academic Development

• Blackboard Orientation

• APA Style Orientation and Correct Citation and Reference use

• Digital Portfolio Orientation

• Proper preparation of PowerPoint Presentations

Language Development

• Espresso Yourself – Conversational English Group

• Learning Sentence Structure and use of Punctuation

• Techniques on Paragraph Writing

• Essay Composition

• Rosetta Stone Orientation

*Other workshops can be offered upon request*

It is an electronic link created on Blackboard’s virtual platform which facilitates the access to all of SUAGM’s educational services.

Hours required per course: 20 hours

• Net TutorOnline Tutoring for Math, Statistics, Accounting, and Computer Systems

• Tell Me More (Rosetta Stone)Online tutoring for English and Spanish

• VoiceboardPromotes the use of voice in the development of academic subjects

• Virtual Library

E-Lab

• Personalized tutoring will be available for Math and Computer Classes• Schedule hours apply

• In the event that the tutoring is not available, students may leave questions posted and will be answered in 72 hours

• Frequently asked question section is also available 24/7

• The services offers tutoring for the following subjectsEnglish* Mathematics**Spanish* Accounting**Statistics** Computer Information Systems**

*Available for all courses **Must be enrolled in the course

E-Lab: Net Tutor

• Effective system to learn English and Spanish that allows you to strengthen your skills and fulfill the required language lab hours for your classes.• Improves pronunciation

• Works on grammar and listening skills

• Language development for beginners to advance levels

• Important to implement on students for Language Development

E-Lab: Tell Me More

• Electronic tool that promotes the use of voice in the development of academic subjects.• Allows interaction between students and facilitators

• Can be use to evaluate students’ speech in both English and Spanish

• Can be used for assignments, create voice posts, preparing voice presentations, sending voice emails.

E-Lab: Voiceboard

E-Lab: Virtual Library