Room 9: For each element of the proposed curriculum (A-C): 1) what works, 2) what value students will get, and 3) suggestions for refinements/improvement. Thank you! by Joanne Maguire https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw Gen Ed Redesign Town Hall September 2021 en-us 2021-09-23 14:27:01 UTC 2024-07-15 15:08:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Competencies / Levels / Distribution Matrix jmrobin2 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1763175572

]]> 2021-09-23 14:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1763175572 Crosswalk of Current Gen Ed to Recommended Framework jmrobin2 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1763175573 2021-09-23 14:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1763175573 Are we going to miss an "Arts" component in this model? https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764043100 2021-09-23 20:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764043100 Concern about students who leave college education without thinking about arts beyond entertainment and commodity https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764046255 2021-09-23 20:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764046255 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764046972 How will classes be distributed within colleges/across departments?]]> 2021-09-23 20:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764046972 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764049617 Will social sciences be expanded beyond traditional spaces? Social work has joined but will public health or other non-trad social sciences be added?]]> 2021-09-23 20:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764049617 How do we make sure that the courses offered under the 4 courses are distributed across departments? It doesn't make sense to have all of the 2501 courses offered by one department. https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764050943 2021-09-23 20:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764050943 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764050976 How are we defining these terms?]]> 2021-09-23 20:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764050976 Competencies fit in well with the conversation going on in Belk College of Business. https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764052970 2021-09-23 20:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764052970 "Community" makes more sense than "culture." https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764053641 2021-09-23 20:56:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764053641 "Community" is a good contrast with "global." https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764054035 2021-09-23 20:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764054035 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764055067 The competencies make sense for us as a department as well as for general education.  It has the potential to work more seamlessly in our programs.]]> 2021-09-23 20:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764055067 "Community" deals with local scale. Focus on different scales is appealing. https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764057741 2021-09-23 21:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764057741 "Community" as a word fits in well with a lot of the research that we do at the university. https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764058579 2021-09-23 21:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764058579 "Identity" -- There is important meaning in having this as an emphasis. "Sustainability" has been over-used! https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764060517 2021-09-23 21:02:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764060517 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764060756 "Global" is an opportunity for us to think outside of comfort levels and invites discovery.]]> 2021-09-23 21:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764060756 Ideas related to both of these themes have changed over the last 18 months! https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764061227 2021-09-23 21:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764061227 For departments that have a heavy load right now in gen ed, if there is a "limit" on how much the department can offer, how will that affect department teaching loads, faculty teaching assignments, etc? https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764063973 2021-09-23 21:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764063973 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764064882 Is there a formula for how many of these competencies should exist in each course? Only one per course?]]> 2021-09-23 21:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764064882 What about departments that have a broad array of "subject areas?" Geography and earth sciences, meteorology, geology, etc. for example. https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764065908 2021-09-23 21:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764065908 How do the competencies continue and play out in upper-level courses in majors? https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764067733 2021-09-23 21:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764067733 Will there be a requirement that each major has to have a "Q" course and an "I" course? W and O courses fit in already with communication. https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764069562 2021-09-23 21:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764069562 Important Point -- We are saying that majors will continue the work on competencies, but this plan is not dealing with that very much. https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764071014 2021-09-23 21:10:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/9psultfb2qisbhaw/wish/1764071014