Artie Zillante's Group on Gen Ed Redesign: Thoughts on Themes and Competencies by Joanne Maguire https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett en-us 2021-04-07 19:39:28 UTC 2025-11-17 17:02:31 UTC hello@padlet.com jmrobin2 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397065711 2021-04-08 17:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397065711 grid https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397705491 I like this as a grid, making sure that all "competencies" and "themes" are checked off.  I don't like the idea at all of students focusing on one theme.  Current W and O goals should be retained because they usually support the structure of majors.

]]> 2021-04-08 20:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397705491 Other competencies https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397714913 Visual Literacy

]]> 2021-04-08 20:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397714913 Other themes: https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397717395 Equity, Ethics

]]> 2021-04-08 20:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397717395 Media literacy, Information literacy https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397719089 2021-04-08 20:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397719089 Distribution of labor https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397720223 2021-04-08 20:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397720223 Theme questions: https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397732071 Can students switch themes? 
Will starting a theme and switching themes delay time to graduation? 
Will they have less freedom to explore disciplines?
What does "theme" mean?
How often (if ever) will themes change? ]]> 2021-04-08 21:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397732071 Fulfilling competencies https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397735308 Is this a checkbox that students will need to fulfill? Will they need to take X number of courses that satisfy a competency?
My (AZ) response to this question was that if competencies were built into the majors then students wouldn't have to check a box to fulfill a competency - they should be getting that information through the early year Gen Ed curriculum as well as the major.]]> 2021-04-08 21:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397735308 Process for students https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397745032 There was a comment that the current LBST model is complicated and can cause confusion among students. Can a revised Gen Ed simplify that process?]]> 2021-04-08 21:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397745032 Accreditation https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397754460 For majors that have accrediting bodies with very prescriptive content it may be difficult to fit in more material in upper division courses. My (AZ) response was to think of it more like a mapping exercise - where are these competencies showing up in the major now.]]> 2021-04-08 21:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397754460 Replace LBST? https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397760152 Will this replace LBST and what kind of effects will that have on faculty resources?]]> 2021-04-08 21:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397760152 Faculty resource questions https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397762841 Who teaches the courses?
How will these changes affect departments that have a heavy Gen Ed load now and what would their future departments look like?
Will this redesign be more costly (will higher paid faculty need to teach smaller Gen Ed classes)?
Will the teaching burden of the redesign fall on those units that currently have the capacity to teach the courses?]]> 2021-04-08 21:14:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/g548zsqz4vy7sett/wish/1397762841