https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln Gen Ed Redesign Town Hall September 2021 en-us 2021-09-23 14:21:44 UTC 2024-05-28 09:48:42 UTC hello@padlet.com jmrobin2 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1763159379

]]> 2021-09-23 14:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1763159379 jmrobin2 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1763159381 2021-09-23 14:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1763159381 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764027348 Many of us in English feel strongly that the second theme remain "Equity, Culture, and Identity"]]> 2021-09-23 20:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764027348 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764027941 Will there be guidance about prerequisites (or lack thereof!) for 25xx courses?]]> 2021-09-23 20:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764027941 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764029575 Recommendation more than question: David was using the language Global/Local. The latter dilutes/distorts what "Equity, Community, and Identity" would focus on. I would encourage consistent language from the committee that represents the actual proposal.]]> 2021-09-23 20:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764029575 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764030605 This seems complicated, with multiple different groups trying to attack it. Seems primed for conflicting priorities]]> 2021-09-23 20:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764030605 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764032484 I heard the distribution notion of not more than one Theme course from a major. I understand that impulse, but I wonder about it in relation to sustained inquiry. I wonder if it might be better to think about precluding Theme courses from a student's major rather than the number of Theme courses from a single major.]]> 2021-09-23 20:41:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764032484 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764052047 It seems plausible many students could make it through the proposed gen ed revision with only natural sciences and social sciences and English but no other humanities.]]> 2021-09-23 20:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764052047 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764052239 How will the new workings of this program be administered? Is there a commitment not to expand what we already have as administrative support? And to what extent will faculty be involved in accessing the competencies being offered in the various courses? ]]> 2021-09-23 20:55:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764052239 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764053417 Thinking about how to incentivize small groups of faculty who will be offering/developing Theme courses so that they have some kind of coherence and substance.]]> 2021-09-23 20:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764053417 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764057657 Students find it confusing the way it is set up in DegreeWorks right now. I would recommend putting upper level gen ed under the "major" subsection of DegreeWorks. For example: some students try to take "Any W course" just to check the box even though there is a specific major required course that covers that gen ed requirement.]]> 2021-09-23 20:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764057657 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764062104 How can distribution requirements be put into place so that students are having a broad array of curricular experiences--specifically, how are we making sure that students are being exposed to humanities courses? Or, to say it another way, how to they push them out of the comfort zone of their majors?]]> 2021-09-23 21:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764062104 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764069343 A lot of our discussion in our room about introducing a "no double dipping" rule for the theme courses]]> 2021-09-23 21:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764069343 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764103180 Our facilitator mentioned task force discussion re: highlighting and fostering team-teaching in Gen Ed. I am a HUGE supporter of team-teaching, especially for general education. If this is a value of the task force, then it should be more clearly foregrounded in the documents and conversations, and having satellite groups work out how that could happen on a larger scale.]]> 2021-09-23 21:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1764103180 https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1766347478 2021-09-24 18:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jmrobin2/hervigtgcn9e90ln/wish/1766347478