Teaching, Pedagogy and Curriculum

In Their Own Words: Making Teaching and Learning Visible on the CU Boulder Campus (Shea, Bender)

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 18:39:53 +0000

In Their Own Words: Making Teaching and Learning Visible on the CU Boulder Campus (Shea, Bender) Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 02/06/2018 - 11:39

The authors, using research and a long record of practice on the campus, outline a set of challenges and proposed solutions to elevating teaching excellence and promoting learning on campus.

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The authors, using research and a long record of practice on the campus, outline a set of challenges and proposed solutions to elevating teaching excellence and promoting learning on campus.

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Biomimicry and the University of Colorado (Barlow & Haynes)

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 19:54:34 +0000

Biomimicry and the University of Colorado (Barlow & Haynes) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 12:54

The authors call for leadership and funding support for an initiative to establish biomimicry as a central concept of teaching and research at CU Boulder.

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The authors call for leadership and funding support for an initiative to establish biomimicry as a central concept of teaching and research at CU Boulder.

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Foreign Language Skills Improve Students’ Personal, Academic and Professional Lives (Hintz, Weber)

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Foreign Language Skills Improve Students’ Personal, Academic and Professional Lives (Hintz, Weber) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 12:29

The authors maintain that language study – with a wide variety of cognitive benefits and skill developments – should be an important part of the curriculum at CU Boulder.

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The authors maintain that language study – with a wide variety of cognitive benefits and skill developments – should be an important part of the curriculum at CU Boulder.

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Supporting Cross-Campus Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Programs (Dilling, Reed)

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 19:16:37 +0000

Supporting Cross-Campus Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Programs (Dilling, Reed) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 12:16

The authors cite the need to revisit incentives and strategies for educating graduate students across disciplinary lines as well as professional specialties.

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The authors cite the need to revisit incentives and strategies for educating graduate students across disciplinary lines as well as professional specialties.

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An International Educational Experience Should be Accessible to all Undergraduates (Westmoreland, Dando, Lanning)

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An International Educational Experience Should be Accessible to all Undergraduates (Westmoreland, Dando, Lanning) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 11:53

The authors submit that an international educational experience should be available to all CU students, and offer a five-point roadmap for how this might be achieved, as well as reviewing current foundations for such a roadmap.

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Is it an Art? A Case Study of Teaching at the CU Art Museum (Brunecky, Saska)

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Is it an Art? A Case Study of Teaching at the CU Art Museum (Brunecky, Saska) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 11:31

The authors argue that academic art museums, as centers for learning, have the potential to impart skills across disciplines, modeling applications of "transfer learning" where knowledge gained in one domain is applied to another.

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Informal learning at CU Boulder’s museums and the impact on student experience: Now and for the future (Brunecky, Tinianow)

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Informal learning at CU Boulder’s museums and the impact on student experience: Now and for the future (Brunecky, Tinianow) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 11:21

The authors discuss the role of museum staff as learning providers, how their efforts shape the student experience, and what awareness of the value of informal learning suggests in terms of future research and innovation at CU Boulder.

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Overcoming institutional barriers to a true interdisciplinary curriculum at CU Boulder (Powell, Melbourne, Cech et al.)

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Overcoming institutional barriers to a true interdisciplinary curriculum at CU Boulder (Powell, Melbourne, Cech et al.) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 11:11

The authors center their arguments in STEM education reform, arguing for better support for faculty who occasionally team teach by giving them full teaching credit and (2) support for graduate students by incorporating flexible ‘breadth’ course requirements into STEM graduate curriculum.

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Engagement vs Motivation: Creating and Sustaining Learning in STEM (Hand, Penuel)

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Engagement vs Motivation: Creating and Sustaining Learning in STEM (Hand, Penuel) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 10:59

The authors believe that moving away from the notion of motivating students to one of engaging students in learning environments could have profound effects on CU’s school culture and its ability to create and sustain learning and participation in STEM fields.

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Supporting digital scholarship to bridge disciplinary and hierarchical boundaries (Hulden)

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:52:00 +0000

Supporting digital scholarship to bridge disciplinary and hierarchical boundaries (Hulden) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 09:52

The author argues that the campus consider ways to consolidate gains made in digital scholarship and the use of digital assets by faculty. Suggestions include funding to mold sustained 1 programs (with possibly additional technical support staff and e.g. improved options for web hosting) and the development of incentives (summer funding, course releases, etc.) to allow faculty new to digital scholarship to get involved.

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