HIST 110—Europe since 1500
HIST 111--European History and Geography
HIST 120—Survey of American History
HIST 121—American History and Geography
 European
History (To 1815 & Since 1815)
Total Enrollments: 586
General Education Enrollments: 491 (84%)
History Majors and Education Majors: 95 (16%)
 American
History (To 1877 & Since 1877)
Total Enrollments: 875
General Education Enrollments: 607 (69%)
History Majors and Education Majors: 268 (31%)
 Lecture/Discussion
Sections
• 3 Hours per week
• Enrollment capped at 40
 European
History: 15 Sections
 American History: 23 Sections
 Create
Courses Designed around
General Education Learning Objectives
 Increase Success of First-Year General
Education Students
 Increase Consistency of Content and
Assessment
 Increase Flexibility in Faculty
Assignments
 Collapse
European History Courses
(Before 1815 & Since 1815) into a single
European History Course.
 Collapse American History Courses
(Before 1877 & Since 1877) into a single
American History Course.
 Offer One Section of each Course each
Semester.
 Replace 27 Sections with 4 Sections for
General Education Students.
 One
semester American History
 One semester European History
 Content shaped by NYSED Standards for
Social Studies
• American History
• World History
• Geography
 Complete Textbook Assignment
• Read Assigned Chapter
• Take Reading Quiz
 Attend Lecture: 75 Minutes
 Complete
Primary Source/Geography
Assignment
Download and Read
Demonstrate Learning by:
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•
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Worksheets
Short Papers
Discussion Board
 Physical
Space, Dedicated to History for
60 hours per week
 Staffed by Undergraduate Learning
Assistants
• ULA Content Specialist Hours Posted
• Walk in Tutoring
 One
Hour per Week Required
 Responsibilities
• Design content
• Design assessment instruments
• Deliver lectures
• Oversee all aspects of delivery
 Responsibilities: Grading
• Weekly Primary Source Papers
• Midterm and Final Exams
• Maintain 3 Office Hours per Week
 Qualifications:
• Generally Graduate Students
• Generally Recent Graduates
 Terms: Half-Time Adjunct Appointment:
• Lousy Salary
• Good Benefits
• Three Years Maximum
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Responsibilities
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•
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•
•

Staffing History Learning Lab (7 hours per week)
Answering or Referring Questions, Online & Not
Attend Lectures (1 hour per week)
Attend Staff Meetings (2 hours per week)
Develop Expertise in One Course—ULA Specialists
Selection
• Junior Standing
• Outstanding Academic Record
• Faculty Recommendation

Terms
• Initial Appointment: Internship
• Reappointment: Wages
 Responsibilities:
• Sets up and manages LMS
• Sets up and manages Classroom Technology
• Supervises TAs and ULAs
• Schedules and Chairs Staff Meetings
• Chairs Cross-Reading Meetings w/ TAs
 Terms: Full-Time
Tenure Track
 Creating
Courses Designed around
General Education Learning Objectives
 Creating Courses Designed around
Teacher Education Learning Objectives
86%
84%
82%
80%
78%
76%
74%
72%
70%
68%
66%
2008-2009 (T-TT Baseline)
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
84%
82%
80%
78%
76%
74%
72%
70%
2008-2009 (T-TT Baseline)
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
The large lectures, and the online grading by
faceless “virtual” TAs, made the course seem
impersonal, and undermined the sense of
accountability that students might feel toward
faculty.
Students were tested much more thoroughly on
their reading than in traditional courses, and
were assigned considerably more writing. More
assignments provided not merely more
opportunities for success, but also more
opportunities to fail.
Students were less adept at electronic
communication and in navigating an online
environment than we had anticipated. Mastery
of Facebook does not imply the ability to
succeed academically online.
 SMS
Messaging
 Facebook
 Lecture Capture
 Scaffolded Writing Assignments
Proportion of Students taught by Full time Tenure/Tenure
Track Faculty, 2007-2008 and 2012-2013
Gen Ed
Sections
Enrollments Percentage
Redesigned
5
1061
84%
Honors
2
27
2%
Writing
7
129
10%
Speaking
2
49
4%
16
1266
100%
 Reassigned
Time:
• 30 hours reassigned time for faculty
• One course for each member of department
 High
Impact Experiences
• 10 ULA Internships
• Brings best students into department