Here's a look back at the 2003 Symposium...
Assessment as a Mechanism for Learning: Value and Coherence for ESF
7th College-wide
Symposium on Teaching, Learning, and Technology
Friday, February 14, 2003
This annual Symposium, sponsored by Faculty Governance, Academic Affairs and the Office of the President, celebrates and explores faculty-driven approaches to
instructional quality improvement. This year’s Symposium focused on Reflecting Critically on Our Teaching and Learning.Following are highlights of faculty, staff,
undergraduate, and graduate student dialogue.
Some of the questions raised at this Symposium were:
How effective are we at developing critical thinking and lifelong learning?
Are our instructional approaches adequate?
Are we promoting inquiry-based and experiential learning?
Are our graduates prepared to address multidisciplinary problems
President Cornelius B. Murphy
Jr. delivers the concluding
remarks
Critical thinking and Instructional Approaches:
Following the trail of important discoveries, discussing articles in class, employing relevant videos, citing “real-world” examples, student
presentations, “show and tell” projects, and including critical thinking questions on exams promotes critical thinking among students. Looking
beyond “ologies”, and balancing “content vs concepts” in courses is valued. The instructional structure is perceived as one in which there is
“process-oriented faculty and goal-oriented students”.
Dr. George Kyanka and Kay
Scott discuss the construction
of the harp
An excellent learning experience:
Build in challenges/mistakes and open-ended issues
Integrate theory and practice
Use case study assignments to evaluate local issues
Test skills by application
Dean of Instruction and
Graduate Studies, Dr. Dudley
Raynal, addresses the
conference
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary learning:
We need to develop assessment techniques to evaluate problems cutting across various majors. Some faculty do provide multidisciplinary
experiences. Engaging original research in the classroom provides the ideal milieu for multidisciplinary experience, but it cannot be achieved in a
single class.
Provost William Tully and other
faculty and students listen to
the proceedings
“Take Home” ideas and recommendations:
Encourage questions, open-ended discussions, original ideas
Emphasize “hands-on” experience, case-studies, projects
Create “tool-box” workshops for faculty and GAs,
Use feedback actively
Use feedback actively
Start inquiry-based learning early
Ben Ballard, Lindi
Quackenbush, Valerie Luzadis,
Mike Farrell, and others discuss
the issues
Seventh College-wide
Symposium on Teaching, Learning and Technology
Reflecting Critically on Our Teaching and Learning
11:50 – 2:15 pmFriday, February 14, 2003 Marshall Lounge
Sponsored by Faculty Governance, Academic Affairs, and the Office of the President
Registration and Lunch (pre-registration is required) will begin at 11:45
Welcoming Remarks
D. Steven Keller, Chair, Subcommittee on Instructional Quality, Provost William Tully
The Marriage of Art and Engineering
George Kyanka, Chair, Construction Management & Wood Products Engineering
Kay Scott, Harpist
Reflecting Critically on Our Teaching and Learning
Steve Keller, Chair, Subcommittee on Instructional Quality
Dudley Raynal, Dean of Instruction and Graduate Studies
Undergraduate Student, Graduate Student, Faculty and Staff Roundtable Discussion
Closing Remarks
President Neil Murphy
Contact Sharon Weis to register: 470-6817, syweis@esf.edu
Information on this, past Symposia, and other ESF instructional quality efforts is available at www.esf.edu/iq
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