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Research Subcommi/ee Report April 27, 2015 Research Subcommi5ee
Jason Vance (Chair) Walker Library Nancy McCormick (Vice-­‐Chair) Basic and Applied Sciences Basic and Applied Sciences Carol Boraiko Lynda Duke Walker Library Dusty Doddridge Career Development Center Tricia Farwell Mass CommunicaOon Ronda Henderson College of Business Cheryl Hitchcock College of EducaOon Ron Kates College of Liberal Arts Andrew Owusu Behavioral and Health Sciences Sharon Whiteside Basic and Applied Sciences Research Subcommi5ee Charges
ü Develop a working definiOon of key terms •  Academic engagement •  CriOcal reflecOon •  IntegraOve learning ü Research on e-­‐porXolios q Summarize current efforts at MTSU q Write a literature review for QEP document Working Defini;ons (1 of 3)
Academic Engagement Academic engagement is a student’s acOve learning experiences as demonstrated through quality of effort, physical and psychological involvement, and parOcipaOon in producOve learning acOviOes. See: Kuh’s High Impact Educa/onal Prac/ces (2008) from the AssociaOon of American Colleges & UniversiOes. Working Defini;ons (2 of 3)
CriOcal ReflecOon CriOcal reflecOon is the meta-­‐cogniOve act through which a student reflects on a learning experience and evaluates both new informaOon and the frames of reference through which the informaOon acquires meaning. See: AAC&U definiOon (
h/p://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/integraOve-­‐learning) and Mezirow & Associates (2000). Working Defini;ons (3 of 3)
IntegraOve Learning IntegraOve and applied learning is an understanding and a disposiOon that a student builds across the curriculum and co-­‐curriculum, from making simple connecOons among ideas and experiences to synthesizing and transferring learning to new, complex situaOons within and beyond the campus.* See: AAC&U definiOon (
h/p://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/integraOve-­‐learning). Research on e-­‐PorDolios
•  MTSU Department Chair survey •  ExaminaOon of e-­‐porXolio “best pracOces” from other universiOes Projects Remaining
q  Summarize current efforts at MTSU [early summer 2015] q  Write a literature review for QEP document [early fall 2015] References
American AssociaOon of Colleges and UniversiOes. (2014). IntegraOve and Applied Learning VALUE Rubric. Retrieved from h/p://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/integraOve-­‐learning Kuh, G. (2008). High-­‐impact educaOonal pracOces: What they are, who has access to them, and why they ma/er. Washington, DC: AAC&U. Retrieved from h/p://www.aacu.org/leap/documents/hip_tables.pdf Mezirow, J. & Assoc. (2000). Learning as transformaOon. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, cited in R. Keeling et al. (2004). Learning reconsidered: A campus wide focus on the student experience. NaOonal AssociaOon of Student Personnel Administrators.