SoTL Basics
Learning Communities
Outcomes Assessment
Diversity
Service Learning
**Follow links below to presentation/workshop PowerPoints, Handouts, Session Summaries, and Photos
Keynote Speaker:
One of the highlights of the Institute was the keynote address by Pat Hutchings, Vice President of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. With Lee Shulman, she oversees all Foundation programs and provides guidance to Foundation research initiatives. Hutchings has written widely on the investigation and documentation of teaching and learning in colleges and universities, especially on teaching and course portfolios and on peer collaboration and review of teaching. She is a national leader on the scholarship of teaching and learning and the author with Mary Huber of The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Building the Pedagogical Commons. It will be published by Jossey-Bass.
Pre-Institute Workshop:
A pre-conference workshop for Academic Leaders led by Pat Hutchings and Middlesex Community College, Provost and Vice-President of Academic and Student Affairs, Mary-Jane McCarthy was offered at the Second Annual Summer Institute.
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Middlesex Carnegie Summer Institute June 8 - 10, 2005 - Lowell, Massachusetts
Day One: Wednesday June 8, 2005 |
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Pre-conference Workshop: Academic Leaders and the Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning
Pat Hutchings, Vice President of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Mary-Jane McCarthy, Provost and Vice President Middlesex Community College |
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11:45 -1:45 pm |
Opening Session and Lunch: Doubletree Hotel Welcome Carole A. Cowan, Ed. D., President Middlesex Community College
Keynote Address Pat Hutchings, Ph.D., Vice President of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching |
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Middlesex Carnegie Summer Institute Workshop Schedule
Track A: SoTL Basics Track B: Learning Communities Track C: Outcomes Assessment Track D: Diversity Track E: Service Learning
Wednesday, June 8 , 2005 Concurrent Session 1 - Time: 2:00 to 4:00pm |
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Track Topic |
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Exactly What is SoTL? (Session Summary1A) |
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Design a Learning Community in an Hour: An Introduction to LC Course Design (Hdout; Session Summary1B) |
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Assessing for Talent Development (Session Summary1C) |
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Cultural Proficiency |
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The Use of Pre-reflection and Reflection in Service-Learning (Session Summary1E) |
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Meeting of COPPER Members (Mural photos) |
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Thursday, June 9 , 2005 Concurrent Session 2 - Time: 9:00 to 11:00am |
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Track Topic |
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SoTL Different Approaches (PowerPoint Presentation; Session Summary2A) |
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Team Teaching, Collaborative Learning and Integrated Assessment |
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Writing Outcomes for Assessment (PowerPoint Presentation; Session Summary2C) |
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The SoTL Research Project (Session Summary2D) |
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Designing Small- and Large-Scale Service-Learning Projects (PowerPoint Presentation; Session Summary2E) |
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Thursday, June 9, 2005 Concurrent Session 3 - Time: 12:45 – 2:45pm |
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Track Topic |
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SoTL and Assessment - Measuring Student Learning (PowerPoint Presentation; Hdout; Session Summary3A) |
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Building Learning Communities Infrastructure-Program and Faculty Development (Session Summary 3B) |
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Formative and Summative Assessment (handout) |
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Interdisciplinary Collaborations in Today's Diverse Classroom (Session Summary 3D) |
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Building a Sustainable College-Community Partnership (PowerPoint Presentation; Hdouts; Session Summary3E) |
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Friday, June 10 , 2005 Concurrent Session 4 - Time: 9:00 – 11:00am |
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Designing Doable Classroom Research |
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Learning Communities and General Education Reform (Session Summary4B) |
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Useful Statistics ( Hdout#1 & Hdout#2 ) |
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Students' Reflections on Diversity-a Panel Discussion (Session Summary4D) |
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Launching a SoTL Research Project (Session Summary4E) |
PHOTOS from the Middlesex Carnegie Summer Institute 2005
NOTE: News, comments, and questions are all welcome on the COPPER Cluster Weblog in response to the Middlesex Carnegie Summer Insitute: A Focus on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, June 8-10, 2005. Summaries of some of the Institute sessions also appear on the COPPER Weblog. Feel free to use the comments section of the Weblog to add your own thoughts, ideas, and reactions to any session postings.
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