Teaching, Pedagogy and Curriculum /academicfutures/ en In Their Own Words: Making Teaching and Learning Visible on the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Campus (Shea, Bender) /academicfutures/2018/02/06/their-own-words-making-teaching-and-learning-visible-cu-boulder-campus-shea-bender In Their Own Words: Making Teaching and Learning Visible on the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Campus (Shea, Bender) Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 02/06/2018 - 11:39 paper Teaching, Pedagogy and Curriculum

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.

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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Traditional 0 On White ]]> Tue, 06 Feb 2018 18:39:53 +0000 Anonymous 998 at /academicfutures Biomimicry and the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ (Barlow & Haynes) /academicfutures/2018/01/25/biomimicry-and-university-colorado-barlow-haynes Biomimicry and the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ (Barlow & Haynes) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 12:54 paper Teaching, Pedagogy and Curriculum

The authors call for leadership and funding support for an initiative to establish biomimicry as a central concept of teaching and research at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder.

The authors call for leadership and funding support for an initiative to establish biomimicry as a central concept of teaching and research at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder.

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Traditional 0 On White ]]> Thu, 25 Jan 2018 19:54:34 +0000 Anonymous 866 at /academicfutures Foreign Language Skills Improve Students’ Personal, Academic and Professional Lives (Hintz, Weber) /academicfutures/2018/01/25/foreign-language-skills-improve-students-personal-academic-and-professional-lives-hintz Foreign Language Skills Improve Students’ Personal, Academic and Professional Lives (Hintz, Weber) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 12:29 paper Teaching, Pedagogy and Curriculum

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 Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder.

 

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 Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder.

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Traditional 0 On White ]]> Thu, 25 Jan 2018 19:29:48 +0000 Anonymous 846 at /academicfutures Supporting Cross-Campus Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Programs (Dilling, Reed) /academicfutures/2018/01/25/supporting-cross-campus-interdisciplinary-graduate-certificate-programs-dilling-reed Supporting Cross-Campus Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Programs (Dilling, Reed) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 12:16 paper Teaching, Pedagogy and Curriculum

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

 

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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Traditional 0 On White ]]> Thu, 25 Jan 2018 19:16:37 +0000 Anonymous 842 at /academicfutures An International Educational Experience Should be Accessible to all Undergraduates (Westmoreland, Dando, Lanning) /academicfutures/2018/01/25/international-educational-experience-should-be-accessible-all-undergraduates-westmoreland An International Educational Experience Should be Accessible to all Undergraduates (Westmoreland, Dando, Lanning) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 11:53 paper Teaching, Pedagogy and Curriculum

The authors submit that an international educational experience should be available to all Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ students, and offer a five-point roadmap for how this might be achieved, as well as reviewing current foundations for such a roadmap.

 

The authors submit that an international educational experience should be available to all Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ 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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Traditional 0 On White ]]> Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:53:26 +0000 Anonymous 834 at /academicfutures Is it an Art? A Case Study of Teaching at the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Art Museum (Brunecky, Saska) /academicfutures/2018/01/25/it-art-case-study-teaching-cu-art-museum-brunecky-saska Is it an Art? A Case Study of Teaching at the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Art Museum (Brunecky, Saska) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 11:31 paper Teaching, Pedagogy and Curriculum

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.

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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Traditional 0 On White ]]> Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:31:02 +0000 Anonymous 818 at /academicfutures Informal learning at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s museums and the impact on student experience: Now and for the future (Brunecky, Tinianow) /academicfutures/2018/01/25/informal-learning-cu-boulders-museums-and-impact-student-experience-now-and-future Informal learning at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ 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 paper Teaching, Pedagogy and Curriculum

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 Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder. 

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 Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder.

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Traditional 0 On White ]]> Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:21:59 +0000 Anonymous 814 at /academicfutures Overcoming institutional barriers to a true interdisciplinary curriculum at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder (Powell, Melbourne, Cech et al.) /academicfutures/2018/01/25/overcoming-institutional-barriers-true-interdisciplinary-curriculum-cu-boulder-powell Overcoming institutional barriers to a true interdisciplinary curriculum at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder (Powell, Melbourne, Cech et al.) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 11:11 paper Teaching, Pedagogy and Curriculum

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.

 

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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Traditional 0 On White ]]> Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:11:49 +0000 Anonymous 806 at /academicfutures Engagement vs Motivation: Creating and Sustaining Learning in STEM (Hand, Penuel) /academicfutures/2018/01/25/engagement-vs-motivation-creating-and-sustaining-learning-stem-hand-penuel Engagement vs Motivation: Creating and Sustaining Learning in STEM (Hand, Penuel) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 10:59 paper Teaching, Pedagogy and Curriculum

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 Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ’s school culture and its ability to create and sustain learning and participation in STEM fields. 

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 Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ’s school culture and its ability to create and sustain learning and participation in STEM fields.

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Traditional 0 On White ]]> Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:59:25 +0000 Anonymous 802 at /academicfutures Supporting digital scholarship to bridge disciplinary and hierarchical boundaries (Hulden) /academicfutures/2018/01/25/supporting-digital-scholarship-bridge-disciplinary-and-hierarchical-boundaries-hulden Supporting digital scholarship to bridge disciplinary and hierarchical boundaries (Hulden) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 09:52 paper Teaching, Pedagogy and Curriculum

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.

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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