Focus on Teaching & Learning

In his 1944 book How We Think, Dewey defines education as “that reconstruction or reorganization of experience which adds to the meaning of experience, and which increases [one's] ability to direct the course of subsequent experiences.”  Building on and interpreting Dewey, Carol Rodgers argues that academic reflection is fundamentally “a meaning-making process that moves a [...]

Ideas/Thoughts There are sometimes issues with scheduling. One way to get around this is to poll students on times for synchronous sessions. There was also the questions of whether multiple options for dates and times could be shown in locus One person noted that some classes (such as classes with a clinical/lab element) need to [...]

Used Team-based Learning model for flipped classroom in Senior Nursing leadership course Faculty characteristics – not sage on stage, facilitator, no content review in class Student characteristics (in TBL model) – teams, group think, collaborate, evaluate peers and learn from experience, active learners, application level Traditional flipped classroom in Computer Science course – lectures placed [...]

For faculty/departments Need to clarify the process for faculty/departments to use ePortfolios Questions about how to scale up appropriately while still maintaining best practices & an integrated approach. Question of how to assess at the macro (institutional) level: CORE, university learning outcomes, etc. How to reframe reflection assignments using multi-media – “multimodal reflection” – What [...]

Clickers are student response technology that are used to get a quick idea of student’s understanding of a topic during a lecture. They have been used for quick quizzes at the beginning of class to avoid using paper and speed up grading. At LUC, clickers have been used in Modern Languages, Biology, Fine Arts, Chemistry [...]

This session covered the basic necessities of using technology in the classroom. Plan ahead for technology (way ahead)! Make sure that your classroom is equipped properly (i.e. projector, workstation, etc.) Keep it simple for your own comfort level and confidence Give students sufficient motive when they will be required to use technology

In this session, faculty were encouraged to reflect upon and answer several questions:  “What is your sense of the meaning of the mission/Ignatian pedagogy?” Social justice: a psych professor draws correlations between policy and Jesuit values. Children and justice in policies that involve children A distinction: Law: One can approach law as all business, or you [...]

Library resources for online courses Instructors should contact their librarian to find and prepare online resources Library uses Adobe Connect for online sessions Online chat with ask a librarian Have online video resources Academic Technology Committee Rep from each dept can report faculty concerns regarding online resources Adobe Connect Online webconferencing tool for synchronous class [...]