| Questions I Didn't Ask | |||||||
| Realistic expectations for a single course? | |||||||
| To what extent can you DO Fink in a learning frameworks course? | |||||||
| Especially the taxonomy | |||||||
| Questions I DID ask | |||||||
| Your opinion of the learning frameworks premise? | |||||||
| That you canmake an impact translating theory into practice | |||||||
| My Favorite Parts | |||||||
| "Teach them to love the college." -- John Gardner | |||||||
| I'm working on my own version of this... stated as a question. At the moment it's something like this: | |||||||
| What would we do differently if our overriding purpose were to teach new students how to love learning, love college, love Richland? [Fill in that last one with your own college]. | |||||||
| "We need common objectives." -- John Gardner | |||||||
| I'm wondering if the only thing we need to agree on are the goals of the Learning Frameworks? And that even those should be debatable as long as there's a clear system for changing them. | |||||||
| What do we do if we want students to have an excellent start to college ? | |||||||
| Proven strategies | |||||||
| Boredom is a major problem - linkages and themes can help. | |||||||
| Course linkage | |||||||
| Same time slots in morning to encourage cross class visits | |||||||
| Cohorts | |||||||
| Theme based learning community | |||||||
| Use peer readers who are students. | |||||||
| Incentive for peer reader: upper level classes | |||||||
| Other Ideas | |||||||
| A common reader that is used in several courses. Sustainability : No Impact Man Kenya Listserv on the first year experience. What might you want all your students do? Everything you learn will lead you to ask new questions about what you're doing. This course is not just about this course. |
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| Other Questions that were asked and answered | |||||||
| How to recruit faculty | |||||||
| Identify influencers. Ask for volunteers. A privilege to teach the class. Advisory committee to select teachers. Fellows. Keep a journal on the impact of the course on me. Eportfolio.wtvox |
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| Recruit best teachers. Those who will influence and impress. | |||||||
| Research Outcomes People Should Know About | |||||||
| Students who complete these courses | |||||||
| More likely to seek assistance. | |||||||
| More likely to seek interaction with instructors out of class. | |||||||
| Joining behavior -study groups. | |||||||
| What do they know/about the college? | |||||||