Institute on General Education

2008 Institute Materials

Alphabetical by presenter's name - All files are PDFs unless otherwise indicated

J. Herman Blake

• Higher Education and Diversity
• Retention and Graduation of Undergraduate Students: A Comprehensive Approach

Scott Evenbeck

• Goals for General Education (PowerPoint)
• Goals handouts
• Program Assessment (PowerPoint)
• Program assessment handouts

Brett Eynon

• Making Connections: Enhancing Student Learning and Assessment with Integrative ePorfolios
• Faculty Development as Catalyst for change
• LaGuardia Center for Teaching and Learning Principles of Effective Practice
• Note: the article "Ten Principles of Good Practice in Creating and Sustaining Teaching and Learning Centers" cannot be made available online due to copyright limits

Ann Ferren

• Models for General Education
• Where do we start? Models of General Education

Jerry Gaff

• The Change Process in General Education

Paul Gaston

• Curriculum - and Beyond Curriculum (PowerPoint)
• Seeking Effective Implementation of a Curricular Proposal (PowerPoint)

Joseph Graves

• External Mandates and Internal Responses (PowerPoint)

Lee Knefelkamp

• Student Development session handouts
• Experiential Learning in Teams
• Note: the Kolb Learning Style Inventory handout from the "Learning Matters" session cannot be made available online due to copyright limits

Peggy Maki

• The Interrelationship among Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (PowerPoint)
• Interrelationship Handouts
• Planning Assessment Backwards (PowerPoint)
• Planning Backwards Handouts

Ross Miller

• Assessment Tools for General Education Outcomes
• Using Data to Improve
• Connecting Philosophy and Research to Your Teaching

Terrel Rhodes

• Boundary Spanning: What Does the Terrain look like and Where are we Going? (PowerPoint)

Carol Geary Schneider

• Helping Students Connect: General Education, Liberal Education, and Intentional Practice Across the Curriculum (PowerPoint)
• Helping Students Connect handouts
• Connecting General Education and the Major

Barbara Wright

• Closing the Loop (PowerPoint)
• Assessment Tips for the Top
• Assessment Planning Matrix
• But what is good enough? (PowerPoint)

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