University of Michigan Provost's Seminar on Teaching (PSOT) Fall 2016: "Transformed: Foundational Courses for a Third Century"

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2016
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University of Michigan Provost's Seminar on Teaching (PSOT) Fall 2016: "Transformed: Foundational Courses for a Third Century"
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Agenda with Resource Links

10:30-11:30 Resource Cafe Ballroom

Please use the first hour of the Provost’s Seminar (10:30am-11:30am) to connect with valuable resources on campus.

  • How might you use these resources in the instruction of your own courses?
  • How can these resources help in transforming and sustaining key introductory courses?
  • How might U-M build on, extend or connect these resources to make them even more valuable to instructors and students in introductory classes?

Please share your key takeaways, ideas, and visions for the future on the large flip charts.

Resource Tables

11:30-1:30 Opening Plenary and Lunch

11:30 - 12:00: Introductions, Welcome, and Opening Remarks

12:00 - 1:00 Faculty Panel: What does a transformed course look like? (Slides)

  • Cynthia Giffen, Lecturer, Comprehensive Studies Program and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • John Carson, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, History
  • Rachel Goldman, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Professor of Physics and Associate Director, Applied Physics
  • Brenda Gunderson, Lecturer, Statistics

1:00 - 1:30 Table Discussions: Sharing visions of transformed courses (Discussion Prompts, Draft Foundational Course Proposal)

1:40 - 2:50 Concurrent Sessions: How do we get there?

M-Write: Scaling and Sustaining Writing-to-Learn in Large Courses

  • Anne Gere, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of English Language and Literature; Gertrude Buck Collegiate Professor of Education; Chair, Joint Program in English and Education; Director, Sweetland Writing Center ([email protected])
  • Ginger Shultz, Assistant Professor of Chemistry ([email protected])
  • CRLT Facilitator: Meg Bakewell

Biology 171: Adopting Pedagogical Innovation to Improve Retention and Learning for All Students

  • Meghan Duffy, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ([email protected])
  • Trisha Wittkopp, Arthur F Thurnau Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Professor in the Honors Program, Associate Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ([email protected])
  • CRLT Facilitator: Theresa Braunschneider

History 202: Developing a New Course in a New Curriculum

  • John Carson, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, History ([email protected])
  • CRLT Facilitator: Deborah Meizlish

Problem Roulette: Sharing an Emerging Technology across the Disciplines

  • August Evrard, Arthur F Thurnau Professor of Physics and Astronomy ([email protected])
  • Brenda Gunderson, Lecturer, Statistics ([email protected])
  • Jadwiga Sipowska, Collegiate Lecturer in Chemistry and in Comprehensive Studies Program ([email protected])
  • CRLT Facilitator: Ronit Ajlen

3:00-4:00 Closing Plenary

  • 3:00-3:30 Table Discussions: First Steps in the Journey (Discussion Questions)
  • 3:30-3:45 Closing Remarks
    • Tim McKay, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Physics, Astronomy, and Education and Principal Investigator of the REBUILD project
  • 3:45-4:00 Evaluations and “Count me in!” Cards

Acknowledgements

  • We thank the members of the REBUILD Committee and the REBUILD postdoctoral scholars for their assistance with planning the program. Special thanks to Eric Bell, Tim McKay, and Marybeth Bauer for their deep engagement with the planning process.
  • We thank Matthew Yettaw for arranging the logistics for the program.
  • We thank all of the presenters named in this program, who gave generously of their time to contribute to this Provost’s Seminar on Teaching.
  • Finally, we thank all of you who attended the seminar today for engaging in this conversation and sharing your ideas and inspirations for transforming and sustaining foundational courses at U-M.