General Education Institute 2003
University of Delaware
June 4 - 5, 2003
Trabant University Center
Multi-Purpose Rooms A, B, C

Agenda

June 3, 2003
IT-User Services
Pre-Institute Workshop
Teaching Well Using Technology

June & July - Faculty Development Events
Teaching, Learning, and Technology (TLT) Faculty Institute

Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education (ITUE)

 
For information contact
Avron Abraham, Chair, Faculty Senate Committee on General Education (ext. 8742)
Martha Carothers, Interim Faculty Director, General Education Initiative (ext. 2027)

                                               



                         

Objectives
•To place the University of Delaware General Education Initiative in a national context.

•To highlight General Education Initiatives at the University of Delaware, especially first-year experience program, oral and written communication, quantitative reasoning, use of information technology, service-based learning, and global citizenship.

•To help faculty develop and refine instructional approaches that advance General Education goals and to provide them with support and resources.





Agenda
Wednesday, June 4th Thursday, June 5th

9:30
Coffee & Pastries

10:00
Opening Remarks - Martha Carothers
Welcoming Remarks - President David Roselle

10:30
Keynote Address
First Year Experience & Trends in General Education
VHS tape available in 212 Gore Hall
Dr. Brady Deaton
Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost
University of Missouri
Article on UDaily

11:30
Discussion Session with Brady Deaton

12:00
Lunch

1:30
Recognition of Gen Ed Initiative
Faculty and Personnel
Vice Provost Conrado Gempesaw

2:00
General Education Initiative Update
Summary Remarks - Dr. Avron Abraham
Outcomes Assessment - Dr. Karen Bauer

2:45
Short Break

3:00
Invited Speaker - Use of Information Technology
Teaching in the Future
VHS tape available in 212 Gore Hall
Dr. David Brown
Vice President & Dean
International Center for
Computer Enhanced Learning
Wake Forest University
Dr. David Brown

4:00
Implementation Session
Technology in Instruction
Facilitator - Dr. David Brown
Session Resource Lists
UD The PRESENT

5:00
Poster Session
CTE and GEI Grant Projects
2002-2003
Reception Sponsored by ITUE
UD Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education

 

9:30
Coffee & Pastries

9:45
Welcoming Remarks - Provost Dan Rich

10:00
Invited Speaker - Service-based Learning
Scholarship-based Civic Engagement
VHS tape available in 212 Gore Hall
Dr. Jeremy Cohen
Associate Vice Provost
Undergraduate Education
Penn State University
Dr. Jeremy Cohen
Public Scholarship at Penn State

11:00
Invited Speaker - Quantitative Reasoning
Responding to New Challenges
VHS tape available in 212 Gore Hall
Dr. Lynn Narasimhan
Associate Dean
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor
Mathematical Sciences
DePaul University
Dr. Lynn Narasimhan

12:00
Lunch
Presentation - Oral & Written Communication Initiative
Dr. John Courtright
UD Task Force on Oral & Written Communication Skills

1:30
Concurrent Implementation Sessions

Service-based Learning
Facilitator - Dr. Jeremy Cohen
Service-based Learning
UD Academic Council on Service-based Learning
Article on UD Service Learning by Wilmington's News Journal

Quantitative Reasoning
Facilitator - Dr. Lynn Narasimhan
Quantitative Reasoning

Global Citizenship
Facilitator - Dr. Lesa Griffiths
Global Citizenship