12:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Pre-Institute Session
IT-User Services
Promoting Thoughtful Online Discussions through Effective Questioning

Carol DeArment, Ed.D.
Instructional Designer
Center for Instructional Development & Distance Education
University of Pittsburgh

Using WebCT Discussion Groups
Hands On Workshop

Pre-Institute Concurrent Sessions
Oral & Written Communication Task Force

Concurrent Session 1
Integrating Oral Communication into the Disciplines: Planning and Evaluating Instructional Activities
Leaders: Scott Caplan, COMM; John Courtright, UGS

Concurrent Session 2
Integrating Written Communication into the Disciplines: Managing the Paper Load
Leaders: Dee Baer, WRCNTR; Stephen Bernhardt, ENGL; Michael Chajes, CIEG; Dorry Ross, WRCNTR

Goal #1
Attain effective skills in oral and written communication, quantitative reasoning, and the use of information technology.

Pre-Institute Combined Session

Panel Discussion
Integrating Oral & Written Communication into Disciplines
Facilitators: Pam Beeman , CHNS; John Sawyer, BUAD
Panelists: Joe Brady, B&E; Nancy Getchell , HNES; Brian Hanson, GEOG; Paul Imhoff, CIEG; Jill Neitzel, ANTH; Bruce Vasilas, AGNS

1:00 pm
Trabant Lobby

Gen Ed Institute Registration

1:30 pm
Trabant A & B

Welcome

1:45 pm
Trabant A & B

Cultural Diversity Presentation
Diversity and General Education: National Trends and the Impact on Student Learning
Introduction by Dr. Terry Whittaker

Dr. Debra Humphreys
Vice President
Association of American Colleges and Universities

Goal # 9
Understand the foundations of United States society including the significance of its cultural diversity.

3:00 pm
Trabant A & B

Ethics Presentation
Introduction by Dr. Fred Adams

Integrating Ethical Perspectives Into Non-Ethics Courses: From Confession, Digression, or Distraction to Method of Analysis
Dr. Alex London
Assistant Professor
Carnegie Mellon University

Normative Arguments and the Apparent Conflict of Values
Dr. Thomas Powers
National Science Foundation Research Fellow
University of Virginia

UD Ethics and Public Policy

Goal # 4
Engage questions of ethics and recognize responsibilities to self, community, and society at large.

4:00 pm
Trabant C

Reception and Poster Session
2003-2004 Instructional Grant Faculty

Gen Ed Institute Registration

Assessment Presentation
General Education: Assessing Our Complex Expectations for Student Learning
Introduction by Dr. Louis Arena

Dr. Peggy Maki
Higher Education Assessment Advocate
Peggy Maki Associates

Keynote Presentation
Promoting Diversity in a Public University: The UMBC Experience
Introduction by President David Roselle

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, III
President
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Buffet Luncheon

Open Forum
Implementation and Implications
General Education Report October 2003 and Faculty Senate Resolutions May 2004
Co-moderators – Dr. Avron Abraham, HNES and Dr. Harry Shipman, PHYS

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Assessment Session
Dr. Peggy Maki

Cultural Diversity Session
Dr. Debra Humphreys

Ethics Session
Dr. Alex London
Dr. Thomas Powers