Welcome to the Teaching-Learning Academy
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Welcome to the Teaching-Learning Academy
Overall
TLA: What you get when you cross
a think tank
with a feel tank
with a do tank
Objectives Civil discourse including disagreement A deeper understanding of teacher-learner
relationships Best individual & institutional teaching and learning
practices Optimal learning for everyone Celebrating contributions to teaching and learning
StructureOne of a kind
structure for staff, students, faculty, administrators, community
Equal playing field – flattened hierarchy
Participation
Why participate?
Share views on teaching & learningHear what others, especially
students, thinkMake learning, the community & the
world betterMake connections, partnerships,
network
Activities Meet bimonthly in dialogue groups Sponsor /co-sponsor all-campus
forums on teaching & learning Provide print and online resources
on teaching & learning Share findings locally, nationally
and internationally Lead special interest group on
“Students as Co-Inquirers” within the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL)
Dialogue-Study Process Develop a BIG question on T&L
to study for the year.
Use question(s) to study ourselves.
Invite others into the study.
Analyze and share the results.
Translate into action.
Dialogue Group Schedule
Every OTHER week
Four meeting options:Wednesdays at 12 & at 2 (Canada House)Thursdays at 12 & at 2 (Miller Hall 05, CEED)
80 mins
Dialogue Format: Structured Informality
Whole Group OpeningName badges, TREATS, review agenda &
dialogue prompt, form small groupsSmall Group DialogueResponding to common prompt, recording
group highlightsWhole Group ClosingSharing & responding to small group
highlights – recording for TLA Highlights
Dialogue Facilitation
Facilitate: to make easy
Student facilitators – Comm 339
Use Agreements to ensure air time for all
2011: Celebrating 12 Years of STUDENT VOICES at Western Washington
University
Overall Results
Participants report:
more positive attitudesnew insights informed practices institutional change
TLA and Beyond
Teaching-Learning Academy
“Students as Co-Inquirers” Interest
Group in the International Society for
the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
(ISSOTL)
A.S. Board
Teaching &Learning
Leadership Cooperativ
eWWU &
Bellingham
community partners
Sample Change Initiatives
2002: White paper on GURs 2003: Ethical education practices, fac. seminar on
ethics 2004: Stories of hope, “Good Stories for Good
Learning” project 2005: Sustaining practices, Sustain. Literacy 2006: Online dialogue forum (VV) 2007: Evaluating teaching recommendations 2008: Mentoring, Expanding Info Fair, Interactive
spaces recommendations, Rejuvenation practices 2009: Reflective Garden, Common Interest Groups,
Campus Commons, Reflective teaching practices
Reflective Garden Update
Spring groundbreaking for phase 1!
Fall
2010-2011 BIG Question
Developing a BIG question together~
So what’s on your mind?
What if we envisioned the most creative WWU we can imagine - one that fosters intellectual risk taking, life-long learning, and preparing graduates for a changing world?
What would this creative university look like if we took advantage of existing structures that already work this way and (re)invented new ones?
Winter: Connecting the Dots
Winter Proposals
Creating a Learning Commons
Improving the GURs
Other
Creating a Learning Commons Recommendations
1. Provide ample gathering and interactive spaces.
2. Be an information hub and central learning center.
3. Offer spaces for creative expression, wellness, and stress relief.
Creating a Learning Commons Recommendations
4. Create an inviting, aesthetically pleasing physical environment.
5. Sponsor regular learning events in the Commons.
6. Develop a virtual component of the Learning Commons.
See “Learning Commons Recommendations”
Learning Commons - ActionMarch 16 –
Recommendations to the Library’s Learning Commons Task Force
Under consideration for short- and long-term planning
Improving the GURsRecommendations
1. Clearer and ongoing communication about the purpose of the GURs.
2. More guidance in selecting and navigating GURs.
3. More coherency and relevancy in GUR curriculum
4. Enhanced development opportunities for faculty teaching the GURs
5. Expanded access to GURs. See “Improving the GURs”
GURs - Action
31 March –
Recommendations to the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) responsible for GURs
TLA recommendations now the basis for CUE spring enhancing the GURs agenda
Other Recommendations
1. For Stress Relief:
2. For Aesthetic Pleasure
3. For Community Building
See “Creativity – Other Recommendations”
This We Believe About Creativityi s contagious, healing, intrinsically rewarding, powerful,
playful, personal, quantum, demanding, changing, limitless, indefinable, disobedient, committed, fickle, vital, fun, E=MC^2. the lens with which we view and shape,. the journey and the destination within myself, absolutely necessary for now and the future, and the gift of every person.
needs nurturing, trust, respect, time, the courage to explore, grow, change, and the chace to make mistakes
flourishes when people consciously build environments that nurture imagination and develonp connection, collaboration and teamwork.
arises without words, continues with inspiration and nourishes ourselves and our community.
belongs to everyone
This We Believe About Creativityfosters collaboration, feeds the soul, inspires agency, transforms,
facilitates life, enhances technology prospers in a culture of curiosity with multiple paths honoring the moments in between.
Ioffers infinite possibilities. hurts the head.
has no limits. Can be cultivated. Springs from variety. Can take many forms.
finds its roots in passion..flourishes with openness , enthusiasm and motion! Happens when we
DARE to take risks, be silly.
Makes learning deeper, wider, and longer-lasting.
Spring Activities
Video to document work http://education.ted.com/
Dialogue to advance proposals
Creative expression activities
Introductions
Name?
Something about you that will help us enter into dialogue with you?
Today’s Dialogue Starter
What might YOU do to advance creative learning at WWU?