Fall 2020 Teaching Cooperatives
Following is a schedule for upcoming Fall teaching cooperatives including Communities of Practice, Discussion Groups, and ULO Scholar meetings. Detailed descriptions are located at the end. We will continue to update this page as the information is available.
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Communities of Practice
| Topic | Facilitator(s) | Schedule | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Apprenticeship: Deepening Our Practice | Nelson Graff, Rebecca Kersnar | Mondays from 9:00-10:00 am |
Zoom Session. For zoom link, please email: rkersnar@csumb.edu |
| Empowering Equity in Teaching: A Community of Co-learners that Explores Best Practices in Education Equity (Lecturers only)* |
Yhashika Lee, George Station, Salina Lopez, Ibrahim Shelton | Fridays: 10/2, 10/16, 10/30, 11/13, & 12/4 from 10:00 am - 11:45 am | Zoom Session. For zoom link, please email: yhlee@csumb.edu, salopez@csumb.edu, gstation@csumb.edu, sakurasdad@gmail.com |
| Peer Review Online Cooperative |
Nelson Graff | First Meeting TBD | Zoom Session. For zoom link, please email ngraff@csumb.edu |
| Designing International Learning Experiences |
Ondine Gage | First Meet: 9/23 @9:00am, 10/14 @3:30pm, 10/28 @3:30pm, 11/18 @3:30pm, and 12/2 @3:30pm | Zoom Session. For zoom link, please email ogage@csumb.edu |
| Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum | Dan Fernandez | Wednesdays: 10/14, 11/11, & 12/9 from 12:00 pm. - 1:00 pm | Zoom Session. For zoom link, please email dfernandez@csumb.edu |
Risks, Rewards, and Challenges of Effective Online Teaching |
Chris Beem | Wednesdays: 10/14, 10/28, 11/11, 11/25, 12/9 from 10:30am - 12:00pm | Zoom Session. For zoom link, please email cbeem@csumb.edu |
| Making Remote Service Learning Powerful and Meaningful | Pamela Motoike | First Meeting: TBD | Zoom Session. For zoom link, please email pmotoike@csumb.edu |
| Inclusivity in the Classroom (Lecturers Only) | Yhashika Lee, George Station, Salina Lopez, Ibrahim Shelton | Fridays: 10/9, 10/23, 11/6, 11/20, & 12/11 from 10:00 am - 11:45 am | Zoom Session. For zoom link, please email: yhlee@csumb.edu, salopez@csumb.edu, gstation@csumb.edu, sakurasdad@gmail.com |
Discussion Groups
| Topic | Facilitator(s) | Schedule | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jr. Tenure Track Faculty Support & Networking Co-op (Tenure-track faculty only) - |
Jeff Corrigan, Jennifer Lovell | Fridays on 10/2 (1:00pm), 10/23 (11:00am), 11/6 (1:00pm), 11/20 OR 12/4 (11:00am), and 12/18 (1:00pm) | Zoom Session. For zoom link, please email jcorrigan@csumb.edu, jlovell@csumb.edu |
| DA LAB: A Research Cooperative (Lecturer Only) | Ibrahim Shelton | Mondays 2/17, 3/2 TBD from 11:30 am- 12:30 pm | Zoom Session. For zoom link, please email pmotoike@csumb.edu |
| Building Community Through Dialogue | Vanessa Lopez-Littleton, Vivian Waldrup-Patterson, Brian Corpening | First Meeting 2/10 from 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Zoom Session. For zoom link, please email pmotoike@csumb.edu |
| Mindfulness Meditation for Stress Reduction | Carolynn Schaut | Weekly on Tuesdays starting on 3/3 -3/31 from 11 am to 12:30 pm - & - Weekly on Thursdays starting 3/5 - 4/1 from 5 pm - 6:30 pm | Zoom Session. For zoom link, please email pmotoike@csumb.edu |
| Community Engaged Research Co-op | Jennifer Lovell | First Meeting 3/19 from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Zoom Session. For zoom link, please email pmotoike@csumb.edu |
| TLA - Teaching & Learning Support Collaborative |
Vivian Waldrup-Patterson, et al | Please email Vivian Waldrup-Patterson for more info: vwaldrup-patterson@csumb.edu | Zoom Session. For zoom link, please email pmotoike@csumb.edu |
| Critical Digital Pedagogy Learning Series (Faculty, Staff, & Administrators Welcome) | George Station, Ryne Leuzinger, & special guests | First Meeting 2/21 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm | Zoom Session. For zoom link, please email pmotoike@csumb.edu |
| Mentoring Undergraduates (all welcome) | Holly Unruh, John Goeltz | Wednesdays on 3/4, 3/18, 4/1, 4/15, 4/29 & 5/13 at 4:00 pm | Zoom Session. For zoom link, please email pmotoike@csumb.edu |
ULO Scholars
If you are interested in joining a ULO Scholar group, please contact TLA Director:
Vivian Waldrup-Patterson at vwaldrup-patterson@csumb.edu.
| ULO Topic | Facilitator(s) | Schedule | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| ULO1-Oral Communication (GE A1) | Mridula Mascarenahas, Shar Gregg | First Meeting: 2/24 at 3:15 pm - TBD | Heron Hall, Building 18 Room 107 |
| ULO1-Written Communication (GE A2) | Kelly Medina-Lopez, Nelson Graff | First Meeting: 3/12 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Library, Room 1176 |
| ULO1-Critical Thinking (GE A3) | Patrick Belanger, Swarup Wood | Please email Patrick Belanger or Swarup Wood for more info: pbelanger@csumb.edu swood@csumb.edu | Times & Locations may vary |
| ULO1-Information Literacy | Sarah Dahlen | Friday, March 20, 11:00 -12:00, Library 1167 Friday, March 27, 11:00 - 12:00, Library 2178 Monday, April 6, 1:00 - 2:00, Library 2178 Friday, April 24, 11:00 - 12:00, Library 3145 Wed, April 29, 1:00 - 2:00, Library2178 Monday, May 4, 1:00 - 2:00, Library 2178 | Locations Vary |
| ULO1-Quantitative Reasoning | Judith Canner | Please email jcanner@csumb.edu for times and locations. | Times & Locations may vary |
| ULO2-Personal, Professional, and Social Responsibility | Seth Pollack | Please email Seth Pollack for more info: spollack@csumb.edu | Times & Locations may vary |
| ULO3-Integrative Knowledge | Jo Morrissey | Please email Jo Morrissey for more info: jmorrissey@csumb.edu | Times & Locations may vary |
ULO Scholars Topic Descriptions
| ULO Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| ULO1-Oral Communication (GE A1) | Instructors who are either teaching A1 courses or intend to teach them in the near future will collaborate on best practices for teaching speaking and listening skills as well as engage in norming practices for the upcoming OC assessment of Area A1 courses. The community will also spend time aligning the core A1 assignments to the OC assignment guide. Participants do not have to commit to being an Assessment Scholar during the winter assessment cycle but it would be preferable. |
| ULO1-Written Communication (GE A2) | Building on our investigation of information literacy and diverse epistemologies in the fall, we want to focus this spring on exploring how practices supporting equity show up in A2 courses around the university. We plan to focus on instructional materials in the spring and student work in the summer. |
| ULO1-Critical Thinking (GE A3) | As a result of our summer assessment work, we have elected to develop a campus-wide survey with the intent of assessing whether and how it may be possible to establish a widely shared, and widely used common framework for teaching critical thinking at CSUMB. The survey includes elements from several existing critical thinking frameworks and asks respondents to use a Likert scale to rank the importance of each element. It also asks faculty to compare four complete models of critical thinking against each other and to rank their acceptability as a possible common framework for CSUMB. We are considering whether to develop task-based scenarios as a means to better understand respondents’ responses to and rankings of, different elements of critical thinking. We will have the survey out to CSUMB faculty by mid-October and have the results and accompanying unifying framework out to the campus in Spring of 2020. Developing a "common elements of critical thinking" survey for campus-wide implementation fall '20. |
| ULO1-Information Literacy | Using the SBS program as a model, we will investigate how students' synthesis of information from sources evolves throughout the two-semester capstone process. We will develop a rubric for assessing synthesis in a more granular way than the existing information literacy rubric and consider ways to support students in their development of this skill. |
| ULO1-Information Literacy (Capstone) | This co-op will focus on teaching synthesis of information from sources. Synthesizing information is a skill employers look for in college graduates and often find lacking (Head et al., 2013). Co-op participants will share teaching strategies and compile resources to share with other faculty. |
| ULO1-Quantitative Reasoning | Building on our assessment of courses taken after "B4" we will explore ways to support assessment of QR across the entirety of a program and the university curriculum, such as in GE UD B. We will spend time understanding more deeply how to identify where QR occurs within our curriculum and develop reasonable and approachable assessment options for programs. |
| ULO2-Personal, Professional, and Social Responsibility | ULO2 Scholars will be working on developing the Rubric Guide and beginning to develop an Assignment Guide. We will also be working on threshold concepts, and other supports to assessing this complex, but so very important set of ideas related to Personal, Professional and Social Responsibility. Further development of Rubric, Rubric Guide, Threshold Concepts, and Assignment Guide. |
| ULO3-Integrative Knowledge | ULO3 Scholars will continue to work on the Recommendations and Next Steps identified from the Summer 2019 Assessment Project. Tasks include: developing IK Flyers to disseminate across campus, develop example assignments for rubric guide prompts, explain level differences on IK rubric, develop IK rubric version specific to 100/200 level courses, create IK Google Survey to align with assignment guide and curricular prompts & to determine where IK is happening in programs |