Faculty Conversations

Fall 2005 | Spring 2006

Intentional General Education: Learning Outcomes and Beyond. Tuesday, September 20. Jo Beld and Brooke Thaden-Koch, Academic Research & Planning; Mary Cisar, Registrar; Eric Lund, International and Off-Campus Studies.

Teaching Students to Ask Better Questions. Wednesday, September 28. Laura Greene, Augustana College, Rock Island IL.

Collaborative Research with Students. Tuesday, October 4. Mary Trull, English; Charles Umbanhowar jr, Biology/Environmental Studies; students.

Provost's Sabbatical Series Luncheon. Wednesday, October 12. Jeane Delaney, Associate Professor of History, and Dan Hofrenning, Associate Professor of Political Science.

Using Technology to Study Cultures: The Al-Musharaka Faculty Collaborative. Tuesday, October 25. Michael Toler, Program Director and Editor, National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE), and Nancy Millichap, Director, Midwest Instructional Technology Center (MITC).

Classroom Implications of Enacting an "Academic Bill of Rights". Wednesday, November 2. Bob Entenmann, History and Asian Studies; Greg Kneser, Dean of Students; Paul Zorn, MSCS

Reinstating the C?: Grade Inflation and Other Grading Issues. Tuesday, November 6. Lynn Steen, Special Assistant to the Provost; Mary Cisar, Registrar; Jill Dietz, Chair, CEPC.

Being Interdisciplinary: Intentions and Tensions. Wednesday, November 16. Mary Titus, Director, Center for Integrative Studies; Jean Porterfield, Biology.

Who's Moodling?: Current Classroom Uses of Moodle. Tuesday, November 29. Dan Beach, IIT, and faculty Moodle users.

Thinking Globally, Teaching Locally: International Perspectives on St. Olaf Teaching and Learning. Tuesday, December 6. Patrick Mehrens, STINT Fellow, Dept of Literature, Uppsala University, Sweden, Lin Fengchun, ECNU Scholar, Dept of Environmental Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai.

Spring 2006 | Fall 2005 

Innovation in the Interim: A Look at Learning. Tuesday, January 17. Gwen Barnes-Karol, Romance Languages-Spanish; Tom Williamson, Sociology and Anthropology.

The Art of Leading Discussion. Tuesday, February 14. Carol Holly, English; Ed Langerak, Philosophy (former Boldt Chairs).

How People Learn: Looking at Novices and Experts. Friday, February 24. John Bransford, James W. Mifflin University Professor of Education and Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle.

The Intellectual Journey of Students. Tuesday, February 28. Susan Canon, IRP; Mary Cisar, Registrar; Diane Leblanc, Director of Writing.

Designing Classrooms of the Future. Tuesday, March 7. James Baird, AIA, Design Principal with Holabird & Root, Chicago IL, and Rochester MN.

Public Intellectuals and the Liberal Arts. Wednesday, March 15. Bob Jacobel, Physics; Gordon Marino, Philosophy.

Provost's Sabbatical Luncheon. Wednesday, March 22. Andrea Een, Music; Charles Taliaferro, Philosophy.

Pedagogue or Preacher?: The Vocation of the Choral Music Educator. Wednesday, April 5. Anton Armstrong, Music.

The Sustainable Classroom. Wednesday, April 12. Jim Farrell, History and American Studies.

Facilitating Faculty-Student Research. Wednesday, April 19. Julie Legler, MSCS and Center for Interdisciplinary Research; Solveig Zempel, Associate Dean for IGS.

Do They Learn What We Teach?: Looking at General Education. Tuesday, April 25. Jo Beld and members of Intentional GE faculty task groups.

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