Faculty Conversations

Fall 2011 | Spring 2012

Are They Learning Anything? Responses to "Academically Adrift"
September 20. Members of the Spring 2011 CILA Reading Group - Diane Angell, Biology; Jo Beld, Director of Evaluation & Assessment; Luying Chen, Asian Studies; Mary Cisar, Registrar; Scott Godfrey, Evaluation & Assessment; Diane LeBlanc, Director of the Writing Program; Paul Roback, MSCS-Statistics

The 396 Seminar: Another model for collaborative undergraduate research
 September 28. Grace Cho, Psychology; Jill Dietz, Mathematics; Steve Reece, Classics; and Julie Legler, MSCS and Director of CURI

Fostering a Culture of Assessment in Departments
 October 4. David Booth, Religion; Sharon Lane-Getaz, MSCS-Statistics and Education; Donna McMillan, Psychology

Peer Readers: One Way to Manage Student Writing
October 11. Carol Rutz, Director of the Writing Program, Carleton College

Final Exams and Evaluations in Theory and Practice
October 26. Matt Rohn, Art and Art History, with members of the Planning and Policy Subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee

Provost's Sabbatical Series Luncheon
November 1. Jeanine Grenberg, Professor of Philosophy and Greg Muth, Associate Professor of Chemistry

On the Road to Life at St. Olaf
November 9. Mary Carlsen, Social Work and Family Studies; Torin Alexander, Religion; Devyani Chandran, Social Work and Family Studies; Olaf Hall-Holt, MSCS; Diana Neal, Nursing

Teaching from the Sidelines or Off-Stage
November 15. Chris Aspaas, Music; Cindy Book, RESA; Gary Gisselman, Theatre

Spring 2012 | Fall 2011

Meeting in the middle: closing academic and social gaps through writing
February 14. Diane Angell, Biology; Kathy Glampe, Student Support Services; Diane LeBlanc, Writing Program; Anne Walter, Biology

Imagining Civic Engagement in the Arts
February 22. Dan Dressen, Associate Dean-Fine Arts; Nate Jacobi, CEL-Civic Engagement; Meg Ojala, Art and Art History; Matt Rohn, Art and Art History; Zoe Klosterboer '11, 2011-12 Art Apprentice

The 'Main Street' Initiative: Preparing students for life after college - How are we doing? What can we do better? How will we know?
Paula Carlson, VP and Liaison to the Board of Regents, and Interim Director of the Center for Experiential Learning (CEL); Scott Godfrey, Institutional Research and Evaluation; Elizabeth Leer, Education; Steve McKelvey, MSCS, and Interim Director of the CEL, Fall 2011-Jan 2012

Teaching with Clickers for Deep Learning
March 6. Derek Bruff, Director, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University

CILA-IIT Teaching and Technology Showcase
March 28.

Neuroeducation: Neuroscience implications for the classroom
April 4. Shelly Dickinson, Psychology & Neuroscience; Gary Muir, Psychology & Neuroscience

Provost's Sabbatical Series Luncheon
April 11. Irve Dell, Associate Professor of Art and Art History and Elizabeth Leer, Associate Professor of Education

Will the iPad transform higher ed? Mobile devices and the changing campus
April 17. Maria Kelly, Education; Heather Campbell, Education; David Booth, Religion

Data-based Decision Making: A Case Study in Adopting a Web-based Assessment System
April 25. Nancy Aarsvold and members of the iPad Learning Community

What is the "Digital Humanities"? Exploring a growing interdisciplinary field of research and teaching
May 1. Richard Allen, MSCS; Kasia Gonnerman, Library; Alora Killian ‘13; Solveig Zempel, Norwegian

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