Conversation about

A Domain of One’s Own

and Course Chords

7/16/2014

Diane Harris Cline

University of Mary Washington (Va.) 2012-13 pilot, 2013 all.

Emory (Ga.) “Domain Incubator” 2013, scale up 2014.

A Domain of One’s Own“Making students

SysAdmins of their

own education”

Social life………… taste

Intellectual digital identity

(reflection activity)

Learning Management Systems and e-portfolios

controlled by administrators or professors don’t

give students authentic experiences they will need

for the workplace. BlackBoard digital activities

disappear at the end of the semester; password

protected sites aren’t shareable or discoverable by

employers.

Helping students develop their digital identities --

how they portray themselves to the world -- is a

vital life skill.

The gist:

See http://umw.domains/

Talk to Jim Groom at UMW.

See June 3 2014 Educause for five

arguments against Learning Management

Systems

Check out Reclaim Hosting – cost per

student as low as $20 per year for URL and

hosting

For more information about

A Domain of One’s Own:

Integrative Learning: impact of collaboration

for faculty and students

Dan Pink “Symphonic Thinking”Design – Moving beyond function to engage the

aesthetic sense, using design thinking to solve

wicked problems.

Story – Narrative, not just argument.

Symphony – Adding invention and big picture

thinking (not just detail focus).

Empathy – Going beyond logic and engaging

emotion and intuition.

Play – Bringing humor and light-heartedness to

discovery and learning.

Meaning – the purpose is the journey, connecting

classroom work with the world.

Course Threads

The capstone requirement of the Course Threads

program is a presentation at a Course Threads

symposium. The goal of the symposium is to provide a

forum for reflection on your experience in the program.

Film, essay, short talk, poster, or digital exhibit

End of year course threads

symposium

How do they keep track of it?

Chords

Example: Under Citizenship

and Leadership theme