re-imagining general education: a case study
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REIMAGINING GENERAL EDUCATION
PSYC 1001 CASE STUDY
L. M. FREER
MARCH 2016
THREE WRAPAROUND STRATEGIES IN COMBINATION
• Each strategy extends course footprint
• Flexibility in implementation• Ensures faculty autonomy
• Maximizes staff FTE
• Iterative growth allows for impact assessment
Expanded LMS Content
Online Student Cohorts
Common Event and
Virtual Project
STRATEGY #1: EXPANDED LMS CONTENT
STRATEGY #2: ONLINE STUDENT COHORTS
synchronous meetings
discussion boards
mobile apps shared documents
creative projects
STRATEGY #3: COMMON EVENT & DIGITAL PROJECT
REFERENCES AND SOURCES OF INSPIRATION• National Center for Academic Transformation, “Five Principles of Successful Course Redesign.” http://www.thencat.org/PlanRes/R2R_PrinCR.htm
• Expanding LMS Content• Danielson, J., et al. March 2014. “Is the effectiveness of lecture capture related to teaching approach or content type?” Computers & Education 72: 121-131. http://
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131513003011
• Mark Thoma (Economics, University of Oregon)’s YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWD4BMsJmEPIoYKVy1kWmKQ
• Online Student Cohorts• Crandall, Jennifer, and Louis Soares. 2015. The Architecture of Innovation: System-Level Course Redesign in Tennessee. Washington, DC: American Council on
Education. http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Lumina-System-Level-Course-Redesign.aspx
• Honors Thesis Colloquium, Macaulay Honors College (CUNY), Spring 2014. Instructor: Lindsey Freer. http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/honorsthesis14/
• Whalen, Zach. February 24, 2016. “Notes on Teaching with Slack.” http://www.zachwhalen.net/posts/notes-on-teaching-with-slack/
• Common Event & Virtual Project• Night at the Museum, Macaulay Honors College (CUNY). http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/museum/
• Media Arts Workshops and Projects, Macaulay Honors College (CUNY). https://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/mediaarts/
• BioBlitz, Macaulay Honors College (CUNY). http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/bioblitz/
• iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org
THANK YOU!
Stay In Touch
• @lindsey_freer
• http://lfreer.net/
Acknowledgments• Past and present colleagues at the University of
Oregon and the City University of New York
• Past and present mentors, including Ammiel Alcalay, Kassia Dellabough, Sandra Gladney, Lee Quinby, Joseph Ugoretz, and Margaret Vandenburg