There is something to be said for good, interesting, well-written prose. Most of us probably wish that we saw more of that on a daily basis. Good writing is a skill that takes time and practice to master and people have long lamented that this technology or that technology is going to ruin students and their writing capabilities. Remember when texting . . .
Book Clubs & Workshops – Summer 2022
Book Clubs | Workshops | STLR Sessions | Collegium | On Demand Sessions | Additional Opportunities
BOOK CLUBS – Click Here to Register!
The fine print: Sessions are capped at 10 participants unless otherwise noted, books are provided for first 10 registrants, faculty are provided only one book per semester, and registrants are requested to attend all sessions for their enrolled group. To be eligible for 21CPI Recognitions, learning artifacts must be submitted to the facilitator . . .
Engaging Students as Partners in Learning and Teaching: A Guide for Faculty
An education professor, a Scottish lecturer, and a provost walk into a bar…
Okay, okay, it wasn’t a bar. It was a publishing house. And I guess I don’t know for certain they actually walked. They wrote a book.
No, scratch that, they wrote THE book on student-faculty partnerships.
Student-faculty partnerships are collaborations in the classroom . . .
Book Clubs and Workshops, Spring 2022
Book Clubs | Workshops | STLR Sessions | On Demand Sessions | Additional Opportunities
BOOK CLUBS – [Registration for Summer Offerings Coming Soon!]
The fine print: Sessions are capped at 10 participants unless otherwise noted, books are provided for first 10 registrants, faculty are provided only one book per semester, and registrants are requested to attend all sessions for their enrolled group. To be eligible for 21CPI Recognitions, learning artifacts must be submitted to the facilitator . . .
A Transformative Look at Thinking — and at Teaching Students How to Think
Science writer Annie Murphy Paul’s new book, The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain (2021), argues for expanding our view of how thinking . . .
A Reflection on Tulsa 1921: Reporting a Massacre
Written by Saheli Nath, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Management —
This book is a fascinating work highlighting the contradictions between history and memory. In this book, Krehbiel describes the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 and discusses the antecedents and consequences of the tragic event that left somewhere around ~300 African Americans dead (estimates . . .
Creating “Unpracticed Conversations Assignments” for Our Courses
by Laura Dumin, Ph.D., English —
I am hoping to teach George Takei’s “They Calles Us Enemy” this spring. It’s a graphic novel about the Japanese internment camps in America. My hope is that by looking at this moment in time we might begin to discuss what it meant to look Asian/be Asian at that time. I’d like to talk about what it . . .
Non-Binary Lives Book Reflection Reveals Challenges
by Vanessa Bentley, Ph.D., Humanities and Philosophy —
I attended two out of three sessions for the Non-Binary Lives reading group led by Ed Cunliff in Spring 2021. I joined the reading group for professional and personal reasons. Professionally, as a gender studies scholar, I’m interested in inclusionary and intersectional accounts of gender, . . .
Book Clubs and Workshops, Spring 2021
Twenty-eight UCO faculty submitted applications for 21CPI events. All submissions include why the event leads to teaching effectiveness. Participants submit an artifact incorporating learning from the event, as well as write a critical reflection. This spring, facilitators originate from every UCO college (i.e., chemistry, . . .
Selected Professional Development Resources about Social Injustice for Faculty and Staff
Addressing Racial and Social Injustice
In times that underscore the ongoing need to not just denounce racism but to be anti-racist, CETTL, 21CPI, STLR, and ELA commit to more than simply continuing what we do now…We further commit to accepting the challenge that we, UCO, and the nation must meet to bring justice and equity to our campus and our society for all Black people and People . . .