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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 . . . read more

April 27, 2020August 3, 2021

Incorporating Transformative Learning into a Spanish Course

Introduction

I attended UCO’s Student Transformative Learning Record (STLR) training in the summer of 2019 and subsequently used information from that instruction to redesign one of my fall 2019 Elementary Spanish I culture activities. Motivating my effort was interest in refreshing course assignments, helping students meet . . . read more

October 31, 2019May 26, 2020

CALL @ UCO: Transforming Students and the Community, One Class at a Time

UCO student Marlee Hearn knew from a young age she had a desire to someday spend her career working with older adults. Her passion for health and wellness led her to pursue a degree in kinesiology-exercise/fitness management where she became connected with the Center for Active Living and Learning (CALL).

“Throughout my time in the kinesiology . . . read more

July 9, 2019

STLR-izing the World One Country at a Time

Central’s Student Transformative Learning Record (STLR) continues to make waves in the higher education community. Institutions across both state and national borders are adopting and adapting STLR on their own campuses.

UCO’s STLR acts as a second transcript for students, recording their growth and tangible experiences across five of . . . read more

July 12, 2018August 3, 2021

Research Regarding a Faculty TL Readiness Scale

Public domain image of a head measurer for anthropologists, 1923

Researcher Colleen Halupa, Associate Professor in the Doctor of Health Education program at A. T. Still University in Missouri, authored “Are Students and Faculty Ready for Transformative Learning?” (Halupa, 2017) to consider, among other things, how faculty could know whether they are personally ready (or perhaps inclined) to make the move . . . read more

November 20, 2017August 23, 2019

Engagement & Transformative Learning: Equity where it Matters

Written by Sunshine Cowan, Ph.D., MPH, MCHES®, Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies –

I had the good fortune this past summer to join a team from the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) attending the Institute of High Impact Practices and Student Success, sponsored by the Association of American Colleges and Universities . . . read more

October 16, 2017October 23, 2017

“Engaged, Participatory Rethinking” to Transform Our Classrooms and Higher Education

We do a poor job helping students translate the specific content or knowledge gained in our classrooms into a tool (informational, conceptual, methodological, epistemological or affective) that will help them thrive in life. If higher education doesn’t do that — if it isn’t geared to helping students succeed beyond the final exam and . . . read more

January 9, 2017January 30, 2017

Celebrating Diversity in Scholarship

Captured in two of Central’s six tenets, global and cultural competencies and research, scholarly and creative activities are prevalent throughout the UCO campus, in both curricular and extra-curricular settings. However, one student group is celebrating its diversity, while promoting research, scholarship and creativity.

Diverse . . . read more

April 1, 2016August 3, 2016

Transformative Learning in the Bigger Picture – What, Why, & the Student Transformative Learning Record (STLR)

If you have been at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) for more than about six months, you have heard the term Transformative Learning. If you have been around for quite some time, you have heard the term on re-run repeatedly. If you are like me, you may have been thinking, “So what, so what now, and why do we keep talking about it?”

In . . . read more

April 1, 2016August 3, 2021

A Professor’s Experience with STLR

Faculty involvement in STLR has amazing benefits for both faculty and students, but there are some issues that can be avoided through preparation. Here are the experiences of one faculty member who has implemented several STLR projects.

Over the past year, the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) has been implementing a Student Transformative . . . read more

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Book Clubs and Workshops, Spring 2022

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