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Welcome to the Teaching-Learning Academy

Welcome to the Teaching-Learning Academy. A community of scholars In dialogue on teaching and learning. Overview. Objectives. Civil discourse including disagreement A deeper understanding of teacher-learner relationships Best individual & institutional teaching and learning practices

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Welcome to the Teaching-Learning Academy

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  1. Welcome to the Teaching-Learning Academy

  2. A community of scholars In dialogue on teaching and learning Overview

  3. Objectives • Civil discourse including disagreement • A deeper understanding of teacher-learner relationships • Best individual & institutional teaching and learning practices • Optimal learning for everyone • Celebrating contributions to teaching and learning

  4. TLA and Beyond “Students as Co-Inquirers” Interest Group in the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) Teaching-Learning Academy Teaching & Learning Leadership Cooperative WWU & Bellingham community partners A.S. Student Voices Club

  5. Participants • Administrators • Faculty • Staff • Students • Community Members

  6. 2011: Celebrating 12 Years of STUDENT VOICES at Western Washington University

  7. Student Participation Pathways: • Comm 322 (civil discourse class) • Comm 339 (Applied communication practicum) • Other courses (e.g. in education and psychol) • Volunteer Why? • gain leadership experience • share views on teaching and learning • hear and understand better what others think • make learning better for them and others

  8. Non-Student Participation • Faculty and staff from across campus • Members of the Bellingham community • All volunteer Why? • share their views • hear what others, especially students, think • make learning, the community, & the world better • make connections, partnerships, network

  9. Activities • Meet bimonthly in dialogue groups • Promote all-campus forums on teaching and learning • Create campus partnerships • Share findings locally, nationally and internationally • Lead special interest group on “Students as Co-Inquirers” within the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL)

  10. Dialogue-Study Process • Develop a BIG question on T&L to study for the year. • Use question(s) to study ourselves. • Invite others into the study. • Analyze and share the results. • Translate into action.

  11. Dialogue Format: Structured Informality Whole Group Opening name badges, treats, review agenda & dialogue prompt, form small groups Small Group Dialogue Responding to common prompt, recording group highlights Whole Group Closing Sharing & responding to small group highlights – recording for TLA Highlights

  12. Dialogue Agreements Be respectful. Listen to understand & to create a safespace for taking risks. Be open. Work to understanddifferences, not to erase them. Be direct. Try to understand. Ask questions. Disagree & explain why. Be present. Engage actively, but know that silence sometimes is ok. Be ethical. Be honest and honor confidentiality of others.

  13. Dialogue Facilitation • Facilitate: to make easy • Student facilitators – Comm 322 & Comm 339 students • Use Agreements to ensure air time for all

  14. Refreshments • Help promote civil discourse! • Treats and $ contributions welcome

  15. Overall Results Participants report: • more positive attitudes toward each other • new insights into each others’ lived experiences • informed teaching & learning practices • advancement of institutional change initiatives

  16. Sample Change Initiatives • 2002-03: White paper on GURs • 2003-04: Fac. seminar on ethics • 2004-05: Learning Stories of Hope • 2005-06: Sustaining practices, Sustain. Literacy • 2006-07: Online dialogue forum (VV) • 2007-08: Evaluating teaching recommendations • 2008-09: Expanding Info Fair, Mentoring, Interactive spaces, Rejuvenation practices • 2009-10: Reflective Garden, Common Interest Groups (VV), Campus Commons, Reflective teaching practices

  17. 2010-2011 BIG Question Developing a BIG question together~ So what’s on your mind? What if we envisioned the most creative WWU we can imagine - one that fosters intellectual risk taking, life-long learning, and preparing graduates for a changing world? What would this creative university look like if we took advantage of existing structures that already work this way and (re)invented new ones?

  18. Introductions Based on what you know about TLA: • What question/concern/comment do you want to share with us that you think would help us enter into this dialogue with you?

  19. Today’s Dialogue What existing WWU courses/programs/ activities do you know about that already demonstrate a creative approach to learning? How do they work? • Please record your findings and save on flash drives!

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