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Education of the Future: Food Systems of the World Inter-Ag 375 Spring, 2012

Education of the Future: Food Systems of the World Inter-Ag 375 Spring, 2012. Liaison Forum Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Players. Michel Wattiaux (PI) Mitch Morrey (Course TA) Barb Hamel (Librarian consultant) Barb Sisolak (Librarian consultant)

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Education of the Future: Food Systems of the World Inter-Ag 375 Spring, 2012

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  1. Education of the Future: Food Systems of the WorldInter-Ag 375Spring, 2012 Liaison Forum Wednesday, May 16, 2012

  2. Players • Michel Wattiaux(PI) • Mitch Morrey (Course TA) • Barb Hamel (Librarian consultant) • Barb Sisolak (Librarian consultant) • CydFreitag & DoIT Academic Technology team • 8 UW-Madison Students

  3. InterAg 375:The “Grand Experiment” • Self-directed, few formal class meetings • Location: varied (library, computer lab, virtual) • 1 credit • Multi-disciplinary • Research topic of choice relating to world’s food systems • Participate in class blog and peer evaluation • Produce scholarly, multi-media web page • Present research to class

  4. Barb & Barb • 20 hours allocation each • Met with PI and full consulting group • Met with PI to structure class calendar • Created LCP / held 2 instruction sessions at Steenbock • Maintained availability for students • Contingency planning • Participated in blog • Evaluators for mid-term & final presentations Patience & flexibility required!

  5. Students • 9 initial registrants; 1 drop • 6 undergraduates • 2 graduate students • 1 PhD candidate, background in botany • 1 Masters in Public Health student, veterinary medicine & lab research background • Majors/Areas of study: • Environment & Resources: Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies-Freshwater Ecology • School of Medicine & Public Health-Global Health • Community &Environmental Sociology • Dairy Science • Medical Microbiology & Immunology • Agronomy • Human Evolutionary Biology • Archaeology • Latin American Studies

  6. Syllabus

  7. Topics • Maya Lowland Agriculture and Indigenous Food Security Through Time • Hey, are you new here? Welcome to the Garden. (local ag. solutions for urban food security) • Agricultural Interventions for Smallholder Farmers in Central America • Application of Algae in the treatment of wastewater streams generated by food production systems.   • Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries • Diseases in Livestock and the Worldwide Food Supply • Immigrant Latino women and Foodways: exploring their relation between being an immigrant and low health status • Food Insecurity and Its Effects on Health Disparity in the US

  8. Example of Student Work

  9. Evaluation Rubric

  10. What Was Cool • Able to integrate library at point of course creation • See student product evolving all semester • Very interesting topics! • Michel very interested in our opinions, inclusive • Evaluating student work • Online interactions

  11. Where We Stressed • Uncertainty of course structure • Uncertainty of enrollment • Uncertainty of workload • Taking time & resources away from others? • “Tethered” to specific class + uncontrollable calendar + multiple priorities=can we meet this commitment? • Diversity of students, research experience (grad, undergrad) • Diversity of topics

  12. Findings • Students didn’t seek us out • Students needed more help with web page development • Librarian time ~30-40 hours each • Course dev + class time + admin overhead/presentations • Nature of class made information literacy evaluation difficult • Students feedback: positive about class • Student feedback: wanted more structure • Still waiting for final course evals from students

  13. Moving Forward • Will class occur again? • Scalability? • Assessment? • Possible model for other courses?

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