Today's
Lunch+Learn, the Nilson Sessions Revisited, produced an extremely lively conversation. One of the things we confirmed today is that there is some innovative teaching occurring at Lamar University. Melissa Hudler, English and Modern Languages, plans to use the letter technique that Dr. Nilson introduced in one of her workshops. Charlotte Mizener, Music, enjoyed "the opportunity to share idea and experiences with colleagues. The reinforcement of my ideas and hearing new ideas and techniques is very valuable to me." Alicen Flosi, Information Systems and Analysis, indicated she plans to implement peer evaluations into her courses. Kaye Shelton, Educational Leadership, plans to use the "Start, Keep Doing, Stop" exercise for feedback in her hybrid course. The LU journaling group will meet tomorrow at 2:00 PM in room 621 MJGL. If you would like to become involved in this very effective critical self-reflection activity, the next opportunity for
orientation is October 24. Inside Higher Ed has an interesting article today about foreign language departments dropping the word "foreign" in their title. The article states that, "academics noted that languages divisions increasingly include languages that are not remotely foreign. These languages include American Sign Language and English (as taught to those for whom it is not their first language)."
As you know, our Quality Enhancement Plan requires that we infuse our learning experiences with active learning methods. Marilla D. Svinicki writes in her
article, Authentic Assessment: Testing in Reality, that faculty who adopt the new learning paradigm should realize the need to adopt a new assessment paradigm as well. Svinicki concludes that, "Authentic assessment means that the assessment is based on student activities that replicate real-world performances as closely as possible. Assessment is no longer restricted to paper-and-pencil or even computer-drill-and-practice-type tests."
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