Thursday, Aug. 12 | 10 a.m. 鈥� Noon
The fall 2021 semester promises a return to normal听鈥� but what will "normal" really听look like? We are facing an incoming class that has been out of the classroom during the pandemic, returning students who have struggled with changing modalities and expectations, and a community that has听faced many anxieties and losses during COVID-19.
Our summer teaching symposium is a time for College of Engineering and Applied Science faculty to come together to discuss how we continue to build a system of respect, trust, community, engagement and resilience in a place that looks familiar but is radically different in many ways. We will work to produce a takeaway artifact for attendees that highlights the lessons we've learned together that we can take into our new future.听
Symposium Goals
- Think through the challenges facing teachers in the unknown and potentially hybrid environment
- Discuss engagement and project-based assessment techniques as teaching principles focused on inquiry and synthesis rather than content mastery
- Create a听vision statement or theses for our post-pandemic educational reality, to be memorialized in an artifact for attendees
Symposium Agenda听听
10鈥�10:10 a.m.: Introduction
- Welcome from Acting Dean Keith Molenaar
- Welcome from Associate Dean for Digital Education William Kuskin听
10:10鈥�10:30 a.m.: Plenary
- Student engagement, featuring Scot Douglass, founding director of the Engineering Honors Program听
10:30鈥�11:25 a.m.: Breakout Rooms
20 minutes each, with each session repeated twice
- Technology: Discussion of classroom technology and needs
Presenter: Aisha Jackson听(AVC/AVP听for Academic and Learning Technologies) and听Julian Kinsman (OIT) | Moderator: Jem Corcoran
- Creating Proactive Community: Panelists from CAPS, OVA听and Health Promotion will discuss how the social and political higher education context of the past 18 months has impacted student wellbeing and strategies for supporting students as they transition back to a new normal.
Presenters:听Monica Ng; Parker Schneider听(Embedded Liaison for Engineering, Office of Victims Assistance); Judy Taub听(Associate Director, CAPS);听Ynigo Velayo听(CAPS听Embedded Engineering Therapist); and听Kathryn Dailey听(Embedded Liaison for Engineering, Health Promotion) | Moderator: William Kuskin听
- Assessment: Discussion of what worked last year and on听assessment post-pandemic, with focus on project-based training and engagement.
Presenter: Wendy Young (Senior Instructor, ChBE) | Moderator: Diane Sieber
11:25鈥�11:45 a.m.: Engineering Student Perspectives on the Pandemic Classroom
- Roundtable featuring engineering students discussing their experiences and actionable items toward听improvement. Presenters will include听Collin Hudson, Ella Sarder,听Elizabeth Eyeson and听Marina D鈥橲ouza
11:45鈥揘oon: Conclusion