Transcript Ideas to Action (i2a) and Speed School: Recent Activities and Implementation Plans 2010-2011 November 17, 2009 Speed School: Gerald Evans, Ph.D. Patricia Ralston, Ph.D. Ideas to.

Ideas to Action (i2a) and Speed School:
Recent Activities and Implementation Plans 2010-2011
November 17, 2009
Speed School:
Gerald Evans, Ph.D.
Patricia Ralston, Ph.D.
Ideas to Action:
Patricia Payette, Ph.D.
Cathy Bays, Ph.D.
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Ideas to Action (i2a): Overview
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i2a goes to the heart of our institutional mission to foster educational excellence
and meets the expectations of our accrediting body: SACS-COC. Interim report
due to SACS in March, 2013.
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UofL’s quality enhancement plan (QEP), a multi-year initiative to guide our
sustained and shared focus on continuous improvement of teaching and learning
across the undergraduate experience
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UofL formed Task Group in 2005 to lay the groundwork for the QEP
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In 2007, SACS approved i2a as our QEP and the Task Group hired an i2a staff
team to lead the i2a campus initiative
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Twin themes of i2a : critical thinking and culminating experiences
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In addition to discipline-specific accreditation planning (e.g. ABET), units are also
aligning their planning with U.-wide accreditation efforts such as i2a
www.louisville.edu/ideastoaction
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Ideas to Action (i2a): Overview
(cont’d)
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In 2007, the i2a Task Group adopted the Paul-Elder framework for universitywide implementation of i2a
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Since 2008, faculty and staff have been infusing the concepts of critical thinking
more explicitly into courses, programs, projects, etc. to enhance undergraduate
students’ critical thinking abilities
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In 2009, units and programs began curricular planning so that students integrate
and apply new skills in an emerging culminating experience prior to graduation
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In 2009-2010, all undergraduate units developed an i2a implementation plan
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In 2009-2010, pilot of i2a evaluation plan and related tools and structures
(https://louisville.edu/ideastoaction/what/assessment)
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i2a Task Group
• i2a Task Group: made up of unit facilitators (faculty,
assoc. deans and deans) and departmental, student
and faculty reps
• Joe Hagerty: participated in original QEP planning
group “Call for Big Ideas” in 2005 and served on i2a
Task Group until Spring 2009
• Jerry Evans: serving as i2a Co-Facilitator from Speed
School since 2007
• Jim Graham: serving as i2a Co-Facilitator from
Speed Speed beginning Spring 2010
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i2a program and services
• Faculty Learning Communities
(critical thinking and culminating experiences)
• Collaborative Learning Community
(academic staff, student affairs staff, student services)
• Annual SUN Grant program for faculty/staff
• Ongoing workshops and Information Sessions
• Campus-wide i2a Institute and i2a showcase events
• National network on critical thinking initiatives
• Individual and group consultations on curricular design, assessment, etc.
• Sharing faculty/staff exemplars of i2a infusion
(https://louisville.edu/ideastoaction/resources)
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Speed Faculty & Staff
Participation in i2a Programming
• Continuous involvement and participation since inception in
Spring 2008
• Faculty
– 16 faculty
– 5 departments
– Diverse participation: FLC, SUN grants, Presentations
• Staff
– 4 staff
– Advising pilot program
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Second Place Paul Weber Award
2009
• Speed developed a multi-level CT
program that spans from culminating
experiences to elementary school
programs
• Designed a 4-year project to incorporate
the Paul-Elder framework across the
undergraduate curriculum
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Papers published by faculty in EF
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Lewis, J.E.; Hieb, J.L.; Hardin, T., invited presentation "Engineering critical
thinking: Faculty exemplars on course redesign and assessment from U of
L's Speed School of Engineering", presented at the 29th International
Conference on Critical Thinking, Berkley, CA, July 20-23, 2009.
Lewis, J.E.; Hieb, J.L.; Graham, J.H.; Hardin, T., invited panel discussion
titled "Engineering. critical thinking", presented at the Inaugural i2a Institute:
Developing Critical Thinkers, Louisville, KY, May 27-29, 2009.
Lewis, J.E.; Hieb, J.L.; Wheatley, D., "Explicit Teaching of Critical Thinking in
ENGR 100 - "Introduction to Engineering”. 116th Annual American Society
for Engineering Education (ASEE), Austin, TX, June 14-17, 2009.
Hieb, J.E., and Ralston, P.A., “Tablet PCs in Engineering Mathematics
Courses at the J. B. Speed School of Engineering”, accepted for
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology
Others in progress in many departments
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Proposal for i2a Implementation at
Speed
• Background and Motivation: substantial progress with respect to
incorporation of CT concepts in its Introduction to Engineering course, and is making a good
start in its capstone design (i.e., culminating experience) courses and co-op courses, efforts
with respect to the remainder of the undergraduate curriculum need to commence.
• Project Activities:
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Review all Speed Undergrad Courses
Identify courses (and associated faculty) which would benefit from increased emphasis
of CT concepts
Develop and give one-day workshop on CT for Engineering Education for identified
faculty.
Perform pre- and post-reviews
• Time Frame: 2010-2011
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