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During the 2007-2008 academic year, faculty at Boise State were engaged in an initiative called "Learning for Life." This faculty-led initiative hosted a series of discussions which examined the state of the liberal arts at Boise State. Out of those discussions emerged a set of recommendations which have been compiled by the L4L steering committee into a final report. This summer, the report was received and endorsed by President Kustra. During the Fall 2008 semester, the committee will be working
with others on campus to move the initiative into its next working
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Special Presenter Coming September 25-26
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Todd Zakrajsek will guest facilitate our Overcoming Apathy in the Classroom workshop. Dr. Zakrajsek recently accepted a position as the Executive Director of the Center for Faculty Excellence at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Previously he was the Founding Director of The Faculty Center for Innovative Teaching at Central Michigan University and has written two introductory psychology instructor's manuals for McGraw-Hill and a student study guide for Addison-Wesley. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Ohio University. Dr. Zakrajsek has provided workshop sessions and keynote conference presentations in 26 states and 3 countries. He is the recipient of a 2004 national innovation in faculty development award. His workshop will demonstrate how instructors can make classroom learning a more meaningful learning experience for students. The presenter uses theories of learning and motivation as a basis for creating strategies to increase student engagement.
Full workshop description, times, dates, enrollment.
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Leave Wikipedia in the Dust: Strategies for Getting Quality References in Student Work - September 11 & 12
Are you ready to tear your hair out if you see Wikipedia show up on one more "Works Cited" page? In this workshop, library faculty will offer insight into the research skills and conceptual knowledge a student needs in order to locate and access quality information sources in the vast electronic landscape from which we all now get our information. Participants will explore ideas for assignments and student activities that directly support the student research process, and provide assessment tools for judging the range and quality of information sources cited by students. You'll leave this workshop with the tools in hand to create, implement, and evaluate effective research assignments that will leave Wikipedia in the dust.
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