General Education Refresh Faculty Senate Update General Education Refresh 2017 - 2018
Our Challenge How Might We refresh UTC’s general education curriculum to fully realize learning outcomes and enhance student engagement and success?
UTC General Education Refresh Outcomes UTC General Education Philosophy General Education Curriculum to align with AAC&U Outcomes & SACSCOC Guidelines Change Mobilization Framework
General Education Refresh Timeline November 10th, 2017 - Mid-March, 2018 8 AM - 9:15 AM Employer/ Citizenship Inspiration Intensive 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Student Inspiration Intensive Inspiration Scan Slide Decks DUE November 29 November 10 3-5:30 PM Inspiration Scan Kick Off Register for Design Thinking Crash Course for Dec 2nd December 1 3-4 PM Inspiration Scan Webinar December 6-7 9 AM - 4 PM GEN ED Refresh Design Session January 5 9 AM - 4 PM Change Framework Planning Session Mid Jan- Early March Experiment Kick Off Conduct 2 Two Week Test Sprints Mid March Learning Consolidation & Leadership Mobilization June 5-8 AAC&U Institute on General Education & Assessment
DESIGN THINKING THE PROCESS
Inspiration and Empathy A Human Centered-Approach to Complex Issues
EXTREME USERS “In the Inspiration phase, you’re hunting for the interesting and unexpected. Aggregating data is a smoothing out process that scrubs away some of the more interesting pieces.” - Peter Coughlan (Senior Partner of IDEO) Average users have average needs. Not a good starting point for innovation.
EXPLORE UNMET NEEDS Unearth unarticulated behaviors, desires, and needs of the rest of the population
Search for Knowledge & New Perspective (source: NMC Horizon Report, 2016 Higher Education Edition.)
UTC General Education Refresh Committee Members of the Design Team Stuart Benkert - Co-Chair Lanie Lundgrin Beverly Brockman Catherine Middleton Aniekan Ebiefung James Newman Dawn Ford Greg O’dea Shewanee Howard- Baptiste Kira Robison George Hynd Annie Tracy Samuel Lauren Ingraham Will Sutton Eva Lewis - Co-Chair Bethany Womack