1. General Education Refresh
Faculty Senate Update
General Education Refresh

2. Our Challenge
How Might We refresh UTC’s general education curriculum to fully realize learning outcomes and enhance student engagement and success?

3. UTC General Education Refresh
Outcomes
UTC General Education Philosophy
General Education Curriculum to align with AAC&U Outcomes & SACSCOC Guidelines
Change Mobilization Framework

4. General Education Refresh Timeline
November 10th, 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

5. DESIGN THINKING
THE PROCESS

6. Inspiration and Empathy
A Human Centered-Approach to Complex Issues

7. 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.

8. EXPLORE UNMET NEEDS
Unearth unarticulated behaviors, desires, and needs of the rest of the population

9. Search for Knowledge & New Perspective
(source: NMC Horizon Report, 2016 Higher Education Edition.)

10. 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