What Can we do to act on these Issues?

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What Can we do to act on these Issues?

In teaching, be conscious of and present with your partly disparate points of view.
Be intentional.
Make sure that what students are asked to do as the basis for a course grade versus the exercise of critical and analytic abstracts. Never ask for the repetition of facts.
For clear presentation to others -oral, -written, -electronic
Clarify my own understanding of the challenge.
Find colleagues who have similar concern.
Develop information literacy coalition.
Develop set of exercises related to my courses and share.
Investigate friends of the library at my college.
Education really comes in many shapes, sizes, colors, etc. BUT it sticks! and does not leave harm if you place it, then move it, and interestingly post it energized from a mistake.
Keep talking .. the power of explanation when you're explaining yourself you understand better (clarify) what you have to say.
As a whole, college or system start smaller. If we might get together with different departments from top to bottom all areas to address the issue of student success. Point out the problems, the issues from all aspects and try to work together as a whole to solve or at least make these issues a little easier for everyone and mostly the student. We had a diverse group of people in our group with different aspects of the business with a lot of good input. I believe Rio Salado College would be a good college we could learn from with a very unique structure and college.
Brainstorm with students across the college - ways they would like to work, learn, etc.
Ongoing cross-discipline discussions - [Faculty and student services to brainstorm solutions].
We can change our terminology and talk in terms of learning rather than teaching.
We can stop and think about what it is we are really trying to accomplish.
Cross-discipline, cross-departmental integrated communication model.
We can put our money where out mouth is.
We can start challenging some of the present assumptions that structure things.
Continue - expand the dialogue to "the process" change the culture/value; develop rubric of the learning process; assess competence in conjunction with this rubric; alternative rewards; institutional self-assessment; departmental self assessment; faculty self-assessment.
Flexibility in the hierarchy structure. If a faculty or adjunct is willing to go the extra mile show support even if it takes a little extra in the financial department -training teachers to be teachers.
Ongoing workshops for faculty ... Topics like today w/techniques, renew, refresh, retool.

Open Space Forum - 03.05.99 - Scottsdale Community College

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	What Can we do to act on these Issues?
In teaching, be conscious of and present with your partly disparate points of view. Be intentional. Make sure that what students are asked to do as the basis for a course grade versus the exercise of critical and analytic abstracts. Never ask for the repetition of facts. For clear presentation to others -oral, -written, -electronic Clarify my own understanding of the challenge. Find colleagues who have similar concern. Develop information literacy coalition. Develop set of exercises related to my courses and share. Investigate friends of the library at my college. Education really comes in many shapes, sizes, colors, etc. BUT it sticks! and does not leave harm if you place it, then move it, and interestingly post it energized from a mistake. Keep talking .. the power of explanation when you're explaining yourself you understand better (clarify) what you have to say. As a whole, college or system start smaller. If we might get together with different departments from top to bottom all areas to address the issue of student success. Point out the problems, the issues from all aspects and try to work together as a whole to solve or at least make these issues a little easier for everyone and mostly the student. We had a diverse group of people in our group with different aspects of the business with a lot of good input. I believe Rio Salado College would be a good college we could learn from with a very unique structure and college. Brainstorm with students across the college - ways they would like to work, learn, etc. Ongoing cross-discipline discussions - [Faculty and student services to brainstorm solutions]. We can change our terminology and talk in terms of learning rather than teaching. We can stop and think about what it is we are really trying to accomplish. Cross-discipline, cross-departmental integrated communication model. We can put our money where out mouth is. We can start challenging some of the present assumptions that structure things. Continue - expand the dialogue to "the process" change the culture/value; develop rubric of the learning process; assess competence in conjunction with this rubric; alternative rewards; institutional self-assessment; departmental self assessment; faculty self-assessment. Flexibility in the hierarchy structure. If a faculty or adjunct is willing to go the extra mile show support even if it takes a little extra in the financial department -training teachers to be teachers. Ongoing workshops for faculty ... Topics like today w/techniques, renew, refresh, retool. Open Space Forum - 03.05.99 - Scottsdale Community College
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