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Interesting, I wonder if people in this class are getting enough sleep? How could we encourage more sleep? Class times? etc?
Capstone4
With some of the other rubrics, I've thought the expectations might be an achievement level of 2 or 3 expected for freshmen and sophomores...but I can actually see HCC students reaching a capstone level work on this rubric.
Using audio and/or videotaping of individual students via conferencing, small groups via team presentations, or the class via large group discussions, interdisciplinary conversations can be captured, documented, and then revisited through guided reflection.
Interesting idea! Perhaps the guided reflection of a class presentation could be used in place of the traditional reflection paper or in place of a discussion board?
The "Link Aloud" provides a visual and auditory representation of interdisciplinary learning - preserving the student voice in writing and conversation by combining two signature methods from cognitive psychology, concept mapping and verbal protocol analysis, e.g., Think Aloud. The Link Aloud not only provides an electronic document of interdisciplinary learning but also enables students and faculty to revisit writing assignments through close reading and even closer conversation. The result is a deep learning experience via guided reflection.
I used the think aloud method in my dissertation research to examine food decision making and validate written nutrition questionnaires, but have never considered it as a teaching tool. My mind is blown, Jack. I can't wait to see how stage 3 of your project goes!
Open digital platforms and tools are built, enriched, and experienced by students and instructors working together.
This sounds like a great next-step for student involvement and collaborative work in our strategic planning! What if we took it a step further and created student/faculty AND community organization collaboration?
In a First-Year Learning Community at our college, assignments for English and Hospitality Management courses took advantage of the public nature of the site and were developed with an actual audience in mind: fellow students.
I know we have tried first year learning experiences in the past with mixed results. But I wonder with our new ILE requirement for the Liberal Arts Major, would this be replicable at HCC?
the City Tech OpenLab, an open digital platform for teaching, learning, and collaborating.
Wow! The City Tech OpenLab site is great. I can see this as a great way as a professor to understand what other faculty are doing in courses that I could build on, or prepare my students for. For instance, if I see the tools and content and language used in A&P and Organic chem courses, I can start providing my nutrition majors with better preparation and can collaborate with other professors in different departments.
general education requirements,
When I advise my students, I talk about the general education requirements in terms of integrating the learning experience for the nutrition professional. I feel like I was short changed by not understanding WHY psychology, anthropology, biochemistry and statistics were so important for my nutrition education. I think it is important that we help students see, right from their first undergraduate class, how general education courses from the social sciences, humanities, physical and natural sciences, and math all help them develop the skills to go in to the workforce, think critically, and become well rounded human beings.
Other familiar disconnects include the gaps between programs in the professions and the liberal arts and sciences
Even as professionals, we rarely have the opportunity to learn what other departments and divisions do, and the knowledge and skills that students gain in their classrooms. There needs to be more cross-disciplinary interaction among employees at HCC to help create a more interdisciplinary culture for students.
To participate responsibly as local citizens, people must also be “citizens of the world,” aware of complex interdependencies and able to synthesize learning from a wide array of sources, to learn from experience, and to make productive connections between theory and practice (Nussbaum 1997).
Most professors I know at HCC would likely agree whole-heartedly with this statement. However, the major ways we currently provide this learning environment (through service learning and learning communities) are time consuming and costly. How do we create this environment in all classes with our time and budget constraints?
Accordingly, students are now advised that the knowledge they gain in their majors will not be useful for long unless coupled with skills and dispositions that enhance their ability to fi nd and take advantage of new opportunities
This is something I struggle with: My college and graduate professors valued knowledge over skill, and I think that resulted in poor preparation for the workforce. However, I have a hard time wrapping my head around how to make sure I help students gain the skill set they as well as the knowledge they need to be competent nutrition professionals.