7th
Annual Undergraduate Experiences Symposium
Pedagogy of
Integration: Rethinking Assumptions About Student Learning and Success
Friday,
October 7, 2011 ~ 8:30am–2:30pm
The Curtis
Hotel, Downtown Denver
1405 Curtis Street, Denver, CO 80202
Keynote presented by:
The
Symposium keynote speakers will actively engage participants in dialogue around
integrated learning approaches for student learning and success. The
participatory format will cover the following topics over the course of
the Symposium, and need your input.
Symposium Goals:
Evaluate how CU Denver compared to undergraduate education best practices.
Learn how faculty and staff can help new students 'do' college.
Explore Integrative Learning as a habit of mind.
Apply Integrative Learning strategies to enhance student learning and student success.
Keynote Speakers' Biographies:
Emily Lardnerand Gillies Malnarich work with educators in two- and four-year post-secondary
institutions to develop strategies and practices leading to the success of all
students by organizing and developing institutes, retreats, workshops and
publications, frequently in collaboration with other professional groups who
share a similar mission.
Co-Directors of the Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate
Education, (www.evergreen.edu/washcenter)
since 2000, they lead its national learning communities work, which includes
the annual summer institute, as well as national and statewide projects related
to designing and assessing integrative learning, reaching college readiness,
and rethinking pre-college math. Washington
Center’s work also embraces curricular
reform, educational equity, and faculty enrichment initiatives. In
addition to co-directing the Washington
Center, Emily and Gillies provide
professional development, technical assistance, and developmental evaluation
for partner organization’s national reform projects.
Emily has
taught academic writing and introductory composition courses for many years and
continues to do so in Evergreen’s Evening and Weekend Studies program. Recent
publications include "Approaching Diversity through Learning
Communities" in Sustaining and Improving Learning Communities and
she is the lead author of Diversity, Educational Equity, and Learning
Communities. Prior to coming to the Washington Center, she was the
associate director for writing assessment at the University of Michigan, where
she helped develop portfolio-based assessments of writing and programs
supporting writing across the curriculum, and was actively involved in the
Conference on College Composition and Communication.
Gillies has taught developmental education and
sociology in popular education programs, community schools, universities, an
urban community college, and currently teaches in Evergreen's Evening and
Weekend Studies program. She is the lead author of The Pedagogy of
Possibilities: Developmental Education, College-level Studies and Learning
Communities, and recent writing appears in Responding to the Challenges
of Developmental Education, Teaching Inclusively, and Ethnicity
Matters. Before joining Emily at the Washington
Center, she worked with educators and
campuses throughout British Columbia
on system-wide practices related to abilities-based
teaching and assessment, faculty development, and institutional effectiveness.