Using the reply tool, express how you know when our students are developing ethical reasoning skills.

The AAC&U published a new report that will probably prove useful to many of us as we begin to design our general education assignments. The Ethical Reasoning Rubric we will use to assess our work is one of the AAC&U VALUE Rubrics. I would like to exchange thoughts on this report.

On Solid Ground: http://www.aacu.org/OnSolidGroundVALUE

The event described below will be a great introduction to our place-based learning activity on March 17. More details will follow but on the 17th we will welcome leaders planning the BXQ rail line which is projected to run along the waterfront through Brooklyn and Queens.

What ethical reasoning practices are in action during this time?

Streetcar Success: What New York Can Learn from Other Cities

http://www.rpa.org/event/streetcar-success-what-new-york-can-learn-from-other-cities

I found this amazing resource for case studies on the University of Nebraska’s website: “N” Ethics Center

Where do you find case studies? What challenges or successes do you have when using case studies in your courses?

I am sharing these links of faculty and student work around role play and in the case role play with Legos! Patrick Corbett helps students explore their emotions as a result of our recent election and provides the out come in these links.

Stella and Charles Guttman CC, is part of a year long study conducted by “The Take Away”. In this podcast students express their experience with place-based learning. What do you think your students will say after their place-based learning opportunities?

https://www.wnyc.org/radio/#/ondemand/585065

We appreciate the support of so many faculty members and departments throughout the semester and AIR is one our important partners. Here is the presentation made by Tammie Cumming, Director of AIR Overview of Assessment cumming 031816

Today’s creativity and excitement was contagious!  The participation level ignited great thought, conversation and activity and for those who wish to continue your exploration of the Whitman project that was introduced I encourage you to read the full article that Matt Gold provided for our use: Looking for Whitman: A Multi-Campus Experiment in Digital Pedagogy

http://www.openbookpublishers.com/htmlreader/DHP/chap06.html#ch06

What can teaching teachers really be? What is innovation and innovative? We shared a lot through the semester do I thought I would continue to share. Here is a recent post from NPR that makes me ever more hopeful for innovative innovation!

Teaching Teachers

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/06/17/414980239/a-vision-for-teacher-training-at-mit-west-point-meets-bell-labs?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150617

I want to Thank Karen and the Living Lab for connecting me with so many outstanding professors at CUNY. The Living Lab exercises and meetings challenged me to re-evaluate my course and it’s potential in general education. I gained a tremendous amount of clarity as to what was working and, more importantly, what needed to be improved. In particular I am enhancing my student assessment criteria to allow for more depth and clarity. I am re-writing my rubric for assessment and developing new assignments based of some of the Gen Ed guidelines. I am also heartened to know that the Gen Ed teaching I have been doing was so well received. I look forward to the Fall where I can further develop the place based and community supported projects that are the core of my Architecture Design studio.