From Rob: Idea for moving forward
Rob Whitnell sent the following to me and said I could post it here if I thought it would be helpful. I do, so I am. The rest of this is Rob’s words. Somewhere deep…
Rob Whitnell sent the following to me and said I could post it here if I thought it would be helpful. I do, so I am. The rest of this is Rob’s words. Somewhere deep…
Vance Ricks sent me an e-mail looking for ways to provide a discussion space for those who support and are excited about the 12-3 change. We agreed that a Moon Room post might be a…
Please feel free to add your comments or ask questions about the proposed weekly and semester schedule changes here. This was the subject of our Faculty Forum on September 20th.
Beth Rushing sent out a link to this article, and I thought I’d link to it here. Some interesting information on how faculty need to move towards consciousness of effective teaching methods and mentorship for…
[From Kathryn Shields] Here’s a link to this year’s student projects from stanford’s XD program: http://hci.stanford.edu/courses/cs194h/2016/wi/projects.html And here’s a link to stanford’s popular “bootcamp bootleg” describing their d-school methodology used in/for a wide…
[From Mark Dixon] Example #1: User Design in nonprofit (suggested by alumni Wendy Lam who works in UD for UNICEF): Within experience design, there is a set of methodologies and research methods that focus on the…
From Heather Hayton – An essay on the nature and value of arts and humanities. Don’t turn away from the art of life By Arnold Weinstein (Brown University), in the NY Times
I and other faculty members of SPOC (formerly SLRP) met with the consulting group from the Art and Science group (website here: https://www.artsci.com ) yesterday. I learned about this initiative along with the rest of you…
Drone Studies (From Eric Mortensen, posted with permission)
Heather Hayton shared this article by Amit Mrig at Academic Impressions: Dear Small College President