Those who fail to plan, plan to fail. This workshop will guide the attendees through the process of creating an action plan to guide strategic planning for the hybrid learning environment at the programmatic or course level. You will learn how to create a process which encourages the iterative nature of planning and assessment to drive improvement in programmatic and student outcomes. The workshop will include discussion of the assessment cycle and common assessment frameworks used in higher education. Attendees will participate in discussion and Q& A to determine the best actions to take to plan for success in their hybrid teaching and learning environment and discipline. Attendees will begin to craft an action plan to take back to their institution/organization to move the assessment culture forward into the hybrid teaching and learning age.
Veterans who are returning to university after military retirement may have greater self-awareness, larger social networks and access to capital, making them ideal candidates to start new business ventures. Given hybrid academic schedules, this would be another growth moment for the university as it faces the Demographic Cliff.
Google Drive, with its unique ability to show editing on documents in real time, has allowed students in writing courses to interact virtually in a way they had not been able to before. Real-time editing and online interconnectivity has created a platform for students and the professor to examine, critique, share, and revise writing and ideas comparable to the process on printed copies in the classroom. This hybrid approach to writing has offered a platform for student flexible engagement with each other and the professor. Students can work off a screen and make real time edits and revisions while being in the physical classroom to engage and discuss these processes with myself and their classmates. This immediate access to student work allows the professor to show students the flexible nature of writing and how it is always in flux and is a skill that is ever-evolving, just as it appears on our screens.
Engineering is usually taught in a traditional lecture format, involving theory in the classroom, homework outside of class, and routine examinations. Progressive forms of learning such as project based learning (PBL) have created new and fun ways for professors to interact with students and for students to be more involved in their learning. The work described here details project based learning activities for three courses in aerospace engineering. In Instrumentation and Experimental Methods, the students are tasked with integrating 3 fundamental electronic components of their choice with a microcontroller to build a final product. In Spacecraft Design, the students are tasked with building and launching a hobbyist grade rocket while also taking altitude data during the flight. In Principles of Aircraft Design the students must build and fly a radio controlled aircraft. They must also take accelerometer and GPS data during their flight.
