Thursday, July 8, 2010
What to bring to the dorm
http://www.helium.com/items/1884583-dorm-essentials-for-college-students-in-the-midwest
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
New World Adventure
UTLC and the UTLV are collaborating to make our new Beginning the Academic Journey.Learning Ventures and the UT Learning Collaborative are working on a project that will "hybridize" the BAJ course beginning in the fall of 2010. This project will focus on establishing and meeting a set of shared learning outcomes essential to first-year success and retention while allowing for the best possible use of in-class time for engagement, discussion, and mentorship.
At the heart of the project is an online environment (for now, the "BAJ Connection") accessible to all incoming students and all UT faculty and staff. This environment will be built over the summer and available on August 1. The architects of the site will be faculty working in collaboration with Instructional Designers from Learning Ventures, with the construction site open to anyone who wishes to contribute. During the semester, the site will account for half of the contact hours in the BAJ course with the other half remaining classroom-based.
The site will consist of a number of "modules," each mapped to a set of learning outcomes. Each student will have an opportunity to select from a number of projects, assignments, and activities that will be designed to help them adjust to challenges, learn how to learn, better understand the university environment, and to connect early and often to faculty inside and outside the BAJ course. In addition, the site will include areas for a learning community, courses designed for first-year students, and discussion/engagement among students and faculty interested in similar things.ing the Academic Journey Fabulous ! Stay tuned UT is making the grade. !
At the heart of the project is an online environment (for now, the "BAJ Connection") accessible to all incoming students and all UT faculty and staff. This environment will be built over the summer and available on August 1. The architects of the site will be faculty working in collaboration with Instructional Designers from Learning Ventures, with the construction site open to anyone who wishes to contribute. During the semester, the site will account for half of the contact hours in the BAJ course with the other half remaining classroom-based.
The site will consist of a number of "modules," each mapped to a set of learning outcomes. Each student will have an opportunity to select from a number of projects, assignments, and activities that will be designed to help them adjust to challenges, learn how to learn, better understand the university environment, and to connect early and often to faculty inside and outside the BAJ course. In addition, the site will include areas for a learning community, courses designed for first-year students, and discussion/engagement among students and faculty interested in similar things.ing the Academic Journey Fabulous ! Stay tuned UT is making the grade. !
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