Vol. 2 (2010): Beyond Critical Thinking and Information Literacy

Keynote: Michael Wesch, Ph.D.

Author of a variety of digital video and resources

Oct. 4, 2010

This year we focus on going beyond critical thinking and information literacy skills to supporting students to be able to use knowledge in meaningful ways.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13021/itlcp.2010

Published: 2010-10-04

Editorial Information

Editorial Information

10:00am-11:20am

From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-able: Beyond Critical Thinking and Information Literacy in New Media Environments

Michael Wesch

11:30am-12:20pm

Building an Online Course at Mason from Start to Finish: A Step-by-Step Guide and Demonstration

Keith Renshaw, Goodlett McDaniel
How to Build a Student Scholarship Project

Bethany Usher
How to Add a Service Learning Project to Your Class

Joani Bedore
Post-Keynote Informal Dialogue Session

Michael Wesch, Rick Reo
Transformative Science Education: The Digital Revolution In Your Classroom

Kirk Borne

Lunch and Faculty Conversations

Faculty Conversations

Stearns Center

1:30pm-2:20pm

Preparing an Assessment-Ready Online Course

Paige Wolf, Claudia Rector
The Pedagogy of Praxis: Teaching Undergraduate Students to be Scholars

James Willis, Linda Merola
Problem-Based Learning as a Practice of Freedom

Lynne Constantine, Suzanne Scott
A Studio-Style Approach to Astrobiology for General Education Requirements

Harold Geller
Consensus Building and Collaboration for Students and for Faculty Using GoogleDocs and Blogs

Mary Williams
Projects and/or Papers? Finding a Good Fit

Mary Zamon

2:30pm-3:20pm

"TEACHING TABLE:" Put Down That Pen! Free Web Tools for Audio-Visual Commenting

Twila Johnson
"TEACHING TABLE:" Promoting Interdisciplinary Learning in General Education and the Major

Jeannie Brown Leonard, Nance Lucas, Jamie Lester, Heather Anderson
"TEACHING TABLE:" Judging the Substance of Student Case Presentations

Avinash Mainkar
"TEACHING TABLE:" Mathematics Remediation Resource for College of Science

Ellen O'Brien
"TEACHING TABLE:" The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the Arts: Collaboration Among Faculty and Studentsâ Reflection

Victoria Salmon, Constance Dinapoli, Karen Reedy
"TEACHING TABLE:" Teaching with Twitter in the Classroom

Mark Sample
"TEACHING TABLE:" The Distributed Research Paper

Zachary Schrag
"TEACHING TABLE:" Getting the Most Out of Your RSS Reader

Jackie Sipes
"TEACHING TABLE:" Managing the Paper Load and Responding Effectively to Student Writing

Terry Zawacki
"TEACHING TABLE:" Teaching S.O.S.

Kimberly Eby, Bethany Usher

3:30pm-4:20pm

I Have a Voice. Do I Want to Use It Online? Encouraging Students to Participate in the Cyber Dialogue

Esperanza Roman-Mendoza
Contextual Inquiry and Citation in Context

Doug Eyman
âCelebrating Diversityâ Is Not Enough: Creating Equitable Classroom Spaces for All Students

Paul Gorski
Grow Your Own Professional Development: Faculty Self-Study

Anastasia Samaras, Tamie Pratt-fartro
The Smithsonian-Mason Semester: How Partners Can Provide High Quality Mentoring, Hands-on Activities, and Access to Professional Networks for Students

R. Christian Jones, Jennifer Buff

Keynote

Establishing and Maintaining Faculty Presence in Online Courses

Charlene Douglas
Teaching Diverse Student Populations

Patricia Boudinot
Critical Thinking: Not Just for Synthesis Courses

Jeannie Brown Leonard, Julie Christensen, Mary Zamon, Jason Warren
Digital Natives or Digital Morons? An âInternalâ Debate on Technology and Critical Thinking Skills

Star Muir
LATIST: A Performance Support Tool for Integrating Advanced Learning Technologies into Course Design

Nada Dabbagh, Kevin Clark
Seeding Sustainability Across Our Curriculum

Dann Sklarew, Andrew Wingfield

5:30pm-6:20pm

New Technologies for Collaborative Learning

Melissa Martin, Rick Reo
Overcoming Student Resistance to Learning-Centered Pedagogies

Shelley Reid, Kimberly Eby
Using Modified Role-Playing Debate to Encourage Critical Thinking

Doris Bitler
Turning Your Course Upside-Down: An Example from General Education Science

Rebecca Ericson, Hillary Cressey, Guiseppina Kysar Mattietti
Using Electronic Resource Guides to Enhance Information Literacy Skills

Andrea Baruzzi, Theresa Calcagno

6:30pm-7:20pm

Using New Technology Tools for Responding to Student Writing

David Beach, Twila Johnson, Joyce Johnston, Jessica Matthews
Designing Writing Assignments Across the Curriculum

Terry Zawacki
Use of Outsourcing to Develop Creative Multimedia for Instructional and Other Purposes

Rob Ehrlich
Panel Discussion: Integrating Active Learning into Content-Focused Class Sessions

Melissa Martin, Wendy Frazier, Star Muir, Devon Johnson