Faculty Food for Thought 2012-13
An ongoing conversation series for faculty to talk with
colleagues about pedagogy,community involvement, or other issues in
higher education.
Fall 2012
"Teaching in the Era of
Coursera"
Wednesday, November 28, noon-1 p.m., AU111
(UClub)
Help, the MOOCs are coming! Actually, Massive Open Online Courses
(MOOCs) are already here. Harvard MIT, and UC-Berkeley sponsor edX.
Sixteen universities (including Stanford, Johns Hopkins, and
Georgia Tech) contribute to Coursera. Sebastian Thrun of Stanford
University founded Udacity and, last fall, 160,000 people from 190
countries signed up for his artificial intelligence course.
Squeezed from below by for-profit schools and from above by the
elite universities, we risk becoming the baloney in a baloney
sandwich. Bob Dale, psychology, will lead the discussion. Lunch
tickets to The Market Place will be provided. Please RSVP by
clicking here.
"Butler's Global Initiatives: Funding Opportunities
and Outcomes"
Tuesday, November 13, noon-1 p.m. AU111
(UClub)
Butler's Global Initiatives Grants program enables several faculty
members each year to undertake activities to enhance their foreign
language skills, deepen their knowledge about other world regions
or countries, internationalize specific courses, and make scouting
trips to foreign destinations where they plan to lead short-term
study programs for Butler students. Bob Bennett (Business Law), Ann
Savage (Media, Rhetoric and Culture), Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
(Journalism), and Jeff Gillespie (Music) discuss their projects and
assess the impact their experiences have had on their teaching and
scholarship. Lunch tickets to The Marketplace will be available
beginning at 11:45 a.m. So that we can best be prepared, please
RSVP by clicking here.
"Inspiring Innovation & the Entrepreneurial
Mindset across the Curriculum"
Tuesday, October 9, noon-1 p.m., AU111
(UClub)
Each of our Butler colleges take creative and innovative paths to
developing some of the best future leaders, citizens, change
agents, and contributors to society in both non-profit and profit
ventures…whether in the arts, engineering, life sciences, or
business. We have all done it "our way" but collectively, we are a
force of innovation! We invite you to share the ways in which you
are participating in both innovative and entrepreneurially natured
projects…from farms to art, from medicine to machines…from
education to commercial products and services. What are your best
practices on motivating students using the power and drive of the
entrepreneurial mindset and including creativity and innovation in
the classroom? What are some of the trends of innovation and
entrepreneurial development in your industry? What about applying
entrepreneurial decision-making skills to a specific discipline,
such as preparing pharmacy students to run their practice or
helping music students develop a vibrant and successful freelance
career? Researchers have found that diversity impacts creativity
and productivity. Are there opportunities for diverse students
across disciplines to work together and build their innovation
capacity? Join us for an opportunity to share your best practices
on innovation and the entrepreneurial mindset across the
curriculum. Resources and examples will be shared.
Join us for conversation with Stephanie Fernhaber (Management)
and Denise Williams (Management). Lunch tickets to The Marketplace
will be available beginning at 11:45 a.m.
Look for these upcoming topics
this fall:
"The Era of Coursera: What is it
and what it may mean for faculty and students"
"Applying for Global Initiatives
Grants"