Program
The Retreat will take place from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm on Friday, February 22, 2019 at the Illini Union in Illini Rooms A, B, C (Main Level). Refreshments and lunch are included.
8:00 – 8:30 |
Registration |
8:30 – 8:40 |
Introduction |
8:40 – 8:50 |
Welcome |
8:50 – 9:00 |
The Power of Transformative Learning |
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Overview |
9:00 – 9:30 |
"Fishing for a Story: Podcasts in the Classroom" |
9:30 – 10:00 |
"Messy Problems: Reframing Your Way Forward" |
10:00 – 10:15 |
Coffee/Tea Break |
10:15 – 10:45 |
"Directing Learning: Student Documentaries for the 21st Century Communication" |
10:45 – 11:15 |
"From the Ivory Tower to Main Street: Turning Data to Narrative" |
11:15 – 11:50 |
"Embodying Cognition: Movement, Metaphor, and Play in the Classroom" |
12:00 – 12:40 |
Lunch |
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Educational Innovation and Opportunities at Illinois
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12:40 – 1:10 |
"Everyday Problems Become Tomorrow's Opportunities" |
1:10 – 1:45 |
Special Speaker: Todd Taylor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
1:55 – 2:00 2:00 – 2:30 |
Closing |
View a print-friendly pdf of this program. You will receive a hard copy when you check in at the Retreat.
This Retreat is co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL).
Acknowledgement to the Faculty Retreat Committee: Michel Bellini (CITL), Cheelan Bo-Linn (CITL), Shelly Schmidt (Food Science & Human Nutrition) and Wendy Yang (Plant Biology).
And…Special Thanks to Robert Baird, Andrew Daly, Will Gerard, Kate LaBore, Adia Ivey, Dikshit Mahaveer, Michelle Marquart, Jamie Nelson, Noah Quinones, and James Wentworth.