Making Meaning in Gen Ed via Thematic Pathways
We are continuing to work on The Four Tools of Clusters at Plymouth State University. Thematic pathways in the General Education program is the tool that is the most challenging…
End of Year Report
The end of the calendar year marks the end of our first year (of three) of funding from the Davis Educational Foundation. Our project, called Implementing Cluster Pedagogy in the…
Evolution of the End of Semester Showcase of Student Engagement
One of the main goals of the Integrated Cluster Learning Model is to provide students with opportunity to practice talking about their work and their learning with authentic audiences. For…
Spring 2020 Cluster Experiences
Plymouth State University will continue to offer students the opportunity to participate in cluster experiences in the Spring 2020 semester. Recall that cluster learning is what happens when faculty members…
IS4220 Wrap Up
Today was the final exam period for my section of IS4220--Signature Project. The students presented their final project to members of various offices across campus, including Admissions and MCCS, as…
The National Conversations about Gen Ed
Brigid O'Donnell and I went to AAC&U's General Education Conference in February. The name of the conference was Creating a 21st Century General Education Program: Responding to Seismic Shifts. My…
INCAP Pilot Update
I can't believe how quickly half of the Spring semester has flown by! There is a lot going on in the world of General Education at Plymouth State University and…
Implementing Cluster Pedagogy in the General Education Program
I am excited that Plymouth State University is the recipient of a grant from the Davis Educational Foundation to implement Cluster pedagogy in our General Education Program. I have written…
Thematic Pathways Revisited
The PSU General Education Committee is starting the conversation in earnest about what Gen Ed thematic pathways might look like. I wrote about this earlier this month, placing my thoughts…
Connected Learning: Thematic Pathways in General Education
I have been doing a lot of presentations and having a lot of conversations about General Education at PSU and its relationship to our Integrated Cluster Initiative. In particular, we…
Integrated Capstone Course for General Education
One of the President's Four Tools of Clusters is an integrated capstone experience for all students. PSU's Integration Connection (INCO) course was originally designed to be a capstone course for…
Integrated Clusters, General Education, and the Creative Commons
Plymouth State University's president came to campus three years ago with a vision that, at the time, he called "Strategic Clusters" (which has since been rebranded as "Integrated Clusters"). I…
Grading, Assessment, and Habits of Mind
In my last post, I wrote about the Habits of Mind that the Gen Ed Outcomes Task Force created last year as Gen Ed program learning outcomes. These were developed…
Habits of Mind: Infographic
One of the major tasks on my agenda as Coordinator of General Education is to figure out how to appropriately assess the Gen Ed program without adding too much to…
PSU’s General Education Program: Infographic
I officially started in my new position as General Education Coordinator last week, while I was away at the Digital Pedagogy Lab. But I have been informally working in the…
Why is PSU Moving to Clusters?
President Birx wrote a blog post (which I've referenced more times than I can count) about the Four Tools of Clusters. It's important to note that three of the four…
The New Education: First Year Seminar
I've been busy for the last month or so IndieWebifying my web site. That's been really fun. But I've also been started planning for my new position as Coordinator of…
PCA 2018
I went to the Popular Culture Association Conference last week. My presentation was called Wicked Problems in Popular Culture: An Open Pedagogy Experiment in Engagement in which I talked about my experience with…
Students’ Signature Work: Conference Debrief
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and the Davis Educational Foundation sponsored a one day institute in Boston this weekend for institutions of higher education who want to…
Making Things and Drawing Boundaries
If you read my About the Author page, you will see that I have a BA, an MS, and a PhD, all in Computer Science. What you won't see is…
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