Fall 2011
September 20. Are They Learning Anything? Responses to 'Academically Adrift.' Members of the Spring 2011 CILA Reading Group - Diane Angell, Biology; Jo Beld, Director of Evaluation & Assessment; Luying Chen, Asian Studies; Mary Cisar, Registrar; Scott Godfrey, Evaluation & Assessment; Diane LeBlanc, Director of the Writing Program; Paul Roback, MSCS-Statistics
September 28. The 396 Seminar: Another model for collaborative undergraduate research. Grace Cho, Psychology; Jill Dietz, Mathematics; Steve Reece, Classics; and Julie Legler, MSCS and Director of CURI
October 4. Fostering a Culture of Assessment in Departments. David Booth, Religion; Sharon Lane-Getaz, MSCS-Statistics and Education; Donna McMillan, Psychology
October 11. Peer Readers: One Way to Manage Student Writing. Carol Rutz, Director of the Writing Program, Carleton College
October 26. Final Exams and Evaluations in Theory and Practice. Matt Rohn, Art and Art History, with members of the Planning and Policy Subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee
November 1. Provost’s Sabbatical Series Luncheon. Jeanine Grenberg, Professor of Philosophy and Greg Muth, Associate Professor of Chemistry
November 9. On the Road to Life at St. Olaf. Mary Carlsen, Social Work and Family Studies; Torin Alexander, Religion; Devyani Chandran, Social Work and Family Studies; Olaf Hall-Holt, MSCS; Diana Neal, Nursing
November 15. Teaching from the Sidelines or Off-Stage. Chris Aspaas, Music; Cindy Book, RESA; Gary Gisselman, Theatre
November 30. How do they Learn? Responses to 'How Learning Works.' Wendy Allen, Romance Languages; Shelley Dickinson, Psychology and Neuroscience; Maria Kelley, Education; Mary Walczak, Chemistry
Spring 2012
February 14. Meeting in the middle: closing academic and social gaps through writing. Diane Angell, Biology; Kathy Glampe, Student Support Services; Diane LeBlanc, Writing Program; Anne Walter, Biology
February 22. Imagining Civic Engagement in the Arts. Dan Dressen, Associate Dean-Fine Arts; Nate Jacobi, CEL-Civic Engagement; Meg Ojala, Art and Art History; Matt Rohn, Art and Art History; Zoe Klosterboer '11, 2011-12 Art Apprentice
Febuary 29. The 'Main Street' Initiative: Preparing students for life after college - How are we doing? What can we do better? How will we know? Paula Carlson, VP and Liaison to the Board of Regents, and Interim Director of the Center for Experiential Learning (CEL); Scott Godfrey, Institutional Research and Evaluation; Elizabeth Leer, Education; Steve McKelvey, MSCS, and Interim Director of the CEL, Fall 2011-Jan 2012
March 6. Teaching with Clickers for Deep Learning. Derek Bruff, Director, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University
March 28. CILA-IIT Teaching and Technology Showcase.
April 4. Neuroeducation: Neuroscience implications for the classroom. Shelly Dickinson, Psychology & Neuroscience; Gary Muir, Psychology & Neuroscience
April 11. Provost’s Sabbatical Series Luncheon. Irve Dell, Associate Professor of Art and Art History and Elizabeth Leer, Associate Professor of Education”]
April 17. Will the iPad transform higher ed? Mobile devices and the changing campus. Nancy Aarsvold and members of the iPad Learning Community
April 25. Data-based Decision Making: A Case Study in Adopting a Web-based Assessment System. Maria Kelly, Education; Heather Campbell, Education; David Booth, Religion
May 1. What are the 'Digital Humanities'? Exploring a growing interdisciplinary field of research and teaching. Richard Allen, MSCS; Kasia Gonnerman, Library; Alora Killian ‘13; Solveig Zempel, Norwegian