Workshops
Workshop sessions involve extensive interaction between presenters and participants around an idea or hands-on experience of a practice. These sessions may also take the form of a crafted panel, staged conversation, dialogue, or debate – all involving substantial interaction with the audience. [45 min. each]
Toward a Critical-inclusive Assessment Practice in Higher Education
Workshop Presentation Lyda Mc Cartin, Rachel Dineen
Critical pedagogy requires dedication to flexible and responsive teaching, reflective practice, and engaging in dialogue. While there is extensive literature on critical pedagogy, there is limited discussion in education literature on using critical pedagogy values in the assessment of student learning. This workshop is focused on the development of a critical-inclusive assessment practice to assess student learning based on Dr. Saran Stewart’s Critical-Inclusive Pedagogical Framework (CIPF). This Framework emphasizes sharing power with students, activating student voice, and engaging in dialogue with students. Participants will be introduced to the CIPF and learn how the presenters use the Framework to guide their own practice. Participants will then engage in a self-reflection to discover how their own practice currently maps to the CIPF. This self-reflection will inform participants about how they already engage in critical-inclusive practice and indicate areas for growth. Participants will use the CIPF Toolkit, designed by the presenters, to develop an assessment based on the tenets of the Framework. After developing their assessments participants will share in small groups and get feedback from colleagues and the presenters to refine their assessment. Through discussion and hands-on participation, attendees will gain a better understanding of how critical ideals can inform classroom assessment and allow for more flexible and responsive teaching.
Engaged Citizenship: The Ohio Fellows as a Model for Non-traditional Scholars Programs
Workshop Presentation Chris Fowler, Lori Marchese, DeMarius Rodgers, Greg Kessler, Peter Mathers, Jerry L. L. Miller
The Ohio Fellows program utilizes mentorship, professional networking, interdisciplinary and place-based learning strategies to reveal and advance the inherent potential of all students. Introduced in the 1960s and revitalized in 2012, the Ohio Fellows of Ohio University (Athens, Ohio, U.S.A.) strive to connect current undergraduate students with community and professional leaders to promote engaged citizenship. The fellows meet on a regular basis throughout the academic term to discuss topics of relevance. While some of the topics are pre-determined by faculty fellows, a goal is to provide the fellows with a space to identify and assess topics or events that they deem important for their community. With the guidance of faculty fellows/mentors community connections are forged students may embark on meaningful community engagement, service and research. A diverse cohort of fellows is important. This diversity enables students to learn from each other and explore the systematic connections among diverse academic disciplines, lived experiences, and community and place. Using the Ohio Fellows as a model, workshop participants will create a plan of action to help establish, implement and assess similar programs in their home institutions. Consequently, using their home communities as a lived classroom for learning, workshop participants will work toward the following outcomes: To identify places/spaces of tension within their own community; To explore the systemic social, political, economic, and environmental connections surrounding place; and, To develop plans for active learning to foster a life-long awareness of place and how we are dynamic participants within place.
