William Payne

Thanks Jennifer. Some of this is yet to be determined. My hope has been that we can deliver basic instruction in our ILOs in pre-requisites or designated Gen Ed courses that serve BAS programs. This is just to avoid burdening Prof Tech curriculum with teaching basic knowledge and skills instead of teaching more advanced specialized applications. The idea has been that we introduce the ILO and build some foundational competence at the basic level, then develop it further in discipline specific ways at the deluxe level. This has been the proposal. Whether we go with this approach is not ultimately for me to decide.

Russ,
Thank you for the thorough summary of our progress and future plans. However, I have some concerns, particularly regarding the assessment and certification process. It seems that the model you’ve outlined isn’t resonating well with others, and they have valid reasons for their reservations.

Since faculty will ultimately be implementing this model, I propose that we create a space for faculty to discuss and provide feedback. With our large college, it’s possible that we’re overlooking important aspects, and their input could help us identify any missing pieces. It would be ideal to involve faculty in developing an intuitive assessment process that aligns well with our dynamics.

Thank you

Dear Professor Payne,
I really enjoyed reading your blog post from the point of view of the sales perspective; persuasion and critical thinking. In our current political climate it is easy to slip into argument as persuasion and then feeling left with a sense of powerlessness or misunderstanding or worse when we fail to articulate our argument or if we “lost” the argument. Your take on the argument from a critical thinking point of view reminds me of how imperative to be aware of our thinking – metacognition. When teaching creativity and innovation – we throw the term metacognition around as simply “the thinking of our thinking” which allows us to step outside of the programmed or autopilot we fall into and it leaves ‘space’ for maybe being surprised, or a growth mindset, or a mindset in which we allow “inquiry” to create novel ideas. The conversation of argument as persuasion leads also to the cultural dimension (Hofstede and Dr Stone’s work with the Globe Study) of the collective versus the individual – which in our western society is one that will likely disagree with you just because you are trying to “SELL ME” something.

Thank you again for your insight and I look forward to more. All the best
Pete Ophoven