Call for Proposals: General Education and Assessment: Design Thinking for Student Learning

Posted by Association of American Colleges and Universities on June 13, 2016

General Education and Assessment: Design Thinking for Student Learning

A Network for Academic Renewal Conference
February 23–25, 2017
Phoenix, Arizona
Proposals Due Monday, August 1, 2016

The Association of American Colleges and Universities is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for AAC&U’s 2017 conference General Education and Assessment: Design Thinking for Student Learning.

Sessions at this conference will focus on how high-quality general education pathways that are effective for all students—especially those from traditionally underserved groups—are being developed. Conference participants will examine how faculty members and all campus educators are being supported and rewarded for innovative work and leadership in designing new approaches to teaching and learning that prepare today’s students to be active participants in our nation’s democracy and to succeed in an ever-changing global society.

AAC&U invites proposals that examine research, evidence, and models for effective general education programs and courses that help all students make meaning of their general education studies and of the connections to their major programs.

With focused attention on equity, the meeting will examine

1. assessment models, tools, and feedback loops for advancing high-quality student learning;
2. assignment designs to support student agency and signature work;
3. new approaches to general education using design thinking as a guide; and
4. structures and practices that support, recognize, and reward the creativity and leadership of faculty members and educators across all campus domains.

Visit the Call for Proposals to learn how to submit a proposal to share your work at the conference.

http://www.aacu.org/meetings/generaleducation/gened2017/cfp

For more information, please call 202.387.3760, or write to Karen Kalla at network@aacu.org.