Tuesday, June 16, 2015

TGIF: Art Chickering on FridayLive! “Cool Passion”

TGIF: Art Chickering on FridayLive! “Cool Passion”


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Art Chickering will be joining us this week on FridayLive! sharing insights from his 50 plus year career in higher education. In addition, Art will share his perspective on the emerging issues in higher education and suggestions on where higher education can go from here from his new book “Cool Passion: Challenging Higher Education.” More information about this event and links to interview with Art Chickering can be found here

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Date: June 17,2015
Time: 3:00 PM ET
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NOW - June 24, 2015  See information below about our Summer Experiment: It begins NOW!
Book Discussion Series: An Unnecessary Woman

 
FridayLive! Free to all!
A Conversation with Art Chickering: "Cool Passion" and More
Date: June 19, 2015
Time: 2:00 PM ET
Presenters: Art Chickering and Steve Gilbert,  TLT Group and others


Join this informal conversation with Art Chickering where he shares insights from his 50 plus year career in higher education. He will likely touch on five key areaswhere he has contributed to critical changes: civic learning and democratic engagement, assessment, pedagogy, student services, and student diversity. You are welcome to read his latest book,"Cool Passion: Challenging Higher Education," in advance.  This is optional.


In this book, Art Chickering and his five coauthors address emerging issues in higher education He also offers his personal perspective and suggestions as to where higher education can go from here,


Other resources:
  • Linkto 46 minute YouTube video, "Cool Passion: A Q&A with Art Chickering" created by NASPA.
  • Linkto 1.5 minute YouTube video "CAEL Learning Stories: Arthur Chickering, Pitkin Fellow, Goddard College."
  • Linkto 2010 Chickering lecture, The John C. Dalton Institute on College Student Values (5 parts)

Purchase information can be found here NOTE: You can support The TLT Group indirectly by purchasing books from Amazon via links in our recommended reading list or shop using this AmazonSmilelink. Amazon will then make a donation to the TLT Group


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Up-coming FridayLive! events
NOW - June 24, 2015  See information below about our Summer Experiment: It begins NOW!
Book Discussion Series: An Unnecessary Woman

June 26, 2015 Look for “Recommendations from Librarians for Faculty Beginning to Teach (More) Online and for Students Beginning to Take Online Courses”

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Summer Experiment


Part One:
We invite you to read the book,
FICTION
Alameddine, Rabih (2014) An Unnecessary Woman Nov 11, 2014,  Grove Press
And/or review the resources found here, then participate in an asynchronous discussion using TodaysMeet. This link will take you to the conversation.  

A key question we would like you to address in the asynchronous discussion is this:
  • In what ways do you think this book relates to teaching, learning and technology?

Part Two:
Our synchronous discussion will take place in ZOOM on June 24th at 10:00 AM ET. Use this link to get to the ZOOM room, tlt.gs/Zoom.  Allow time to download the plugin.

More information about the entire event and access to additional resources can be found here.


 
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