CETL Archives
Book Talks Archive - Fall 2003
The Virtual Student: A Profile and Guide to Working with Online Learners
Authors: Rena M. Palloff and Keith Pratt
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003
Time: 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Atwood - St. Croix Room
Facilitators: Doris Bolliger (LR&TS/IMS) and
Rich Josephson (LR&TS/IMS)
Description : Interest and enrollment in online
courses continues to grow. We are no longer in the first wave of
online course development. The percentage of undergraduates who took
Internet-based distance education courses in 1999-2000 increased
to 57 percent. Along with the surge in online learning has come realization
by many faculty that they need to focus on techniques to increase
participation and collaborative learning. Faculty are now looking
for concrete methods to make their courses work. They now know that
a course cannot simply be created with the expectation that students
will know how to access it, navigate it, and participate to the levels
they expect.
About the Authors: Online learning, in its best
form, is learner-centered and learner-focused. Authors Rena Palloff
and Keith Pratt are core faculty in the School of Education at
Capella University and also teach at the Fielding Graduate Institute.
They have been appointed to the faculty of the Center for Excellence
in Education and are managing partners of Crossroads Consulting
Group. They are authors of Building Learning Communities
in Cyberspace and Lessons from the
Cyberspace Classroom, both from Jossey-Bass.
Educating Citizens: Preparing America's Undergraduates for Lives of Moral and Civic Responsibility
Authors: Anne Colby, Thomas Ehrlich, Elizabeth
Beaumont, and
Jason Stephens
Date: Tuesdays, Oct. 28, Nov.
4, 11, & 18, Dec. 2, 9, 2003; Fridays, Oct.
31, Nov. 7, 14, 21, Dec. 5, 12, 2003
Time: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Tuesdays) 8:00
a.m. - 10:00 a.m. (Fridays)
Location: TBA depending on size of group
Facilitators: Will vary by chapter(s)
in book and discussion topics
Description: Educating Citizens reports on how some American colleges and universities are preparing thoughtful, committed, and socially responsible graduates. Many institutions asset these ambitions, but too few act on them. The authors demonstrate the fundamental important of moral and civic education, describe how the historical and contemporary landscapes of higher education have shaped it, and explain the educational and developmental goals and processes involved in educating citizens. They examine the challenges and present concrete ways to overcome those challenges.
Educating Citizens shows how institutions can equip students with the understanding, motivation, and skills of responsible and effective citizenship. The book includes in-depth studies at twelve institutions. The authors provide guidelines for implementing these programs in the full range of higher education institutions.
The American Democracy Project (of which St. Cloud State University is a part) embraces civic responsibility. Educating Citizens is essential reading for all who believe that higher education can play a critical role in the health of American democracy by helping students become responsible citizens of the nation, the world, and their own communities.
About the Authors: The authoring team is impressive.
Colby is a senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching; Ehrlich is a senior scholar a the Carnegie Foundation
and is former president of Indiana University, provost of the University
of PA, and dean of Stanford Law School; Beaumont is a research associate
at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; and Stephens
is a research assistant at the Carnegie Foundation and doctoral candidate
at Stanford.
Format of Sessions:
- October 28 and 31 session - An Introduction
Chapters 1 through 5 - November 4 and 7 session - The Class(es)
Chapters 6 through 8 - November 11 and 14 session - Assessment
Chapters 9 through 10 - November 18 and 21 - Wrap-up on the Book
- December 2 and 9; December 5 and 12 - Discussions of other materials/relationship to book
