{"id":6631,"date":"2017-04-13T12:54:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T16:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/?p=6631"},"modified":"2019-02-17T13:15:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T18:15:15","slug":"third-annual-colloquium-a-focus-on-project-based-learning-stetson-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/brown-center\/2017\/04\/6631\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Annual Colloquium: A Focus on Project-Based Learning | Stetson Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

[This story was reprinted in its entirety from\u00a0Stetson Today<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n

Stetson University\u2019s third annual Colloquium on Teaching and Learning was filled with inspiring, innovative and thought-provoking discussions and engagement.<\/p>\n

Hosted on April 7 and 8 by Stetson University\u2019s Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence, the event delineated innovative approaches to address real-world and complex challenges in the higher education classroom.<\/p>\n

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Noel Painter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe Colloquium allows each of us to expand the breadth and depth of learning and scholarship, and examine how we make connections at this institution for a broad scope of learning,\u201d explained Stetson University\u2019s Executive Vice President and Provost Noel Painter, Ph.D., in his opening remarks.<\/p>\n

Day one of the event included interactive workshops, sharing sessions, a Brown Innovation Symposium and an experimental art reception.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s keynote speaker was Richard Vaz, Ph.D., inaugural director of Worcester Polytechnic Institute\u2019s Center for Project-Based Learning (PBL). He and his team travel the country to help other colleges and universities implement or improve Project-Based Learning on their campuses.<\/p>\n

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Richard Vaz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re talking about taking our courses and pushing the framework of theoretical education, moving students past the knowledge-based economy and preparing them for a more innovation-based environment,\u201d Vaz stated in his keynote address. \u201cYou\u2019re not just evaluating the results but the process of that project as well. Because projects are real-world based, it brings about very effective and interesting collaboration among faculty members as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

COLLOQUIUM EXPANDS<\/strong><\/p>\n

New this year was the expansion of the Colloquium from its traditional one-day event to add an embedded workshop specific to Project-Based Learning on the second day.<\/p>\n

Twenty-two participants from four higher educational institutions, including Daytona State College, Capital University and Florida Polytechnic University, in addition to Stetson University, spent their Saturday learning how to implement or better utilize Project-Based Learning for their students.<\/p>\n

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Leading a discussion on \u201cMinding the Gap: Engaging Conversations and Difficult Dialogues\u201d include (L to R) Sharmaine Jackson, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology and current Brown Innovation Fellow; Rajni Shankar-Brown, Ph.D., associate professor of education, Jessie Ball DuPont chair and current Brown Innovation Fellow; Shawnrece Campbell, Ph.D., associate professor of English; and Susan Pepper-Bates, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy. They shared struggles and methods for navigating difficult classroom discussions with non-judgement yet creating teachable, meaningful moments from which students may grow and expand their existing world views.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Those attending from Stetson University included:\u00a0Shawnrece Campbell, Daniel Vaughen, David DiQuattro, Michael Eskenazi, Rajni Shankar-Brown, Madison Creech, Shun Kiang, Sharmaine Jackson,\u00a0 Heather Edwards, Nichole Porther and Savannah-Jane Griffin.<\/p>\n

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Michael Eskenazi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Michael Eskenazi, assistant professor of psychology and current Brown Innovation Fellow, said the embedded workshop was invaluable.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis event has given me the opportunity to redesign a class that I have been teaching for six semesters. It\u2019s a good class, but now it\u2019s even better as it is more project-based. I plan to spend the first half of the semester on instruction, content and engagement, then the second half on the students doing a project,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

PRAISE FOR THE BROWN CENTER<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Executive director of the Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence, Julia Metzker, Ph.D., and longtime Stetson University Trustee, Cici (Cynthia) Brown, Hon. \u201907, talk after the Colloquium keynote address on April 7. Brown along with her husband, J. Hyatt Brown, Hon. \u201992, who also serves on the SU Board of Trustees, established the Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence in 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Colloquium is a signature program of the Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence, which was established by a generous endowment from longstanding Stetson University Trustees J. Hyatt Brown, Hon. \u201992, and his wife, Cici Brown, Hon. \u201907. The purpose of the center is to ensure active and continuous support of Stetson Faculty as life-long leaders and innovators, and to assert Stetson as a national higher education leader by modeling the University\u2019s distinct character of learning and teacher-scholar role for future faculty.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Brown Center is unbelievable. It is so important for faculty development,\u201d Professor Eskenazi noted. \u201cI have other faculty friends across the country who don\u2019t have the support like I do through the Brown Center, and they are just in awe. This Center and the Colloquium provide concrete ways of offering better engagement with students.\u201d<\/p>\n

-Trish Wieland<\/em><\/p>\n

COLLOQUIUM EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tony Abbott<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe colloquium provided good examples of how project-based learning fosters skills important in nearly all disciplines. The potential for interdisciplinary collaboration is rich work through such pedagogy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 J. Anthony \u201cTony\u201d Abbott, Ph.D.<\/strong>, professor of environmental science and studies; inaugural Provost Faculty Fellow for international learning.<\/p>\n

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Savannah-Jane Griffin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cAttending this Colloquium has provided me time to network with colleagues across the state and grapple with ways to provide better support through the Center for Community Engagement to faculty that are interested in implementing project-based learning into their courses, as well as enhance the First Year Seminar that I teach.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 Savannah-Jane Griffin<\/strong>, director of community engagement & inclusive excellence; 2017 Colloquium presenter; Embedded PBL workshop participant.<\/p>\n

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Sharmaine Jackson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI found the colloquium a great place to exchange ideas and find a community of teacher-scholars-practitioners interested in facilitating direct links of what is learned in the classroom with what is happening in the world around them. I have benefitted significantly as a Brown Innovation Fellow as I have amassed a number of tools to be used in improving my teaching, engaging students both in and outside of the classroom, and in writing about pedagogy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 Sharmaine Jackson, Ph.D.<\/strong>, assistant professor of sociology \u2013 2016-2017 Brown Innovation Fellow, 2017 Colloquium presenter, Embedded workshop participant.<\/p>\n

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Michele Randall<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI was encouraged by the number of faculty from our university and other\u00a0institutions nearby who came together to learn more about high impact practices and\u00a0how we can best serve our students.\u00a0One of the best events was the workshop at the end of the day on\u00a0Friday. We wrote out a few goals and were\u00a0given an\u00a0accountability buddy. I\u2019ve been to countless conferences where I\u2019ve left\u00a0with tons of new ideas, but without plans and actual deadlines, those ideas too easily got lost in the day to day work. Everyone in that session had more than one great idea with clear goals\u00a0and deadlines before they left for the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 Michele Randall, M.F.A.<\/strong>, Sullivan Visiting Lecturer in English \u2013 2015-16 Brown Innovation Fellow, 2017 Colloquium presenter and Brown Innovation Fellow mentor.<\/p>\n

[This story was reprinted in its entirety from\u00a0Stetson Today<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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