tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.comments2023-10-20T00:58:53.762-07:00Reflections: The process of changeLinda Vanasupahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468568257682711446noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-13786214366904983492016-01-11T23:09:55.982-08:002016-01-11T23:09:55.982-08:00I recently taught an online course in business com...I recently taught an online course in business communications and I practiced and re-learned how "to blog" on WordPress and Blogspot.Phyllishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308252828924840058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-72686286209167576012015-03-01T13:15:26.184-08:002015-03-01T13:15:26.184-08:00Linda, the fact that resistance and violence comes...Linda, the fact that resistance and violence comes from within (for you college of engineering) is also something we have observed and experienced. Outsiders are able to remain objective and assess the effort for what it is. Insiders, on the other hand, have an additional pressure knowing that this might/is bound to affect them affect their routines and activities.Hedia Milihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01019506827239483360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-19718746089768733802012-05-15T17:18:30.485-07:002012-05-15T17:18:30.485-07:00Very interesting. At some level this helps explai...Very interesting. At some level this helps explain some of the interesting trends you saw with the communications course and students bringing controversial and very personal topics to the table. It makes you ask questions about what is "fundamental" to engineering education...we label our engineering science courses as fundamentals - but I would argue that this project pushes on thatRobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373514990201720652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-14646915391884802012-04-17T20:27:13.125-07:002012-04-17T20:27:13.125-07:00Hi nina, thank you for your authentic expose' ...Hi nina, thank you for your authentic expose' of what we probably all are thinking. I am struck by what appears to be the antagonistic nature of visits to classrooms that we have apparently all experienced. <br /><br />For my part, I really enjoyed both visits to your classes, particularly seeing your generosity with the students, the attention that you give each person around their Linda Vanasupahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468568257682711446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-31660607301189799872012-02-15T15:09:46.937-08:002012-02-15T15:09:46.937-08:00Oh my gosh, Liz... I am just seeing this now. Wow...Oh my gosh, Liz... I am just seeing this now. Wow for sure. <br /><br />I guess something to think about is - what is failure? Is there a way to think about your experience not as generating success or failure, but meeting (or not) your hopes and aspirations in a multitude of different ways?<br /><br />And did you feel differently tomorrow, as it were?alicepawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09722642544674784808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-79123802019755882362012-02-13T20:53:46.844-08:002012-02-13T20:53:46.844-08:00Liz, you're always so authentic. Thank you.Liz, you're always so authentic. Thank you.Linda Vanasupahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468568257682711446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-5376288830206859372011-12-02T07:36:45.449-08:002011-12-02T07:36:45.449-08:00Nina, i love that you're becoming our e-portfo...Nina, i love that you're becoming our e-portfolio master.Linda Vanasupahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468568257682711446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-48260791500505349832011-11-22T22:10:05.592-08:002011-11-22T22:10:05.592-08:00Thanks Nina. It is good to have all this informati...Thanks Nina. It is good to have all this information!Liz Schlemerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08008858142366553159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-65302280063195897112011-11-17T11:35:59.243-08:002011-11-17T11:35:59.243-08:00Thanks Nina. I agree the small steps we have all t...Thanks Nina. I agree the small steps we have all taken will help us when we actually have sustain students. I often look forward to all that needs to be done, and I am happy for this reminder to look back at where we have come from.Liz Schlemerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08008858142366553159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-82976823552628611232011-11-15T15:16:25.863-08:002011-11-15T15:16:25.863-08:00nina, thanks for this. it is interesting to look b...nina, thanks for this. it is interesting to look back at our path, isn't it? how great to be doing this together.Linda Vanasupahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468568257682711446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-24782542890464580682011-11-14T18:29:19.399-08:002011-11-14T18:29:19.399-08:00hi liz, this is great and helpful. thank you. som...hi liz, this is great and helpful. thank you. some other things I thought of later:<br />a. it is important for everyone to have feedback mechanisms on their own mastery that are frequent, low stakes and self-directed. <br />b. we want to structure the course in a way the builds and leverages their relating (that goes for us faculty too). <br /><br />I am wondering if we are brave enough to Linda Vanasupahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468568257682711446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-55780049430496377362011-11-14T17:47:24.095-08:002011-11-14T17:47:24.095-08:00you slay me!you slay me!ntruchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00419728560308372808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-8945623199559875342011-11-11T08:57:09.449-08:002011-11-11T08:57:09.449-08:00Here is an excerpt from the email (sent to many fa...Here is an excerpt from the email (sent to many faculty teaching the major intro courses):<br /><br />"I am writing this email to ask your permission to send an email to the students in your introductory class for you major .... The purpose of the email is to inform current freshman in CAFES about the new SUSTAIN SLO learning initiative that will begin next quarter and run through the springNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229871218054985729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-3128682351646912682011-11-10T19:59:49.417-08:002011-11-10T19:59:49.417-08:00Neal, i learned something else about our time ther...Neal, i learned something else about our time there. John P thought we had asked them to be promotors of SUSTAIN. I thought were were there for information purposes. As promotors, they felt an entirely different desire to understand and endorse. For some reason, if we had asked to simply have access to their email list so that WE could promote...different.<br /><br />I learned that you and I Linda Vanasupahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468568257682711446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-28915946143461143962011-11-03T22:42:37.128-07:002011-11-03T22:42:37.128-07:00Well, I am never to shed the baggage of the colleg...Well, I am never to shed the baggage of the college of engineering. Alas. I have my own baggage which is far more interesting....if they would only stop seeing me as the college!Linda Vanasupahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468568257682711446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-31788767574212372462011-11-03T19:13:10.189-07:002011-11-03T19:13:10.189-07:001) I love knowing about this word now. 2) I am ref...1) I love knowing about this word now. 2) I am reflecting after having read your thoughts here that there is great cost (in the form of being judged by colleagues of anyone pushing forward to make change to a system. I know: this isn't rocket surgery to notice, but I am still sitting with it.--ginger.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16736817421947066514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-70207809333326329672011-10-31T13:53:31.175-07:002011-10-31T13:53:31.175-07:00ah, ginger, i LOVE IT!ah, ginger, i LOVE IT!Linda Vanasupahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468568257682711446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-20065212910546240772011-10-31T09:29:55.765-07:002011-10-31T09:29:55.765-07:00I love it. 'Nuff said.I love it. 'Nuff said.Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229871218054985729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-24998336262481593602011-10-28T18:59:00.735-07:002011-10-28T18:59:00.735-07:00It is funny, Linda blaming herself, I feel like th...It is funny, Linda blaming herself, I feel like this MY coping mechanism....not hers. I was just thinking about when Linda AND I designed the application system. Why didn't I think it through better? Why did I agree that students can handle the process, when they couldn't. Ugggg......Liz Schlemerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08008858142366553159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-36001593346537847852011-10-27T15:21:16.410-07:002011-10-27T15:21:16.410-07:00We are not Moses, yet!We are not Moses, yet!Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229871218054985729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-37114293968999945452011-09-01T17:00:49.545-07:002011-09-01T17:00:49.545-07:00This is confusing, but I want to clarify: Students...This is confusing, but I want to clarify: Students will be taking 3 courses (12 units) from a list of linked "SUSTAIN" courses. These courses are hidden, in that they do not show up on PASS. Students will be given Permission numbers for these courses. These 3 courses are scheduled in the afternoon: 2 through 6 Monday through Thursday and Friday 1 to 4. The 4th course will be chosen by Liz Schlemerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08008858142366553159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-63968889127122543552011-08-31T08:55:49.810-07:002011-08-31T08:55:49.810-07:00[Sorry about the incomplete comment above, I was t...[Sorry about the incomplete comment above, I was trying to do it on my phone but it didn't work -- or I didn't work.]<br /><br />I think we all can, at times, confuse our own intentions in these situations with ones that we think others might ascribe to us. My sense is that we are not primarily undertaking this program for ourselves (there are other things we could do to make us happier -Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229871218054985729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-12457453482345983922011-08-31T08:46:48.336-07:002011-08-31T08:46:48.336-07:00Just a bureaucratic (but positive) comment. We don...Just a bureaucratic (but positive) comment. We don't really need a formal "priority" registration for the students. We can use the system that is out there to insert "permission of the instructor" comment for our particular sections or even "see instructor for permissions" so that no one signs up unless we allow them. Granted, this is a bit clunkier but we shouldNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229871218054985729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-13016139387583871142011-08-29T15:16:10.771-07:002011-08-29T15:16:10.771-07:00I think we all can often confuse our own intention...I think we all can often confuse our own intentions as we get deeNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229871218054985729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999374182596256369.post-66832903051135138912011-08-29T12:20:25.813-07:002011-08-29T12:20:25.813-07:00ok, so what happened!?!ok, so what happened!?!ntruchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00419728560308372808noreply@blogger.com