{"id":4240,"date":"2024-11-20T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T21:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/?p=4240"},"modified":"2025-01-21T14:49:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T21:49:33","slug":"crown-center-for-teaching-block-4-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2024\/11\/20\/crown-center-for-teaching-block-4-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Crown Center for Teaching Block 4 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From the Director: The Core of What We Do\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Last week, I had the pleasure of traveling to Chicago to attend the annual conference of the POD Network.<\/a> As outlined in its mission<\/a>, POD “exists to provide professional development and a community of practice for scholars and practitioners of educational development, and to serve as a leading voice on matters related to teaching and learning in higher education.” Although I only became aware of POD a few years ago, I have come to see how deeply the efforts of its membership have influenced my own continued growth as an educator over the course of two decades. POD’s core values of collaboration, equity, and evidence-based practice were woven into\u00a0my graduate school training as well as my continuing development here at CC.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s conference theme, “Relationships at the Core of Educational Development,” underscored how much our work as educators is built upon and sustained by the strength of our connections\u2014whether across disciplines as colleagues engaged in equity-based practices, among students collaborating in our classrooms, or in the partnerships we foster within our community and alumni networks. These relationships make possible our shared emphasis on process and remind us that growth in education is a collective endeavor.<\/p>\n

As this long semester draws to a close, I am especially reminded of the resilience and dedication that keep us moving forward, especially when supported by strong, caring relationships. I want to express my deep appreciation for the creativity, commitment, and compassion each of you brings to your work. The insights from the POD conference reaffirm just how essential these connections are to the learning environment we create for our students and each other. Thank you for everything you do. May the upcoming Fall and Winter Breaks give you time to rest, recharge, and reconnect, ready for the new opportunities and challenges ahead.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Ryan Raul Ba\u00f1agale<\/p>\n

Associate Professor of Music and Director of the Crown Center for Teaching<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Human Input on AI at CC\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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The AAC&U Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and Curriculum<\/a> team, comprising faculty and academic staff members, recently developed a set of guiding principles for our ongoing campus-wide exploration of Generative Artificial Intelligence at CC. These principles reflect a deliberate and thoughtful approach to GenAI that draws upon the strengths of our liberal arts foundation and upholds our core institutional commitments to antiracism and sustainability. You can read the full statement here.<\/a><\/p>\n

What are your thoughts on the use\u2014or non-use\u2014of Generative AI at CC<\/em>? Throughout Block 4, we invite you to attend one or more \u201cpop-up\u201d conversations with members of our AAC&U AI team. Here are three session options (more to come in the future):<\/p>\n

Week 1: Thursday, Nov. 21 from 1:30 \u2013 2:30 p.m. \u2013 Barnes Science Center<\/p>\n

Week 2: Thursday, Dec. 5 from 1:30 \u2013 2:30 p.m.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Cossitt Commons<\/p>\n

Week 3: Thursday, Dec. 12 from 1:30 \u2013 2:30 p.m.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Armstrong Great Hall<\/p>\n

If you are unable to attend these sessions, we encourage you to express your engagement interest here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Upcoming Workshops<\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Crown Conversations Workshop, hosted by Sofia Fenner <\/strong>
\nThursday, Nov. 21, 1-3 p.m.\u00a0<\/strong>
\nLocation TBD\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In anticipation of challenging moments with friends and family over Fall Break, we invite you to a workshop on Embodied Conversation on Nov. 21 from 1-3 p.m. Most of us are familiar with how a frustrating conversation feels in our bodies: a quickening heartbeat; a tight chest; a desire to get up, lash out, or walk away. What are our bodies telling us in these moments? How can those messages help us engage or, if need be, disengage? We\u2019ll be exploring these questions through ideas, movement, and practice.<\/p>\n

Possibility Books, hosted by Kris Stanec <\/strong>
\nTuesday, Dec. 3, 12:15 \u2013 1:30\u00a0p.m.<\/strong>
\nTutt Library, Room 317\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Come experience Possibility Books (PB) and have time to adapt the prompts to align with any course. PBs are a brief daily exercise (~10 minutes at the start of class) in which students are asked to respond to various prompts through mark-making and dialogue. PB materials are provided for each class using this method. PB have been found to increase students\u2019:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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