Formation in the 21st Century
Provost Groves writes to the Georgetown community on the successful launch of the Bridge Courses in Spring 2017 and the continued movement for innovation in higher education on our campus.
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Pedagogical Innovation Made Real
A post from Provost Groves' blog on the Red House and the launch of the Challenges in Childhood and Society courses.
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Rewarding Faculty for What They Do
A post from the Provost's blog, on how the University can more equitably reward faculty workloads as new experimental teaching opportunities are becoming available.
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Future(s) Initiative Supporter Commends Impact of the Red House
Comments offered by an anonymous donor on the Red House activities and Georgetown's tradition and values.
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Ruth Deakin Crick: Measuring Resilient Agency at Georgetown and Beyond
Ruth Deakin Crick, a consultant to Designing the Future(s)' Formation by Design initiative, facilitated a group of over twenty-five Georgetown University faculty members in experiencing the self-assessment of their learning power and coaching conversations to deepen their understanding.
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Rick Vaz: Immersive High-Impact Learning: From WPI to Georgetown
Invited by the Red House, in December 2014, Rick Vaz, Dean of Interdisciplinary and Global Studies at WPI, spoke to a group of Georgetown faculty and students to pinpoint about trading courses for experiences.
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Radical Learning through the Certificate in Writing, Communication, and Design
Our proposed Certificate in Writing, Communication, and Design is the first attempt to coalesce a design community at Georgetown, and recognizes important undercurrents in higher education that are radically shifting.
Continue ReadingFormational Outcomes: Connecting Purpose with Design
Wider formational outcomes of learning and development—those that address the broadest purpose of higher education—should be put at the center of our learning designs. This...
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The University as a Design Problem, Part I
Few people within the Georgetown community are aware that every week on the second floor of Healy Hall, undergraduate Hoyas are working to imagine and...
Continue ReadingDesigning the Future with Georgetown Alumni
Holding Experimental Events with 50 Alumni in 3 Cities in 2 Weeks “Connecting with friends around ideas.” “Learning through community.” “The opportunity to persevere through...
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