In November, I had the opportunity to visit the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, and drop in on an innovative paired course undertaking. “The American Banjo Project” links an art history course with a course in studio technologies, and provides a great example of the potential of interdisciplinary and integrative learning. The…
Again this fall, the Learning Communities project is creating unique opportunities for interdisciplinary teaching and integrative learning. Of the twelve paired courses underway, the first three pairs below are running for the first time, after being developed in the second phase of the project in W17, while the remaining three pairs are repeat offerings of…
Work on new Learning Community courses has continued through the duration of the Winter 2017 term. In April, some teachers were putting the final touches on one-page course pitches that will be used to recruit students for F17 and W18. Course pitches are distributed to students by way of MIO mailings, with groups of eligible…
Faculty interested in integrative learning and collaborative curriculum development are invited to submit a proposal to participate in the Fall 2017-Winter 2018 phase of Dawson’s Learning Community project. Proposals must be submitted to Maxwell Jones (OAD) by Thursday, May 18, and should be kept to a single page that addresses in specifics the criteria below. …
When your back-to-back RM and Intro to Geography classes have you doing February field walks in the Shaughnessy Village neighbourhood – sometimes you have to warm up with some Korean dumplings or soup! Read the course pitch for Mark Beauchamp and Geoff Pearce’s RM and Geography course pairing in the Social Science program, and don’t…
The Fall 2016 Call for Proposals for new Learning Communities courses yielded 11 different proposals, involving 18 teachers from 12 different departments. Five projects involving ten teachers (seven with course release) are being supported for the W2017 semester. The group meets every other week in the CoLab to share their progress in course development, and…
Pictures from the final exhibition of student multi-media projects from Pat Romano and Kim Simard’s Humanities & Cin-Comm paired courses. Amazing work & high spirits made for a fantastic culminating event for this Women’s & Gender Studies/Peace Certificate learning community. Hats off to students and profs Pat Romano (Humanities) and Kim Simard (Cin-Comm).
Faculty interested in integrative learning and collaborative curriculum development are invited to submit a brief proposal to participate in the W2017 phase of Learning Community project. Proposals must be submitted to Ian MacKenzie or Chris Adam by Monday, December 5, and should be kept to a single page addressing the criteria below. Up to 6…
Dawson’s Learning Communities project is looking for teachers interested in working over the W2017 term on the collaborative design of interdisciplinary team-taught courses. If you’d like to participate, this pizza-powered meet-up on Wednesday November 17, 2.30-4pm in the CoLab 3F.43 is an opportunity to Hear more about the learning community model from teachers leading pilot…
Three learning community pilot pairings (7 courses) are in progress this fall. Here’s a glimpse of what’s happening in the classrooms, and what the teachers are saying about it. *** The Journeys cluster of English, Humanities and Academic Skills is headed by Susan Briscoe, Anjali Choksi and Michelle Smith. “Our focus since our planning phase for…
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