{"id":11897,"date":"2018-05-03T13:11:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T13:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/?p=11897"},"modified":"2018-05-03T16:56:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T16:56:54","slug":"thinq-about-unconferencing-w-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/2018\/05\/03\/thinq-about-unconferencing-w-us\/","title":{"rendered":"thinq about unconferencing w us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The thinqstudio unconference is in one week \u2013 Friday May 11<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 As an unconference, attendees pick the topics of the day (see below). <a href=\"https:\/\/thinqstudio.corsizio.com\/c\/5a7c447895982f00010ac302\">There&#8217;s still time to register<\/a> and vote on topics you&#8217;d like to explore!\u00a0 \u00a0Festivities will commence with opening remarks from Chancellor Horrell at 9:00AM \u2013 see you there!<\/p>\n<h2>Suggested Topics (<a href=\"https:\/\/padlet.com\/thinqstudio\/2oit6trqo7dy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vote here<\/a>)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Student Designed Courses\u00a0<\/strong>How might we move towards a more open-ended process that leaves the syllabus (for instance) more open ended?\u00a0 How do we elicit student voice in this process?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Personal \/ Professional Learning Networks\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>How can we better utilize social media channels to enhance our own learning? to enhance the learning of our students? to increase our own visibility and influence?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Personalized Learning Environments\u00a0<\/strong>Explore PLEs: What do they look like? How does it benefit learning? Models? Impact?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Instructor Identity\u00a0<\/strong>Thinking about critical digital pedagogy: How does instructor identity show up in online education? How does it influence student experience? Becoming aware of our online &#8220;identity&#8221; and the privilege present.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Using Social Media in Classrooms\u00a0<\/strong>How and why are we requiring students to use social media to engage with our courses? What are the most effective and least oppressive ways to do this?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Our Own Teaching\u00a0<\/strong>Teaching quality in higher ed is highly variable and, ahem, often not very good. How can we up the urgency of our colleagues regarding the quality of their own instruction?<\/li>\n<li><strong>DFW\u00a0<\/strong>Can we rethink the structure and design of DFW cattle-call courses? (drop, fail, withdraw)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reality Literacy?\u00a0<\/strong>What&#8217;s real anymore?\u00a0 Mixed realities, fake news, and bot conversations.\u00a0 There is a growing need for student to tell the difference.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Algorithm Literacy\u00a0<\/strong>What does it mean to be &#8216;algorithm literate&#8217; these days? How should faculty think about adaptive learning software, early warning systems, filter bubbles in our social media streams, and so on?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Service Learning (upgrade)\u00a0<\/strong>How can we expand and extend aspects of service-learning for students?\u00a0 That is &#8211; connect them with real-world projects in the community; applying their discipline and learning in tandem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thinqstudio.corsizio.com\/c\/5a7c447895982f00010ac302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join us<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11898 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/files\/logo.CU_.thinqstudio2.black_-1-300x53.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/files\/logo.CU_.thinqstudio2.black_-1-300x53.png 300w, https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/files\/logo.CU_.thinqstudio2.black_-1-768x136.png 768w, https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/files\/logo.CU_.thinqstudio2.black_-1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iUEt0xOysr4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The thinqstudio unconference is in one week \u2013 Friday May 11th.\u00a0 As an unconference, attendees pick the topics of the day (see below). There&#8217;s still time to register and vote on topics you&#8217;d like to explore!\u00a0 \u00a0Festivities will commence with opening remarks from Chancellor Horrell at 9:00AM \u2013 see you there! 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