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Week 1
Monday, March 24
- Introductions
- Library Quest
- For next class: Reflection on your intellectual journey
Wednesday, March 26
- Activity: Group Lightning Presentations
- Reflection Part One: working in groups (past experiences, pros and cons, why learning how to work in groups is worthwhile)
- Reflection Part Two: working in groups (what was it like to create a lightning presentation together? What worked? What didn’t work? What are your strengths when you work in groups?)
Homework due Weds. 3/26:
- Intellectual Journey assignment (upload final reflection on Canvas)
Homework due Mon. 3/31:
- Read “Choosing Your Domain Name” from USNH
- Reading by groups (groups assigned in class):
- GROUP SIGN-UP SHEET
Groups 1 & 2: “The Web We Need to Give Students” by Audrey Waters
Groups 3 & 4: “How Public? Why Public?”
Groups 5 & 6: “For the Love of God, Make Your Own Website” by Gita Jackson
Week 2
Monday, March 31
- Groups that read the same things get together to share thoughts on the readings
- Groups that read different things share thoughts with each other on what they read:
- Round 1: Groups 1 & 5 together, Groups 2 & 3 together, Groups 4 & 6 together
- Round 2: Groups 1 & 4 together, Groups 2 & 6 together, Groups 3 & 5 together
- ePort overview
- Design Your Own Domain: Paper Toolkit
- ePort Vision Proposal (on Canvas)
Wednesday, April 2
Building ePorts! Martha Burtis will be joining us to help us navigate the ins and outs of getting your ePort set up.
Resources:
Homework due Weds 4/2:
- Complete ePort Vision Proposal (on Canvas)
Homework due Mon. 4/7:
- Go over the ePort Setup Checklist and see what applies to your ePort
- Work on ePort post #1
- Read Fruit, A Metaphor for Understanding Interdisciplinarity and watch the “Interdisciplinarity” video. (These will be review for IDS majors, but they are useful review.)
- GROUP SIGN-UP SHEET
- Groups read:
Groups 1 and 2: Read “Slow Interdisciplinarity” by Abby Goode
Groups 3 and 4: Read “Colleges Should Reconstruct the Unity of Knowledge” by Vartan Gregorian
Groups 5 and 6: Read “The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill” by Megan Moltani (Let Matt know if this link doesn’t work. Wired keeps changing what access they allow to articles.)
Week 3
Monday, April 7
- Discuss readings on interdisciplinarity
- Group Project Guidelines
- Create groups
- Choose topics
- Make a group plan
Wednesday, April 9
- ePort post #1 is due by class time
- Figuring out the schedule for group work and class takeovers
- Class time for group work
- Group meetings with Matt
Homework due Weds. 4/9:
- Work on ePort post #1 (due for class time on 11/6)
Homework due Weds. 4/14:
ePort post #2
Week 4
Monday, April 14
- Choosing “class takeover” times
- Working in groups
Wednesday, April 16
No official class meeting — work with your group on preparing your presentation/experience
Matt will be in his office (Lamson 003). Our classroom is open for you to use if you wish.
Homework due Weds. 4/16
- Group work
Homework due Mon. 4/21
- Group progress survey (due by class time on Wednesday, but may make sense for your group to do earlier — use your judgment)
- ePort post #3
Week 5
Monday, April 21
- Habits of Mind Group takeover of class
Wednesday, April 23
- Knowledge Commons Group takeover of class
Homework due Weds. 4/23:
- Work on group project
- Work on ePort post #4
Homework due Mon 4/28:
- Work on group project
- Group progress survey due!
- ePort catch up
Week 6
Monday, April 28
- Schools and Education Group takeover of class
- ePort post #4 due
Wednesday, April 30 — Last Day of Class
- Disciplines & Interdisciplinarity Group takeover of class
- Final review & summing up