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Report of Accomplishment || August 2022 to February 2023
Report of Accomplishment || August 2022 to February 2023
Presented CGEM during the Institute-wide 1st Year Students Academic Orientation
August 23, 2022
The newly designated Director of CGEM, Dr. Irish Mae Fernandez-Dalona, presented the structure and functions of the would-be Center for General Education of MSU-IIT to explain the rationale behind the creation of the Center during the Freshmen Academic Orientation, along with the other cost centers under the OVCAA cluster.
Facilitated/hosted the 1st Systemwide Academic Summit
November 28 - 30, 2022
The OVCAA spearheaded a three-day Academic Summit that aimed to review the university's current academic policies and guidelines for the benefit of the stakeholders of campuses under the MSU System. ODUP/CGEM, through the guidance of the OVCAA, led in the planning of the entire activity, and the conceptualization of the workshop design that was utilized during the breakout sessions, which helped reveal some of the current challenges and opportunities for growth and development for the entire MSU system. The three-day Academic Summit was participated in by the top-level management, including the respective cost center heads and department chairpersons, from the eight (8) autonomous campuses and four (4) satellite campuses of the MSU system.
Proposal and Approval of the Creation of the Center for General Education of MSU-IIT through BOR Resolution No. 332, series of 2022
October 6, 2022
The Center for General Education of MSU-IIT (CGEM) is approved by MSU’s Board of Regents during the 260th meeting of the Board of Regents held on October 6, 2022 in Manila. The creation of the Center is aimed at promoting general education courses (GEC) that are useful, holistic, inclusive, culturally sensitive, interdisciplinary, adaptive in today’s living, such that they all contribute to the overall transformation of every IITian.
Soft Launch and Series of Seminars
February 2-4, 2023
February kicked off with the launching of the Center for General Education of MSU-IIT (CGEM).
The launching was attended by the University officials and faculty members from different colleges who are handling GE courses. The opening program was followed by a series of lectures and workshops that aim to flesh out the philosophical framework of MSU-IIT’s GE Curricula - the S.H.I.F.T. Framework - which is an abbreviation for SOCIETY-ORIENTED, HOLISTIC (and INCLUSIVE), INNOVATION-DRIVEN, FUTURE-READY, and TRANSFORMATIVE. This calls to mind that the landscape has changed, the tools and the clienteles (our students) have changed, likewise, the demands have changed; in fact, the demands have become overwhelmingly high and varied. It is, therefore, imperative for teachers of General Education to be constantly pondering on the readiness to let go of old ways and to look for newer and more proactive paradigms that will make teachers even more relevant. Relevance is key to maintaining the position as academics in this age where technology permeates in almost all aspects of life. And pedagogies have to constantly the needs and preferences of students. Learning opportunities should be meaningful and relevant to their current and future needs. More importantly, their learning environment should enable students to make sense of their learning, such that it will all be relevant to their immediate communities and to the society in general.
Implementation of Large Classes
February 2023
The Academic Panel Committee (APC) has approved the implementation of the large classes, which piloted in February, the beginning of the second semester of AY 2022-2023, for selected General Education Courses (GEC), to wit, Purposive Communication, Contemporary World, and Ethics. This is a pedagogical strategy which aims to improve faculty research productivity since they are deloaded from their teaching tasks, while, it attempts to minimize the university’s expenditures, particularly lecturers’ pay. Moreover, the strategy intends to enhance the teaching skills of some undergraduate and graduate students who may have the proclivity to become academics in the future as they have been designated as teaching assistants for the entire semester in these classes.
Other than this, CGEM has also helped in the following:
Co-hosting of Benchmarking Activities, with OPI and OC:
With UP Mindanao || September 19, 2022
With USeP-Davao
With St. Mary’s College of Tagum
Co-organizing the Fulbright Roadshow on January 26, 2023, with OIA.
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