Summer 2018 Edge Workshops

During the Summer of 2018, Guilford College faculty engaged in re-imagining our curriculum in preparation of the 2019-2020 school year. Click the links below to view the agenda for each session.

May 10-May 11 Edge Retreat

Tuesday June 19: We are going to do what?! Transitioning to an alternative academic calendar; The art of planning a compressed course: Speeding up to slow down; What in the #$&* are we going to do every day for three hours? Planning your days

Wednesday June 27: Design and revise your curriculum backward; Team-Based Learning in the Classroom; Collaborative Learning Strategies and Technologies

Monday July 2: Career Development & Study Abroad: Growing Your EDGE; Faculty Panel on Short-Term Study Abroad

Tuesday July 10: Inclusive Pedagogy/Collaboration; Critical Reflection and Knowledge Construction in Experiential Education; All Writers Welcome Here: Strategies for Including and Engaging Diverse Learners

Tuesday July 17: Putting together the curricular jigsaw puzzle: majors, gen ed, and the 'Q' (whatever that turns out to be); Reflection and Integration

Tuesday July 24: Community Partnerships in the New Calendar; Experience How to Keep Students' Attention via Engagement and Inquiry; Ailure (Failure without an F)

Monday August 6--Digital writing and publishing; Using Syllabi to Increase Engagement (and Getting Students to Actually Read Them); Attribution Errors and Mindfulness Strategies

Tuesday August 14--Technological Support for the Edge; Applying Universal Design for Learning; Facilitating Undergraduate Research in the New Calendar

Click here for workshop materials