Collaborative Inquiry / CI Course Design Materials
Students who complete this course will be able to:
Draw conclusions by combining examples, facts or theories from more than one field of study
Apply knowledge and approaches from their major field and Core classes to the study of a complex question
Suggest innovative solutions or creative answers to complex questions
Collaborate effectively with others on a team project
Ways of Thinking: Natural and Applied Sciences courses must be directed toward achievement of their Core component learning outcomes in order to introduce, develop, and achieve the relevant Core SLOs connected to this course in the overall Core design.
SLO 2: All SLU Graduates will be able to integrate knowledge from multiple disciplines to address complex questions
Collaborative Inquiry courses must help students develop and achieve students the integration of knowledge from multiple disciplines to address complex questions
SLO 3: All SLU graduates will be able to assess evidence and draw reasoned conclusions.
Collaborative Inquiry courses must help students develop and achieve the ability to assess evidence and draw reasoned conclusions.
SLO 8: All SLU graduates will be able to collaborate with others towards a common goal
Collaborative Inquiry courses must help students develop and achieve the ability to collaborate with others towards a common goal
Focus students’ attention on a multidimensional question without a straightforward, technical answer
Enable students to collaborate with each other, drawing on previously developed knowledge and skills to understand the nature of the multidimensional question
Provide explicit guidance on working in groups, including delegation, listening, invitation of diverse ideas, conflict management
Culminate in a signature (group and/or individual) project
Require students to reflect on how Core classes have contributed to the student’s ability to address complex questions; this may be part of the signature project; require students to produce an artifact of this reflection
A key focus of Collaborative Inquiry courses is collaborative inquiry as an intellectual endeavor. Click below to find resources that can help you consider how to incorporate this principle into your Collaborative Inquiry course and assignment design.
A second key focus of Collaborative Inquiry is to incorporate collaboration as a process. Click below to find resources that can help you consider how to incorporate collaboration as a process into your Collaborative Inquiry course and assignment design.