Creativity and Innovation

Paradoxically, role-play is an authentic activity to improve long-term learning and prepare students for future coursework or careers. Role play activities encourage students to identify solutions to case studies, resolve problems in representative scenarios , interpret theories, analyze literature and visual arts, or practice empathy by taking another person’s point of view. Through role play, students can engage in research, build “think-on-your-feet” skills, and reflect upon alternative solutions. Participants in this research-based, interactive workshop will examine the effectiveness of role-play across disciplines, analyze guidelines and resources for role-play activities, and practice how to design and implement role-play in college classrooms.

Featuring Dr. Lisa Kastello's art exhibit, "101 Ways to Recycle a Dissertation: Transforming the Academic into the Visual," this workshop explores the relationship between graduate student research and undergraduate teaching. Participants will create research artifacts to use in their current or future classrooms.

Teachers employ stories every day in their classrooms. But do these brief stories purposefully establish your teaching philosophy, amplify instruction, or create inclusivity? This interactive workshop explores storytelling as an effective, inclusive, and often overlooked pedagogical approach to enhance teaching and learning. Participants will pinpoint whether they currently integrate narrative into their undergraduate instruction. Further, they will identify opportunities for storytelling to punctuate classroom lecture, enhance discussion, and establish an inclusive classroom environment. Taking disciplinary-based goals into consideration, participants will create and share brief stories or anecdotes to purposefully integrate into their online or f2f classroom contexts.

If you think you’re “not creative” or creativity is just for the artsy types, then this set is designed for you. During these four sessions aspects of the creative process will be explored, expanded, and deconstructed to give you a chance to connect and discover the creative within. Each session will be geared to self-discovery, group interaction, and connection to theory.
Sessions may be skipped, taken individually, or as a series.
All sessions are 11:00am-12:30pm.

02/05/14 - Create/Destroy/Recreate
02/12/14 - 10 Ways to Increase Creativity
02/26/14 - Drawing 101: Step-by-Step
03/05/14 - Mandalas for Self-Discovery and Creativity

If you think you’re “not creative” or creativity is just for the artsy types, then this set is designed for you. During these four sessions aspects of the creative process will be explored, expanded, and deconstructed to give you a chance to connect and discover the creative within. Each session will be geared to self-discovery, group interaction, and connection to theory.

Sessions may be skipped, taken individually, or as a series.
All sessions are 11:00am-12:30pm.

02/05/14 - Create/Destroy/Recreate
02/12/14 - 10 Ways to Increase Creativity
02/26/14 - Drawing 101: Step-by-Step
03/05/14 - Mandalas for Self-Discovery and Creativity