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Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration

Conversation about A Domain of One’s Own and Course Chords

7/16/2014

Diane Harris Cline

University of Mary Washington (Va.) 2012-13 pilot, 2013 all.Emory (Ga.) “Domain Incubator” 2013, scale up 2014.

A Domain of One’s Own“Making students SysAdmins of their own education”

Social life, taste, intellectual digital identity

Learning Management Systems and e-portfolios controlled by administrators or professors don’t give students authentic experiences they will need for the workplace. BlackBoard digital activities disappear at the end of the semester; password protected sites aren’t shareable or discoverable by employers. Helping students develop their digital identities -- how they portray themselves to the world -- is a vital life skill.

The gist:

See http://umw.domains/Talk to Jim Groom at UMW.See June 3 2014 Educause for five arguments against Learning Management SystemsCheck out Reclaim Hosting – cost per student as low as $20 per year for URL and hosting

For more information aboutA Domain of One’s Own:

Integrative Learning: impact of collaboration for faculty and students

Dan Pink “Symphonic Thinking”Design – Moving beyond function to engage the aesthetic sense, using design thinking to solve wicked problems.Story – Narrative, not just argument. Symphony – Adding invention and big picture thinking (not just detail focus).Empathy – Going beyond logic and engaging emotion and intuition.Play – Bringing humor and light-heartedness to discovery and learning.Meaning – the purpose is the journey, connecting classroom work with the world.

Course Threads

The capstone requirement of the Course Threads program is a presentation at a Course Threads symposium. The goal of the symposium is to provide a forum for reflection on your experience in the program.

Film, essay, short talk, poster, or digital exhibit

End of year course threads symposium

How do they keep track of it?

Chords

Example: Under Citizenship and Leadership theme