TLA Dialogue Groups - Past Materials Archive
2008-09:
Study Question for 2008-09:
How can WE live out our Mission and create a sustainable future at Western that saves money and builds on diversity?
Resources on sustainability and diversity
Spring 2009
Session 1 (week of April 8/9): Opening Survey
Session 2 (week of April 22/23): Session 1 Highlights
Session 3 (week of May 6/7): Session 2 Highlights
Session 4 (week of May 20/21): Session 3 Highlights
Session 5 (week of June 3/4): Closing Survey; Student Mentoring Proposal; Enhancing the GERs Proposal; Quarterly Info Fair Proposal; Interactive Spaces Proposal; Rejuvenation Proposal
Winter 2009
Session 1 (week of Jan. 14/15): Opening Survey
Session 2 (week of Jan. 28/29): Week 1 Highlights
Session 3 (week of Feb. 11/12): Week 2 Highlights
Session 4 (week of Feb. 25/26): Week 3 Highlights
Session 5 (week of Mar. 11/12): Week 4 Highlights, Closing Survey
Fall 2008
Session 1 (week of Oct. 8/9): Opening Survey; Ground Rules
Session 2 (week of Oct. 22/23): Week 1 Highlights
Session 3 (week of Nov. 5/6): Week 2 Highlights; WWU Strategic Action Plan Handout
Session 4 (week of Nov. 19/20): Week 3 Highlights
Session 5 (week of Dec. 3/4): Week 4 Highlights; Closing Survey
2007-08:
Study Question for 2007-08:
What keeps us from genuine dialogue across multiple perspectives? And what would encourage that dialogue in sustaining a respectful, inclusive learning culture? We pursued three thematic strands related to this larger question: Identity and Influence; Co-Mentoring and Co-Inquiry; and Innovations in Assessing Teaching and Learning.
Spring 2008
Due to the Festival of Scholarship (April 10-12, 2008), the TLA had only four sessions during spring quarter 2008.
Session 1 (from week of April 23/24): Opening Survey
Session 2 (from week of May 7/8): Working Groups
Session 3 (from week of May 21/22): Session 2 Highlights
Session 4 (from week of June 4/5): Session 3 Highlights; Closing Survey
Winter 2008
Session 1: Opening Survey
Session 2: Working Groups
Session 3: Week 2 Highlights
Session 4: Week 3 Highlights
Session 5: Week 4 Highlights; Closing Survey
Fall 2007
Session 1: Opening Survey, Environmental Influences & Student Success
Session 2: Week 1 Highlights
Session 3: Week 2 Highlights: Identity and Influence Highlights, Co-mentoring/Co-inquiry Highlights, Innovations in Assessing Teaching and Learning Highlights, Highlights from Environmental Influences Workshop
Session 4: Week 3 Highlights: Identity and Influence Highlights, Co-mentoring/Co-inquiry Highlights, Innovations in Assessing Teaching and Learning Highlights
Session 5: Closing Survey, Photo Release
2006-07:
Study Question for 2006-07:
How do we create a positive learning culture at Western that is
- motivated by hope,
- marked by a sense of shared humanity, and
- made possible by the active engagement of many?
Spring 2007
Session 1: Opening Survey, Learning Disruptions Survey
Session 2: Opening Survey Highlights
Session 3: Highlights
Session 4: Highlights
Session 5: Closing Survey
Learning Disruptions
In May 2007, TLA members Josh Bergman, Kari Painter,
Luke Ware, and Carmen Werder facilitated a conference
session studying learning disruptions at the Pacific
Northwest Higher Education Teaching & Learning
Conference.
Based on information from WWU students and faculty
as well as session participants, the study generated common
disruptions, hypothesized potential
causes, and proposed promising
strategies.
Winter 2007
Session 1: Opening Survey, Opening Survey Results
Session 2: Memo to Manual Group, Memo to Mentoring Group, Good Stories Project Description, Digital Viking Proposal
Session 3: Highlights
Session 4: Highlights
Session 5: Highlights, Closing Survey
Fall 2006
Session 1: Carmen's Welcome Letter, Opening Survey, Carmen's Follow-up Letter, Highlights
Session 2: Highlights, Talking Points
Session 3: Highlights
Session 5: Highlights, Closing Survey
2005-06:
Study Question for 2005-06:
What do we mean by an educated person? And how might we structure WWU to honor and sustain that kind of education?
Spring 2006
Session 1: Carmen's Welcome Letter
Session 2: Preliminary list of Academy Award nominees
Session 3: Highlights
Session 4: Highlights
Session 5: Closing Survey
Sustaining Student Voices in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning This webpage features contributions from five schools (Western Washington University, University of Maryland at College Park, University of Washington at Bothell, California State University, and North Seattle Community College) each showing how they value the student voice.
Winter 2006
Session 1: Carmen's Letter
Session 2: Highlights and thoughts about the next TLA session
Session 3: Highlights from this week's TLA
Session 4: Proposals arising from the TLA
Session 5: Closing Survey
A Carnegie Foundation article highlighting Western's TLA and our own student scholar Erik Skogsberg.
Fall 2005
Session 1: October 5-6 Highlights, Opening Survey, "Fire" and lastly the Goals of the TLA
Session 2: "To Look at Any Thing" and October 19-20 Highlights
Session 3: November 2-3 Highlights
JPEGs of your metaphors:
Page I Page II Page III Page IV Page V Page VI
Page VII Page VIII Page IX Page X Page XI Page XII
Session 4: November 16-17 Highlights
Session 5: Closing Survey
Video: "Student Voices in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: So What?" In the Fall of 2005, Carmen Werder and Erik Skogsberg attended the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) conference in British Columbia where they headlined a session entitled "Student Voices in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: So What?" During their presentation, they showed this 15 minute video, which contains students, staff, and faculty discussing the importance of student voices in education.
2004-05:
Study Question for 2004-05:
What role, if any, should/does the University play in the development of ethical reasoning or civic engagement?
Spring 2005
Week 1: April 6-8 Highlights
Week 2: April 20-22 Highlights
Week 3 and 4: May 4-6 and May 18-20 Highlights and the Closing Survey
Preliminary Waterfront Proposal The final product of the 2004-2005 TLA, this document details our ideas for the renovation of the property fronting Bellingham Bay.
2005 Academy Award Rationales These rationales came from the nominating ballots that centered around this year's study question. Thank you to all of those who wrote such articulate and well thought-out reasons for nominating these people and groups. These were read at the May 19th ceremony in the Solarium and we hope you enjoyed our ceremony.
Winter 2005
Week 1:Jan 11 Highlights
Week 2 and 3: Jan 12-14 and 26-28 Highlights
Week 4: Feb. Feb. 9-11 Highlights
Week 5: Feb. 23-25 Highlights
Fall 2004
Academic Integrity Guidelines This document, compiled by Carmen Werder, captures the recommendations and considerations generated by the Fall 2004 TLA sessions and class discussions.
Week 1: Oct. 6-8 Highlights
Week 2: Oct. 20-22 Highlights
Week 3: Nov.3-5 Highlights
Week 4: Nov. 17-19 Highlights
Week 5: Dec. 1-3 Highlights
2003-04:
Study Question for 2003-04:
What do we count as the features of an optimal learning environment? And what evidence of those features do we see here at Western?
Spring 2004
Week 1: Fall/Winter Highlights
Week 2: Week 1 Highlights
Week 3: Week 2 Highlights
Week 4: Week 3 Highlights
Week 5: Closing Survey Highlights
Winter 2004
Week 1 Highlights: Week
of 01/12/04
Week 2 Highlights: Week
of 01/26/04
Week 3 Highlights: Week
of 02/09/04
Week 4/5 Highlights: Special Interest Group Artifacts
Collection
of Classroom/Onsite Visits
Collection
of Communication Forums
Collection
of Faculty/Professional Development
Collection
of "Features of an Optimal Learning Environment"
Collection
of "Promising Practices Learning Compendium"
Fall 2003
Week 1 Highlights: Week
of 10/7/03
Week 2 Highlights: Week
of 10/21/03
Week 3 Highlights: Week
of 11/04/03
Week 4 Highlights: Week
of 11/18/03
Week 5 Highlights: Results
of the Closing Survey
2002-03:
Study Question for 2002-03:
What do we want for our general education requirements?
Spring 2003
Week 1 Highlights: Week
of 04/08/03
Week 2 Highlights: Week
of 04/22/03
Week 3 Highlights: Week
of 05/06/03
TLA Response to the GenEd Task Force: May
12th Report to GETF
Week 4 Highlights: Week
of 05/20/03
Week 5 Highlights: Results
of the Closing Surveys
Winter 2003
Week 1 Highlights: Week
of 01/15/03
Week 2 Highlights: Week
of 01/29/03 & Faculty Forum
Faculty Forum on GenEd Reform: Faculty
Forum 01/29/03 Highlights
Week 3 Highlights: Week
of 02/12/03
Week 4 Highlights: Week
of 02/26/03
Fall 2002
Week 1 Highlights: Week
of 10/07/02
Week 2 Highlights: Week
of 10/25/02
Week 3 Highlights: Week
of 11/04/02
Week 4 Highlights: Week
of 11/18/02
Week 5 Highlights: Week
of 12/02/02