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Diversity at Mason: The Pursuit of Transformative Education
No full textThe Diversity at Mason series has been produced by the university's Diversity Research Group, which consists of an interdisciplinary group of faculty, administrators, and students who have been meeting once a semester since Spring 2004. The group has come together not out of any formal directive, but from a shared interest in the topic. And the topic? Each meeting begins with the same reminder: George Mason is a highly diverse institution, and it is diverse in ways that are fluid and multidimensional. Our students represent an extraordinary diversity of geographic origin, religion, age, and disability; they are immigrants and the children of immigrants, refugees and the children of refugees, veterans of American military service and the children of those in the military; they represent traditional American race and ethnic categories as well as those forging new understandings of sexuality and gender. The Diversity Research Group has been founded on the conviction that the breadth of our student diversity merits study. What is the educational impact of such diversity? What does diversity mean in this context? How is this diversity understood by our students, faculty, and staff? Like the other volumes in the Diversity at Mason series, this fifth issue shows us the complexity beneath questions
Mason Impact
No full textBRIEF SESSION DESCRIPTION:Want to learn what the Mason Impact is all about and how it affects you as an instructor at Mason? Applying for the Mason Impact grant RFP and have questions or want feedback on your proposal draft? àCome join community leaders and grant program managers to get an overview of the goals of the Mason Impact and tips on submitting a competitive grant proposal.à________________________________________________________________FULL ABSTRACT:àMason Impact seeks to offer all students the opportunity to participate in curricular and co-curricular activities that support their development as Engaged Citizens and Well-rounded Scholars who are Prepared to Act. This initiative builds on our institutional strengths and our location outside the nationââ¬â¢s capital to offer our students transformative learning experiences through experiential and inquiry-based learning, and multidisciplinary intellectual exploration. The main goal of Mason Impact is give every student an opportunity to participate in a Mason Impact activity, with emphasis on undergraduate research, civic engagement, global learning, and entrepreneurship. This session will 1) give an overview of the Mason Impact Initiative, 2) highlight the different ways faculty and programs can deepen their studentsââ¬â¢ learning and development by scaffolding experiences into their academic work through Curriculum Impact Grants, and 3) describe the main steps students can take to achieve these experiences, from discovering the range of opportunities, to learning the skills and knowledge necessary to be successful, and then to participating in high-impact activities. We will also welcome your input into our developing plans.àFind more information about the Curriculum Impact Grants:àhttps://provost.gmu.edu/mason-impact/curriculum-impact-grants/For information about 2017 grant proprosals:ààhttps://provost.gmu.edu/mason-impact/curriculum-impact-grants/curriculum-impact-grant-call-for-proposals-2017
Future Forward: Designing Innovative Learning Spaces at Mason
No full textInnovative learning is one of the goals of Masonââ¬â¢s strategic plan. As part of reaching this goal, we are creating multiple flexible, learning-centered classrooms and informal spaces as opportunities arise. This poster showcases some of the newest learning spaces that have been designed or redesigned at Mason, including our Mason Innovation Exchange, or M.I.X.@InnovationHall. The role of the university-wide Learning Environments Group, or LEG, is also highlighted in support of this work
Applying Chickering's "Seven Learning Principles" in Our Mason Digital World
No full textBRIEF SESSION DESCRIPTION:This session will explore how Mason professor of education emeritus Arthur Chickering's framework, "Seven Learning Principles" for effective teaching practices can be applied in today's digital world. Participants will gain specific ways to use these principles in their courses and will have time share their related strategies and tips with the group.________________________________________________________________FULL ABSTRACT: The framework for effective teaching practices espoused by Mason professor of education emeritus Arthur Chickering is relevant in todayââ¬â¢s digital world. Mason faculty need to hear those views for both their improvement of their teaching/learning skills, and to connect to Masonââ¬â¢s history. This year will mark the 30th anniversary of the publication of Arthur Chickeringââ¬â¢s article titled ââ¬ÅSeven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Educationââ¬Â. While Chickering had a long and distinguished career in higher education, we were fortunate at Mason to have him on our faculty from 1986 to 1996, and he is honored here as a Professor Emeritus of Education. While here, he wrote his initial article and followed it with an update in 1996 titled ââ¬ÅImplementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Leverââ¬Â. In that second article the principles were connected to the use of the new digital technologies unfolding at that time.This succinct list of practices has grown to be a standard reference in many Universities who share his views that were built upon fifty years of research. In short, good practices in higher education:à1. Encourages contact between students and faculty2. Develops reciprocity and cooperation among students3. Encourages active learning.4. Gives prompt feedback.5. Emphasizes time on task.6. Communicates high expectations.7. Respects diverse talents and ways of learning.It is appropriate now to revisit Chickeringââ¬â¢s concepts to see if they still apply to our undergraduates; graduates; and, our use of Digital Learning at Mason. My experience of thirty years of teaching at Mason has led me to strongly believe they are indeed relevant today, and should be presented to our younger faculty as they develop their teaching and learning skills. Faculty will be able to use several teaching practices used in our current digital setting and apply them to their own courses. The Seven Principles perspective will be new to many faculty and they will offer food for thought and reflection from a retired Mason colleague who has made significant contributions to practices in higher education
Table 20: [Meet up] New to Mason
No full textLooking to meet new people at Mason who are in a similar situation oràworking on similar projects as you? àWelcome to ITL and this table! àJoin your fellow Mason instructors to informally discuss your experience with this table's instructor role or project. At the table, you will find desk copies of related resources (digital versions are available below), and an experienced Mason colleague who has experience and strategies related to this topic.ààNot sure what to talk about?ààHere are some conversation starters:Share a little about yourselves:àDepartmentYears at MasonCourses you are teachingWhat excites you about teaching?What brought you to this table?So far, what has been the best 10-20 minutesââ¬â¢ worth of teaching and learning for you this semester, and why?Whatââ¬â¢s something youââ¬â¢re trying new this semester, and how is it going?Whatââ¬â¢s the best resource or piece of advice youââ¬â¢ve encountered recently about teaching and learning and researching at Mason?What strategies are you trying to help àyou balance teaching, scholarship, and living your life this semester?What are you most looking forward to in the upcoming weeks?Have an example or resource to share?ààSubmit through this link and we'll upload it after the conference:àhttp://library.gmu.edu/publishing/submitàStill have questions?ààLeave a post it note on the table sign at the end of the Share-a-thon or email your questions toà[email protected]àààADDITIONAL RESOURCES:ÃÂ
An Agent-Based Spatially Explicit Epidemiological Model in MASON
No full textThis paper outlines the design and implementation of an agent-based epidemiological simulation system. The system was implemented in the MASON toolkit, a set of Java-based agent-simulation libraries. This epidemiological simulation system is robust and extensible for multiple applications, including classroom demonstrations of many types of epidemics and detailed numerical experimentation on a particular disease. The application has been made available as an applet on the MASON web site, and as source code on the author\'s web site.Epidemiology, Social Networks, Agent-Based Simulation, MASON Toolkit
LIGHTNING TALK: The Rural And Diverse Student Scholars Program At Mason
No full textSession LOCATION: George's (3rd Floor of the Johnson Center)
The Rural and Diverse Student Scholars Program at Mason is a strategic initiative to recruit and retain rural and diverse Virginia students in STEM. Funded by an NSF S-STEM grant, the RADSS program bridged the College of Science and the Office of Admissions, enabling new recruiting methods and a special population of students to be welcomed to Mason. We will describe the program components that recruited these students and support their retention in STEM
Best Practices and Opportunities at Mason for Global Collaborative Classrooms
No full textIn the U.S., only 10% of graduating undergraduate students have studied in another country; therefore, U.S. universities are finding other ways to provide meaningful global experiences to all students. Masonââ¬â¢s approach to help students develop a variety of intercultural skills is by supporting the development of Global Collaborative Classrooms (GCCs). In this model, a Mason faculty member partners with an international peer faculty to develop a co-taught learning environment delivered via mutually determined online technology. Besides the thematic content of the course, the key pedagogical component of the GCC is an emphasis on international student collaboration. Therefore, the signature learning experience of GCCs is one in which global learning outcomes aligned with collaborative learning activities, such as group projects, group presentations and/or research, are a significant part of the design. GCCs can be created for most disciplines. The poster will primarily communicate the structural elements of a GCC, but it will also showcase technology integration best practices, internal resources and external faculty partner opportunities, and case studies of successful GCC-like courses. Finally, the poster will describe a new CISCO Systems grant-funded initiative that will provide Mason faculty an opportunity to adapt the GCC model in an existing course. ÃÂ
Mason, Alice Interview
No full textLife of Alice Adams Mason focusing on civil rights. The interview tells of Mason’s life as she dealt with the issue of integration throughout her life. Mason shares her views on this topic as she recollects being one of the first African-Americans to attend Pine Bluff High School and participating in civil rights activism in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Mason is now able to see her children learn about the achievements of African-Americans in their integrated schools
Mason, Alice Interview
No full textLife of Alice Adams Mason focusing on civil rights. The interview tells of Mason’s life as she dealt with the issue of integration throughout her life. Mason shares her views on this topic as she recollects being one of the first African-Americans to attend Pine Bluff High School and participating in civil rights activism in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Mason is now able to see her children learn about the achievements of African-Americans in their integrated schools
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