1. Online Pathways for General
Education Course Completion
Rowanna Carpenter -Director of Assessment and Upper
Massive Division Clusters, University Studies
Joseph Maser - Assistant Professor & Environmental
Open
Sustainability Cluster Coordinator, Environmental
Sciences and Management
Anne McClanan - Professor & Interpreting the Past Cluster
Online Coordinator, Art
Michael Taylor - Assistant Professor & Family and Societies
Cluster Coordinator,Child & Family Studies
Proposal Seanna Kerrigan - Capstone Program Director, University
Studies
Meredith Farkas - Head of Instructional Services, Library
Cristine Paschild - University Archivist/Head of Special
Collections, Library
Leslie McBride - Associate Professor & Healthy People,
Healthy Places Cluster Coordinator, Community Health
3. Online course
development # of courses
6
SINQs & Upper division clusters
1.Environmental Sustainability 5
2.Families and Society 5
3.Healthy People/Healthy Places 5
4.Interpreting the Past 5
Total courses ± 26
9. Evolutionary Revolutionary
Many More
Minors
Gen Ed as
learning
spaces
More online
UNST
courses
Online
Capstones
10. Evolutionary Revolutionary
Many More
Minors
Gen Ed as
learning
spaces
More online
UNST
courses
Online
Capstones
Editor's Notes
Massive in that lots of new online courses and collaborators Open in that many PSU undergrads could be affected in some way by the outcomes of this work.
UNST program - Thanks to Jacob Sherman for lending me his figure Students complete Freshman Inquiry, 3 Sophomore Inquries, 3 cluster courses, and a Senior Capstone
Here is a bit of what massive might look like. We have chosen to work with these elements of the UNST curriculum because 90% of PSU undergrads complete upper division cluster and senior capstone requirements. Chose these 4 clusters to include a diversity of schools and colleges and to provide opportunities for a wide range of student interests.
Not just to develop nearly 30 new online courses but to select courses for development that enhance the students’ cluster experience. Select courses that create pathways to ….
Pathways need signposts along the way … who better than our librarians to create tools to help students navigate unfamiliar subjects and skills. Skills modules reduce redundancy
Links to the other elements of the proposal but much more … potential to open up the cluster experience for students.
Pathways need signposts along the way … who better than our librarians to create tools to help students navigate unfamiliar subjects and skills. Skills modules reduce redundancy
