This document outlines three wrap around strategies to reimagine a general education psychology course: expanded LMS content, online student cohorts, and common events and virtual projects. The strategies are designed to extend the course footprint while ensuring faculty autonomy and maximizing staff. References and sources of inspiration are provided for each strategy.

1. REIMAGINING GENERAL
EDUCATION
PSYC 1001 CASE STUDY
L. M. FREER
MARCH 2016

2. THREE WRAPAROUND STRATEGIES IN COMBINATION
• Each strategy extends course footprint
• Flexibility in implementation
• Ensures faculty autonomy
• Maximizes staff FTE
• Iterative growth allows for impact assessment
Expanded
LMS Content
Online
Student
Cohorts
Common
Event and
Virtual
Project

3. STRATEGY #1: EXPANDED LMS CONTENT

4. STRATEGY #2: ONLINE STUDENT COHORTS
synchronous
meetings
discussion
boards
mobile apps
shared
documents
creative
projects

5. STRATEGY #3: COMMON EVENT & DIGITAL PROJECT

6. REFERENCES AND SOURCES OF INSPIRATION
• National Center for Academic Transformation, “Five Principles of Successful Course Redesign.” http://www.thencat.org/PlanRes/R2R_PrinCR.htm
• Expanding LMS Content
• Danielson, J., et al. March 2014. “Is the effectiveness of lecture capture related to teaching approach or content type?” Computers & Education 72: 121-131.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131513003011
• Mark Thoma (Economics, University of Oregon)’s YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWD4BMsJmEPIoYKVy1kWmKQ
• Online Student Cohorts
• Crandall, Jennifer, and Louis Soares. 2015. The Architecture of Innovation: System-Level Course Redesign in Tennessee. Washington, DC: American Council on Education.
http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Lumina-System-Level-Course-Redesign.aspx
• Honors Thesis Colloquium, Macaulay Honors College (CUNY), Spring 2014. Instructor: Lindsey Freer. http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/honorsthesis14/
• Whalen, Zach. February 24, 2016. “Notes on Teaching with Slack.” http://www.zachwhalen.net/posts/notes-on-teaching-with-slack/
• Common Event & Virtual Project
• Night at the Museum, Macaulay Honors College (CUNY). http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/museum/
• Media Arts Workshops and Projects, Macaulay Honors College (CUNY). https://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/mediaarts/
• BioBlitz, Macaulay Honors College (CUNY). http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/bioblitz/
• iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org

7. THANK YOU!
Stay In Touch
• lindsey.freer@gmail.com
• @lindsey_freer
• http://lfreer.net/
Acknowledgments
• Past and present colleagues at the University of
Oregon and the City University of New York
• Past and present mentors, including Ammiel
Alcalay, Kassia Dellabough, Sandra Gladney, Lee
Quinby, Joseph Ugoretz, and Margaret
Vandenburg