Programs

Programs Praveen.Kumar3… Wed, 07/15/2020 - 13:02

Curricular Innovation Fellows

Curricular Innovation Fellows

BOW Curricular Innovation Fellows

Overview:

The goals of this program are to cultivate creative and collaborative teaching across Babson, Olin, and Wellesley Colleges and generate innovative new courses and pedagogies across the three institutions.  Faculty who participate in this program will be known as BOW Curricular Innovation Fellows.

Stipends:

Each BOW Curricular Innovation Fellow can request up to $3,000 as a stipend for their curriculum development work.

Proposal:

New course proposal applications from faculty from 2 or more BOW institutions will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please keep in mind campus specific deadlines and policies for inclusion of newly proposed courses and submit applications with enough time to work out logistics.  Please submit applications to: BOWCommittee@lists.olin.edu

Review:

The BOW Committee and Provosts will review proposals. Strong proposals take advantage of the schools’ complementary curricula to create innovative approaches to student learning and problem solving and provide students with the tools to work across disciplines.  Offers are contingent about approval from department/division/program heads and Provosts.

Course Development or Teaching Innovation:

The Curricular Innovation Fellows will develop their course or teaching innovation over the summer.  At summer’s end, participating faculty will submit a copy of the syllabus of the course they will teach.  Funded experimental courses will be offered in the following academic year.

 

Reporting:

Following the first offering of the curricular experiment, BOW Curricular Innovation Fellows will submit: a written reflection detailing the outcome of the new course and experiences in collaborative teaching and learning, complete a survey about the collaboration experience, and submit a final syllabus for the course that can be shared on the BOW website.

For questions, please feel free to contact any of the current BOW Faculty Steering Committee members: Lyn Turbak fturbak@wellesley.edu, Jean Huang (jean.huang@olin.edu), Michelle Li (dli@babson.edu)

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Teaching and Learning Workshop

Teaching and Learning Workshop

BOW Teaching and Learning Workshop

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

8:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Olin Hall, Babson College

 

Register here

Click here for the full workshop schedule

Click here for session descriptions

UDL Resources

 

Please join us for the BOW Teaching and Learning Workshop on January 8, 2020 on the Babson campus.  This year's workshop will focus on Universal Design for Learning (UDL).   Questions?  Please contact Jamie Engle, BOW Program Coordinator, at jengle@olin.edu.

 

 

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM -10:00 AM

Welcome and Keynote delivered by Dr. Elizabeth Hartmann:  Finding the Emotional Core of Your Teaching

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Break

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM

What You Don’t Know About UDL

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Lightning Talks and Lunch Discussions

1:00 PM – 1:50 PM

Breakout Sessions (see below)

2:00 PM – 2:50 PM

Breakout Sessions (see below)

BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

Each 50 minute session will be offered twice (1:00 PM -1:50 PM and 2:00 PM -2:50 PM)

  • Application of UDL Guidelines: Focus on Providing Multiple Means of Action and Expression
  • Accessible Technology: Creating and Using Digital Content
  • Engaging with the Science of Learning and the UDL Framework: Connections and Applications
  • UDL Design Studio

Liz Hartmann

Keynote Speaker:  Dr. Elizabeth Hartmann

Elizabeth S. Hartmann is an Associate Professor of Education at Lasell University and a Co-lecturer of T560: Universal Design for Learning at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. Dr. Hartmann uses the UDL framework to integrate Lasell’s Education Programs in general and special education. In her research she examines teacher implementation of UDL and how UDL is enacted to teach learners with multiple disabilities. She is a teacher of students with visual impairment and deafblindness and currently co-editing a book for the American Printing House for the Blind on the early intervention of infants and toddlers with Cerebral Visual Impairment.

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Student Programming Fund

Student Programming Fund

The purpose of the BOW Student Programming Fund is to enhance collaboration and socialization between students on the Babson, Olin, and Wellesley campuses through student-initiated programming, activities, and experiences.  Requests up to $500 will be considered. 

Requests will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

  • Positive impact on the BOW campuses;
  • Free events open to students on all three campuses;
  • Alcohol free events;
  • Events require appropriately detailed budget with justification for each item.

Examples of successful BOW events include BOW Fresh Check Day and the BOW Sushi Social.

Requests will be reviewed on a rolling basis and must be submitted online at least 2 weeks prior to the program date.  Student organizations applying for funds are encouraged to collaborate with other registered student organizations, administrative offices, or academic departments.

Once your event is approved, you are responsible for:

  • Ensuring the event/program location is reserved on the appropriate campus.
  • Publicity for the event/program (i.e. print signage, digital signage, social media, etc).
  • Planning and running the event/program, including set-up and clean-up.
  • Completing the Event Evaluation Form after the event.
  • Submitting any receipts that need to be reimbursed within two weeks of the event date.

Student groups/individuals cannot receive more than one grant per academic year.

Apply here!

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