Fall 2016 QEP Brainstorming Sessions

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Prior to the start of fall semester 2016 several members of the QEP Topic Development Committee led a brainstorming session at the President’s Leadership Retreat that involved 85 members from across the campus community (director level to vice presidents) to identify ways in which they (1) see the goals of our QEP currently being enacted at St. Edward’s, and (2) envision ways in which their areas might develop new initiatives to realize the proposed goals.   On August 23, an identical brainstorming session was held during the day-long, general faculty meeting. Both the administrative and faculty sessions were organized in round-table format where each table was assigned one goal and one student-learning outcome. Open-ended notes were taken by table leaders during the discussions.   After brainstorming, each table reported out to the entire group.  Results for these sessions are available online in box for members of the university community.

Leadership Retreat Brainstorming Session:  https://stedwards.box.com/s/nmvwks6dvjtcb9q32tvnoep594894tiy

General Faculty Meeting Brainstorming Session: https://stedwards.box.com/s/bzvd6lczy5bezhpiy9ot2hzimnb65bvp

See other feedback on the QEP gathered from the university community on the Results page.

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About Rebecca Davis

Rebecca Frost Davis Director of Instructional and Emerging Technology Rebecca Frost Davis joined St. Edward’s in July 2013 as Director of Instructional and Emerging Technology, where she provides leadership in the development of institutional vision with respect to the use of technology in pursuit of the university’s educational mission and collaborates with offices across campus to create and execute strategies to realize that vision. Instructional Technology helps faculty transform and adapt new digital methods in teaching and research to advance the essential learning outcomes of liberal education. Previously, Dr. Davis served as program officer for the humanities at the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE), where she also served as associate director of programs. Prior to her tenure at NITLE, she was the assistant director for instructional technology at the Associated Colleges of the South Technology Center and an assistant professor of classical studies at Rhodes College, Denison University, and Sewanee: The University of the South. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in classical studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.A. (summa cum laude) in classical studies and Russian from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Davis is also a fellow with the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE). As a NITLE Fellow, Dr. Davis will develop a literature review relevant to intercampus teaching, which will cover contextual issues such as team-teaching, teaching through videoconferencing, and collaboration; a survey of intercampus teaching at NITLE member institutions; and several case studies of intercampus teaching at liberal arts colleges, including interviews with faculty, students, support staff, and administrators. This work will be summarized in a final report or white paper to be published by NITLE. At Rebecca Frost Davis: Liberal Education in a Networked World, (http://rebeccafrostdavis.wordpress.com/) Dr. Davis blogs about the changes wrought by new digital methods on scholarship, networking, and communication and how they are impacting the classroom. In her research, she explores the motivations and mechanisms for creating, integrating, and sustaining digital humanities within and across the undergraduate curriculum.

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