ࡱ> ;=: bjbjVV 4.<<,hh8$5f77MMM((($="f(((((MM(MM(&NM \N>05F"F"NN"((((((((((5(((("(((((((((h q: WIU Council on General Education 7 April 2011 Meeting Minutes Present: Cynthia Struthers (chair), Diana Allen, Esteban Araya, Ginny Boynton (secretary), Jongnam Choi, John Hemingway, Douglas Huff, Andrea Hyde, Patrick McGinty, John Miller, Zee Mutairi, Feridun Tasdan, Jess White (vice chair). Ex-officio: Judi Dallinger, Russ Morgan, Candace McLaughlin. Absent: John Hemingway, Andrea Hyde, John Miller. Chairperson Cynthia Struthers called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. in 207A Morgan Hall. Ginny Boynton moved to approve the March 24 Minutes with the minor correction of the spelling of Estebans name in the fourth paragraph; Douglass Huff seconded the motion, which was unanimously approved. Chairperson Struthers announced that she attended the Faculty Senate meeting on March 29 for the Second Reading of our revised Bylaws, but that discussion of another matter took up most of the time at the meeting, as a result of which, the Senate did not hold the Second Reading at that meeting. Consequently, the Faculty Senate was called into special session on April 5, at which time they approved Geog 108 for General Education credit and approved the changes to the CGE Bylaws without any further discussion. The Chair also reminded the Council that later this Spring semester we will need to elect a Chair for next year, once we know who the Faculty Senate appoints to the Council as new members for next year. Doug Huffs three-year term will be ending after this Spring; the Council was unsure who else, if anyone, would have to be replaced for next year. It was noted that next years Gen Ed faculty had received their hardcopy letters concerning the writing requirement in all Gen Ed courses. The letter was sent via campus mail, and only to faculty who will teach Gen Ed courses next year. The Council discussed the most effective ways to remind faculty about the writing requirement in all General Education courses and concluded that we should follow up with an email reminder near the end of this term, and a second hardcopy letter by campus mail shortly before the Fall term starts. Dr. Struthers reported that she emailed Art Department Chair Charles Wright about the assessment plans for ARTH 284. She included two examples, from Womens Studies and from History, with her email, as guides. Feedback Loop Report The Council discussed at some length what the Feedback Loop report tells us and how it could best be constructed in the future. It was agreed that for the Spring 2011 report, we would use the same questions, asking that they report only any discussions or changes since the Fall 2010 report. The Council agreed to deal with the substance of the Fall 2010 Feedback Loop report after receiving the Spring 2011 report as well. Discussion of the form of the report for next year (2011-12) focused on whether both questions in the 2010-11 report (about faculty discussions and curricular changes) were needed, or if they should be combined. Patrick McGinty suggested one question: After review, is the Department considering or has the Department made any changes in curriculum, course content, or assessment tools? Cindy Struthers suggested that the narrative should include a discussion of what their assessment data revealed to the Department. Ginny Boynton asked if we should ask them to report on areas of strength revealed by the assessment tools, as well as areas needing improvement (challenges). Patrick McGinty suggested that we ask what plans they have for addressing any areas in which they see opportunities for improvement. The Council also discussed the option of having the numerical data embedded in the narrative Feedback Loop Report, but Dr. Dallinger pointed out that the numerical data needs to be reported on Excell spreadsheets to facilitate compilation of data from multiple courses. Dr. Boynton recommended against asking departments to report the numerical data twice, once via Excell and once in the Feedback Loop Report, especially for departments with multiple Gen Ed courses. Discussion then turned to the multiple choice questions Douglass Huff had submitted via email. Diana Allen suggested adding Explain after each question. Ginny Boynton suggested using some kind of electronic survey instrument for this portion of the report. Dr. Huffs modified multiple choice questions would be as follows: Did your discussion of your assessment statistics prompt your faculty to: 1) change/tweak their assessment questions? a) yes, significantly b) yes, some d) no EXPLAIN: 2) change/tweak their assessment rubrics? a) yes, significantly b) yes, some d) no EXPLAIN: 3) discuss the way they teach: a) yes, significantly b) yes, some d) no EXPLAIN: 4) change/tweak the way they teach: a) yes, significantly b) yes, some d) no EXPLAIN: The Council agreed to continue working on this matter in the future. History IAI dual classification issue Unique among all Illinois Articulation Initiative fields, introductory History courses may be classified as either Social Science or Humanities by other institutions; at WIU, History is included only in the Humanities Gen Ed curriculum. Chairperson Struthers reported that she has lately received multiple transfer approval requests from some community colleges who classify their History Gen Ed courses as Social Science. She asked the Council if, since History is in the Humanities in WIUs General Education curriculum, all History courses transferred in for General Education credit should be classified as Humanities Gen Ed, even if the originating school gave it an S (Social Science) IAI number, instead of the corresponding H (Humanities) one. The consensus of the Council was that History courses should always be classified as Humanities Gen Ed courses at WIU, whether they were taken at WIU or transferred in from elsewhere. 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