Hi CASTL CLuster Friends,
We miss you in Boulder. The weather is still as beautiful as it was last week. I hope you were able to travel home safely. I know from your comments how much you enjoyed being here and we greatly enjoyed you and your company
Thanks to J.J. for establishing the BLOG for our communications and to Clayton for introducing us to the The Green Man.
As I reflect on the Conference and our time together, I believe the idea of a monograph is wonderful. The process of it will for me refine my thinking and assist me greatly with my "writing as a way of knowing" process. Robert is right that in our case CU has taken on a particular dimension of SoTL work, i.e, faculty development where as CUNY for example is taking on Institutional work i.e, gen ed. That distinction was for me very clarifying. Each of you contributed to my more sophisticated understanding of SoTL. By the way, some of you may be very interested in the Iowa State model for promotion and tenure mentioned by Vice Chancellor Peg Bacon. It embodies both scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning in stages in faculty member's lives and by virtue of being a model for P&T rewards scholarship in teaching. Knowing this model, I think, and adapting it at CU is the least of the policy issue effects that I raised last week.
Well, I finally am blogging and learning. I don't know that FACEBOOK is on the horizon for me.
Cordially,
Mary Ann
10 October 2007
Hello and thank you for coming to visit us in Boulder for the Conference
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Mary Ann, thank you for your warm hospitality in Boulder. Laura and I really enjoyed the professional time with each of you. JJ, thanks for setting up the Blog.
Anna
Hi Mary Ann,
A big thank you to you and your staff for a wonderful time in Boulder. The setting and the attention to our creature comforts set the positive tone. We got a lot done!
Thanks so very much to you and your colleagues and CU/Boulder for a super stay. It was a wonderful opportunity to reflect on our work in a glorious setting.
RE you comments on the Iowa State model - could you provide us links, if they are available?
Thanks again!
Mary Ann,
Thank you and your CU colleagues for making the CASTL Cluster meeting happen and for your hospitality.
I also think that the idea of a monograph is a great way to document the best of teaching and learning practices of our institutions.
Thanks again and good luck to all. Talk to you soon,
Michaela
Mary Ann,
Thank you. Boulder was beautiful. The conversations were thought provoking, and the promise of future collaboration is thrilling.
Mary Ann - Like the others who have already commented, I too had a wonderful time in Boulder, due in large part to your hospitality and the welcoming environment. The conversation was stimulating and thought-provoking. Every time I am together face-to-face with a group such as this I am reminded of the limits of web-based communication. Being together in person is a wonderful way to build the personal relationships that help to sustain our efforts and build collaboration across institutions. I'm sorry that I had to leave early.
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