Funding provided by Qualcomm

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Funding provided by Qualcomms Institute for
Innovation and Educational Success

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Academic Achievement
Digital-Age Literacy
Inventive Thinking
Adaptability, Managing Complexity and
Self-Direction
Basic, Scientific, Economic and Technological
Literacies
Curiosity, Creativity and Risk Taking
Visual and Information Literacies
Multicultural Literacy and Global Awareness
Higher-Order Thinking and Sound Reasoning
Academic Achievement
Academic Achievement
21st Century Learning
High Productivity
Effective Communication
Teaming, Collaboration and Interpersonal Skills
Prioritizing, Planning and Managing for Results
Personal, Social and Civic Responsibility
Effective Use of Real-World Tools
Ability to Produce Relevant, High-Quality Products
Interactive Communication
Academic Achievement
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Academic Achievement
Academic Achievement
Academic Achievement
Example Course African Studies 170 Afro-American
History Multicultural Literacy Technical Literacy
Visual and Information Literacy
Academic Achievement
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Academic Achievement
Example Course Chicano/a Studies 111A Oral
Communication Interpersonal Skills Interactive
Communication
Academic Achievement
Academic Achievement
21st Century Learning
Effective Communication
Teaming, Collaboration and Interpersonal Skills
Personal, Social and Civic Responsibility
Interactive Communication
Academic Achievement
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Academic Achievement
Digital-Age Literacy
Inventive Thinking
Adaptability, Managing Complexity and
Self-Direction
Basic, Scientific, Economic and Technological
Literacies
Curiosity, Creativity and Risk Taking
Visual and Information Literacies
Multicultural Literacy and Global Awareness
Higher-Order Thinking and Sound Reasoning
Academic Achievement
Academic Achievement
21st Century Learning
Example CourseBiology 100/RWS100 General
Bio/Rhetoric of Written Argument Managing
Complexity Curiosity
Higher-Order Thinking Reasoning
High Productivity
Effective Communication
Teaming, Collaboration and Interpersonal Skills
Prioritizing, Planning and Managing for Results
Personal, Social and Civic Responsibility
Effective Use of Real-World Tools
Ability to Produce Relevant, High-Quality Products
Interactive Communication
Academic Achievement
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Academic Achievement
Digital-Age Literacy
Inventive Thinking
Example Course History 400W Seminar in the
Historiography of Witchcraft Effective Use of
Real World Tools Produce Relevant, High
Quality Products
Adaptability, Managing Complexity and
Self-Direction
Basic, Scientific, Economic and Technological
Literacies
Curiosity, Creativity and Risk Taking
Visual and Information Literacies
Multicultural Literacy and Global Awareness
Higher-Order Thinking and Sound Reasoning
Academic Achievement
Academic Achievement
21st Century Learning
High Productivity
Effective Communication
Teaming, Collaboration and Interpersonal Skills
Prioritizing, Planning and Managing for Results
Personal, Social and Civic Responsibility
Effective Use of Real-World Tools
Ability to Produce Relevant, High-Quality Products
Interactive Communication
Academic Achievement
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History 400W Create a Wikipedia Entry on
Witchcraft

• Little to no representation of existing scholarly
  debate
• Unbalanced coverage (focused on Britain, with
  little attention to other examples elsewhere)
• Very limited references
• No examples
• Few good external links

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Faculty Fellows Experiences
Digital-Age Literacy
Inventive Thinking
Adaptability, Managing Complexity and
Self-Direction
Basic, Scientific, Economic and Technological
Literacies
30,453 Students
Thank you, it was a great experience. I have
made some adjustments based on feedback I
received last semester and am looking forward to
implementing them this semester.
I recommend the fellowship because it is a
great opportunity to reconsider teaching and
learning in the company of other educators and
resource people. Great opportunity.
Curiosity, Creativity and Risk Taking
Visual and Information Literacies
Multicultural Literacy and Global Awareness
Higher-Order Thinking and Sound Reasoning
Academic Achievement
Academic Achievement
21st Century Learning
I was very pleased with the entire process. I
especially liked the open houses. THANKS!!!!
Very happy to have had the opportunity and
support to make it happen. Thanks.
High Productivity
Effective Communication
Teaming, Collaboration and Interpersonal Skills
Prioritizing, Planning and Managing for Results
Personal, Social and Civic Responsibility
Effective Use of Real-World Tools
Ability to Produce Relevant, High-Quality Products
Interactive Communication
Academic Achievement
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Students Experiences
Digital-Age Literacy
Inventive Thinking
Adaptability, Managing Complexity and
Self-Direction
Basic, Scientific, Economic and Technological
Literacies
30,453 Students
This project helped me better understand how to
break the articles down and organize the
material to better understand it
The blogging increased my participation in the
class and my interaction with the other
students. I think we shouldve used the blogs
a lot more during the semester.
Curiosity, Creativity and Risk Taking
Visual and Information Literacies
Multicultural Literacy and Global Awareness
Higher-Order Thinking and Sound Reasoning
Academic Achievement
Academic Achievement
21st Century Learning
It makes students think about a similar idea in
several ways (researching characters,
understanding the ideas and thoughts of those
people when putting those thoughts together in
the dialogue, and finally acting out their
characters creates a personal understanding of
those people).
The thing I liked best about Wikipedia
assignment was that I got to have my scholarship
on a subject on the internet for everyone to
learn from. Since it was written by me I knew
that it would be as objective as possible since
this is what historians try to do.
High Productivity
Effective Communication
Teaming, Collaboration and Interpersonal Skills
Prioritizing, Planning and Managing for Results
Personal, Social and Civic Responsibility
Effective Use of Real-World Tools
Ability to Produce Relevant, High-Quality Products
Interactive Communication
Academic Achievement
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Current and Future Directions

• The 2007/2008 faculty cohort will work for 1-3
  semesters to re-design their high enrollment
  courses to
• Utilize and maximize the NCREL 21st century
  skills student learning outcome approach
• Incorporate a developmental iterative model to
  design a blended teaching approach (combining
  face to face and online instruction emphasizing
  computer based technologies)
• Create small faculty learning communities to
  facilitate peer support, learning from common
  experience that leads to improved learning
  outcomes.

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Current and Future Directions

• Follow a strategic plan that focuses on faculty
  development and a process that can be supported
  and sustained through current and developing
  institutional support infrastructures.
• Maintain close working relationships with our
  partners, to take advantage of several CSU
  system-wide initiatives as well as other funding
  venues.
• With funding from the CSU Transforming Course
  Design Initiative we are working with our
  partners to create a formative evaluation
  framework to facilitate development of blended
  and hybrid courses.
• Continue to evaluate/assess/monitor progress of
  former and current pICT fellows
• Seek other funding sources and continue to submit
  and present aspects of our projects at
  appropriate academic conference and journal
  venues

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Institutional Impacts 2005-2009

• 55 faculty fellows have participated in pICT
  faculty development.
• At least 82 high impact courses will be
  modified.
• 25 disciplines or majors are represented.
• By the end of 2009, over 45,000 student
  exposures to 21st century skill sets will have
  occurred.

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Beyond Institutional Impacts

• SDSUs PICT program has provided a model of
  course re-design for the CSU system and a new CSU
  initiative oncourse re-design.
• The CSU Chancellors Office has retained the PICT
  Assistant Director as a consultant for a
  system-wide Transforming Course Design
  Initiative.
• Dr. Mark Laumakis, a first cohort PICT fellow,has
  received national attention for his extensive
  course re-design of Psychology 101.
• Presentations of PICT results include both
  national and international professional venues.