Faculty/Staff Application to Offer Non-Academic Credit bearing Beyond the Classroom(BTC) Experience
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
551 Oak Street, Chattanooga, TN 37403Mail Code 5555 423-425-5825
Modified source: MTSU QEP Document-2006
For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. –Aristotle
Experiential learning is learning by doing.
This application will be evaluated by a committee using the Guidelines found at of Applications for currently designated courses are also available at that site.
Faculty/Staff Name: Click here to enter text.Department:Click here to enter text.Email: Click here to enter text.
Please describehow often this experience is offered or when it will first be offered: Click here to enter text.
- Describe the experience.Please attach any syllabi, program descriptions or relevant learning materials referenced in your description of the experience:
- How will you incorporate reflection before, during and after the experience?
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- How do your students have opportunity to demonstrate proficiency in the SLO’s below?
Student Learning Outcome / Corresponding Experience Learning Outcome (3 of 5)
Identifies, evaluates, and interprets information by raising pertinent questions and identifying uncertainties / Click here to enter text.
Solves problems by determining limitations, making connections, and prioritizing the potential solution / Click here to enter text. /
Creates innovative solutions to problems through creative thinking / Click here to enter text. /
Communicates ideas and information effectively / Click here to enter text. /
Integrates knowledge and skill through reflection on thinking and learning processes / Click here to enter text. /
Note: For the purposes of student recognition, a list of students adequately demonstrating 3 of the 5 SLO’s from the table above must be submitted to by the last day of the semester. The below rubric can be used as a guide. Only the names of the adequately participating students are required.
Student Learning Outcome / Does not demonstrate this attribute(0) / Demonstrates this attribute rarely(1) / Demonstrates this attribute adequately(2) / Demonstrates this attribute thoroughly(3)
Identifies, evaluates, and interprets information by raising pertinent questions and identifying uncertainties / Fails to state questions or uncertainties, misrepresents information / States pertinent question(s), but fails to identify how or why it is a question or problem. Identifies some information appropriately / States pertinent questions and elements of the question or problem. Articulates scope of question and accurately interprets and evaluates information / Precisely states understanding of questions and related uncertainties. Interprets information and limits thereof.
Solves problems by determining limitations, making connections, and prioritizing the potential solution / Fails to state limitations, but does not demonstrate gains in perspective on problem or solutions / States limitation(s), but finds few connections to a larger context or other ways of addressing the problem / Identifies multiple limitations and connections to similar problems appropriately integrated with discussion of solutions / Clearly distinguishes connections between limitations and similar problems and accurately prioritizes multiple solutions to particular problem
Creates innovative solutions to problems through creative thinking / Fails to demonstrate any interest in approaching problems from multiple perspectives / States problem, shows desire, and exhibits effort to introduce new solutions / Approaches problem and solutions iteratively from different and related perspectives not suggested by others / Demonstrates extensive comprehension of problem through multiple effective, original solutions
Communicates ideas and information effectively / Fails to state, and discuss ideas and information / Occasionally demonstrates ability to comprehend, state, and discuss information / Consistently and clearly states and discusses points / Consistently states, and discusses points with precision, identifies and corrects any discrepancy between sent and received messages
Integrates knowledge and skill through reflection on thinking and learning processes / Fails to show reflection; does not demonstrate understanding of importance of relationship between knowledge and skill / Reflects incompletely, demonstrating some acquisition of knowledge and skill through thinking and learning / States how reflection upon thinking and learning processes has increased understanding of the discipline, incorporating the relationship between theory and practice / Regularly and openly reflects on thinking, learning, and growth in the discipline through recognition of innate synergy between knowledge and skill
Adequate: 3 SLOs = minimum of 4.5 points, 4 SLOs = minimum of 6.0 points, 5 SLOs = minimum of 7.5 points / TOTAL POINTS