UPCEA eDesign Collaborative ThinkTank Roadshow: University of Wisconsin Extended Campus

April 14, 2023 | 1:00-3:00 PM ET 
The Innovative Project Selection Tool: How to Facilitate Intentional Collaboration in Capstone Courses

This presentation emphasizes mindful collaboration between faculty and students in selecting appropriate and engaging Capstone projects.  The new interactive Capstone project selection tool is designed to assist students and faculty in discussing, analyzing, and selecting appropriate Capstone projects by evaluating their project ideas across program criteria. This tool makes course expectations transparent and provides a supportive EDI environment for students from diverse backgrounds. We emphasize the use of scaffolding to help students gain skills and confidence early on in the capstone project proposal process. We also use weekly engagement with frequent formative feedback activities. The selection tool is transparent and shares criteria and clear expectations. Students know the purpose, task, and criteria for success. All students have well-defined criteria to monitor their progress and identify bottlenecks. Join us to share and discuss what has worked for your capstone courses as well. We will start with a quick poll at the beginning of the session. Later we will break into groups and ask participants questions related to their experience with helping students select projects in capstone courses. We will also show the process our team took to develop this reusable learning object.

Why University of Wisconsin Extended Campus
We are a collaborative team of individuals (Faculty, Instructional Designer, Media Specialist) who used design thinking to help develop and design a solution to a problem that was impacting student success. Collaboration is important to this group, and we are interested in sharing, collaborating, and learning about future possibilities and innovations at other institutions that may benefit all of our students. 

 


Registration is free to UPCEA members. $49 for non-members.

Agenda

  • 1-1:10 PM: Introductions & Activity
  • 1:10-1:25 PM: Overview of the Problem
  • 1:25-1:40 PM: Barriers to successful capstone project completion
  • 1:40-1:55 PM: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Benefits
  • 1:55-2:20 PM: Development of Solution – User experience best practices; rapid prototyping promotes collaboration; potential application in other courses
  • 2:20-2:45 PM: Identifying Future Opportunities
  • 2:45-3:00 PM: Q&A and Wrap-Up

Registration         
Your registration will not be complete until you have both completed the registration form and submitted your payment (for non-UPCEA members). UPCEA reserves the right to cancel the event if a minimum number of registrants has not been reached 30 days prior to the event. Full refunds will be granted to paid participants if UPCEA cancels the event.

Refunds
All registration cancellations must be made in writing and received 30 days prior to the event. No refunds or credits will be granted, rather paid registrations can be moved to another 2023 ThinkTank event. Please submit all requests to Jacqueline Romero at jromero@upcea.edu. Anyone who is registered but cannot attend may send a substitute from the same organization. Refunds will not be given for no-shows.

If you encounter any errors or need assistance with your registration, please contact us at 202-659-3130 or jromero@upcea.edu.