2007 National CASTL Institute

(Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)

Five faculty members and one student represented UNO at the 2007 UNO National CASTL (Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) Conference, which was held in Chicago June 7 – 12. The team was composed of Lyn Holley, Assistant Professor, Department of Gerontology (Project Leader), Jeanette A. Harder, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Connie Jones, NUICA Community Outreach Program Manager, Peter Kiewit Institute, College of Information Science and Technology, Josie Metal-Corbin, Professor, School of HPER, and Director of The Moving Company, Kathleen R. Oleson, Lecturer, American Humanics and Michaella R. Loewens, Student, School of Social Work.

The purpose of Conference: “The Institute’s primary focus remains developing approaches to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning from a wide range of perspectives and in any discipline.” This institute will conduct a process of mentoring of work in progress. http://www.colum.edu/cte/2007CASTL \

The entire activity of the CASTL institute is devoted to mentoring improvements in the scholarship of teaching and learning. The UNO project at the Institute, “How can five disciplines use assessment to improve civic engagement outcomes of Service Learning?” addresses facilitation of interdisciplinary collaboration. The UNO CASTL Scholar/Presenter Team was featured in a 75-minute mentoring session. During that session, each Carnegie Scholar of the UNO team presented her project to a small audience of colleagues, including a Mentor (an experienced national Carnegie Scholar), three fellow CASTL Scholar/Presenters, and 15-20 other Institute participants. After the Team presentation, the Mentor led a process of dialogue with the audience. As Carnegie Scholars, the UNO Team also participated in three other CASTL Scholar sessions and offered constructive feedback and suggestions to the presenters.

For the next three years, Creighton University in Omaha will host the CASTL conference. UNO CASTL 2007 Team members will be available to colleagues to answer questions about participation, or about how to prepare proposals for participation in this valuable learning opportunity.

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