CLEA Webinars

We’ve had our first webinar -- by all accounts an unmitigated success!!   The door is open for a series of these . . .   Please come forth with your ideas!  Here’s what’s on the burner: 

NEXT UP! (under discussion): ✥ Academic Challenges for International ESL Students in Music and Art Schools Addressing language issues unique to our international, generation 1.5, and transnational students. April 30th, 2010 (Friday) 1:30 PM (East Coast reckoning) ✥ ePortfolios and Learning Communities Our next CLEA Webinar will use the University of the Arts’ proposed ideas for establishing “Learning Communities” in Fall ’10 as the basis of a presentation and discussion. We’ll use Adobe Connect once more -- and coordinate with a conference call (via telephone) to ensure perfect audio!! 60 minute meeting: 1:30 PM East Coast, 12:30 AM Central 11:30 AM Mountain 10:30 AM West Coast November 12th, 2009 (Thursday) ✥ Unifying and Assessing Curriculum: Teaching Writing at University of the Arts Session Presenter: Christa DiMarco Director of Writing at The University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA For our first CLEA Webinar, Christa DiMarco, the new Director of Writing in the Liberal Art Division at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, explained how she unified the First-Year Writing classes by developing course objectives and a curriculum that outlines the reading and writing processes of academic writing. She also spoke about the assessment project she designed to study the reading and writing levels of first-year writing students. Christa presented her materials for about 40 minutes, and then responded to questions. She is posting materials for those who are interested in learning more! HERE’S WHAT’S NEWSWORTHY-- Spring 2010: We hosted a panel at the Association of American Colleges & Universities conference in Seattle.
Bravo!!