When
LSA
sophomores
Rebecca Bernstein and Andie
Harris
received
a
problem
set back from their Stats 250
graduate student instructors,
their grades were a shock: They
both received zeros.
Emails from their respective
instructors
explained
their
respective homeworks were too
similar to those of their friends
in the class. While the lowest
homework grade is dropped,
the sharp reprimand confused
Bernstein and Harris.
Their situations, however,
were very different. Bernstein
was
working
with
friends
in a study group as they do
every week. She said working
together means answers might
be similar, but is a common
result when collaborating with
students.
“I
wasn’t
cheating,”
Bernstein said. “I was genuinely
working with someone else to
help through the concepts, so to
say that working together could
be a form of cheating, I think
it’s just really unfair because
I feel like we go to a really
collaborative
university.
On
campus, there isn’t that much
sense of competition among
students. I work together with
other students in my classes all
the time so to be able to work
on a problem together when
it’s multiple choice and not get
To tip off the University of
Michigan’s Academic Innovation
Initiative Summit, University deans
gathered at a panel on the future of
innovation in academics Tuesday
afternoon, with 70 in attendance.
Last year, University President
Mark Schlissel and former Provost
Martha Pollack kicked off the
Academic Innovation Initiative,
an effort to engage all members
of the University community in
discussions on how to further the
University’s projects and promote
constant
academic
innovation.
The summit, held at the end of
the University’s bicentennial year,
included
panels
and
breakout
activities supporting the initiative.
James Hilton, vice provost for
academic innovation and dean of
libraries,
moderated
Tuesday’s
conversation and began by asking
panelists how they are developing
academic innovation within their
respective schools.
Lynn Videka, dean of the School
of Social Work, spoke about three
main areas of academic innovation
the school has been working toward:
Launching a MicroMasters Massive
Open Online Courses program in
the fall, using captivated modules
and face-to-face interactions to
train social workers in hybrid
continuing
education
programs
and developing the Civil Rights
Academy, a program that aims to
provide technology and tools to
instill middle-school- and high-
school-age youth with social action
skills at an early age.
“It’s in helping develop informed
and responsible citizens,” Videka
said. “This Civil Rights Academy
does just that — it awakens young
adolescents to social justice issues,
how to organize in the community,
how to achieve goals working with
social groups. We think that’s a
great skill and a worthy contribution
and something that doesn’t compete
…
with
our
in-person
based
programs.”
Joanna Millunchick, associate
dean of undergraduate education
in the College of Engineering,
discussed how the school’s on-the-
ground
classroom
innovation
techniques, such as their new Ph.D.
program, Engineering Education
Research,
place
engineering
education researchers into the
actual departments rather than
creating a new, separate research
department. The school is also
developing new modes of teaching
through virtual and augmented
reality techniques.
“Our
students
know
(these
techniques) are the next big thing,
too. … They are the ones taking the
top (research) prizes. They already
realize what it is that future scorers
hold,” Millunchick said.
Jonathan Massey, dean of the
Taubman College of Architecture
and Urban Planning, spoke on the
school’s emphasis on preserving a
community of face-to-face learners
and peer collaboration. However,
architecture’s high contact hour
per credit hour program raises the
question of how to apply academic
innovation to preserving hands-
on training and balancing time
dedication.
“(Time dedication) skews the
field,” Massey said. “Our project is to
figure out how to incorporate some
of the academic innovation and
blend in a way that preserves the
strengths of the studio pedagogy.”
Laurie McCauley, dean of the
School of Dentistry, emphasized her
goal to use academic innovation to
personalize education in three main
areas: online degree completion
programs, the University’s first
completely
online
bachelor’s
degree; Pathways, the dental school
curriculum used throughout all
four years of the program; and
the
community-based
dental
program, partnering with health
professionals at 20 sites throughout
the state for patient care.
“I am quite fortunate that our
faculty need very little prodding
to do this; they love doing these
projects, they love engaging with
students on a one-on-one basis and
individualized manner,” McCauley
said.
Thomas Finholt, dean of the
School of Information, emphasized
the importance of Massive Open
Online Courses and the school’s
commitment to online education.
Several hundred thousand people
are taught through MOOCs and
a third of faculty are involved in
these online education platforms,
according to Finholt.
“(MOOCs)
really
reflect
three kinds of considerations —
expanding the brand and reaching
out, 80 percent of students who have
With current political climate
and an increasing number of athletic
protests against social inequalities,
the interplay between sports and
public policy are two entities
that are becoming increasingly
intertwined, according to former
NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue
and Jim Hackett, president and
CEO of Ford Motor Company
and former interim director of
University of Michigan athletics.
The two discussed this intersection
and more to University faculty and
students Tuesday afternoon.
Since September 2016, the NFL
has been the topic of controversy
within much of the political
sphere, as former NFL player Colin
Kaepernick first knelt during the
national anthem to protest social
and political tension nationwide.
Other athletes have followed suit,
leading President Donald Trump
and other politicians to denounce
the symbolic protest of kneeling.
NFL teams like the Saints, Ravens,
Jaguars and multiple individual
players from teams throughout the
league, have been controversially
contributing to the cause originally
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LSA looks
at cheating,
coproducing
and integrity
CSG passes #UMDivest resolution
in a secret ballot after 8 hour meeting
HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily
Pro-divestment audience members holds signs that read “Stop Silencing Us” at the CSG Divestment Resolution in the MLB Tuesday.
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Panelists at the Academic Innovation Initiative Summit in the Michigan League Tuesday.
ACADEMICS
159 of 305 academic integrity violations
were due to unauthorized collaboration
23 votes for and 17 against, resolution approved for first time in campus history
Divestment — for the first time
in the University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor’s history — passed
at Central Student Government
early Wednesday morning with 23
voting in favor, 17 against, and 5
abstained.
“We feel like we finally were
given a voice on this campus,” a
SAFE student tearily said to the
audience. “We are celebrating
when Palestinian are given real
human rights. This is the first step
we can take. This is an amazing
victory.”
The divestment movement calls
for the support of the University of
Michigan administration to divest
from companies operating in Israel,
on the behalf of Palestinians and
in fear of human rights violations
against them. The resolution this
year was embroiled in controversy
within
the
Central
Student
Government
executive
board,
prompting CSG to create its own
investigative committee.
The meeting Tuesday night
deviated from previous years in
several ways. Unlike last year, a
secret ballot was approved, with
28 in favor, 7 against, 9 abstained.
DYLAN LACROIX,
RHEA CHEETI &
JORDYN BAKER
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Talk looks
at blending
of policy,
athletics
CAMPUS LIFE
Ford CEO, Former NFL
commissioner speak on
social justice movements
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Massive Online Open Courses the central topic
of discussion at Academic Innovation Summit
Panelists discussed significance of digital initiatives, hybrid education programs and online degree completion
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