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May 30WISCONSINLEAP 2.0: Integrating Liberal Education into a Changing LandscapeMay 30-31, 2012The Pyle Center—Madison, WIPRELIMINARY AGENDA9:00-9:30 Welcome & Refreshments9:45-11:00 Break-out Sessions IRoom 325-6: Campus Takes a Leap: Using LEAP to Break DownSilos – Beverly Kopper and Greg Cook, UW-WhitewaterRoom 213: Engaging Students Right From the Start – JayantAnand, UW-Barron County; andHigh Impact Practices in Undergraduate Research – Catherine Chan,UW-WhitewaterRoom 225: Civil Discourse and Civility as an Essential LearningOutcome: Help Us Think About UW-Stevens Point’s UpcomingCivility Initiative – Chris Cirmo and Dona Warren, UW-Stevens PointRoom 226: Integrative Learning in a First Year Interest GroupProgram – Greg Smith and Students from UW-Madison11:15-12:30 Break-out Sessions IIRoom 325-6: Quality Collaboratives: Using LEAP ELOs to DeepenStudent Learning and Improve Transfer from 2- to 4-year Campuses, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Fox Valley, UW-Parkside, UW-Waukesha.Room 213: LEAPing into General Education Reform at UW-StevensPoint, James Sage et al, UW-Stevens PointRoom 225: Assessing Inclusive Excellence – Valerie MurrenusPilmaier and Lisa Seale, UW Colleges; and

May 31Continental Breakfast provided at the conference hotels8:30-9:30 Plenary: Technology, Innovation, and Flexibility: Exploringthe Edges – Rovy Branon, Associate Dean, Online Learning andTechnology, UW-ExtensionFormal educational institutions are beginning to grapple with thewaves of innovation that have been disrupting other parts ofsociety. Looking outside of education might give some clues aboutwhat is next. This session will explore some potential disruptive(and fun) technologies and provide perspective to separate hypefrom reality.9:45-10:00 Break10:00-11:15 Break-out Sessions IRooms 325-26: First to Flex at the UW Colleges – As part of the firstcohort of Flex programs, UW Colleges faculty and staff will discussthe curricular development underway to convert multiple gatewaycourses into competency-based Flex offerings.Room 213: The Changing Role of Faculty in Flex – Join several ofthe faculty in Cohort I of UW Flex to hear how the faculty role ischanging in the move to a competency-based model.Room 225: How Flex is Changing Institutional Operations forAdmissions, Financial Aid, Bursar, and Student Records – UW-Milwaukee and UW Colleges directors of admissions, financial aid,and bursar and registrar offices will address the complexity ofmoving from serving students in a credit-based system, to one thatis competency-based: everything changes!11:15-12:30 Break-out Sessions IIRooms 325-26: First to Flex at UW-Milwaukee – As part of the firstcohort of Flex programs, UW-Milwaukee faculty and staff willdiscuss the curricular development underway in select programs atthe institution.