Within the Center, workshops were held with many faculty to develop assignments, exercises, and activities pertaining to the specific outcomes of PICs. We could not find anywhere such a vault—say, the way one finds activities around drawing or writing and composition. We realized that it would be difficult to locate assignments that were integrative in nature, college-level appropriate and that would allow scaffolded work.
Throughout the years and at admittedly irregular intervals, we have done deep dives and asked faculty to provide more assignments related to various outcomes, assignments that can obviously be transformed and customized for a particular class. These can range from simple exercises to in-class activities to more modular projects.
This vault has provided lots of seeds for development, and allowed faculty to share and develop their teaching practice. The following are brief summaries of a number of assignments that have been shared, and put into use by faculty in their teachings, regarding a specific PIC outcome, “Crossing disciplines: Students will be able to make connections across disciplines and perspectives.”