September 2015


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Come September 25, The UWI and the Guardian Group will celebrate a partnership that began in 1998 and which continues to this day. The initiative celebrates excellence in teaching and learning. Alternate years see the hosting of Premium Teaching Awards for Faculty or a Premium Open Lecture such as the 2015 Open Lecture, Back to Basics with Student Engagement and Beyond the Tech Hype.

Dr. Elizabeth F. Barkley, Professor of Music at Foothill College, Los Altos, California, will speak on one of her keen interests: engaging students through active and collaborative learning; transforming F2F and online curriculum to meet the needs of diverse learners, especially those from new and emerging generations; the scholarship of teaching and learning; and connecting learning goals with assessment.

With more than three decades as an innovative and reflective teacher, she has received numerous honors and awards, including being named California's Higher Education Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, formally recognized by the California state legislature for her contributions to undergraduate education, selected as "Innovator of the Year" in conjunction with the National League for Innovation, presented with the Hayward Award for Educational Excellence, and honored by the Center for Diversity in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Additionally, her Musics of Multicultural America course was selected as “Best Online Course” by the California Virtual Campus. She was also named one of two Carnegie Scholars in the discipline of music by the Carnegie Foundation in conjunction with the Pew Charitable Trusts.