Alumni & Friends > College Advancement> Title III > Curricular Reform

At the heart of this reconsideration of learning techniques is curricular reform.  As programs transition to be more active, collaborative, or project based, they create emerging pedagogies that may embody exploration, experience and collaboration.  In order to facilitate this curricular transformation, faculty need to have significant development opportunities.  As a portion of the activity, Thiel proposes to employ a curricular designer who will work with faculty to explore and incorporate new, emerging, active and appropriate pedagogies and technologies into the curriculum.  The opportunities to create new and improved course designs will be supported by assigned time and/or faculty stipends to encourage the faculty to participate in this developmental activity.

Significant technological infrastructure is currently in place, including campus-wide wireless capability.  The College will also create or adapt new learning spaces to accommodate the emerging pedagogies and enhanced curriculum.  The new and improved learning spaces will be designed to support multiple modes of learning including discussion, experiential, and reflection; as well as others that will emerge.  The spaces will be flexible to accommodate comfort, safety, functionality and technology.  The space will be the physical manifestation of Thiel’s commitment to being student centered.