ConnectEd Skillz
VCU's general education program.
What is "ConnectEd"?
Late work policies, reading schedule, and grading breakdown can be found here.
What is the syllabus?
Who we are, or the categories other people put us in.
What is identity?
You filled out this document twice (you will fill it out once more). It represents your engagement practices with this course.
Brownies; Why LeBron is the G.O.A.T.; Is the Ocean a Soup? are examples of this.
Powerpoint night project / information literacy project
These skills can be found in certain MATH, BUSN, and STAT gen ed classes.
What is quantitative literacy?
An all-lower-case pen name.
What is "bell hooks"?
Prof. Guillard uses the analogy that this is like an electrical system powering a house.
What is a system?
We worked together to create our own class participation policy. It answered these questions: how do we want to show up for class? how do we want to show agreement or disagreement in this class?
What are participation norms?
It means we ask big questions and tackle answers in big ways. The practice of asking these big questions instills a routine in your behavior: reading, writing, discussion, and community building.
What is "focused inquiry"?
Identify and locate appropriate sources
Critically evaluate information and its sources
Effectively synthesize, apply, and share information to accomplish a specific purpose
What is information literacy?
This was VCU's Common Book for 2024-2025.
What is "Memory Wars"?
They provide context, present foundational information, and support arguments.
What are sources?
It's worth 60% of our final grade.
Class participation & collaborative work.
These people are at your table.
What are the names of all of the people at your table?
effective use of language and communicative practices, intentional engagement of audience are parts of this.
What is communicative fluency?
Adam Grant defined three character skills that most people fit into when they learn. We took a quiz that placed us into these categories: a discomfort seeker, a sponge, and a ________.
What is an imperfectionist?
It's the style in which different disciplines or types of work demonstrate their knowledge.
What are citation styles?
VCU's LMS (learning management system), or where you go to submit work and check on your grade.
What is Canvas?
These people are in your group (not your table).
Must be correct names of all members in G1, G2, G3, G4, G5, or G6.
Scientific & logical reasoning; global perspectives; diversities in the human experience; creativity, innovation and aesthetic inquiry
What are the Areas of Inquiry in ConnectEd/gen ed?
Buffington and the VMFA's collection of work by ______ were referenced during our discussions on art, sculpture, collective memory, and counter-memory.
Who is Kehinde Wiley?
It's the missing general education skill we're supposed to practice: global & cultural awareness and responsiveness; critical and creative problem solving; information literacy; ethical reasoning; and ____________.
What is communicative fluency?
It's our final big assignment for the semester, one we'll be doing in our small groups. We're creating a collaborative document that outlines our demands for a VCU education.
What is the "Claim an Education - Manifesto Project"?
It's one of the correct pronunciations of Prof. Guillard's last name.
What is Gill-erd or Ghee-yard?