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Title: How to Learn Like a Pro Supplement: Additional Study Skills Activities
Resource Contact: Snider, Sarah J
Institution: South Central College
Discipline: English for Academic Purposes
Resource Type: Programming Code
Resource Format: PDF/Text
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Version Edition: Derivative

Title: Critical Thinking & Cultural Competence: Resources, Content, and Assignments
Resource Contact: Labairon, Cassandra
Institution: South Central College
Content Description: The content, resources and assignments in this document can be used to strengthen critical thinking and creative thinking skills. Some of the content, resources and assignments can also be used to strengthen cultural competence. In addition to a wide variety of resources, the document includes original content, assignments and “thought journal” prompts that can be used individually, or they can be combined to build on each other. To avoid confusion, I’ve noted sources before and after long external content.
Discipline: Humanities
Keywords: critical thinking, assignments, resources
Course Name: Critical Thinking
Resource Type: Collection
Resource Format: PDF/Text
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Version Edition: Derivative, Original

Title: Effects of Globalization
Resource Contact: Snider, Sarah J
Institution: South Central College
Content Description: This project is designed for students in English for Academic Purposes at the community college level. The project supports development of research, reading,oral presentation skills, and vocabulary acquisition. Students will investigate an issue related to globalization from the website www.globalization101.org. They will choose a region and focus area to investigate further and describe the positive and negative effects of globalization on that region and the world. Students will develop a greater understanding of the interconnectedness of the world. The project also introduces basic online research skills and gives students tools to evaluate reliable sources for academic work. This content was created as part of South Central College's Global Circle Curriculum Development Project.
Discipline: English for Academic Purposes
Keywords: Globalization, EAP
Course Name: English for Academic Purposes Reading and/or Writing
Resource Type: Collection
Resource Format: PDF/Text
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Version Edition: Derivative, Original

Title: Virtual Advocacy Speech on African Issues (Assignment and Four Weeks of Learning Materials)
Resource Contact: Wolfe, Bradley
Institution: South Central College
Content Description: The project includes an assignment description and grading rubric for a global advocacy speech. The assignment focuses on using Kiva.org as a starting point to research an issue from Africa to tell the audience about. Africa is a diverse continent with different strengths and needs across its geography. The resource also includes four weeks of online discussion modules, which use videos as the basis of discussion. The weekly discussion topics focus on culture, communication, and public speaking for an introductory communication course. This work was completed as part of the Global Circle Curriculum Development project at South Central College.
Discipline: Communication Studies
Keywords: public speaking, advocacy speech, Intercultural communication, Global Communication
Course Name: Public Speaking, Introduction to Human Communication
Resource Type: Collection
Resource Format: PDF/Text
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Version Edition: 1, Original

Title: Templates
Resource Contact: Crist, Jocelyn, Hallsten Erickson, Kelli, Heinz, Melissa, Osgood, Aurea, Terchino, Genzeb, Tilstra, Janet
Institution: South Central College, Lake Superior College, Metropolitan State University, Winona State University, Century College, St. Cloud State University
Content Description: An outline for new faculty development based on the New Faculty Boat framework. Guiding questions and linked resources for topics and skills are provided.
Discipline: Education
Keywords: new faculty onboarding, faculty development, educational development
Resource Type: Other
Resource Format: PDF/Text
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Version Edition: 1.0, Original