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Creating Department
Learning Areas
Amber Garrison Duncan
University of Oregon | Division of Student Affairs

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Welcome and Agenda
 Review of Materials
 Intersection Between Department Mission and Learning
Domains
 Brainstorm Learning Areas
 Lunch and Self Care
 Theoretical Underpinning of Learning Areas Explored
 Theoretical Underpinning Defined and Begin Outcomes

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Review: Steps to Defining
Department Outcomes
1. What division learning domains intersect with your
department mission?
2. Under the domain(s), what do you do aspire to teach
students?
3. Create department outcome areas.
4. Define what theories you use to teach in outcome areas.
5. Create shared department understanding of learning
outcome area based on theory.

4. Review: Aligning
Institutional Mission
Student Affairs
Mission
Department
Mission
Department Assessment and
Planning Cycle
Outcomes Occurring at
Every Level

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Review: Guiding Frameworks
 Institutional  Student Affairs
 Housing  Department

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Department Mission

7. Continuum of Student Experience
Living
Residence
Dorm Learning
Hall
Community
Retention Retention, Engagement Retention, Engagement
Student Learning

8. Student Affairs Learning Domains
Leadership Development
Healthy and
Successful Civic and Global
Lifestyles Engagement
Multicultural Sustainability/Stewardshi Living
Experience p Learning
Community
Retention, Engagement
Student Learning

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Intersection of Learning Domains
and Department Mission
Institution
Division Department

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Living Learning Community
 Whatdo students need to learn to be in a Living
Learning Community?
 What do students need to learn to form and
participate in Living Learning Communities?
 What do we teach?

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Theory, Practice, Theory
Practice
Theory Theory
 Without theory, practice is but routine born of habit. ~ Louis
Pasteur

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Learning Areas and Theory
 Small Groups
 Identify and discuss theoretical frames
 Select one to two theories that represent the theoretical frame
for the learning area
 Write a paragraph that describes the theory
 Begin to write department outcomes for the learning area