Events

Soumia Bardhan will facilitate a ThinqStudio Mixed Venue Community of Practice for Faculty & Students. Our educational institutions are microcosms of society, where being extroverted, active, and outgoing are considered the norm and are generally seen as marks of happiness, confidence, and leadership. However, for learners and instructors who are...

ThinqStudio Fellow Mira Woodson is exploring rubrics as tools to foster imagination, curiosity, and self-awareness. She comes at this project from the challenges of design education and will share questions and insights that are useful in all disciplines. Typical uses of rubrics help us aim for transparency in grading. But...

Examining Dominant Narratives in Academia: Privileging Community Knowledge to Begin to Build Transformative Practices The 2024 ThinqStudio Unconference will host Dr. Travis Heath as the event’s “un”keynote . He will guide a discussion and exploration of potentially harmful and limiting narratives in academia. Unconference participants will use community knowledge to...

Inquiry-based learning, student choice, and real world application in the higher ed classroom As a teacher-educator, I believe we must teach in the powerful, meaningful, student-centered ways we want our own teachers to teach. In other words, we must not only “talk the talk,” but more importantly, “walk the walk.”...

OASIS! Opportunities Await for Support, Imagination, and Solace An OASIS is a pleasant or peaceful area in the midst of a difficult place or situation. Let ThinqStudio's 2023 Unconference be YOUR OASIS on Friday April 21. Join us for rejuvenating conversation and replenishing nourishment as we reflect on and reclaim...