Transformation through Adaptation: Making General Education Exciting, Relevant, and Imperative

While the types and missions of postsecondary institutions vary as widely as the types of students we serve, general education has long been a cornerstone of postsecondary education. This venerable component of education faces crisis in a landscape dominated by students motivated primarily by increasing earning power and obtaining jobs. Join us this session as we offer practical advice based on our own ongoing successes for how these departments can successfully transform again into a field that is exciting, relevant, and imperative through adoption of new pedagogical approaches, adapting to student needs and motives, and embracing adaptive technology.

Outcomes: Understand the importance of transforming general education departments through adaptation to meet the needs of today's students *Adopt concrete strategies for aligning pedagogy and classroom approach to students' needs *Explore the benefit of adaptive learning technology in general education courses for students, faculty, and institutions