Idea Labs and Workshops

The Strategic Planning Teams sends everyone a big THANK YOU for participating in unit dialogues and idea labs this semester! Putting your great minds together has helped identify three big strategic themes -- people, processes, and culture -- that the plan will emphasize for UW’s near-term investment and focus. A first draft document is scheduled to be available near the beginning of June, which will provide students, staff, and faculty the first opportunity to provide feedback. (We know - it's summer! So, there will also be a structured process for feedback in the fall). If you didn’t get to participate in dialogues or idea labs, or has more to say, please send comments to any member of the Strategic Planning Council. Thank you again for continuing to help make this a complete document that truly represents our campus community!

Idea Lab Schedule (updated 4/29/22)

• Pre-reading for May 3 session:

  • Pioneering the Future Advanced Computing Ecosystem: A Strategic Plan PDF

  • Infrastructure for AI, Quantum, and High Performance Computing PDF

• Couldn’t make it to the Idea Lab on Research Infrastructure and Computing Across the Mission?  Give your feedback to the discussion questions at the survey located here: https://uwyo.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8iy5OoQLpelY4nk

• Pre-reading for April 28 session:

  • Analytics can save higher education. Really. Joint Analytics Statement 2020 PDF

  • R1 Systems PDF

• Couldn’t make it to the Idea Lab on WyoCourses? Give your feedback to the discussion questions here:

  •   What do you need from WyoCloud to help make you successful?

• Pre-reading for April 19 session:

  • Background Reading and Resources - Open Access, Open Science, Open Education Resources, Institutional Repositories PDF

  • American Association of American Universities and Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities Public Access Working Group Report and Recommendations PDF

• Couldn’t make it to the Idea Lab on Open Access, Open Science, Open Education, and Institutional Repositories? Give your feedback to the discussion questions here:

  • Open Access, Open Science, Open Education Resources, Institutional Repositories

• Pre-reading for April 12 and 13 Sessions (links to attached files):

  • After the Great Pivot Should Come the Great Pause PDF

  • Right Now, Your Best Employees are Eying the Exits PDF

  • Stop Playing It Safe: The Peril of the Generic College PDF

  • What One University Learned About Pandemic Trauma and Its Work Force PDF

• Couldn’t make it to the Idea Lab on making UW a better place to work? Give your feedback to the discussion questions here:

  • How do we make UW a great place to work?

• Pre-reading and review for April 6 session

  •  Read: Enhancing Student Learning: Seven Principles for Good Practice

  • Read: Advice Guide: How to Make Your Teaching More Engaging PDF

  • Review and dive in: ECTL’s Best Practices in Pedagogy pages

• Couldn’t make it to the Idea Lab on making UW a great place to learn? Give your feedback to the discussion questions here:

  • How do we make UW a great place to learn?

• Pre-reading for April 5 session

  • General Education Transformed: How We Can, Why We Must PDF

• Couldn’t make it to the Idea Lab on Next Gen USP? Give your feedback to the discussion questions here:

  • Next Gen USP Survey

• Pre-reading for March 30 Session (Coming Soon)

• Couldn’t make it to the Idea Lab on student success and enrollment management? Give your feedback to the discussion questions here:

  • Enrollment Management and Student Success

• Pre-reading for March 29 Session (links to attached files):

  • After the Great Pivot Should Come the Great Pause PDF

  • Right Now, Your Best Employees are Eying the Exits PDF

  • Stop Playing It Safe: The Peril of the Generic College PDF

  • What One University Learned About Pandemic Trauma and Its Work Force PDF

• Couldn’t make it to the Idea Lab on making UW a better place to work? Give your feedback to the discussion questions here:

  • How do we make UW a great place to work?

• Pre-reading for March 23rd session:

  •  A Student on the Edge PDF

  •  Right Now, Your Best Employees are Eyeing the Exits PDF

• Couldn’t make it to the Idea Lab on Resilience and Well-being for our students, faculty, and staff? Give your feedback to the discussion questions here:

  • Resilience and Well-being Idea Lab

• Pre-reading for March 9th session: 

  • 2024 Carnegie Community Engagement First Time Framework PDF

• • 2023 Carnegie Community Engagement First Time Classification Guide PDF

• Couldn’t make it to the Idea Lab on Becoming a Carnegie Engaged University? Give your feedback to the discussion questions here:

  • Carnegie Engaged University Idea Lab survey link

• Pre-reading/homework to read prior to March 2nd:

  • Adult Learner Survey

  • Demand for Higher Education Programs

  • Strategy Overview

• Couldn’t make it to the Idea Lab on the Future of Online and Residential Learning at UW? Give your feedback to the discussion questions here:

  • Idea Lab Discussion Survey link