EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP STUDIES
EDL students present at Denver conference
EDL doctoral students Victoria Sherif and Chithra Adams
presented at the 2014 American Evaluation Association
Conference in Denver in October. Their presentations were
titled “Bringing Structure to Data Overload Using Evaluation
Appalachia
Questions to Assign Metrics, Milestones and Evolving Aims”
and “Stakeholder Engagement in Clinical Translation Science
Award (CTSAs) Programs: Theory to Practice.”
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principles for systematic change.
with the UK College of Education’s P20 Innovation Lab and
The Leadership Academy, derived from the college’s
the Next Generation Leader and Teacher academies. A new
Kentucky P20 Innovation Lab, began in 2011 and consists
FabLab facility is currently under construction.
of superintendents, principals and central office teams
Next summer, the project team plans to build the mobile
representing all regions of the state. University faculty,
lab that would repurpose a mobile shell — perhaps a
regional university partners and state
transatlantic shipping container that
The visionary approach
and national leaders worked together
could be placed on a flat-bed truck.
to design and build new systems for
Modifications to the shipping container
involves a collaboration with may include a window wall to allow for
learning. The professional learning for
KVEC districts began with an intensive
observers outside the confines of the
the UK College of Education’s lab space. The lab’s mobility will allow
summer experience, culminating in
planning for changes in the upcoming
students across a wide geographic region
P20 Innovation Lab and the
years. A robust social learning network
to have hands-on access to its learning
provides online and classroom followopportunities.
Next Generation Leader and
up and mentoring for participants
The idea was derived from a class in
through The Holler, Google Hangouts,
hybrid fabrication, taught by College
Teacher academies.
and a design thinking course through
of Education doctoral graduate and
Canvas. The Holler is a social learning
CELT staff member Dr. Derek Eggers,
Construction of a mobile
network developed in central Appalachia
that launched this semester by the UK
by founder Bruce Parsons. Through a
College of Fine Arts. During the course,
FabLab is planned as a
partnership between the University of
UK students are engaged in analysis,
Pikeville, KVEC and ARI, The Holler
design, rapid prototyping and fabrication
Summer Institute project
allows KVEC members to develop a
of 3D printing technology for sculpture
unique learning platform designed
and artifact replication. By the end of the
in 2015.
to support and scale the innovative
Fall 2014 course, students will fabricate
initiatives at work in rural education.
an open source 3D printer that they
use to print student-designed patterns for sculpture, mold
Innovative Projects Partner
making and metal casting. Students will use their molds to
UK Faculty with KVEC Schools
cast aluminum, bronze, and, in some cases, iron.
The partnership between the school districts and UK is also
By replicating this course in a mobile FabLab for students
a launching pad for a number of innovative special projects.
in the KVEC districts, the FabLab has the potential to show
For instance, UK College of Education professor Dr. Joan
students how they can leverage eastern Kentucky’s culture
Mazur is part of a multi-disciplinary team that will present
of hand crafts and makers into an economically robust
plans at the Pikeville summit for a mobile “FabLab” (short
industry. Those behind the project say the FabLab can
for “fabrication laboratory”) to help eastern Kentucky join
create opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation,
the growing Maker Movement. Following the Pikeville
leadership development and youth engagement, lifelong
presentation, the team will travel to Stanford’s FabLearn
learning, and regional collaboration and identity.
Conference on Creativity and Fabrication in Education in
The UK FabLab collaborative will work together to design
Stanford, Calif., where they will present a workshop and
and build the mobile FabLab in collaboration with KVEC
short paper.
schools. The upcoming school year (2014-15) will focus on
UK has a FabLab collaborative of faculty from the colleges
engaging KVEC students and teachers in the project, training
of Fine Arts, Engineering, Arts and Sciences and Education
and designing the mobile FabLab. Construction of the mobile
and the UK Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
FabLab is planned as a Summer Institute project in Summer
(CELT). The visionary approach involves a collaboration
2015.
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