Category Archives: Blog
2018 Spring Awards Celebration
As we prepare for the upcoming 2019 DaVinci Spring Awards Celebration we’d like to share some photos from the 2018 Banquet! To register for the 2019 Celebration please CLICK HERE to fill out the registration Google Form. If you have … Continue reading
DaVinci 2018 Fall Forum Report
The 2018 Fall Forum featured a presentation From Danny Mattox from the K20 Center and NextThought at the University of Oklahoma. The presentation, titled “successful Creative Strategies from K-12 that Can Work in Higher Education,” opened the resources for strategies … Continue reading
DaVinci Fall Forum 2017 Report
The DaVinci Institute’s 2017 Fall Forum was held in conjunction with the 2017 Oklahoma Promoting Undergraduate Research Conference. DaVinci presented a panel session about interdisciplinarity and creativity in undergraduate research to the combined assemblage in the morning, then broke out … Continue reading
DaVinci Fall Forum & Promoting UG Research Conference – Sept 29, 2017
The DaVinci Institute Has Joined Our Fall Forum with the 8th Annual Promoting Undergraduate Research Conference. The Forum/Conference will take place on| Sept. 29, 2017, at the Presbyterian Health Foundation Executive Conference Center, 655 Research Parkway, Oklahoma City from 8:30 … Continue reading
Creativity-Inspiring Environments
An interesting article about creativity as prompted by the built environment appeared recently in The New York Times as part of its August 7, 2016, Education Life supplement. Though Lange indicates there’s little research yet to identify the best architectural designs for sparking creativity, she does say there are common features in buildings that have been intentionally designed to inspire creativity. Some common features include spacious, naturally lighted areas to encourage lingering and reflecting; an absence of walls in favor of collective engagement areas; informal lounge areas; and social spaces for learning. There is much research supporting the restorative and creativity-friendly impact of time spent in nature. Soaring ceilings, wide walkways and staircases, open spaces inside for collective thinking and tinkering — all of these can be excellent approaches to stimulate creativity in the built environment. But maybe an even more powerful effect can be had by communing with nature Continue reading
Gender Bias in Whether Others See You as Creative?
By Jeff King, Ed.D., Executive Director of the Center for Excellence in Transformative Teaching and Learning, University of Central Oklahoma Some fascinating research out of the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University indicates that people tend to rate men … Continue reading
First-Generation College Students Are Not Disadvantaged Slobs
Felix J. Aquino, Ph.D. Vice President of Academic Affairs Oklahoma City Community College I am a first-generation college graduate. There . . . I’ve said it. I grew up in a very solid, blue- collar household. My father had an eighth … Continue reading
Fail Safe, Fail Fast: One Creative Solution to College Completion
Jeff King, Ed.D., Executive Director, Center for Excellence in Transformative Teaching & Learning, University of Central Oklahoma Dr. Randy Bass of Georgetown University teaches a course in which he asks students to design the kind of learning environment they think would work … Continue reading
Creativity and College Completion: Certificates
By Bret Danilowicz, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma State University To achieve Oklahoma’s goal of increasing the number of students who complete higher education, we need to connect with a broader audience than just “traditional” undergraduate students. I define … Continue reading
Creativity and College Completion: The Challenge
By Blake Sonobe, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education A college education has for generations been, for many, the primary route for economic advancement. I still recall the words of my father, “In order to get ahead, you have to … Continue reading