Oakland University\u2019s website<\/a>, the gallery allows students to engage with ideas beyond a traditional classroom and supports faculty in planning sessions in the space.<\/p>\nChristina Moore, associate director for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, introduced a teaching guide highlighting the gallery\u2019s role in experiential learning. The guide included logistics and information about the larger series. Participants were encouraged to explore the gallery and consider how exhibitions could be incorporated into course assignments and class discussions.<\/p>\n
Leo Barnes, art gallery manager, said the gallery offers versatile opportunities for teaching and introduced faculty to its resources.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do four exhibitions a year during the semester. So there\u2019s always new content, always new things,\u201d Barnes said. \u201cAlso the university has a huge art collection that can be used by professors and students.\u201d<\/p>\n
The gallery collaborates with other galleries, including institutions in New York, to bring diverse exhibitions to campus. This allows students to see artistic trends and works beyond Michigan and Detroit. Barnes said the gallery is designed to support accessibility and active engagement.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about going and enjoying and finding something you find interesting. We\u2019re really trying to make it accessible,\u201d he said. He added, \u201cI envision the gallery as a hub where a class can engage directly with art.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moore said the program allows faculty to experience learning differently.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough this program, faculty experience what it is like to learn with the physical space rather than simply at the physical space,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Moving beyond traditional classrooms can renew teaching and learning, she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth faculty and students are looking for renewed engagement in the class experience, and physically moving out of the general purpose classroom is a simple and generative starting point,\u201d Moore said.<\/p>\n
Claude Baillargeon, an art history professor at OU, said the exhibition on the bombing of Japan is both historical and relevant today. The exhibit features artifacts from the Wilmington College Peace Resource Center and shows the lasting impact of the event. Baillargeon said it demonstrates the long-term effects of trauma and encourages dialogue across the campus community.<\/p>\n
The session invited educators to think creatively about space and learning. Moore said she hopes faculty leave with confidence to explore new possibilities.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven if they haven\u2019t yet arrived at a specific way to include the Art Gallery or other places featured in our Teaching in Place series, they know they can explore those possibilities with the space managers,\u201d Moore said. \u201cThey are eager to be a part of the educational mission of the university.\u201d<\/p>\n
By presenting the gallery as a flexible learning space, the Teaching in Place program encourages faculty to integrate experiential learning into their curricula. The gallery provides both historical context and contemporary perspectives. Faculty and students are challenged to connect directly with exhibits, consider interdisciplinary approaches and reimagine how learning can occur outside traditional classroom walls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Faculty and staff gathered at Oakland University\u2019s Art Gallery in Wilson Hall on Jan. 27 as part of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-164169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-oakland","9":"tag-oakland-headlines","10":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}