TEDxUWLaCrosse, WI
TEDxUWLaCrosse Salon Series - Failure as Feedback: F**king up and Still Sort of Succeeding
Entering its second season, The TEDxUWLaCrosse Salon Series kicked off with the presentation Failure as Feedback: F**king up and Still Sort of Succeeding from 4-5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at the UW-La Crosse Institute for Campus Excellence, Murphy Library. The event opened with a presentation and group discussion facilitated by Darci Thoune, associate professor of English and first-year Writing Program coordinator.
At a TEDx salon, attendees watch TED Talks, listen to speakers, and have discussions about the talks they witnessed. Salons re-engage the audience in the presentation model through the critical element of lively discussions, allowing attendees to actively participate in the event and shape the conversation.
About the presentation
Thoune describes the session, “Failure is an inevitable component of learning. While most of us know this, there seems to be little room for failure, especially at the college level. However, what if we encouraged our students, and each other, to fail a bit more often and to make those failures public? How might discussing failure change and shape our understanding of this essential form of feedback? This TEDx Salon will explore how failure — even f**king up — can enhance the learning experience and lead to unexpected success.”
During this presentation, audience members will watch videos that will encourage them to rethink the concepts of failure and success, being right and wrong, and what it takes to learn from mistakes. This will be an interactive component and the audience will have opportunities to contemplate their own failures and to listen and learn from the failures of others.
About Dr. Darci Thoune
An overachiever, an occasional failure, and a lifelong learner, Dr. Darci Thoune is an Associate Professor of English and the First-Year Writing Program Coordinator. Her research focuses on instructor feedback on student writing, writing assessment, and writing program administration. In addition to administering UWL’s First-Year Writing Program, she also regularly teaches first-year writing and upper-level writing courses in the English Major’s Rhetoric and Writing Emphasis. When she’s not teaching, thinking about teaching, or talking to others about teaching, she’s probably in the kitchen — a space in which failure can also be a form of success.
TEDxUWLaCrosse Salon Series - Failure as Feedback: F**king up and Still Sort of Succeeding
Entering its second season, The TEDxUWLaCrosse Salon Series kicked off with the presentation Failure as Feedback: F**king up and Still Sort of Succeeding from 4-5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at the UW-La Crosse Institute for Campus Excellence, Murphy Library. The event opened with a presentation and group discussion facilitated by Darci Thoune, associate professor of English and first-year Writing Program coordinator.
At a TEDx salon, attendees watch TED Talks, listen to speakers, and have discussions about the talks they witnessed. Salons re-engage the audience in the presentation model through the critical element of lively discussions, allowing attendees to actively participate in the event and shape the conversation.
About the presentation
Thoune describes the session, “Failure is an inevitable component of learning. While most of us know this, there seems to be little room for failure, especially at the college level. However, what if we encouraged our students, and each other, to fail a bit more often and to make those failures public? How might discussing failure change and shape our understanding of this essential form of feedback? This TEDx Salon will explore how failure — even f**king up — can enhance the learning experience and lead to unexpected success.”
During this presentation, audience members will watch videos that will encourage them to rethink the concepts of failure and success, being right and wrong, and what it takes to learn from mistakes. This will be an interactive component and the audience will have opportunities to contemplate their own failures and to listen and learn from the failures of others.
About Dr. Darci Thoune
An overachiever, an occasional failure, and a lifelong learner, Dr. Darci Thoune is an Associate Professor of English and the First-Year Writing Program Coordinator. Her research focuses on instructor feedback on student writing, writing assessment, and writing program administration. In addition to administering UWL’s First-Year Writing Program, she also regularly teaches first-year writing and upper-level writing courses in the English Major’s Rhetoric and Writing Emphasis. When she’s not teaching, thinking about teaching, or talking to others about teaching, she’s probably in the kitchen — a space in which failure can also be a form of success.