Spring, 20010
Volume VI, Number 2
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An An Invitation
to the Scholarship of Teaching andand
Learning ProjectStudy
Group
So you want to get your innovative teaching ideas into a scholarly journal?
Join the
The CTLenter
for Teaching and Learning is initiating a Scholarship
of Teaching and Learning ProjectStudy
Group. The Project
Group purpose willis to
assist faculty who are part of the group to
design, teach, and evaluate course outcomes in a manner that might
can lead
to a publication or scholarly paper. Specific group activities
will be determined by the group’s interests and needs but are anticipated to
include meeting with experts on teaching and learning the design of
teaching and learning activities,
identifying “best practices” for classroom research, identifying, and compiling
resources to guide collection of student learning outcomes, and exchanging
ideas about the effectiveness and efficiency of various procedures.
To participate in the group’s work you must be a full-time
GSU faculty member with a commitment to improving teaching and learning, have
identified a course or course segment for which you would like to document its
effectiveness, and be available to meet 4-5 times during the spring semester.
It is anticipated that some limited GRA support will be available for
participants.
You can join the group by sending an email to Harry
Dangel (hdangel@gsu.edu) and indicate your
interest. Also, include a sentence or two describing what you would like to
learn/do in the Project Group
and the name and number of your course.
Applications for Instructional Improvement Grants and
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning grants are in this edition. Proposals are
for the 2001-2001 fiscal year and are
due March 12 and March 19 respectrively.
On Tuesday, April 10, the Third Annual Teaching and Learning with
Technology Expo will be held in the Student Center. The EXPO features demonstrations by GSU faculty of
how they use technology to enhance teaching and learning. The keynote speaker this year will be John Moore,
Director of the Faculty Development Institute at Virginia Tech.
Faculty who wish to demonstrate their
innovative uses of technology to enhance teaching and learning as part of the
EXPO are asked to please submit the following by March 1:
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Name,
Department, email address
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Title of demonstration
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A one paragraph description summarizing how the
technology is used to enhance teaching and learning (to be included in the
program) and equipment needed to demonstrate the technology.
All demonstration
sessions will be for 20 minutes unless additional time is specifically
requested.
Email your applications to Harry Dangel at hdangel@gsu.edu.
http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/ctl/forums/talk/
Faculty at Georgia
State now have access to the online journal National Teaching and Learning
Forum. This full-text journal is available at http://www.ntlf.com/restricted. Our subscription is set up to permit free
access from computers on the GSU network.
Harry Dangel, Director
hdangel@gsu.edu
(651-0126)
Barbara Baumstark Biology
Harvey Brightman Management
Nannette Commander Counseling Center
Paul Farnham Economics
Steve Harmon MSIT
Carla Relaford DDL
Lyn Thaxton Library
Patrick Wiseman Law
Bea Yorker Nursing
PURPOSE The
purpose of the Instructional Improvement Grant (IIG) Program is to promote exemplary efforts by
individual GSU faculty members or departments to develop and implement creative
approaches to teaching.
AWARDS IIG
awards of up to $3000 will be made for such expenditures as course releases,
summer compensation, graduate or student assistants, supplies, equipment and
travel, in support of: (a) the initiation or redesign of courses, including the
application of instructional technology, (b) the planning of inter-disciplinary
programs, (c) the implementation of new approaches to student assessment and
the evaluation of teaching, including standards, and (d) other innovative
activities relating to the enhancement of teaching. Cost sharing by colleges and/or departments is encouraged.
We are especially interested in funding projects
that will have a systemic impact on teaching and learning at Georgia State
University, including: (a) Courses identified and supported by the college and
the department and a commitment to use the material to enhance most or all
sections of the course; (b) Courses with high enrollment in multiple sections;
(c) Courses that are learner-centered, use standards-based or criterion-based
assessment; (d) Courses that foster a learning community; and (e) Participating
faculty committed to the concept and to research on teaching using the course
and course revision based on the outcome.
ELIGIBILITY Only full-time GSU faculty members may apply for
IIG awards. Past recipients are
eligible for renewal awards on a competitive basis with all other
applicants. They should submit a
follow-up report explaining the progress made on the initial grant.
INSTRUCTIONS--IIG proposals should
include the following:
1. Cover sheet (see insert)
2. Abstract (one-half page summary of the
proposed project).
3. Project Description (include the need for
the project, its objectives and relation to program goals, description of the
proposed project, and plan to evaluate the project’s effectiveness--not to
exceed three pages).
4. Renewal Status (if applicable, a status
report of previous IIG-funded activities relating to the current proposal).
5. Biographical Sketch of Primary
Applicant (brief with emphasis on background related to the goals of the
proposed project).
6. Potential Cost-Sharing/Extramural
Funding (if applicable, a description of potential sources for additional cost
sharing/extramural funding of the proposed IIG project).
7. Travel Justification (if applicable, a
statement of how any travel proposed
for IIG funding fits within the overall instructional improvement plan.
8.
Proposed Budget (July 1,
2001 - June 30, 2002)
Deliver five (5) copies of
your proposal to Harry Dangel, Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, 249
COE, by 5:15 p.m., Monday, March 12, 2001. Proposals received after the stated deadline
will not be considered for this funding cycle.
REVIEW PROCESS A review committee consisting of members of
the Advisory Committee of the Center for Teaching and Learning and previous IIG
awardees will review the proposals and rank the proposals recommended for funding. Grant recipients will be notified by April
1, 2001.
Faculty members who are awarded funding will be expected to share the results
of their work with other faculty and to assist in reviewing future SOT
proposals.
Scholarship
of Teaching and Learning
PURPOSE The Center for
Teaching and Learning (CTL) announces its annual Scholarship-of- Teaching and
Learning (SOTL) grant program. In its effort to bring about systemic change,
the SOTL program seeks to link the GSU faculty
to national issues of teaching and learning and to provide incentives
and support that will have a lasting impact on the teaching scholarship at GSU.
This program is designed to support GSU faculty in systematically examining
their teaching and student learning and to disseminate this information to
colleagues. This funding cycle gives priority to proposals that promote the
AAHE Campus Conversations Program and Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning. For more
information, check the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching web
site: http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/CASTL/highered/index.htm.
The priorities for 2001-2002 are to support Georgia
State University’s efforts to participate in the Carnegie Academy for the
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. This may be approached in a number of
ways:
1.
Proposals
that examine and document the impact of innovative teaching on student
learning, with special consideration given to efforts that would lead to
professional dissemination of the outcomes of the work.
2.
Proposals may seek to assist faculty to
implement and evaluate teaching and learning strategies that have been shown to
promote desired student learning outcomes.
3.
Proposals
may seek to develop ways to document effective teaching and related student
outcomes. AAHE Teaching Initiatives in the use of portfolios and peer review of
teaching are appropriate activities that would promote the scholarship of
teaching.
AWARDS: Depending upon the
scope of proposed initiatives and number of faculty involved, the Center
anticipates funding proposals for up to $3,000 each for 2001-2002. Proposals
for this year’s awards will cover the period from July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002
with announcement of awards made by April 23, 2001.
INSTRUCTIONS: Scholarship of
Teaching proposals should include the following:
1. Cover Page (see
insert)
2. Abstract (one-half page
summary of the proposed project)
3. Project Description (a description of the proposed Scholarship of
Teaching Initiative, not to exceed three
pages, which addresses the points below).
a. Describe the area
of teaching/learning your initiative intends to address, the objectives of the
project, and why this area is the focus of your request.
b. Describe
how your faculty team plans to implement the elements of Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning you have selected. Indicate how funding will enable your
plan to be implemented, e.g., securing special resources--books or
specialists/consultants, or GRAs.
c. Describe how you will evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed project.
What evidence will be collected to show that the project reached its
objectives?
d. Describe your plan for disseminating the results of your work with
professional colleagues.
4. Description of project participants. List who will be
involved in this project and what the role of each will be. Note that the intention
of the project is to document changes in teaching and learning.
5. Budget considerations: It is recommended that
requests for course releases be carefully justified. If travel is requested,
provide a statement about how the proposed travel fits within the overall plan
for the project. Applicants might consider inviting an external specialist with
expertise in area targeted in the proposal for on-campus consultation.
6. Proposed Budget
(July 1, 2001-June 30,
2002)
Procedures: Deliver five (5) copies
of your proposal to the Center for Teaching and Learning Office, 249 COE by
April 19, 2001. Faculty members who are awarded funding will be expected to
share the results of their work with other faculty and to assist in reviewing
future SOT proposals.
Instructional Improvement Grant Cover Sheet (due March 12, 2001)
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Cover Sheet (due March 19, 2001)
2001-2002
Title of the Proposal:
___________________________________________________________
Faculty Team Members: ________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Faculty Contact Person
for the Project: ____________________________________
Department(s) and College(s) Involved:
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Proposed Budget (July
1, 2001-June 30, 2002)
Amount Requested:
($3000 maximum)
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Cost Sharing or
External Support ____________________
Total Project Cost
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Source of Cost Sharing or External Support:
_______________________________
Signatures of Faculty
Team Members: _________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Signature of
Departmental Chair(s): ___________________________ Date: _______
__________________________
Date: _______
Signature of Dean(s):
__________________________ Date: _______
___________________________
Date: _______
Deliver five (5) copies to the Center for Teaching
and Learning Office, 249 COE
Instructional Improvement is due by March 12, 2001
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is due by March 19, 2001.
Carnegie Academy Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning (CASTL)
During the 1999-2000
academic year, Georgia State University participated in the Campus Conversation
on Teaching and Learning Program sponsored by the American Association for
Higher Education AAHE) and the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning (CASTL). The work on Part 1 of the Campus Conversations was done
by the Associates of the Center for Teaching and Learning. The Associates are
faculty representatives, one from each department, who work to provide
information to the Center about issues of teaching and learning at Georgia
State University (http://education.gsu.edu/ctl/
Associates.htm).
As a result of the
first year’s work on Campus Conversations (http://education.gsu.edu/ctl/Campus_
conversations/campus_conversations.htm), five areas listed
below were identified for additional attention in Part 2. We are asking, all
faculty, in addition to our Associates, to help identify which of these topics
should be the focus for campus-wide activities Part 2 of Campus Conversations.
·How does Georgia State
University move from the teaching paradigm to the learning paradigm?
·What
are the factors that support/inhibit the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
at GSU: Should there be changes? What should be changed? How can these changes
be instituted? This may include faculty recruitment practices, promotion, tenure,
and merit pay raises.
·How do we best use
teaching portfolios for evaluation and to enhance teaching and learning?
·How can faculty be
encouraged to examine their classroom practices to result in greater student
learning? This could include provided faculty with research, information about
other instructional models (e.g., active learning, problem-based learning,
group/collaborative work) and applications of technology.
·How can we create,
support, and maintain a community of ongoing scholarly discussion about
teaching and learning?
Your opinions
regarding the priorities for our University are welcome. Send your comments to hdangel@gsu.edu.
Link your technology enhanced courses to the GSU
master list
Many of our students
(and faculty) regularly check the course listing schedule accessed from the GSU
homepage--http://webdb.gsu.edu/00-fa/courses/. Now, faculty can provide
students and prospective students with information about their courses (e.g.,
course prerequisites, syllabus, and WebCT Welcome Page) with a link from the
GSU page to their course site. WebExchange will add the necessary link from the
course listing page to your course site. Simply email your request for the
connection to WebExchange@gsu.edu.
The Instructional Improvement Grant (IIG) Program
is to promote exemplary efforts by departments and groups of faculty members to
collaboratively develop and implement
creative approaches to teaching. We are especially interested in funding
projects that
will have a systemic impact on teaching and
learning at Georgia State University, including: (a) Courses identified and
supported by the college and the department and a commitment to use the
material to enhance most or all sections of the course; (b) Courses with high
enrollment in multiple sections; (c) Courses that are learner-centered, use
standards-based or criterion-based assessment; (d) Courses that foster a
learning community; and (e) Participating faculty committed to the concept and
to research on teaching using the course and course revision based on the
outcome. The request for proposals is distributed in January with proposal deadlines
in March and funding awards announced in April for the coming year.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant Program
The program is designed to expand the interest and
commitment of faculty in enhancing teaching at Georgia State University and supports
faculty team efforts to examine, apply, and extend nationally recognized
initiatives in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. The funding cycle is
the same as for Instructional Improvement Grants and gives priority to
proposals that promote Campus Conversations about the Scholarship of Teaching
with special consideration given to collaborative efforts among faculty.
Stay up to date about teaching and learning at GSU
by checking the Center for Teaching and Learning Web Site. http://education.gsu.edu/ctl
Wednesdays are scheduled as times for faculty members to
participate in faculty development activities involving technology and issues
of teaching and learning. The first and third Wednesdays will be Brown Bag
Lunches (http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwets/support/
brownbag.htm) and focus on using technology to enhance teachinng
and
learning (including a GSAMS session which connects institutions from around the
state on the third Wednesday). Sessions
meet on Wednesday in COE 150 from 11:45am to 1:00pm
January 3 No meeting
January 17 MERLOT Online Learning
Objects--. presented by
Dr. Jessica
Somers, Advanced Learning Technologies, Georgia Board of Regents
Dr Somers will
demonstrate MERLOT, an online database of learning objects, peer/user reviews,
and lesson assignments including . The session will cover USG's participation
in MERLOT; how the MERLOT peer review
process has evolved into a faculty development program; and ways
in which faculty can incorporate MERLOT learning objects into their own
traditional and online courses (GSAMS).
February 7 Teaching
and Learning with Technology Center--,
presented by Dr. Faye
Borthick, the Director of the TLTC.
Dr. Borthick will present an overview of the TLTC
and services that will be available. The new Center, housed in the
Pullin Library, will offer faculty a one-stop location for accessing resources
for enhancing teaching with technology (local)
February 21 eCore™ presentation/demonstration by Dr. Mike Rogers, Board of Regents
Dr. Rogers will demonstrate the University System of Georgia eCore™ program, the electronic , online core curriculum for freshman and sophomore. The eCore™ program is a major initiative within the USG technology initiative and provides a glimpse into the university of the future (GSAMS).
March 7 TBA
(Local)
March
21 Making Movies for the Web, Presented by James Poulakos and Julian Allen, UETS
This presesntationpresentation
will describe the methods and equipment needed to prepare video for use on the Internet.
Goals, equipment, software, selecting a video capture systems and serving your
video will be discussed. Presenters will help you decide if video is the way
you should go (GSAMS).
TBA
April 18 No meeting Brown
Bag is cancelled due to the 12th Annual Conference
on
College Teaching & Learning in Jacksonville, FL
May 2 Coming Events with WebCT-- and discussion of the
newest version of WebCT.
Presented by Paula Christopher and Harold Powers
Empty Bag Lunch Schedule
The sessions alternate with the WebCT fourth Wednesdays and are for
faculty members, part-time instructors and graduate teaching assistants who are
hungry for fresh ideas about teaching and learning. These sessions will have a
presentation or discussion on a topic identified by the faculty as an issue of
concern. Sessions meet on Wednesday from noon till 1:00pm (usually in COE
150).
January
24 Just Passing a Test Isn’t Learning: Promoting Deep Learning—Harry Dangel
September 27February 14 —Classrooms from Hell
II--Professors
Harvey Brightman and Satish Nagundkar,
RCBA
March 14 Learning Styles—Robert
Elrod (special two-hour session)
April 11 Tips for Teaching
Large Classes
February 1-4, 2001 Ninth annual conference of AAHE’s Forum on Faculty
Roles &
Rewards,
in Tampa, Florida. The Changing Professoriate: New Technologies, New
Generation is the organizing theme (http://www.aahe.org/ffrr/2001/preview/index.htm).
February
8-9, 2001 Eighth Annual Georgia Conference on College & University Teaching,
Kennesaw State University. This year's conference offers concurrent sessions
and workshops on Teaching Online Courses, Creative Teaching Techniques,
Teaching Culture & Diversity, Teaching with Technology, Cooperative
Learning, Service Learning, Forging a Classroom Community, and Assessment. The opening keynote address by Dr. Dorothy
Zinsmeister, Senior Associate for Academic Affairs for the University System of
Georgia, is entitled "Not There Yet:
Defining the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning."
March 24-27, 2001 AAHE's National Conference on Higher
Education,
Washington, DC
The 2001 Conference will feature two areas of
emphasis: Balancing Private Gain and Public Good" -- this year's major
theme and topic of timely interest.
"Surveying the Landscape" -- a plethora of sessions across the
broad range of topics significant to academic life today (http://www.aahe.org/2001conf/callforproposal.htm).
April 10, 2001 Third Annual Teaching and Learning
with Technology EXPO, Georgia State
University. Keynote Speaker, John Moore, Director of the Faculty
Development Institute at Virginia Tech. The annual demonstration of
how GSU
faculty use technology to enhance teaching and learning.
The session will
present a series of scenarios for discussion among participants. Each scenario presents a problem/opportunity
to improve teaching and learning. We
have used these "classroom from hell" scenarios in the Robinson
College of Business’s very successful Seminar on University Teaching. Come join us and experience everything that
can wrong in the classroom in virtual reality.
It will be a fun and informative session.
October 11—A New Way to Effectively Structure Class
Presentations
From
the University of Kansas comes a new way to organize your content to make it
more easily understood by students. The Content Enhancement Strategy,
demonstrated by Marie Keel, provides a research-based, effective means to make
certain presentations to students are clear and well organized.
November 8—Academic Misconduct
Professors
Bea Yorker and Faye Borthick will examine how to deal with problems of
plagiarism (especially in a technology enriched class) and civility in
university classes.
Date to be decided--Strategies for Teaching Large
Classes
Learn
from experienced faculty how to effectively handle large classes, including
management strategies, presentation techniques, and evaluation procedures.
Check
the CTL website for current information on activities related to teaching and
learning at GSU: http://education.gsu.edu/ctl
Faculty at
Georgia State now have access to the online journal National Teaching and
Learning Forum. This full-text journal is available at http://www.ntlf.com/restricted. Our subscription is set up to permit free
access from computers on the GSU network.
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Barbara
Baumstark Biology |
Carla Relaford DDL |
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Harvey
Brightman Management |
Lyn Thaxton Library |
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Nannette
Commander Counseling Center |
Patrick Wiseman Law |
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Paul
Farnham Economics |
Bea Yorker Nursing |
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Steve Harmon MSIT |
Harry Dangel, Director |