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Nefdc Exchange, Volume 12, Number 2, Fall 2001, New England Faculty Development Consortium
Nefdc Exchange, Volume 12, Number 2, Fall 2001, New England Faculty Development Consortium
NEFDC Exchange
Contents
Message from the President - Jeff Halprin, Nichols College
Teaching Through Disaster - Matt Ouellett, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
From the Editor - Sue Barrett, Boston College
Connecticut College Responds to September 11 - Michael Reder, Connecticut College
Annual NEFDC Fall 2001 Conference; theme: Higher Education After Technology: Faculty Work In a Wired World; keynote speaker: Randy Bass, Georgetown University; Friday, November 16th, 2001, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
Spirit of Teaching - Bill Searle, Asnuntuck Community College
The Hope Photographs -Sue Barrett, Boston College
Board of Directors
Why Do We Engage In Engagement?, Judith A. Ramaley
Why Do We Engage In Engagement?, Judith A. Ramaley
Public Administration Faculty Publications and Presentations
Universities have many reasons for seeking closer alliances and partnerships with the communities they serve. These partnerships constitute a set of mutually beneficial relationships that can challenge the traditional values of the academy. Direct involvement with community and societal issues is often considered less than scholarly by faculty and the changes necessary to promote meaningful community-campus interactions may be viewed with suspicion or anxiety by members of both the campus community and the broader community. There are many benefits associated with engagement that make the challenge of building the capacity for partnership worthwhile.
Gen Ms 10 Harriet Sweetser Letters, John D. Knowlton
Gen Ms 10 Harriet Sweetser Letters, John D. Knowlton
Search the General Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Provenance: Donated by Elizabeth Sweetser Baxter in 1999. Ownership & Literary Rights: The Harriet Sweetser Letters are the physical property of the University of Southern Maine Library. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the creator or his legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Head of Special Collections. Cite as: Harriet Sweetser Letters, Special Collections, University of Southern Maine Libraries. Restrictions on access: This collection is open for research.
Who Owns Our Values? Back To School, John Strassburger
Who Owns Our Values? Back To School, John Strassburger
Publications
This is the sixth in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.
Teaching And Learning Online: A Beginner's Guide To E-Learning And E-Teaching In Higher Education, Ron Oliver, Jan Herrington
Teaching And Learning Online: A Beginner's Guide To E-Learning And E-Teaching In Higher Education, Ron Oliver, Jan Herrington
Research outputs pre 2011
The move to online learning has a huge groundswell of approval and support across all sectors of education and it is likely that this level of interest which has been growing steadily will continue to grow even further in the immediate future. There are a number of clear reasons that can be seen to sit behind the popularity of this form of technology-based education. Some of the more common factors and influences driving the uptake of online delivery include:
• Flexibility: In many institutions, administrators are seeing advantage in the flexibility that online learning settings create for course delivery. The …
Classroom Asessment: Guidelines For Success, Thomas A. Angelo
Classroom Asessment: Guidelines For Success, Thomas A. Angelo
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
This essay defines and gives examples of Classroom Assessment and Classroom Research and provides guidelines for faculty based upon 15 years of research and practice.
Integrating Learning Strategies Into Teaching, Terry Doyle
Integrating Learning Strategies Into Teaching, Terry Doyle
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Students often lack the strategies needed to effectively learn course content. Integrating the teaching of “learning how to learn” strategies into course content is the best way for students to be successful.
Teaching In Action: Multicultural Education As The Highest Form Of Understanding, Christine A. Stanley
Teaching In Action: Multicultural Education As The Highest Form Of Understanding, Christine A. Stanley
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
To enhance the multicultural understanding of students, this essay offers conceptions and suggestions relating to course and curricular change. We can indeed all practice multicultural teaching!
Cooperative Learning: May The Circle Be Unbroken, Barbara J. Millis
Cooperative Learning: May The Circle Be Unbroken, Barbara J. Millis
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Fueled by new discoveries in cognitive development and the thrust toward active learning in general, cooperative learning in higher education is now widely accepted and widely practiced.
Academic Service-Learning: Myths, Challenges, And Recommendations, Jeffrey Howard
Academic Service-Learning: Myths, Challenges, And Recommendations, Jeffrey Howard
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
This essay reviews the essential elements of curriculum-based service-learning – meaningful community service, enhanced student learning, and preparation for democratic citizenship – as well as myths, challenges, and recommendations associated with this pedagogy.
Exploring Student Expectations, Janet Gail Donald, James Wilkinson
Exploring Student Expectations, Janet Gail Donald, James Wilkinson
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
What do professors need to know about students to empower them as learners? We explore the dimensions of understanding students in terms of their goals, roles and the way they spend their time.
Teaching With Hospitality, John B. Bennett
Teaching With Hospitality, John B. Bennett
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Fortunately, hospitality is practiced more than it is preached. A cardinal academic virtue, hospitality is essential in the classroom as well as in relationships with colleagues. This essay looks at why this is so.
Emotion Inthe Classroom, Edward Vela
Emotion Inthe Classroom, Edward Vela
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Theories of cognition give little attention to the role of emotion. Nevertheless, affect is intimately involved in learning. As educators we must understand emotional aspects of the learning environment.
Transforming Technology Management Courses For Web Delivery, Wayne Wakeland
Transforming Technology Management Courses For Web Delivery, Wayne Wakeland
Systems Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
This paper explores the ramifications of using web technology in teaching technology management courses, computer-based modeling and simulation courses in particular. The emphasis is on what works, but disappointments are also mentioned. Web technology is being used to supplant lectures with self-paced materials and lab exercises that enable students to take courses remotely and asynchronously. Web-based exams are also discussed.