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Transforming Introductory Psychology: Trading Ownership For Student Success, Randall E. Osborne, William Browne, Susan J. Shapiro, Walter F. Wagor

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

As colleges struggle to maintain enrollments, many have shifted from a primary focus on recruitment of new students to an increased focus on retaining students once they begin attending the college or university. An examination of introductory courses on our campus, however, revealed significant differences between faculty perceptions of student skills and the actual skills students brought into the classroom. This prompted shifts in the manner in which we teach introductory psychology on our campus in order to enhance the skills necessary for success in survey courses and to provide a foundation of learning and thinking skills that would translate …

Teachnology: Linking Teaching And Technology In Faculty Development, Mei-Yau Shih, Mary Deane Sorcinelli

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

As a coordinator of teaching technologies and director of a center for teaching in a large research university, we have worked collaboratively over the last year to achieve a common goal: to implement and refine several faculty development initiatives that create linkages among the domains of teaching, learning, and technology. In this case study, we will describe the kinds of programs we’ve developedand summarize lessons we’ve learned. We hope that faculty developers on other campuses who are grappling with how to define their mission related to technology and how to work with faculty to integrate teaching and technology can adapt …

From Transparency Toward Expertise: Writing–Across–The–Curriculum As A Site For New Collaborations In Organizational, Faculty, And Instructional Development, Philip G. Cottell Jr., Serena Hansen, Kate Ronald

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

This paper will inform readers about a comprehensive approach to collaborative efforts between faculty developers, discipline specific faculty, and writing specialists. Miami University’s Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration has begun to support a team of writing specialists, led by a faculty developer. This team has worked with business faculty lo build a model of collaboration far using Writing-Across-the-Curriculum that addresses some of the shortcomings of earlier models. This paper recounts the successful use of this new model in one accounting class.

Faculty Teaching Partners And Associates: Engaging Faculty As Leaders In Instructional Development, Myra S. Wilhite, Joyce Povlacs Lunde, Gail F. Latta

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Special interest discussion groups provide opportunities for faculty to address specific instructional issues in a variety of areas including technology, distance learning, general teaching topics, pre-tenure issues, honors teaching, and the like. In 1995, to leverage the Teaching and Learning Center’s resources, outstanding classroom teachers were invited to provide leadership for discussion groups by serving as Partners or Associates. This chapter describes how an inexpensive faculty discussion-group leadership program maximizes a teaching improvement center’s resources, makes innovative teaching visible, and provides peer models for other faculty while helping promote an overall institutional culture that actively supports teaching excellence.

Creating A Culture Of Formative Assessment: The Teaching Excellence And Assessment Partnership Project, Roseanna G. Ross, Anthony Schwaller, Jenine Helmin

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

In a year-long, grant-supported collaborative effort, St. Cloud State University’s Assessment Office and Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence created a Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) faculty development project. This project was targeted at departments across campus at St. Cloud State University, with the intent of creating a university climate of formative assessment while improving teaching and learning. This article describes the purposes, stages of implementation, and results of the project as measured by a pre-test and post-test survey. The pre-and post-test surveys indicate that the project was highly effective in impacting the use of CATs among participants and their departmental colleagues.

Fragmentation Versus Integration Of Faculty Work, Carolin Kreber, Patricia Cranton

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Present faculty development practice encourages new faculty to integrate teaching, research, and other aspects of academic work early in their careers. By drawing on both the cognitive and the developmental psychology literature, we propose integration as an advanced stage of adult development that comes about as a result of extensive experience and expertise. We argue that faculty should be advised to focus on either research or teaching at different times during their early years and that integration of professorial roles should only be expected at a later stage. We discuss the implications of such an approach for faculty development.

Getting Lecturers To Take Discussion Seriously, Stephen Brookfield, Stephen Preskill

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

In this chapter we examine how faculty resistant to experimenting with discussion methods can be encouraged to take them seriously. We begin by acknowledging and addressing publicly the objections to using discussion most frequently raised by skeptical faculty. We then turn to proposing what we believe are the most common reasons why attempts to use discussion sometimes fail: that teachers have unrealistic expectations of the method, that students are unprepared, that reward systems in the classroom are askew, and that teachers have not modeled their own participation in, and commitment to, discussion methods. For each of these reasons we suggest …

“It's Hard Work!”: Faculty Development In A Program For First–Year Students, Martha L. A. Stassen

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Academic programs designed specifically for first-year students provide an important opportunity for faculty growth. This chapter contributes to the limited literature on this topic through a qualitative analysis of interviews with faculty members who taught in an experimental living-learning community for first-year students at a Research I Public University. The analysis suggests atleast four dimensions of faculty growth as a result of their involvement in first-year programs. In addition to outlining the types of impact this experience has on the faculty involved, the article suggests the implications of these findings for faculty development.

The Influence Of Disciplinary Differences On Consultations With Faculty, Virginia Lee

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

In recent years researchers have begun to investigate the nature of disciplinary differences in higher education and their implications for teaching and learning. While researchers have studied several aspects of disciplinary differences, they have given comparatively little attention to the significance of these differences for faculty development. After reviewing selective, representative studies from the literature on disciplinary differences, this paper develops a general framework for determining how the characteristics of a discipline influence the dynamics of the consulting relationship using the example of the hard sciences. It explores what kinds of discipline-specific knowledge will be important for consultants and under …

Faculty Development Centers In Research Universities: A Study Of Resources And Programs, Delivee L. Wright

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

The purpose of this study was to compile updated information on resources and programs of faculty/instructional development centers in Carnegie classification Research I and Research II universities. It allows centers across the country to see where they stand in regard to a number of specific aspects of center operation. Size of institution, mission, resources, budgets, and staffing vary greatly, while activities and services have a greater degree of similarity. The data reveal a number of questions for further study and discussion.

Place As Text: Approaches To Active Learning, Bernice Braid, Ada Long

National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs

INTRODUCTION, Bernice Braid
HONORS SEMESTERS: ANATOMY OF ACTIVE LEARNING, William Daniel
HONORS SEMESTERS: AN ARCHITECTURE OF ACTIVE LEARNING, Bernice Braid

OTHER STRUCTURAL MODELS OF ACTIVE LEARNING City as Text©, Bernice Braid
Faculty Development Institutes, William Daniel
Summer High School Field Experience, Bernice Braid
College Recruitment Exercise, Bernadette Low
Orientation Exercise, Bernadette Low
Professional Development Exercise, Bernadette Low
Other Courses, Bernadette Low

AN EXAMPLE OF ACTIVE LEARNING IN THE COLLEGE CLASSROOM, Shirley Forbes Thomas

ACTIVE LEARNING: ASSESSMENT OF HONORS SEMESTERS Internal Assessment, Ann Raia
External Assessment, Ada Long

ACTIVE LEARNING: STUDENT PERSPECTIVES ON HONORS SEMESTERS, Elizabeth Beck

ACTIVE LEARNING IN A …

Unopa Notes, Volume 39, Issue 4, November 2000

UNOPA: Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Pod Network News, December 1999

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

President's Column

President Elect, 2000-2001

POD Committees

To Improve the Academy

Wanted: An Archives Site for POD Papers

Position Announcements

Member News

New Books

Conference Notes

Future Newsletter Items

Pod Network News, September 1999

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

President's Column

Core Committee Self-Nominations

Share Your Bright Ideas!

Position Announcements

Center Updates

Member News

New Book

1999 POD Network Conference

Other Conference Notes

Call for Proposals

Back Issues of To Improve the Academy

Future Newsletter Items

POD Core Committee, 2000-2003 Self-Nomination Form

POD Network and Brigham Young University Faculty Center present: Faculty Development: Who Needs It?

Pod Network News, June 1999

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

President's Column

POD Grant Program

To Improve the Academy

Share Your Bright Ideas!

Position Announcement

Center Updates

Regional Association News

Member News

Emeritus/Emerita Membership Update

Tom Creed: In Memorium

Conference Notes

Scholarly Writers Institute

Subscribing to POD Digest

Future Newsletter Items

Call for Proposals POD Network 1999

To Improve the Academy Associate Editor/Reviewer Self-Nomination Form

Call For Manuscripts for the 2000 Edition of To Improve the Academy

Manuscript Cover Sheet 2000 To Improve the Academy

Application for POD Retired Membership Status: Member Emeritus/a

Nefdc Exchange, Volume 9, Number 2, Spring 1999, New England Faculty Development Consortium

New England Faculty Development Consortium Exchange

Contents

Developing New and Junior Faculty Careers - Mary Deane Sorcinelli. University of Massachusetts, Amherst

From the President - Susan J. Pasquale, Harvard Medical School

2nd Annual NEFDC Faculty Development Roundup May 26, 1999 Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire

Review: Two very different books of teaching cases - Jeffrey Halprin, Nichols College

Board of Directors

Pod Network News, March 1999

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

President's Column

President-Elect Chosen

News from the Core

Diversity Dimensions

Regional Association Overview

Conferences

Member News

Future Newsletter Items

1999-00 Unopa Executive Board Minutes

UNOPA: Minutes

No abstract provided.

Call For Proposals

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Contents: 1999 POD Conference Call for Proposals

Call for Proposals: Pathways through the Field

The POD Network

The POD Network Annual Conference

POD Mission

Conference Theme

Suggested Topics and Issues

Desired Qualities of the Conference and Its Sessions

Format Options for Conference Sessions

POD 1999 Conference: Session Format Options At-a-Glance

Criteria for Proposal Review and Selection

Instructions for Submitting Proposals

Proposal Cover Sheet

"Blind Review" Proposal Form

POD and Its Support for Faculty Development, Instructional Development, and Organizational Development

Seeing with the Heart: Sustaining a Meaningful Faculty Learning Environment, by Naomi Okumura Story

Registration Information

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

The Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education: Mission Statement

Letter, by Laura L. B. Border (Conference Coordinator), Virleen Carlson (Program Chair), James Eison (President)

Collaborations, Connections, and Community: Preliminary Conference Schedule for the 1998 POD Conference

Keynote Address: Patricia Raybon

Plenary Session 1: Ted Marchese and James Rhem

Plenary session 2: Kaylynn TwoTrees and Naomi Okumura Story

A Sample of Concurrent Sessions Planned for the 1999 POD Conference

Information on Advance Book Sessions at Conference

Pre-Conference Workshops: Full-Day Workshops, Half-Day Workshops

Educational Expeditions

The Resort at Split Rock: Room Reservation Information

Airline and Ground Transportation Options

Roommate …

Honors Programs At Smaller Colleges, Samuel Schuman

National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs

This little pamphlet first appeared in 1988 which, from the perspective of American higher education, is either just yesterday or eons ago. At the end of the '80s, in that First Edition, it was still possible to suggest that a fully-equipped Honors office space should have "a computer or typewriter," a suggestion which today sounds more appropriate for a museum of antique office machinery than an up-to-date operation. On the other hand, some of the same questions about access and elitism which troubled us over a decade ago continue to be contemporary concerns. This revision, like most, seeks to preserve …

Pod Network News, December 1998

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

President's Column

Time for Applause!

Carnegie Teaching Academy

Regional Association Overviews and News

Office Established

IJAD Editorial Board

TIA Review Team

Member News

Future Newsletter Items

Ways to Contact POD

Pod Network News, September 1998

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

President's Column

New Publishing Activities

Diversity Dimensions

Regional Association Overview

More Bright Ideas, Please!

Conferences

Member News

Position Announcement

Center Updates

Future Newsletter Items

Four Ways to Communicate With the POD Network

POD Core Committee, 1999-2002 Self-Nomination Form

Pod Network News, June 1998

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

President's Column

'98 Conference Registration-Just Do It!

National Outreach Subcommittee

Forum on Faculty Roles and Rewards

TLT Group

POD Committee Chairpersons

Regional Association Overview

Wanted: Bright Ideas

Reviewers Sought

Web Address Update

ICED Conference

Conferences

Member News

POD Members Emeritus/Emerita

International Journal Academic Development

Pod Network News, March 1998

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

President's Column

POD has Moved!

POD Conference Communiqués

Spirit of POD Award

Bright Ideas

New Web Pages

Conferences

Diversity Dimensions

Regional Association Overview

POD Grants Announced

Member News

Emeritus/Emerita Membership Update

Future Newsletter Items

Call for Proposals POD Network 1998

Professional And Organizational Development Network In Higher Education: Mission Statement

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

No abstract provided.

23rd Annual Conference Program

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Welcome, by Kay Herr Gillespie (President, POD Network), G. Roger Sell (Conference Coordinator), Joyce Weinsheimer (Program Chairperson)

1998-99 Core Committee

Executive Directors/Presidents

Acknowledgments

Conference Overview

Index of presenters

POD Network Mission Statement

Session Cancellations

Announcements

Conference Participants

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

No abstract provided.

Call For Proposals

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Contents: 1998 POD Call for Proposals

Collaborations, Connections, and Community

Session Format Options At-a-Glance

Proposal Cover Sheet

"Blind Review" Proposal Form

POD and Its Support for Faculty Development, Instructional Development, and Organizational Development

Registration Information

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Mission Statement

Invitation, by Kay Herr Gillespie (President), G. Roger Sell (Conference Coordinator), Joyce Weinsheimer (Program Chairperson)

Preliminary Conference Schedule

Keynote Address: Margaret J. Wheatley, Bringing Life to Our Work

A Sample of Concurrent Sessions Planned for the 1998 POD Conference

Information on Advance Book Sessions at Conference

Plenary Sessions

Pre-Conference Workshops

Educational Expeditions

Snowbird Room Reservation Information

Cliff Lodge Snowbird Reservations

1998 POD Conference Registration Form

POD Network Institutional Membership List

Additional Important Information