Co-Directors: Mary Ann Cessna, Dir. Center for Teaching Excellence, John Woolcock, Chemistry, Brian Jones, Theater, Teresa Shellenbarger, Nursing and Allied Health Professionals
- 116 Faculty members 32 of the 40 Departments and all 6 Academic Colleges
- 8 Student Affairs Professionals
11 Cross-Disciplinary Teaching Circles
- Alternatives to Lecturing
- Creating a Teaching Portfolio (4 groups)
- Critical Thinking
- Service Learning
- Using Case Studies
- Using the Internet to Enhance Teaching, Learning and Research at IUP
- How and Why We Grade
- Teaching with Technology—PowerPoint
7 Departmental Teaching Circles
- English
- Biology
- Nursing (2 Circles)
- Office Systems and Business Education
- Physics
- Theater
Workshops
10 October 1997
47 participants
“How Do You Measure Departmental Productivity?” by Dr. Jon Wergin (Virginia Commonwealth University)
11 October 1997
42 participants
“Thinking Collectively about Student Learning: The Role of the Academic Department” by Dr. Jon Wergin (Virginia Commonwealth University)
28 March 1998
27 participants
“Linking Departmental Productivity to Student Learning” by Dr. Jon Wergin (Virginia Commonwealth University)
17–18 May 1998
23 participants
“Community Partnerships that Transform Student Learning” by Dr. Alice Kaiser-Drobney
RP Large Group Meetings
August 1997
(John Woolcock and Brian Jones)
Starting Off on the Right Foot
September 1997
(John Woolcock and Brian Jones)
Getting Started: Reports From the First Day of Class, Classic Small Groups, and Departmental Teaching Circles
October 1997
(Terry Ray)
Classroom Discussion: Getting It Started, Keeping It Going
Videoconference: How to be an OSCAR Winning Teacher (Tony Grasha)
November 1997
(Teresa Shellenbarger)
Reflecting on OSCAR
December 1997
(Muhammad Numan)
Assessment of Student Learning as a Means to Affect Student Behavior
February 1998
(Tom Van Dyke)
Using TQM in the Classroom
March 1998
(Dan Boone and Carol Caraway)
Making Critical Thinking Work in Your Course-An Applied Workshop
April 1998
(Virginia Hemby, Bill McPherson, Linda Szul, and Dawn Woodland)
Bring Out the Tinkertoys
Reflective Practice Recognition Dinner
Presentations
20 March 1998 Seventh Annual Conference on Advancing Teaching in College Classrooms and Campus Cultures
“Good Talk about Good Teaching: Stimulating Departmental Conversions about Teaching and Learning” by T. Shellenbarger, M. Twal, J. Woolcock, M A Cessna, and B. Jones
19-21 March 1998 Seventh Annual Conference on Advancing Teaching in College Classrooms and Campus Cultures
14 Reflective Practice Members attended