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Teaching-as-Research projects provide experience and opportunities

Increasing numbers of STEM graduate students from across the CIRTL Network are applying their research skills in classroooms and other learning environments by developing and implementing teaching-as-research (TAR) projects. Read More »

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Derek Bruff Encourages Conference Backchannel

Writing in the Chronicle of Higher Education today, CIRTL colleague Derek Bruff from Vanderbilt University discusses the use of Twitter at higher education conferences. Read More »

Teri Balser named 2010 U.S. Professor of the Year

The Chronicle reports today that Teresa C. Balser, Associate professor of soil science, University of Wisconsin at Madison was recently named one of four US Professors of the Year by Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.  Teri has been a collaborator with the Delta Program on Research, Teaching and Learning for several years and she currently serves on the Delta Steering Committee. Read More »

APPLY: Teaching Workshops for Postdocs in Biology - FIRST IV

Application due: December 15, 2010
Notification of Acceptance: January 30, 2011
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CIRTLCast - The Science of Broadening Participation - Tuesday October 20th

Ever wonder why an intervention designed to get more women into sciencemay not work as planned? Why the percentage of women who are physicistsin Italy is higher than the percentage in Denmark? We are starting torealize the importance of understanding interventions and assessingtheir effectiveness in context so that we can develop more effectivestrategies to increase inclusion in the STEM fields. This CIRTL-cast isintended to introduce some key ideas and stimulate discussion on thesetopics! Read More »

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