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TAR project accepted for publication

Submitted by Angel Hoekstra on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 3:43pm

Two CIRTL Teaching-as-Research fellows from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Angel Hoekstra and Bethany Wilcox, have just received word that the research data gathered for our TAR project is to be published in Astronomy Education Review in 2012! Read More »

TAMU-CIRTL Highlights - June 2012

Submitted by Gurlovleen Rathore on Sat, 06/16/2012 - 6:27pm

TAMU-CIRTL continues its commitment to graduate-through-faculty professional development (PD) via strengthening of TAMU-CIRTL programs & collaborations. A few highlights:

Collaborations with Graduate Teaching Academy (GTA): TAMU-CIRTL will continue to strengthen its collaboration with the GTA via involvement in GTA program re-design and evaluation for the upcoming GTA program year this summer. Read More »

CIRTL Spotlights: Boston University

Submitted by caroline.crehan on Tue, 06/12/2012 - 10:28am

The next institution on our CIRTL Spotlights series is Boston University (BU), one of twenty-five institutions that makeup the CIRTL Network.

We cast our light on BU to showcase several centers of STEM research and education that match CIRTL pillars and mission. Among them is the Center for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching (CEIT) which encompasses all schools and colleges within the university and is charged broadly with promoting and supporting innovative and exemplary teaching and facilitating continued professional development of faculty as teachers. Read More »

Cornell University Receives Grant That Will Help Graduate Students Improve Teaching

Submitted by caroline.crehan on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 11:37am

Cornell University had been awarded a $125,000 grant from the Teagle Foundation to increase opportunities for graduate students to become future teaching scholars. The grant will fund the 21st Century Graduate Teaching and Research Scholars Program that will build upon Cornell’s Graduate Teaching Certificate Initiative, also funded by the Teagle Foundation.  Read More »

CIRTL Network Exchange to Vanderbilt University

Submitted by wilcoxb on Tue, 05/29/2012 - 5:24pm

    In the 2012 spring semester I had the opportunity to participate in the CIRTL Network Exchange program.  This was a very valuable and enjoyable experience, and I am very pleased that I was able to take advantage of it.  I traveled from my home institution of the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) to Vanderbilt University in Nashville to give presentations on both my Teaching-As-Research (TAR) project and disciplinary research.  As I am somewhat earlier in my graduate career than is typical for TAR students, I did not approach my presentations as mock jo Read More »

CIRTL Spotlights: Johns Hopkins University

Submitted by caroline.crehan on Tue, 05/29/2012 - 3:50pm

Johns Hopkins University, often cited as the first modern graduate research university in America, firmly believes that teaching and research complement and strengthen one another. Johns Hopkins University began awarding PhD degree’s in STEM areas in 1878; today it produces one the largest cohorts of PhDs each year of any private university in the country. In 2010, Johns Hopkins awarded 363 PhDs in STEM disciplines. Read More »

UW–Madison Teaching Academy Welcomes Delta Learning Community Members

Submitted by kmittels on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 3:09pm

The UW Teaching Academy is comprised of faculty and instructional staff members at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who provide leadership to strengthen undergraduate, graduate, and outreach teaching and learning on campus. It was founded in 1993 with the mission of promoting effective teaching and learning at UW and nationally by encouraging innovation, experimentation, and dialogue among current faculty and the teachers of the future. Read More »

Teaching-as-Research Fellows at Vanderbilt Share Completed Projects

Submitted by velez on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 8:24am

This year, four graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from Vanderbilt University completed Teaching-as-Research (TAR) projects, exploring aspects of undergraduate education in their disciplines. These four TAR fellows include Mike Myers, Mechanical Engineering; Elizabeth Adolph and Margarita Pietro, Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering; and Manara Carely, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Read More »

CIRTL Network Exchanges from the University of Colorado Boulder

Submitted by blanford on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 8:52am

Three CU Boulder TAR fellows participated in CIRTL Network Exchanges in the spring of 2012 to present the findings of their TAR research to fellow institutions in the CIRTL Network.

Kristin Boles presented the findings of her TAR research and gave a colloquium about her coursework at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Kristin conducted a study in the fall 2011 to determine if simple glassware demonstrations helped improve student performance in general chemistry labs. Read More »

TAMU-CIRTL Highlights, Spring 2012

Submitted by Gurlovleen Rathore on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 11:31pm

The Texas A&M Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching & Learning (TAMU-CIRTL) successfully completed the 2011-2012 programming year. Below are a few highlights from the TAMU-CIRTL and TAMU-CIRTL collaborations: Read More »