CIRTL

Cirtl Network Online Session 4/16/2013

Submitted by mohammadreza on Tue, 04/16/2013 - 12:27pm

Great presentation from educators all over the nation, Teachin as Research info session. sitting here at B17 Davis hall, with  Lisa Barry, Dr. Jackson , and other UTA teaching assistants.

 

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 »

AAU Working to Improve Undergraduate STEM Education

Submitted by Kevin Atherton on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 2:56pm

 "No single organization can improve undergraduate STEM education on its own, says Robert Mathieu, an astronomer who directs the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning based at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. It's a systemic problem, he says, "but AAU is one of the key levers that has to be aligned," citing the huge role that AAU institutions play in preparing future faculty members." Read More »

Vanderbilt and Fisk Commit to Affiliate Together as Full Institutional Members of CIRTL

Submitted by cheethao.cirtl on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 4:30pm

Vanderbilt University has been an active and committed participant in the CIRTL Network since 2006.  One of Vanderbilt’s successful initiatives has been the Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program, a collaboration between STEM faculty at Vanderbilt and Fisk University, a Historically Black University in Nashville.  The Bridge Program is being developed as a model for significantly broadening the participation of women and underrepresented minorities attaining the PhD in the physical sciences Read More »

Angel Hoekstra presented her CIRTL-sponsored Teaching as Research project at Cal Poly in Pomona

Submitted by Angel Hoekstra on Thu, 05/19/2011 - 5:43pm

Dr. Angel Hoekstra traveled to Pomona, California this week to present her TAR research at California Polytechnic State University (May 19, 2011).  Dr. Hoekstra's trip was sponsored by ADVANCE, an NSF grant designed to encourage the development of women in the sciences. The dual support of these two programs allowed for Dr. Read More »

Upcoming Event: CIRTL Network Exchange

Submitted by herbert2 on Thu, 05/19/2011 - 4:07pm

We are very excited to tell you about the third CIRTL Network Exchange of the 2010-2011 academic year, as part of the Network Exchange Program. This exchange will feature Jonathan Wellons, a PhD student in Computer Science at  Vanderbilt University, visiting the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Read More »

Upcoming Event: CIRTL Network Exchange

Submitted by cefisher2 on Tue, 11/16/2010 - 1:31pm

We are very excited to tell you about the first CIRTL Network Exchange of the 2010-2011 academic year, as part of the Network Exchange Program. This exchange will feature Malia Dong, a graduate student from the DOE-Plant Research Laboratory at Michigan State University, visiting the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Read More »

CIRTL Featured on Homepage of WCER

Submitted by Kevin Atherton on Thu, 11/04/2010 - 1:28pm

CIRTL is currently being featured on the homepage of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research site as an example of NSF funded broader impact research.    Read More »

New Coffee Hour Archive Post: Where do you want to work? Teaching and research at different institutions

Submitted by Kevin Atherton on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 2:56pm
October 21, 2010 - Adam Hoffman, University of Dubuque, Dr. Kathryn Devine, College of Idaho, and Dr. Sarah Bannen, Madison Area Technical College, Mathematics Department

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A Second Network Exchange Participant's Experience - Jeff Klukas

Submitted by jklukas on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 11:12am

I spent last week at CU-Boulder as one of the inaugural CIRTL network exchange participants. I had a chance to talk about my disciplinary research, presenting at Boulder's High Energy Physics seminar, as well as my teaching research, presenting to a physics graduate student group as well the their Physics Education Research (PER) group. It was an exhausting time, filled with meeting and conversing and trying to make a good impression, which is not the easiest thing for an introvert like myself. But I think that's a large part of what made the experience valuable. Read More »

Upcoming Event: 1st CIRTL Network Exchange

Submitted by cefisher2 on Mon, 04/05/2010 - 10:56am

We are very excited to tell you about the first CIRTL Network Exchange, as part of the Network Exchange Program. This first exchange will feature Robert Montgomery, a graduate student from the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife from Michigan State University, visiting the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Read More »

CIRTL Core Ideas

 

The CIRTL Core Ideas, often referred to as the Pillars, are at the foundation of all that CIRTL does: Teaching-as-Research, Learning Community, and Learning-through-Diversity. The teaching-as-research and learning community ideas formed the basis of the CIRTL proposal and strategic plan. Read More »

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