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CIRTL to offer online courses Fall 2008
STEM graduate students may take course for TAMU credit or non-credit
Graduate students and Post-docs at Texas A&M in any STEM discipline (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) have an opportunity to interact with graduate students from across the CIRTL network through two courses offered via distance this fall. Either of these courses may be taken for TAMU graduate credit as an Independent Studies (685). Space is extremely limited. If space allows, students may choose to participate in these courses without receiving credit. Please contact Michelle Simms at msimms@vprmail.tamu.edu for registration infomation.
Fall 2008
(Courses start 9/2/2008 and end 12/10/2008)
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Title: Teaching and Learning Science Weds: (9/2-12/10) 12:00ET/ 11:00 CT/ 10:00 MT (75 min) Host Campus: Univ. of Colorado at Boulder Instructor: Mike Klymkowsky, CU at Boulder, Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Description: The course is designed for STEM graduate students interested in exploring how undergraduate students understand STEM disciplines. The course provides a forum to address the identification and resolution of student misconceptions and conceptual gaps. Participants will customize their work to their own academic area and engage in teaching-as-research to understand undergraduate conceptions using the Ed's Tools system (bioliteracy.net). |
Title: The College Classroom Weds: (9/2-12/10) 2:30ET/ 1:30 CT/12:30 MT (60 min) Host Campus: University of Wisconsin-Madison Description: This course will help participants learn the basics of effective teaching as well as ideas on the forefront of college education. These will include the core CIRTL ideas of teaching-as-research, learning community, and learning-through-diversity. Participants will develop their teaching philosophy and explore how it may impact their future students. Course participants will design a course curriculum accordingly and learn how to monitor and investigate the effectiveness of the learning environment. |
Technology Requirements: Courses will make use of an online course management system as well as interactive web and teleconferencing technology.
Each student will need:
- individual access to a computer in a quiet location with a high speed internet connection
- a phone line with a speaker phone or headset (a speaker phone may be shared with other participants; in fact we encourage students at a campus to join together)
- a webcam (recommended but not required)
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Proposed Spring 2009: Title: Effective use of Technology in Teaching and Learning Host Campus: Howard University Instructors: Folahan Ayorinde, Howard University; Prof. of Chemistry; Gregory Moses, UW-Madison, Prof. of Engineering Physics Description: This course is designed for those who desire to develop new approaches to effective use of instructional technology in their teaching practice. Students will learn how technological choices can affect the learning of their diverse student populations. Participants will complete a teaching-as-research project to study the learning of students when using a technology designed for a certain learning challenge in their discipline. |
Title: Diversity in College Classroom Host Campus: University of Wisconsin-Madison Instructors: Don Gillian-Daniel, UW-Madison, Asst. Director, Delta Program; Brian Manske, UW-Madison, Asst. Director, Delta Program Description: This course is designed for those who have an interest in becoming better college instructors, and in advancing diversity issues in their future classroom practice. Participants will explore how they define diversity, and discuss the ways different definitions of diversity might influence what and how we teach our disciplinary topics. The course culminates in creation of a diversity-focused plan of action. |