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An Engaged Campus Begins with an Engaged Faculty The Teaching and Learning Initiative at Tusculum College and How it Can Benefit Your College. Presented by: Michelle Freeman, Director of Teaching and Learning Initiative and Associate Professor of Business Administration
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An Engaged Campus Begins with an Engaged FacultyThe Teaching and Learning Initiative at Tusculum College and How it Can Benefit Your College Presented by: Michelle Freeman, Director of Teaching and Learning Initiative and Associate Professor of Business Administration Corinne Nicolas, Associate Professor, Humanities David Key, Assistant Professor, History Nancy Thomas, Associate Professor, Humanities Tom Harlow, Associate Professor, Psychology Kathy Stone, Assistant Professor
Initiative Basics • History of the program • Mission • Budget for program • Basic structure • Presentations/Banquet
Topics • Engaging Students through Active Learning Techniques • Scholarly exploration and discovery • Leadership • Reflective Judgment (Tusculum’s QEP) • Suggestions
Sharing of Teacher Circle Experiences from Leaders • Corinne Nicolas • David Key • Nancy Thomas • Tom Harlow • Kathy Stone
Reading Circle on Charles Darwin • Materials • Initial Expectations • Classroom • Darwin Anniversaries • Outcomes • Expectations Met • Expectations Not Met
Reading Circle on Utopia • Materials • Expectations • Additional Structure
Tom Harlow – Active Learning • Bonwell and Eison’s (1991) Active learning: Creating excitement in the classroom • Shared techniques covered (or not) in the reading • Group Foldable Organizer activity • Class Project in Computer as Tool assignment
Benefits – Michelle Freeman • Low budget faculty development • Community building across disciplines • Engaged faculty and enhanced self-discovery • A method of integrating new faculty more quickly into the college • A method of accomplishing or heralding college-wide initiatives • A method of building VITA