Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL)

1. Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) NSF Center for Learning and Teaching University of Wisconsin - Madison Michigan State University Pennsylvania State University

2. CIRTL Mission To promote a a national STEM faculty committed to implementing and advancing effective teaching practices for diverse student audiences as part of their professional careers.

3. Research Universities …develop a national STEM faculty ... UNDERGRADS Community College Liberal Arts HBCU Masters University Comprehensive Univ. Research University FACULTY Community College Liberal Arts HBCU Masters University Comprehensive Univ. Research University 100 RUs => 80% Ph.D’s

4. Teaching-as-Research “The nation must develop STEM faculties who themselves continuously inquire into their students’ learning.” • Engagement in teaching as engagement in STEM research • Hypothesize, experiment, observe, analyze, improve • Aligns with skills and inclinations of graduates- • through-faculty, and fosters engagement in • teaching reform • Leads to self-sustained improvement of STEM education

5. “Rich, enduring, integrative environments for change in learning and teaching … learning communities are life-changing.” Learning Communities • Provide community with shared values of learning, teaching, and professional development • Blend diverse participants and levels of participation. • Develop strong relationships that are a foundation for institutional and national change.

6. “Many STEM faculty are not aware of the diversity of their students and thus do not design their teaching practice to respond to them.” Diversity • STEM faculty are teaching ever more diverse student populations. • Mounting research shows the pivotal role of classroom experiences on student learning and persistence. • Thread teaching and learning with diverse student audiences through every facet of the learning community.

7. CIRTL Programs Learning Community Informal Education Instructional Materials Internships Teaching with Technology College Classroom

8. 7 Research Universities National Conversation Annual Forums MSU CIRTL Fellows Web Sites The CIRTL Network Distance Learning PSU Meetings/Journals Prototype Professional Development Program Delta Program UW • Evaluation • Guide CIRTL Program Development • Produce Effective Tools and Strategies • Demonstrate Value of CIRTL Programs

9. CIRTL Forum 2003 Sharing Successful Strategies • Theme of Forum • Integrating research, teaching, and learning in • the training of STEM graduate students • Goals for Forum • Establish measures of success for preparing STEM • graduate students in teaching and learning • Begin a census of university programs around • the nation • Promote exchange of successful strategies and • connections between universities

10. CIRTL Forum 2003 Sharing Successful Strategies • Participants • 67 research universities • Teams of provosts, deans, graduate students, • faculty, academic staff • Distinguished guests

11. CIRTL Forum 2003 Sharing Successful Strategies • Program • Goals and Measures of Success • Wednesday morning • Sharing Successful Strategies • Wednesday afternoon • Next Steps at Home and Nationally • Thursday morning • Reflections and Synthesis • Thursday morning

12. CIRTL Forum 2003 Sharing Successful Strategies • Logistics • If you need help, look for a blue name tag! • Evaluation • Formative - Use boxes at back of room • - At end of last breakout • Summative - Form in registration packet

13. Delta Program in Teaching and Learning • Curriculum • Teaching in the College Classroom (23 students) • Instructional Materials • Teaching with Technology • Informal Education (18 students) • Learning Community • Creating a Learning Environment (16 stud-fac) • Expeditionary Learning (34 students - faculty) • Drop-in Clinic, Peer Mentoring, Connections • Internships • Beloit, Edgewood, MATC, UW-Whitewater • Campus faculty • Campus research programs

14. Informal EducationProf. Steve Ackerman, Atmospheric and Oceanic SciencesProf. Sharon Dunwoody, Journalism • Objective • design, implement, and evaluate an informal education product for a diverse audience • Seminar • central questions of informal education • basic learning theory • research strategies for measuring learning • experience a wide range of informal education • Teaching-as-Research Project • develop research tools • implement and evaluate • communication of results

15. CIRTL Outcome A national STEM faculty that enables all students to achieve STEM literacy, that enhances recruitment into STEM, and whose leadership ensures the ongoing advance of STEM education.

16. The CIRTL Hypothesis • STEM Professor as Change Agent • Teaching-as-Research • Hypothesize, experiment, observe, analyze, improve • Self-sustained improvement of STEM education • Learning Community • Support growth in teaching and learning • Graduate student, post-doc, faculty community • Foundation for institutional change

17. Broader Impactand Institutionalization • Participants create evaluated products for • broader impact. • Interns integrate products within institutions. • Participants become future academic • workforce.