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Teaching Excellence: Achieving Student Learning Through Challenge & Engagement. Halyna Kornuta, Ed.D. Office of Assessment & Educational Effectiveness Henri Mondschein, M.A, M.L.S. ISS/Pearson Library. Today’s CTL Session. By the end of this CTL session, you will be able to:
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Teaching Excellence: Achieving Student Learning Through Challenge & Engagement Halyna Kornuta, Ed.D. Office of Assessment & Educational Effectiveness Henri Mondschein, M.A, M.L.S. ISS/Pearson Library
Today’s CTL Session By the end of this CTL session, you will be able to: • Define Teaching Excellence • Recognize focus on Student Challenge & Engagement • Describe ways to achieve teaching excellence by sharing strategies, resources, research assignments and practical tips designed to increase student challenge and engagement in learning
Teaching Excellence • What is teaching excellence? • What does teaching excellence look and/or sound like?
Resource Based Learning Learning objects appeal to Millenials, Net Generation students, e.g. http://libraries.stjohns.edu/ilt/ilt_home.html • http://www.wisc-online.com/index.htm • http://www.ilumina-dlib.org/ • Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) http://www.thegateway.org/
Campus Partnerships • Multidisciplinary partnerships -Collaborate on projects/assignments -English & Business • Faculty-Librarian partnerships -Research skills & research assignments -Avoiding plagiarism -Evaluating information -Using databases and library resources
CLU Online Teaching Tools • ERes –Syllabi, assignments, readings • WebCT –Online course content ISS Online Resources
Assessment Resources • Determine student knowledge level • Provide learning outcomes for students to accomplish • Create learning checkpoint at end of class session • Communicate expectations: Rubrics • Other assessment approaches?
Professional Collaboration • Share successful assignments/learning resources • Merlotwww.merlot.org
In Review This CTL session reviewed ways you can: • Define Teaching Excellence • Recognize focus on student engagement • Describe ways to achieve teaching excellence by sharing strategies, resources, research assignments and practical tips designed to increase student challenge and engagement in learning
Achieving Student Challenge & Engagement in Learning An invitation: • Try one strategy from this session • Share one strategy from this session with a colleague
Teaching Excellence: Achieving Student Learning Through Challenge & Engagement March 2006 Written and produced by Halyna Kornuta, Ed.D. hkornuta@clunet.edu 3658 Henri Mondschein, M.A, M.L.S. mondsche@clunet.edu 3012