Howard University

Michigan State University

Texas A&M University

University of Colorado
at Boulder

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Vanderbilt University

2008-2009 CIRTL Network Online Course Offerings for Graduate Students and Post-Docs

Students from CIRTL Network institutions may participate with or without credit, as they prefer. Graduate students, at campuses other than the host institution, who are interested in receiving course credit are encouraged to work with the CIRTL Network campus leader or their advisor to receive independent study credit. Credits offered by the host campus will vary.

Fall 2008
(Courses start 9/3/2008 and end 12/10/2008)

Title: Teaching and Learning Science: Changing Student Misconceptions
Weds: 11:00am CT  (75 min)
Host Campus: Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
Instructor: Mike Klymkowsky, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, UC Boulder
Description:This CIRTL Network* course will explore how undergraduate students understand their disciplines. Participants will discuss student misconceptions and conceptual gaps, which are among the most serious barriers to new learning. All participants will engage in small research projects to understand undergraduate conceptions, using Ed's Tools system (bioliteracy.net). Each course participant can focus on their own academic area (e.g. physics, geosciences, etc). Credit options available.

NOTE: This course is offered using distance learning technology; you will be learning with graduate students and post-docs from a wide variety of universities across the CIRTL Network*.

*CIRTL Network: Colorado, Howard, Michigan State, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, UW

For more details: http://groups.google.com/group/teaching-and-learning-science/web/syllabus?hl=en
Registration: Complete this form if you are interested in registering

Title: The College Classroom
Weds: 2:30ET/ 1:30 CT/12:30 MT (60 min)
Host Campus: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Instructor: Sandra Courter, UW-Madison, Director, Engineering Learning Center
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.
Registration: Complete this form if you are interested in registering

Spring 2009

Title: Effective use of Technology in Teaching and Learning
Host Campus: Howard University, UW-Madison
Instructors: Folahan Ayorinde, Howard University, Professor of Chemistry; Jake Blanchard, UW-Madison, Professor of Engineering Physics; Alan Wolf, UW-Madison, Center for Biology Education.
Description: Develop new approaches to effective use of instructional technology in your teaching practice. You will learn how technological choices can affect the learning of today’s diverse student populations. You will complete a research project to study how technology can affect student learning in your discipline.
Technology Requirements: Students will meet together in a technology-enhanced classroom. This course will use interactive web and teleconferencing technology.

Title: Diversity in the College Classroom
Host Campus: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Instructors: Don Gillian-Daniel, UW-Madison, Asst. Director, Delta Program; Chris Pfund, UW-Madison, Assoc. Director, Delta Program
Description: Become a better college instructor while advancing diversity issues in your classroom practice. You will explore how you define diversity and discuss the ways different definitions of diversity might influence how we teach our disciplinary topics. You will create a diversity-focused plan of action for your teaching practice.
Technology Requirements:

• individual access to a computer in a quiet location with a high-speed internet connection
• a phone line with a speaker phone or headset (some students have successfully joined the teleconference using VoIP tools such as Skype)
• a webcam (if you don’t have one, they can be obtained for about $25)

For more information contact:
Kitch Barnicle
CIRTL Network Coordinator
kabarnicle@wisc.edu
608-262-9174

The CIRTL Network strives to be inclusive for anyone interested in participating in our activities, programs, and courses. If you have specific accessibility needs, please let us know in advance so that we may make the necessary accommodations. Please contact us at 608-262-9174 or email us at info@cirtl.net