U.S. Professor of the Year

Check out this news article about Teri Balser, an associate professor at the University of Madison, Wisconsin. She was just honored for "extraordinary dedication to undergraduate teaching" as the 2010 Outstanding Doctoral and Research Universities Professor of the Year. Be sure to watch the short video interview in which she shares her philosophy of teaching. Clearly she has thought very deeply about teaching and learning. FYI- in addition to her research, she is involved in the scholarship of teaching and learning. It can be done! :-)

November Discussion

= APOLOGIES- THIS DISCUSSION WAS NOT RECORDED =

Pam Dupin-Bryant discussed two papers on IMMEDIACY BEHAVIORS and their relationship to student learning. The papers are available at the RCDE Journal Club LibGuide.

I realize that there are many activities vying for your time. Come join us for future discussions to see if the hour you spend talking with us about teaching is time well spent. We hope you will become excited to try something new in your class. The following is a testimonial from Pam about participating in the journal club:

"What makes Journal club a vital part of my professional development is the dynamic interaction with faculty from various academic disciplines. Discussion leaders encourage participants to take an active role in discussing current literature on teaching and learning. I always leave the meetings energized and ready to make a difference in my classroom. RCDE Journal Club encourages faculty to engage in the scholarship of teaching and learning."

October 2010 Video

Presentation by Dr. Richard Etchberger
Rich discusses how he became interested in assessing student learning in his class room and live to publish about it.
Link to the video.

Reading Resources for Learning Assessment

Hi All- Just found a site to share that has great resources for ways to assess student learning, along with other good reading to think about our teaching:
http://www.educause.edu/ELI/SeekingEvidenceofImpact/Resources/206625
Hope you find something useful!

May 2010 Video

Link to the video.

The Journal Club is taking the summer off

We will return next semester on the FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH with the following tentative schedule of presenters:

Oct 1- Susan Turner
Nov- Pam Dupin-Byrant & Dennis Garner
Dec- Dave Law
Jan- Brent Bibles
Feb- Vini Exton
March- Angela Minichiello
April- Carol Rosenthal

Next Meeting: May 7

At this meeting we’ll discuss the articles we have gathered to read over the summer, and what we would like to to with our meeting times next year.

Room Assignments
Brigham: RM 151
Ephraim: RM C
Logan: Family Life, RM 113 (FYI- was changed by Kimberly Davis from ECC 311)
Monticello FLC: RM C
Price: Conference Room in the Reeves Building-Room 128
Roosevelt: RM 173
Salt Lake: RM C
Tooele: RM 159
Vernal: BEERC RM 127