Winter Institute Seeks to Enhance Teaching
In an effort designed
to explore and highlight the many academic and technology-based
resources and support services available to Trinity faculty, the
Raether Library and Information Technology Center hosted the First
Annual Winter Institute on Teaching. More than 40 professors
participated in the January event, which featured presentations such
as “Enhancing the Classroom Experience through Student Presentations”
and “Better Read than Dead: Encouraging Student Preparation with
Learning Contracts.” In addition to the faculty-led sessions, the
day-long symposium included information and training workshops
coordinated by the Library, the Writing Center, Academic Computing
Services, and Media Technology Services. Discussions during the
morning session centered on the theme “Helping Students Take
Responsibility for Their Learning.”
“Working together with faculty and various centers and offices was
especially productive,” says Beverly Wall, associate professor and
director of the Writing Center. “I hope to see us do more of this in
the future as it helps to generate a positive culture of conversations
about teaching across the campus.” Added Judith Moran, associate
professor of quantitative studies and director of the Math Center,
“The Winter Institute provided an opportunity for faculty and programs
to showcase their activities and supply examples of innovative uses of
Trinity’s resources that can be adapted for their colleague’s
courses.”
The Winter Institute was sponsored by a variety of campus
organizations, including Academic Computing Services, the Office of
the Dean of Faculty, the Library, the Math Center, Media Technology
Services, the Trinity Center for Collaborative Teaching & Research (TCCTR),
and the Writing Center. Plans are already under way for the next
event, possibly a summer institute tentatively scheduled to take place
shortly after the spring semester ends.
“This was a really useful event—useful in making us think about things
we all too often take for granted in the grind of day-to-day
teaching,” says Mark Franklin, John R. Reitemeyer Professor of
Political Science. “I came away with some new ideas and with a new
belief in some of my own older ideas about how to be a better
teacher.”
To view presentations from the January event, as well as for
additional information about the Winter Institute, please go to
www.trincoll.edu/RaetherCtr/ComputingCenter/Faculty/WIT.htm.
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