Teaching and Learning Center College Senate Update Spring 2018
Background Vision Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Faculty Development Vision Facilitate student learning Feed passion for inquiry (faculty and students)
Two Goals (2017-2018) Build infrastructure Create opportunities for cohorts
Coordinate and communicate with existing programs: Collective Individual initiatives Fostering Innovation in Teaching with Technology (FITT) SUNY Open Educational Resources (OER) RITE’s Instructional Design Team Research Foundation and pre-award programs
Coordinate and communicate with new strategic partners: Academic Commons (Tutoring and Advising) Student Affairs SUNY Performance Improvement Fund (PIF) Initiatives Applied learning Supplemental instruction Peer mentoring Summer bridge
Teaching and Learning Center Website Make our lives easier by Compiling relevant information Intentionally anticipating need Connecting the dots Empowering faculty with tools to facilitate student learning
Cohorts and conversations around strategic initiatives High-Impact Practices (2017-18) Learning Communities (2018-19) Applied Learning (2018-19)
High-Impact Practices (HIPs) First-Year Seminars Learning Communities Collaborative Projects Undergraduate research Service Learning Study Abroad Internships Common Intellectual experiences Capstone seminars (Kuh 2008; Kilgo, Sheets & Pascarella 2015). discuss
Becoming HIP: Assignments taking time over multiple weeks Peer-to-peer interactions Frequent faculty feedback Structured student reflections Integrative learning
Time for reflection
Faculty taught students how to reflect
New cohorts and conversations: Teaching “large-ish” classes “Coalition of the willing” around advising Possible cohorts: General Education? Lab classes? Studio? __________
What can the Teaching and Learning Center do for YOU (your department, our students, our community)? John Draeger (draegejd@buffalostate.edu)