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Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

The Role of University The Role of University Teaching Centers in Improving Teaching Centers in Improving

Engineering EducationEngineering Education

Steven A. FreemanSteven A. FreemanAgricultural and Biosystems EngineeringAgricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Center for Excellence in Learning and TeachingCenter for Excellence in Learning and TeachingIowa State UniversityIowa State University

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ThemeTheme

The Role of University Teaching Centers The Role of University Teaching Centers in helping faculty develop:in helping faculty develop: Innovative teaching methodologies to Innovative teaching methodologies to

prepare engineers and technologists of the prepare engineers and technologists of the futurefuture

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Center for Excellence in Center for Excellence in Learning and TeachingLearning and Teaching

3024 Morrill Hall3024 Morrill Hall

Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

phone: 515-294-5357phone: 515-294-5357

e-mail: celt@iastate.edue-mail: celt@iastate.edu

www.celt.iastate.edu

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CELT VisionCELT Vision

CELT’s vision is to position Iowa State CELT’s vision is to position Iowa State University at the forefront of learning and University at the forefront of learning and teaching among land-grant universities.teaching among land-grant universities.

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CELT MissionCELT Mission

The mission of CELT is to support, The mission of CELT is to support, promote, and enhance teaching promote, and enhance teaching effectiveness and student learning; effectiveness and student learning; encourage scholarship of teaching and encourage scholarship of teaching and learning; communicate the importance of learning; communicate the importance of teaching and learning to both internal teaching and learning to both internal and external audiences; and serve as a and external audiences; and serve as a catalyst for learning-centered education.catalyst for learning-centered education.

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To accomplish this goal, To accomplish this goal, CELT…CELT…

Provides Programming to support, promote and enhance teaching Provides Programming to support, promote and enhance teaching effectiveness and student learning.effectiveness and student learning.

Provides Professional Development opportunities for faculty, Provides Professional Development opportunities for faculty, instructors, graduates students, and post-docs.instructors, graduates students, and post-docs.

Provides campus leadership in the Scholarship of Teaching and Provides campus leadership in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).Learning (SoTL).

Administers ISU’s Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) ProgramAdministers ISU’s Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Program Administers ISUComm.Administers ISUComm. Provides support for the appropriate use of Learning Technology in Provides support for the appropriate use of Learning Technology in

enhancing university teaching and learning.enhancing university teaching and learning. Engages in extensive collaborative interaction with a variety of Engages in extensive collaborative interaction with a variety of

campus organizations and groups on a regular basis.campus organizations and groups on a regular basis. Communicates the importance of teaching and learning to external Communicates the importance of teaching and learning to external

audiences.audiences.

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CELT Programs and ActivitiesCELT Programs and Activities

ProgrammingProgramming Preparing Future FacultyPreparing Future Faculty Learning TechnologiesLearning Technologies Grants and FellowshipsGrants and Fellowships Conferences and RetreatsConferences and Retreats ConsultationConsultation Scholarship of Teaching and LearningScholarship of Teaching and Learning

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ProgrammingProgramming

CELT offers a variety of events for CELT offers a variety of events for instructors each semester, including instructors each semester, including workshops, forums, reading circles, and workshops, forums, reading circles, and faculty and graduate student learning faculty and graduate student learning communities. CELT also works with communities. CELT also works with colleges and departmentscolleges and departmentson programming tailored on programming tailored to their needs.to their needs.

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Preparing Future FacultyPreparing Future Faculty

The PFF program supplements The PFF program supplements departmental graduate preparation by departmental graduate preparation by offering new teaching, mentoring, and offering new teaching, mentoring, and learning opportunities to better prepare learning opportunities to better prepare graduates for faculty careers through a graduates for faculty careers through a combination of seminars,combination of seminars,mentoring, and practical mentoring, and practical classroom and classroom and departmental service. departmental service.

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Learning TechnologiesLearning Technologies

CELT endeavors to CELT endeavors to ensure that use of ensure that use of technology for teaching technology for teaching and learning is both and learning is both appropriate and effective. appropriate and effective. CELT Learning Technologies staff offer CELT Learning Technologies staff offer individual consultation, seminars, workshops, individual consultation, seminars, workshops, and collaborative assistance for course and and collaborative assistance for course and learning activity design, as well as development learning activity design, as well as development of and support for university-wide e-learning of and support for university-wide e-learning systems.systems.

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Grants and FellowshipsGrants and Fellowships

CELT manages fellowshipsCELT manages fellowshipsto support the improvement to support the improvement of undergraduate education of undergraduate education and the scholarship of and the scholarship of teaching in learning. CELT teaching in learning. CELT also supports departmental also supports departmental initiatives related to initiatives related to enhancing teaching and learning, building enhancing teaching and learning, building community, and encouraging conversation and community, and encouraging conversation and discussion about teaching and learning among discussion about teaching and learning among departmental faculty.departmental faculty.

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Conferences and RetreatsConferences and Retreats

New Faculty Orientation New Faculty Orientation & University Teaching & University Teaching SeminarSeminar

ISU Wakonse Fellows—ISU Wakonse Fellows—exemplary teachers, who exemplary teachers, who inspire others to enrich inspire others to enrich their own teaching—their own teaching—participate in the annual participate in the annual national Wakonse national Wakonse Conference on College Conference on College Teaching.Teaching.

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ConsultationConsultation

CELT faculty and staff are available for CELT faculty and staff are available for confidential one-on-one consultation to confidential one-on-one consultation to help faculty improve their teaching and help faculty improve their teaching and their students’ learning. This may also their students’ learning. This may also include visiting their class include visiting their class to provide “non-peer”to provide “non-peer”evaluation of teaching.evaluation of teaching.

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Scholarship ofScholarship ofTeaching and LearningTeaching and Learning

The scholarship of teaching and learning The scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) involves inquiry into teaching, (SoTL) involves inquiry into teaching, engagement, feedback, and reflection on engagement, feedback, and reflection on teaching and learning—and sharing results teaching and learning—and sharing results so others can review, so others can review, critique, and build on critique, and build on the work. CELT the work. CELT provides guidance provides guidance on how to conduct on how to conduct SoTL. SoTL.

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Importance of SoTLImportance of SoTL

How do we know that our students are How do we know that our students are meeting our desired outcomes and truly meeting our desired outcomes and truly learning the material?learning the material?

AccountabilityAccountability Student outcomes assessmentStudent outcomes assessment Accreditation requirementsAccreditation requirements

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Scholarship ofScholarship ofTeaching and LearningTeaching and Learning

Occurs when “our work as teachers Occurs when “our work as teachers becomes public, peer-reviewed and becomes public, peer-reviewed and critiqued, and exchanged with other critiqued, and exchanged with other members of our professional members of our professional communities so they, in turn, can build communities so they, in turn, can build on our work. These are qualities of all on our work. These are qualities of all scholarship.”scholarship.” Lee Shulman, PresidentLee Shulman, President

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of TeachingCarnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

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Preparation of Future Preparation of Future Engineers/TechnologistsEngineers/Technologists

Disciplinary innovation must be matched Disciplinary innovation must be matched with educational innovationwith educational innovation

Engineers/Technologists will needEngineers/Technologists will need Technical expertiseTechnical expertise Global visionGlobal vision Communication skillsCommunication skills Ability to work in multifunctional, Ability to work in multifunctional,

multidisciplinary, multicultural teamsmultidisciplinary, multicultural teams

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Engineering/Technology FacultyEngineering/Technology Faculty

Cannot be experts in everythingCannot be experts in everything Just as we partner with other researchers to Just as we partner with other researchers to

solve today’s complex problemssolve today’s complex problems We can partner with others to help improve We can partner with others to help improve

student learning as we prepare the next student learning as we prepare the next generation of engineers and technologistsgeneration of engineers and technologists

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CELT ResourcesCELT Resources

CELT LibraryCELT Library Teaching at ISUTeaching at ISU Newsletter Newsletter News and TipsNews and Tips CELT Online CELT Online (www.celt.iastate.edu)(www.celt.iastate.edu)

eLearning website eLearning website (www.celt.iastate.edu/elearning/)(www.celt.iastate.edu/elearning/)

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Questions/DiscussionQuestions/Discussion