Katie Blocksidge (library director, Ohio State University at Newark), Amanda Folk (associate professor & head of teaching & learning, University Libraries), Jane Hammons (assistant professor & teaching & learning engagement librarian, University Libraries), and Hanna Primeau (instructional designer, University Libraries) recently facilitated two presentations at the POD Network Conference in Seattle .
Their first session modeled equity-focused strategies to redesign research assignments and guided participants through activities developers can use to help instructors identify what students need to know to be successful on those assignments, as well as how to use the Transparency in...
Many dental schools have incorporated a digital dentistry exercise or component in their curriculum to remain up to date with the available technology. At Ohio State, a new faculty member in the College of Dentistry was the first to implement the instruction of digital dentistry technology into the DDS curriculum in autumn of 2022.
In Operative Dentistry 4 (DENT 6534), Dr. Leonardi Nassani, in partnership with the Prior Health Sciences Library, has second-year dental students using 3D printers to print dental laboratory work.
What makes this exercise at Ohio State unique is its multidisciplinary approach...
Nominations are open for the Graduate Associate Teaching Award (GATA), the highest university award for graduate student teaching at Ohio State. Any graduate student who is (or has been) teaching is eligible, and students can be nominated or self-nominate. Nominations are open until November 18, 2022, at 5pm, and award recipients receive $2,000 for their accomplishments and are honored at the Graduate School Awards Ceremony. However, the best reason for a graduate student to apply for the award is to complete their teaching portfolio, which is required to apply (applications are due by February 10th this year). A completed...
Dr. Drake, third from left, with (from left to right) Anika Anthony, Audrey Van Ostran, Catherine Liu, Eric Brinkman, Patrick Louchouarn, Larry Hurtubise and David Sovic.
The Drake Institute was honored to welcome Dr. Michael V. Drake, president of the University of California system and Ohio State University's 15th president, during his recent visit to the university for his presidential portrait unveiling . Drake Institute staff members were pleased to share efforts toward current and emerging initiatives surrounding New Faculty Orientation, graduate teaching success, and signature programs and services to support...
Dr. Mark Moritz, OSU Professor of Anthropology, along with a team of co-investigators that includes Elizabeth Newton (Executive Director, OSU Batelle Center for Science, Engineering and Public Policy), Nicholas Kawa (Assistant Professor, Anthropology), Alison Bennett (Assistant Professor, EEOB) and Yolanda Zepeda (Interim Vice Provost, Office of Diversity and Inclusion) were recently awarded a National Science Foundation Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) grant for their project, “Training Scientists to Tackle Grand Challenge Societal Problems through Convergent Action in Transdisciplinary Teams.”
Dr. Moritz cites working with a highly interdisciplinary group of collaborators and learning about student professional development as the most...
The Ohio State University's Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Center for Latin American Studies invite you to attend an upcoming workshop on anti-racist pedagogies. Featured guests include:
LJ Randolph, University of Wisconsin-Madison L. J. Randolph teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Spanish language, contemporary Latinx cultures, and second language teaching methods. His research interests have focused on a variety of critical issues in language education, including the teaching of Spanish to heritage and native speakers and the incorporation of social justice-oriented pedagogies in the language classroom.
The Drake Institute honors the life of Jeffery Froyd, Professor and Chair of Engineering Education in the College of Engineering . We remember his collegiality and commitment to advancing excellence in engineering education and teaching at Ohio State. Dr. Froyd contributed to multiple Drake Institute initiatives, including serving as a mentor and proposal reviewer for the Research and Implementation Grant Program , which awards funds to faculty engaged in scholarly teaching, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), or Disciplinary-Based Educational Research (DBER) to support instructional implementation or research projects. Dr. Froyd was also...
The Ohio State University College of Medicine is now accepting abstracts for the 2023 Annual Education Symposium-- a free, annual, daylong, and hybrid event that focuses on health professions education and educational research. We want to hear about your innovative education research and teaching strategies for preparing tomorrow’s health professionals. This year's theme is Post-Pandemic Pedagogy for Health Sciences Education with such key topics as Teaching Future Health Sciences Students Virtually, Evolving as Teachers and Learners During Public Health Crises, Addressing Mis- and Disinformation in Scientific and Educational Environments, and Redefining Equity in Education with Digital Pedagogies. Proposals that...
We know that instructors are often negotiating time and various responsibilities throughout the semester. This three hour a week commitment over four sessions--divided between asynchronous individual work, a 1 hour synchronous collaboration with the WAC team and fellow participants, and an optional half hour of workshop time--affords you several opportunities to:
· (Re)design an inclusive writing assignment and assessment plan;
· Engage with instructors of writing from across the disciplines
· Explore pedagogical approaches concerning transparency, inclusivity, and access;
The Drake Institute Graduate Consultants offered a second GTA Toolkit this semester on September 20, 2022, from 11am – 12:30pm in the Ohio Union Barbie Tootle room, with a catered lunch generously provided by OUAB! This workshop’s topic was on Inclusive Teaching, where we had the opportunity to introduce GTAs from different departments across campus to the principles and strategies that undergird creating an inclusive learning environment. Joined by over 25 participants, we were all able to engage in meaningful conversations around inclusive teaching over a delicious lunch generously provided by OUAB.
