Over the past two years, associate professor of architecture Andrew Cruse and senior lecturer Sandhya Kochar have disrupted the comprehensive design teaching model to create one focused on inclusive design.
According to NAAB (National Architecture Accrediting Board), “comprehensive design” is a term typically applied to a studio in which students develop a building project made of “programmed spaces demonstrating an understanding of structural and environmental systems, building envelope systems, life-safety provisions, wall sections and building assemblies, and the principles of sustainability. As a pedagogical model, the comprehensive studio represents current best practices in balancing the demands of...
Drake Institute affiliate Danielle V. Schoon, PhD, recently participated in the inaugural offering of the Office of Academic Enrichment’s Course Transformation Learning Community Grant ($2500) in Spring 2023, where she received support for developing a syllabus for TURK3797 Virtual Education Abroad in Istanbul. The course was recently approved for the GE Theme in Citizenship for a Just and Diverse World, and this fall, Schoon will submit it for approval as a High Impact Education Away 4-credit course.
The Course Transformation Learning Community supports getting a course through the redesign and committee approval. Facilitated by experts...
Throughout the academic year, Drake Institute Affiliates brought multi-disciplinary expertise to collaboratively design and facilitate institute programs, share resources, and support university-wide teaching initiatives.
Affiliates offered learning opportunities and professional development by engaging in scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and discipline-based education research (DEBR) initiatives, and disseminating research to support Ohio State faculty and the teaching community.
During the spring 2023 term, the Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning was pleased to offer a collection of four, online workshops as part of our Assessment for Learning Workshop Series, facilitated by, and featuring the work and expertise of, several Drake Institute Affiliates. The Institute would like to recognize and formally thank Affiliates Jane Hammons, MA, MS, MLIS (University Libraries), Nicholas Denton, PhD (Pharmacy), Joni Tornwall, PhD, RN, ANEF (Nursing), Sarah Rusnak, MS, RD, LD (Health and Rehabilitation Sciences), and Lisa Cravens-Brown, PhD (Psychology) for their outstanding contributions to this element of our spring 2023 term programming. These...
The Drake Institute looks forward to partnering with the Academy of Teaching to host The Academy of Teaching 2023 Spring Conference on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Blackwell Inn.
This year’s theme, “Challenges and opportunities: Anticipating the future(s) of pedagogy,” explores the question of what comes next in the world of teaching and learning in higher education. What new tools, techniques, and methodologies will we develop, adopt, or adapt as we face an uncertain future? What do we imagine will emerge as key critical issues affecting the practical, technological, ethical,...
Katie Blocksidge, library director, Ohio State University Newark, Amanda Folk, Drake Institute Affiliate and associate professor and head, Teaching & Learning, University Libraries, Jane Hammons, Drake Institute Affiliate and assistant professor, and teaching and learning engagement librarian, University Libraries, and Hanna Primeau, instructional designer, University Libraries will lead two workshops related to the Meaningful Inquiry endorsement will be presented by Ohio State faculty at the LILAC Conference in Cambridge, England in April.
TILTing Research Assignments: Supporting Instructors to Develop Transparent and Equitable Assignments Workshop
Research assignments are common across disciplines in higher...
During the spring semester, the Drake Institute collaborated with University Libraries to offer a series of events that discussed the book Small Teaching by James Lang. The goal was to allow instructors to engage with the material and interact with others from across the university. Jane Hammons, a Drake Institute Affiliate and teaching and learning engagement librarian, and David Sovic, assistant director of the Drake Institute, facilitated a five-week book group where participants discussed topics such as retrieval practice, interleaving, connecting, and motivation.
After the book club, participants had the opportunity to explore the primary literature from...
Are you an experienced Graduate Teaching Associate who would like to share your teaching experiences with a new cohort of GTAs?
Each year, the Drake Institute hires experienced Ohio State Graduate Teaching Associates to co-facilitate workshops at Graduate Teaching Orientation (GTO). This year, orientation will be held asynchronously during the week of August 14th-18th with an in-person day of orientation activities on Wednesday August 16 th . We are looking for facilitators to monitor online course discussion boards and facilitate up to 2 Zoom workshop sessions, as well as 1 in-person session. Facilitators will be...
Implications of recent and rapid advances in the development and availability of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT are resounding across the landscape of teaching and learning. From discussions of academic integrity to efforts in course design, AI is quickly becoming an embedded element of the teaching and learning process that requires the acknowledgement and attention of instructors, instructional designers, and academic leaders.
The Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning recognizes the emerging opportunities and challenges that many instructors at Ohio State face in understanding, anticipating, and responding to AI in the context...
A Small Group Instructional Diagnosis (SGID) is a midterm feedback tool that can help any instructor at Ohio State develop their teaching. This includes graduate instructors who may be early in their teaching careers, or those who may be teaching lab or recitation sections rather than teaching their own course. Facilitation by a Drake Institute consultant allows for the collection of written and verbal student feedback that is anonymous, detailed, and actionable, along with support in interpreting the feedback and making changes to instruction.
Rhiar Kanouse, a graduate instructor in the Department of Comparative Studies, shares her...
