Writing Across the Curriculum organizers know that instructors are often negotiating time and various responsibilities throughout the semester. For that reason, this summer a three-hour a week commitment over four sessions helps them sculpt out the time to work on writing assignments specifically. Divided between asynchronous individual work, a one-hour synchronous collaboration with the WAC team and fellow participants, and an optional half hour of workshop time, this seminar allows for the following:
(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...
The SoTL and DBER Learning Community offers faculty and staff an extended opportunity to learn about and undertake a project in SoTL /DBER while establishing collegial relationships across disciplines and reinforcing a culture at Ohio State that brings together the scholarship, research, and practice of teaching and...
This summer, the Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning and the Office of the Registrar have launched a formative feedback survey pilot to determine an opt-in method for instructors to collect early feedback can be deployed to for all who teach.
The Drake Institute has always recommended that instructors use formative feedback to support teaching excellence—most often through individual administration of questions or through SGIDs (Small Group Instructional Diagnoses) -- but recently the Institute and Office of the Registrar leadership have worked with Blue (Explorance) to consider a more scalable solution, allowing Ohio State teachers...
Are you interested in learning more about information literacy and how to teach it? Consider completing the Teaching Information Literacy teaching endorsement from the Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning. Developed and facilitated by the University Libraries, Teaching Information Literacy is intended to provide participants with an enhanced understanding of information literacy as a concept and introduce strategies and resources that instructors can use to incorporate information literacy into their courses. The Teaching Information Literacy endorsement is available to all faculty, instructors, staff, and graduate teaching/research associates at Ohio State.
The Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning seeks a dynamic and motivated group of course coordinators and others responsible for planning and overseeing the instruction that occurs across multiple sections of large enrollment STEM courses (e.g., math, chemistry, physics).
Selected coordinators will be invited to participate in an incentivized, collaborative working group to be held during the Mobile Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching (MoSI).
This in-person institute begins at noon on Monday, May 16, runs through May 20. This engagement is intended to help participants develop a plan to introduce...
Drake Institute Senior Researcher and Professor of Physics Andrew Heckler will serve as a panelist this Thursday during an in-person and Zoom event sponsored by Drexel University on The Pros and Cons of Grading on a Curve.
"The Curve” has been used as a grading tool for decades and has been particularly relied upon in STEM fields. Advocates for curved grading have noted its ability to minimize grade inflation and build competition between students who are pursuing highly competitive fields. Over the past decade, however, critics have decried this method, claiming that it does more harm than good. According...
This institute will include asynchronous information modules with suggested course development activities and one-hour weekly synchronous sessions (a total of six synchronous sessions) from June 21 - July 29, succeeded by two follow-up sessions on October 13 and December 8. This Distance Education GE Course Design Institute will provide support from the beginning of the design/redesign process...
The Ohio State University at Mansfield and the Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning will host a Fulbright Visiting Scholar through the Fulbright Outreach Lecturing Fund (OLF). Amanda Helena Rodrigues Franco, Ph.D., will virtually visit and present on Wednesday, April 6, at 12:30 p.m.
In " A 'sustainable future for all': Enhancing university students' critical thinking through the lens of (critical) global citizenship education, ” Franco will address the challenge facing higher education in the development of citizens who are critical thinkers, particularly in a context filled with information, misinformation and disinformation.
The Digital Humanities Pedagogy workshop series guides faculty, instructors and graduate students as they determine the most appropriate digital humanities (DH) approach for their course, review resource modules for DH methods and tools and integrate instruction into a new or existing course.
The series includes three synchronous working sessions and three asynchronous self-study modules. Module topics include general introductions to DH, collections & exhibits, digital publishing, geospatial humanities, network analysis, data analysis, text analysis, digital scholarly editing and text encoding and visualization. Upon completion, participants will have a plan for course integration and for pursuing additional training in the...
“Transforming Together: Exploring the Teaching and Learning Landscape” will be the theme of the 2022 Adjunct Faculty Conference sponsored by Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) on Saturday, Mar. 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Faculty and staff from Ohio institutions of higher education are invited to attend this free, virtual event designed to support professional development. Programming will focus on the teaching and learning landscape and explore transformative ways to support students, faculty, staff and administration as they navigate these times of contiuous change.
