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Greetings from the Center for Teaching & Learning.
Welcome back from what I hope was a restful and rejuvenating holiday season!
Over break the oversight committee of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education announced that their Essays on Teaching Excellence will henceforth be available free online, even to those faculty members who are not members of POD! You can access over twenty years worth of these essays at
http://www.podnetwork.org/publications/essayseries.htm#2009-2010 Essay Series
There you'll find recent articles, including
- Facilitating Group Discussions: Understanding Group Development and Dynamics
Kathy Takayama, Brown University - Deep/Surface Approaches To Learning In Higher Education: A Research Update James Rhem, Executive Editor, The National Teaching & Learning FORUM
as well as "classics" like
- The Useful, Sensible, No-Frills Departmental Assessment Plan
Barbara E. Walvoord, University of Notre Dame - Reflections on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Pat Hutchings, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching - Teaching, Learning and Spirituality in the College Classroom
Allison Pingree, Vanderbilt University
Check it out. I'm sure you'll find something useful; and let me know what you find!
I hope 2011 has begun well for you.
Jon Clauss
Augustana Center for Teaching & Learning