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Center for the Integration of Teaching, Research, and Learning

Center for the Integration of Teaching, Research, and Learning. Kathryn Spilios CAS Biology. What is happening at BU?. What is happening at BU?. Recent survey to all STEM faculty Active and student-engaged learning Peer-learning Blended learning with online components

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Center for the Integration of Teaching, Research, and Learning

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  1. Center for the Integration of Teaching, Research, and Learning Kathryn Spilios CAS Biology

  2. BU-CIRTL What is happening at BU?

  3. BU-CIRTL What is happening at BU? • Recent survey to all STEM faculty • Active and student-engaged learning • Peer-learning • Blended learning with online components • Project-based learning • Novel assessment tools • 75 faculty in 60 courses

  4. BU-CIRTL What is happening at BU? • TF training in pedagogy • Biology, Physics, Engineering • TF boot camps or semester-long seminars • Developing training modules for campus-wide distribution (MOOCs and hybrid courses) • Faculty Learning Community • Peer mentoring for TFs

  5. BU-CIRTL What is CIRTL? • A network of 23 universities committed to advancing the teaching of STEM disciplines in higher education • Funded by NSF Online course offerings Network events Teaching resources Online learning communities

  6. BU-CIRTL The CIRTL network Boston University Cornell University Howard University Iowa State University Johns Hopkins University Michigan State University Northwestern University Texas A&M University The University of Georgia The University of Texas at Arlington University of Alabama at Birmingham University of California, San Diego University of Colorado at Boulder University of Houston University of Maryland, College Park University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Missouri-Columbia University of Pittsburgh University of Rochester University of South Florida University of Wisconsin–Madison Vanderbilt University Washington University in St. Louis

  7. BU-CIRTL What does this mean for you? • Being more effective teachers throughout your career • A competitive advantage for faculty positions, and a head start as junior faculty members • Increased success in obtaining NSF Graduate Fellowships, CAREER awards, and research funding • Graduate Student’s Teaching Experiences Improve Their Methodological Research Skills (Science, 2011)

  8. BU-CIRTL Institutional Co-Leaders • Bennett Goldberg (goldberg@bu.edu) • Janelle Heineke (jheineke@bu.edu) www.cirtl.net

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