CIE to offer spring workshops on college teaching

Purdue instructors and graduate students can enhance their teaching skills, exchange ideas with colleagues, and get practical hints on their craft from some of the campus's award-winning professors in workshops offered by the Center for Instructional Excellence. Staff members also will find the information and insight into classroom instruction helpful.

Beginning Jan. 23, the College Teaching Workshop 1 (CTW 1) series will be offered on the basics of teaching at Purdue at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays in the Wilmeth Active Learning Center, Room 2051. Topics include how to build rapport with students, learning outcomes and objectives, encourage active and experiential learning, give effective instructional presentations, design assessments, provide feedback and grade, foster academic integrity, and construct a course plan and syllabus that support an effective learning environment. A two-hour micro-teaching session begins at 7:30 a.m. Feb. 27. Participants may register for single workshops or for the series as a whole.

For graduate students, participation in the workshops counts toward the Graduate Teacher Certificate program sponsored by the Purdue Teaching Academy, which CIE administers. Graduate students interested in completing a certificate should click on the "Enroll" link on the website to receive details.

For more information and registration, visit www.purdue.edu/cie/teachingresources/CTW.html.