CIE workshops on college teaching set in two series

Purdue instructors 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 two workshop series offered by the Center for Instructional Excellence.

On Tuesday mornings beginning Sept. 4, Series I workshops will be offered on the basics of teaching at Purdue. Topics include how to:

* Engage students.
* Get students to come to class prepared.
* Write a course syllabus.
* Establish course policies that work.
* Give effective lectures.
* Write various kinds of tests.

Instructors can register for a single workshop or for the series of 10.

Graduate students who are interested in attending at least nine of the semester's 10 workshops should think about enrolling in EDCI 589: College Teaching Workshops. Graduate students who enroll in the course and complete related assignments will have an opportunity to earn one credit as a pass/fail grade. Interested graduate students can register for the course online or email karichar@purdue.edu with questions.

For more information, the flier for Series I can be found at www.purdue.edu/cie/web/search/Spring12_SeriesI.pdf.

Beginning Sept. 6, a second series, "Expanding Your Teaching Toolkit," will be offered with the following topics: "Everything You Need to Know about Teaching According to Tom Turpin," presented by Tom Turpin; and "Alan Alda's Tips for Translating Technical Information," presented by Linda Mason and Anne Fliotsos. The presenters are experienced Purdue professors and faculty leaders.

Faculty, staff and graduate students who are currently teaching -- or those who plan to teach in the future -- are welcome to attend.

To register for sessions, click on the titles in the Series I flier or go to the series websites and click on the session title.

* Series I: www.purdue.edu/cie/workshop/college-teaching-workshops-series-1.html

* Series II: www.purdue.edu/cie/workshop/college-teaching-workshops-series-2.html