CIE workshops to focus on college teaching
August 1, 2013
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 workshops being offered by the Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE). Staff members also will find the information and insight into classroom instruction helpful.
On Tuesday mornings starting Sept. 3, the College Teaching Workshop Series I (CTW I) will be offered on the basics of teaching at Purdue. Topics include how to build rapport with students, encourage active and experiential learning, develop appropriate assessments of learning, foster academic integrity, establish course policies and procedures, give effective instructional presentations, and construct a course plan and syllabus that support an effective learning environment. Participants may register for single workshops or attend the full series (of 10).
For graduate teaching assistants, participation in the workshops counts toward the Graduate Teaching Certificate program sponsored by Purdue Teaching Academy's Committee for the Education of Teaching Assistants, which CIE administers.
Graduate students interested in earning one course credit may register for EDCI 589: College Teaching Workshops, which begins Aug. 27. Graduate students who enroll in the course, attend at least nine of the 10 CTW I sessions, and complete assignments related to the workshop content may earn credit as a pass/fail grade. Students can register for the EDCI 589 course online through Purdue's course enrollment website. Interested graduate students who have questions should email karichar@purdue.edu for answers and directions for registering.
For more information and registration for each of the CTW I sessions, the flier can be found at www.purdue.edu/cie/workshops/workshops1.html. Click on the titles in the flier to register.