Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

 

Date of this Version

2000

Document Type

Article

Citation

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2000) 18; http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/tia.17063888.0018.013

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License: CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

Special interest discussion groups provide opportunities for faculty to address specific instructional issues in a variety of areas including technology, distance learning, general teaching topics, pre-tenure issues, honors teaching, and the like. In 1995, to leverage the Teaching and Learning Center’s resources, outstanding classroom teachers were invited to provide leadership for discussion groups by serving as Partners or Associates. This chapter describes how an inexpensive faculty discussion-group leadership program maximizes a teaching improvement center’s resources, makes innovative teaching visible, and provides peer models for other faculty while helping promote an overall institutional culture that actively supports teaching excellence.

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