Examining Teaching and Learning Centers CIDER at Virginia

Examining Teaching and Learning Centers: CIDER at Virginia Tech by Tom Hammett Workshop on Teaching and Learning AFU and innov. ATE April 9 -11, 2015 - Hetauda

The situation o Commitment by the university to develop faculty capacity in teaching o Help faculty, especially new ones, to develop or expand their teaching skills o Keep pedagogy current and relevant o More than just teaching – scholarship o Develop resources as and when needed 2

CIDER = Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research www. cider. vt. edu Dr. Peter Doolittle, Director pdoo@vt. edu 3

Programs and services offered o o o o Faculty Study Groups Instructional Grants Workshops and Seminars Formative Instructional Evaluations Common Book Support and Consulting Course Consulting Peer observations 4

Services (continued) o o Signature Course program Pedagogy in Practice TEDx. Virginia Tech Discussion series 5

Awards o Thank a Teacher Program o Teacher of the Week Program o Academy of Professor Emeriti and Emeritae o Faculty Teaching Awards 6

Certificate Programs o New Faculty / Early Career Teaching Certificates o Instructional Scholar Teaching Certificate 7

Research and Scholarship o Annual Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy o 2 -minute Podcasts o International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Edcuation o International Journal of e. Portfolio o Journals in Higher Education 8

CIDER – one example QUESTIONS? 9

Training resources: The Seven C’s of Motivation o o o o Challenge Choice Control Caring (interest/value) Collaboration/connectedness Competence Curiosity 10 Revised by Peter Doolittle, CIDER, 2013