Created in 2013, the Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning ( CETAL ) replaces the Mellon Center Advisory Committee and absorbs the teaching and learning functions of the now dismantled Teaching and Learning Round Table (TLTR). The central mission of the CETAL is to support teaching and learning at IWU by fostering pedagogical development of IWU faculty. The council advises the Associate Dean on matters related to teaching and learning and is key in coordinating pedagogical initiatives with other bodies such as Curriculum Council (CC), Faculty Development Committee (FDC), the Writing Program, the Assessment Committee, and the Council on University Programs and Policies (CUPP).
Resources for TeachingWriting Program teaching resources
IWU guidelines for assessing student learning
Liberal Education resources from AAC&U
High-Impact Practices for Teaching & Learning
The LEAP Challenge (Liberal Education & American Promise)
Teaching Resources at the Mellon Center
Rubrics & SyllabiVALUE rubrics from AAC&U (16 rubrics)
A syllabus template for IWU courses
IWU Student Rights and Responsibilities: Policy and Regulations (includes statement on plagiarism)
Syllabus checklist, (from Michael Reder, Teaching and Learning Center @ Connecticut College)
The Syllabus:Nonorg Presentation (Kate Browne and Carmela Ferradáns)
Teaching CirclesIn an effort to promote developmental feedback on faculty members' teaching practices, the Mellon Center sponsors a Teaching Circles program. Under this program, groups of three faculty members from different departments visit each others' classes and offer constructive feedback with regard to syllabi and assignment construction and the use of pedagogical methods in a live classroom situation.
If you are interested in participating in Teaching Circles, please contact Lynda Duke or Carmela Ferradáns.
Team TeachingTips for collaborative teaching from the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University
Team-teaching: Benefits and Challenges (Stanford CTL Newsletter)
Team-teaching: Rewards and Challenges (CETAL presentation May 17th, 2016)
Finding Sustainable Models for Faculty Collaboration across Disciplines
(CETAL presentation May 8th, 2014)
Course Design
Course design pointers (from Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning @ Harvard)
Understanding by Design ("backwards" design method by Grant and Wiggins)
Bloom's Taxonomy
How to write learning outcomes (from the CTAL @ University of Delaware)
Teaching Goals Inventory (University of Iowa)
Liberal Arts Course Clusters at IWUPromote Interdisciplinary Thinking
Provide Opportunities for Experiential Learning
Allow Students to Connect with Community Initiatives
Encourage and Showcase Student Interdisciplinary Work
Expose Students to a Variety of Modes of Expression
Teaching & TechnologyAnnotated bibliography for online teaching by Patricia McGee
Quality Matters Rubric Standards for online teaching, 2011-13 edition
Teaching with Technology: Tools and Strategies to Improve Student Learning, a special report from Faculty Focus
The Digital Campus 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education
Tech Innovators 2016 The Chronicle of Higher Education
Flipped Classroom and Just-in-time Teaching Presentation by Diego Mendez-Carbajo May 3, 2016