ENGIN 697T - Teaching Seminar - Fall 2016

Course Overview

This courses is a seminar for Teaching Associates in the College of Engineering who are teaching the 191ENGIN Freshman Seminar. The course serves as a learning community to support instructors and to discuss techniques to improve student learning.

Course Details

The course meets on Wednesdays 10:10 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. in Marston 220. Instructor for the course is Prof. Tilman Wolf. The required textbook for this course is Barbara Gross Davis, Tools for Teaching, 2nd ed., Jossey-Bass, 2009. Grading is pass/fail based on attendance; attendance of (and participation in) eight (8) course meetings is required to pass this course.

Course Schedule

The tentative course schedule is below. It is expected that instructors read the assigned chapter in the textbook before class.

Date	Topic	Notes
9/7/2016	Part I: Getting Under Way
9/14/2016	Part II: Responding to a Changing Student Body
9/21/2016	class cancelled due to travel
9/28/2016	Part III: Discussion Strategies
10/5/2016	Part VI: The Large-Enrollment Course
10/12/2016	Part V: Alternatives and Supplements to Lectures and Discussions
10/19/2016	Part VI: Enhancing Students' Learning and Motivation
10/26/2016	Part VII: Strengthening Students' Writing and Problem-Solving Skills
11/2/2016	Part VIII: Testing and Scoring
11/9/2016	Part IX: Presentation Technologies
11/16/2016	no class - Friday schedule
11/23/2016	no class - Thanksgiving recess
11/30/2016	Part X: Evaluation to Improve Teaching
12/7/2016	Part XI: Teaching Outside the Classroom
12/14/2016	Part XII: Finishing Up