Recent Activity on the CIRTL Café

Posting frozen on CIRTL Cafe until the new website is up

Submitted by Carie Fisher on Tue, 03/02/2010 - 7:49am.

We are getting close to having the new website up and running, so we are freezing posts on this website until further notice. The transition should only take a couple of weeks, so this is only a temporary change. Please note, that if you have information you need to have on the CIRTL Cafe, please email it to jonas@wisc.edu.

 

Additionally, if you want to be a beta tester for the new website, please email cefisher2@wisc.edu.

CIRTL Virtual Coffee Hours-Starting Wednesday Feb 24

Submitted by Robin Greenler on Sat, 02/20/2010 - 8:45am.

Come join our first CIRTL Coffee Hours.  The coffee hours are a time to get together to informally talk with others throughout the CIRTL Network.  Discuss current issues in science, technology, engineering and math education; teaching & research in acedemia; using classroom diversity to strengthen your teaching; using new technology in the classroom, and more.

Show up and join the discussion. 

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Comments from previous STEMES participants

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Return to the 2010 STEM Education Scholars page
"I will tell my colleagues what I learned about improving our teaching through critical examination (using our research skills), about creating a course environment where all people are equally valued, about making the students central to the course (which includes making them responsible for their own learning), and about various technologies and tools available for managing and conducting  Read More »

The 2010 STEM Education Scholars Program

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Connecting the Dots: Aligning Course Objectives, Assessments,
and Activities to Enhance Learning in STEM Courses

A professional development opportunity for pre-tenure STEM faculty. Fixed-term STEM faculty, post-doctorates,
and doctoral candidates in STEM disciplines are also welcome. 

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Local Information for CIRTL Network Cities

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Boulder, CO

Best Western Boulder Inn
770 28th Street
Boulder, Colorado, 80303-2343
United States
info@BoulderInn.com
http://www.boulderinn.com/
Phone: 303-449-3800
Toll Free Reservations: 800-233-8469
Fax: 303-402-9118 

 

Boulder Supper Shuttle

http://www.yellowtrans.com/supershuttle/boulder_supershuttle_home.htm

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Mathieu's Congressional Testimony

Submitted by Robin Greenler on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 2:05pm.
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Last Thursday, Feb 4, Bob Mathieu provided testimony on Strengthening Undergraduate and Graduate STEM Education to the House Subcommittee on Research and Science Education. His testimony is available at http://tiny.cc/R7Is3.

 

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Bob Mathieu to Provide Testimony on STEM Education to Congressional Subcommittee

Submitted by Robin Greenler on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 2:56pm.
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CIRTL Director Bob Mathieu will be providing testimony to the US House Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Research and Science Education on Thursday Feb 4. A link to his comments will appear on the CIRTL Café later in the week.

 

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Highlights from Richard Cyr's Visit to Vanderbilt

Submitted by Derek Bruff on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 8:16am.
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As I mentioned here a few days ago, Richard Cyr (Biology, Penn State) visited Vanderbilt on Tuesday.  He gave two talks, one on faculty careers in the sciences, and one teaching large science classes.  I shared some highlights from the two talks on the new Vanderbilt Center for Teaching Twitter account as he was presenting.  You can see all of these tweets in one place right here.  We were glad to have Richard join us for the day!

Richard Cyr Visit at Vanderbilt

Submitted by Derek Bruff on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 11:20am.
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Richard Cyr of Penn State University is visiting Vanderbilt University today.  The Vanderbilt Center for Teaching will be "live-tweeting" his sessions today, one on academic careers in the sciences, the other on teaching large science courses.  Follow our "tweets" on Twitter.

Introduction to the Cases

Submitted by CIRTL on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 5:28pm.

As you read the cases and the discussions that follow them, the following information will help you to prepare for facilitation.

 

The cases in this book vary in complexity. The reader may approach each case from a variety of levels. Each case contains a number of themes. Some of the cases may seem fairly straightforward, but all have multiple issues to address. Intentionally, we did not fully script the cases.

 

We have provided real-life situations as examples to demonstrate the importance, as well as the complexity, of inclusive practice.

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How to Facilitate A Case Study Exercise

Submitted by CIRTL on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 5:27pm.

By Katherine Friedrich
Based on an interview with
Dr. James Stith of the American Institute of Physics

 

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Why We Wrote This Book

Submitted by CIRTL on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 5:26pm.

When you first consider discussing diversity with your colleagues or students, you may experience a moment of doubt. How can you handle this often volatile issue without people becoming uncomfortable about participating in the conversation? How can you facilitate the discussion so that everyone leaves with a sense of respect and even some insight?

 

If you are new to this conversation, you may feel tempted to stop at this point. The situation may seem too risky. But first, consider these facts.

 

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