For the past three years USciences has been very well represented at conferences on teaching in higher education. Faculty who are doing this kind of research come from all departments and colleges. We had such a presence at a meeting that one conference attendee asked me how big USciences is as we had so many presentations. She was at a much larger university, and they had far fewer.
Eighteen USciences faculty made 15 presentations at four, peer-reviewed and competitive conferences. (For example, USciences faculty were chosen to display 13 percent of the 39 posters at the Lily-East Conference in Bethesda, MD. In addition, USciences faculty gave three of the 75 workshops. There were 259 submissions for these slots.)
For their poster, "Using Self-Assessment Rubrics to Develop a Teaching Improvement Plan for New Faculty," Amy Janke and Phyillis Blumberg received the 2011 Lilly Poster of the Year award.
Peer-reviewed Conference Presentations made by faculty on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning topics.
The Teaching and Learning Center helped to fund the faculty to attend these conferences
Starred people are the most prolific researchers in this field and also have publications on scholarship of teaching and learning.
- Jeanette McVeigh (Information Science): Finding the right resources for your scholarship of teaching and learning Pa Library Association conference
- Pam Kearney (Occupational Therapy), Jennifer Pitonyak (Occupational Therapy )and Phyllis Blumberg (Teaching and Learning Center): short course presentation on learning centered teaching at American Occupational Therapy Association
- Anne Marie Flanagan (Humanities): What Will Students Think of Next?, Association for Core Texts and Courses (ACTC)
- *Alison M. Mostrom (Biological Sciences): Are IF – AT Practice quizzes Superior to Tradition Paper Practice Quizzes presented at The Teaching Professor Conference
- Andrew Peterson (Mayes College), Phyllis Blumberg (Teaching and Learning Center), and Alison M. Mostrom (Biological Sciences): Keeping Your Teaching Fresh: Are Teaching Mentor Relationships for you? presented at The Teaching Professor Conference
- Phyllis Blumberg (Teaching and Learning Center): Keeping Teaching Invigorated through Self-assessment and Scholarship of Teaching/Learning presented at The Teaching Professor Conference
- Jeanette McVeigh (Information Science): Finding the Research on Teaching and Learning. Presented at the Lilly-East Conference
- Phyllis Blumberg (Teaching and Learning Center): Evaluating Your Teaching in Experiential Settings Presented at the Lilly-East Conference
- Amy Van Kleunen (Physical Therapy), Carol Maritz (Physical Therapy): Using online Discussion Boards to Foster Social Interdependence Among Learners Presented at the Lilly-East Conference
- Lindsey Curtin (Pharmacy Practice/Pharmacy Administration), Laura Finn (Pharmacy Practice/Pharmacy Administration): Impact of computer based simulation on the achievement of learning outcomes Presented at the Lilly-East Conference
- E. Amy Janke (Behavioral and Social Sciences ) and Phyllis Blumberg (Teaching and Learning Center): Using self assessment rubric to develop a teaching improvement plan for new faculty Presented at the Lilly-East Conference
- *Madhu Mahalingam (Chemistry & Biochemistry), Elizabeth Morlino (Chemistry & Biochemistry), and Elizabetha Fasella (Chemistry & Biochemistry): Using technology as a tool in the development of student’s problem solving skills. Presented at the Lilly-East Conference
- *Grace Earl (Pharmacy Practice/Pharmacy Administration): Evaluating Student online Discussion forum Posts to Improve Teaching Methods that Promote thinking Presented at the Lilly-East Conference
- Laura Mandos (Pharmacy Practice/Pharmacy Administration): School Wide Curricular Efforts to Enhance Teaching Scholarship Presented at the Lilly-East Conference
- Michael Bruist (Chemistry & Biochemistry): Teaching Biochemistry Problem Solving Skills, presented at Association of Biochemistry Course Directors