CITR Faculty Resources
CITR offers a wide range of classes and delivery methods to best suit you and your departments schedules. Listed below you will find the current hands-on classroom training schedule for Fall 2011. If you or your department would like one-on-one training please let us know.
We ask that you E-mail your reservation with your Name, Department, Contact Info, and the Class you would like to attend to CITR@angelo.edu.
You can collapse or expand the training sections below by clicking on the main header for each section!
Learning Outcomes Syllabus Model
Building a better syllabus requires some self-reflection and some coordination: objectives might be specific to individual classes, but learning outcomes might be shared across departments.
While students benefit from a clear and detailed syllabus, producing a learning-centered syllabus offers the faculty an important opportunity to reflect on his or her assignments, exams and other classroom activities. Simply put, your syllabus should help students (and you) understand what you want students to understand and be able to do after completing your class.
The CITR has created a Syllabus Template that reflects the best practices at ASU. Obviously, there are classes that require unique items on the syllabus. If so, you shoud add them.
Faculty Development Plan Template
One of the easiest and most useful ways for faculty to develop as a faculty is the creation of a faculty development plan. Faculty at any stage in their career can find it refreshing and invigorating to examine both past career accomplishments and future career goals. Junior Faculty often find it helpful to create development plans in line with department, college and university tenure and promotion guidelines.
This folder contains a Faculty Development Template that you might find useful as you map out your next few years at ASU.
Reading the Tea Leaves: IDEA Results and Student Learning
The primary goal of any student evaluation system must, quite frankly, be affording faculty insight into student learning. Such a system should provide honest feedback that allows faculty members to reflect on teaching, learning, and course objectives. The IDEA form provides faculty with opportunities to analyze courses in order to improve instruction.
The CITR offered the following information to ASU faculty on March 1, 2010. A corresponding audio recording will be available soon on the video section of this page.
Mid-Course Evaluations
Midcourse evaluations offer the faculty member an opportunity to gauge student progress on learning outcomes and course objectives. Doing so increases student learning.
This folder contains the CITR recommended midcourse evaluation for faculty who prefer to hand a copy to the class directly. For those faculty interested in embedding the evaluation in your Blackboard class, go to the Support tab in Blackboard and scroll down to the Midcourse Evaluation directions.
ASU Summer Institute on Teaching and Learning
The ASU Summer Institute on Teaching and Learning is a program designed to help faculty participants reflect upon their teaching and student learning. The sessions will include both external experts and recognized ASU faculty who will lead interactive sessions. Exploring issues related to pedagogy, faculty teaching, and student development are time intensive events and faculty rarely have time to engage in interdisciplinary conversations regarding techniques and shared educational goals. The ASU SITL will provide participant faculty the unique opportunity to explore effective, multi-disciplinary approaches to teaching and engaging students.
