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Georgia Tech Retreat Exploring Effective Teaching (GTREET)
As teaching comes to an end each semester, faculty often reflect on how their courses went, how the students performed, and what the course evaluations have to say. We then think about what to change the next time we teach.
What we do next-or how much change really takes place-is influenced by many different factors. How much time and energy do we have to invest in improving the course? How much support is available to help us accomplish what we're considering? What have our peers-and our department head or dean-said lately about the importance of teaching?
At GTREET, faculty will collaboratively explore the change processes associated with course design and innovative teaching. The facilitators of the retreat, Dr. Karan Watson (Interim Provost of Texas A&M University) and Dr. Jeffrey Froyd (Director of Faculty Climate and Development) will highlight their experiences with innovation in engineering education, discuss findings from their research on change in higher education settings, and assist participants with addressing the challenges associated with changing a course and improving student learning. In addition, panelists from Georgia Tech will share innovations they have recently implemented in their courses and discuss the process involved in making these changes.
Join your colleagues at GTREET on Friday, January 29th and take the next step toward bringing about the changes you'd like to see!
To register, go to: http://www.cetl.gatech.edu/faculty/events/gtreet.htm
Facilitators:
Karan L. Watson, Ph.D., P.E. is interim provost and executive vice president for academics at Texas A&M University. She has served as vice provost at Texas A&M University since December 2008. Prior to serving as vice provost, she had been dean of faculties and associate provost since February 2002. She joined the faculty of Texas A&M University in 1983 and is currently a Regents Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Watson is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the American Society for Engineering Education. Her awards and recognitions include the U.S. President's Award for Mentoring Minorities and Women in Science and Technology, the American Association for the Advancement of Science mentoring award, the IEEE International Undergraduate Teaching Award, The Texas A&M University Association of Former Students-University Award for Student Relations and the College of Engineering Crawford Teaching Award.
Jeffrey E. Froyd, Ph.D. is the Director of Faculty Climate and Development in the Office of the Dean of Faculties and Associate Provost at Texas A&M University. He served as Project Director for the Foundation Coalition, one of six Engineering Education Coalitions supported by NSF. He co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; the project was recognized with a Hesburgh Certificate of Excellence in 1997. He has authored or co-authored over 50 papers on curriculum innovation, curriculum integration, assessment of curricular innovations, processes of curricular change, and faculty development. Dr. Froyd is a Senior Associate Editor for the Journal on Engineering Education, has served for ten years as an ABET Program Evaluator for electrical and computer engineering, and has served as a program co-chair for the 2003 and 2004 Frontiers in Education Conferences and the general chair for the 2009 Frontiers in Education Conference.
