By Doug Ward CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Faculty members seem ready for a more substantive approach to evaluating teaching, but… It’s that “but” that about 30 faculty members from three Bay View Alliance universities focused on at a mini-conference here in late February. All are part of a project called TEval, which is working to develop a richer model of teaching evaluation by helping departments change their teaching culture. The project, funded by a $2.8 million National Science Foundation grant, … [Read more...]

The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, in recognition of its 125th anniversary, developed the Dean Nathan F. Dupuis Engineering Leadership in Engineering Education Award to recognize a faculty member for sustained excellence. Prof. Robert Knobel, a member of the TRESTLE network, received the award for his contributions to the faculty that specifically include his leadership in the transformation initiative in the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy as part of … [Read more...]

Join authors Stephanie Chasteen (University of Colorado Boulder) and Warren Code (University of British Columbia) as they discuss the messages from their new (free, opensource) Science Education Initiative Handbook on how to effectively use discipline-based education specialists to facilitate change within departments. They will discuss who makes a good educational expert, what their role can be within a department, how to train and support them, and engaging faculty and departments in change. … [Read more...]