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The Center for Teaching and Learning is proud to announce that nine proposals for the Scholarship of Teaching Program were funded during the fall quarter 1997-1998. This represents 11 different departments and 37 individual faculty members. Those receiving support from the Scholarship of Teaching Program are: Norman Bryan, Marta White, Robert H. Burgess, Ralph Hamilton, and Cora L. Locust (Management)--The Enhancement of Teaching Through Interactive Web pages: TQT and the Department of Management; Mildred Cody, Jean Weed, Stephanie Summers, Susan Roman, Delia Baxter, Barbara Hopkins, Satya Jonnalagadda, Virginia O'Leary (Nutrition and Laboratory Technologies)--Nutrition Links; Susan Fairly, LaVern Lynch Watkins (Early Childhood Education)-- An Interactive Computer Network to Support First-year Teachers; Elizabeth Sanders Lopez, Jeffrey Thomas Grabill (English)-- Teaching Business and Technical Writing in a Virtual Age; Robert Moore, Chris Bollinger, Sam Skogstad (Economics)-- Evaluating and Improving Instructional Performance in Introductory Economics Classes; Kirk Richardson, Frank Haist, Michael Kane, Fran Norris (Psychology)-- Developing the Psychology Department=s Writing Across the Curriculum Course for the Semester System; Kathleen Pittman, Judy Wold, Astrid Wilson, Lorine Spencer, Barbara Browning (Nursing)-- Developing a Heath & Human Science Website; Dana Stewart (Anthropology and Geography)-- Integrating Computer-based Instructional technology into Geography Curriculum; Armenia Williams, Jo Jones, Lorine Spencer, Stephanie Summers, Randy DeKler, Mildred Cody, E. J. Higbee , James Wolk, Ina Bullard, Jean Weed (College of Health and Human Sciences)-- Technology Workshop for Health Sciences Professions.

Call for Papers

The annual Georgia Conference on College and University Teaching is scheduled for Kennesaw State University on April 16 and 17, 1998. The conference planning committee has issued a call for papers for university faculty to do presentations, panels, and poster sessions about college and university teaching. Topics of special interest include: appraising student learning styles, general education as a social priority, distance learning and on-line courses, innovative uses of writing in the classroom, the concept of self-directed learning, collaborative teaching/learning, how to gage student learning, teaching in a semester system, developing interactive classroom opportunities, incorporating service learning into the curriculum, developing faculty development opportunities, alternatives to lecture, teaching large classes, and technology in teaching and learning.

Send a one-page, double-spaced proposal abstract, including a four-sentence abstract, and short vita to Dr. Lana Wachiak, Kennesaw State University, 1000 Chastain Road, Kennesaw, GA 30144. Specify the time needed for the presentation and any equipment needs.

CTL Web Site

The Center for Teaching and Learning has reorganizing its web site to make it more useful for faculty use. We have added a set of links for faculty to use to assist students with improving academic skills (i.e., sites to help students to improve writing skills, test taking skills, and research skills). We continue to add sites to help faculty improving teaching. We now want to add links to web sites that have been developed by GSU faculty as a means of illustrating how we have used World Wide Web resources for our courses.

Add your web site to our registry of faculty home pages by contacting John Murphy (jmmurphy@gsu.edu) or Harry Dangel (hdangel@gsu.edu).