PRISM Academy

Welcome to the homepage of the Georgia State University PRISM Learning Academy

Introduction

This site is designed to support the work of faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education who are involved in preparing teachers at Georgia State University . The goals of the site are to facilitate collaboration, access to resources, and disseminate information about the effectiveness of instructional programs to promote learning. through this site we hope to foster scholarly teaching and, for those who choose, the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Provost Ron Henry's Presentation on the Goals for GSU's PRISM Academy--Active Learning

Video clip on College Lesson Study--Bill Cerbin, Carnegie Scholar

Next Steps for our PRISM Learning Academy --Documenting that students are learning

How? Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Complete the online course required by GSU for doing research with Human Subjects and submit your research plan for approval to the GSU Institutional Review Board (IRB). Also, check the resources for conducting research on student learning.

Technology and Teaching
Framework for using the 7 Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Instruction to analyze instructional modifications:

	Clickers	________	_______	_______
Contact between students and faculty	?
Cooperation among students	Perhaps
Active learning	?--see below
Prompt feedback	Yes
Time on task	Yes
High expectations	?
Respects diverse talents, ways of learning	No

Poll Every Where--web site for using cell phone text messaging as a class response system

Research and Papers--Published Papers by Academy Members

Said, W. A. & Martin-Hansen, L. (2007). Effect of preparing students for active learning on their attitude toward the experience. Georgia Journal of Science: 65 (1) , p. 62.
Said, W. A., Martin-Hansen, L., Attanasio, R. & Darnell, K. (2007). "Preparing students (and faculty) for active learning: Does it really matter?". Annual Meeting of State of the Art in Biology. Athens, GA.

Papers in preparation (for review by members)

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning