Teaching & Learning Tips

Syllabus Basics Checklist
This checklist will help you design your course syllabi...

Get Ready for the First Day of Class
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Recent Publications

The Banyan Tree You can download Vol. 6 No 2 as a pdf today.

The January, 2012 issue (V6N1) of the International Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is now available.

The Learning Quest - Vol 6 N 1

SoTL Chronicles. You can download Vol. 3 No 1 as a pdf today.

First Friday Lunch & Learn
12:15-1:15 PM this spring

Upcoming Events

CTLS Calendar

First Friday Lunch & Learn Series:
“Preparing a Teaching Portfolio ”
May 4 |12:15 - 1:15 pm | 1303 Henderson Library | Judith Longfield
register at 0049 or phendrix@georgiasouthern.edu

Course Design Series
May 14-16th | 9 am – 12 pm | CTLS 1303 Henderson Library | Judith Longfield | register at 0049 or phendrix@georgiasouthern.edu

Sustainability Across the Curriculum Workshop
Thursday and Friday, May 17-18 |
9 a.m. - 3p.m. | CTLS, Henderson Library, Suite 1303 | register at 0049 or phendrix@georgiasouthern.edu

Georgia Southern’s Center for Sustainability is pleased to offer a Sustainability Across the Curriculum Workshop in partnership with the Center for Teaching and Learning Scholarship (CTLS). The workshop will provide faculty from all disciplines with tools and examples and inspiration needed to incorporate sustainability into their courses. Courses developed or modified in this workshop may be eligible for inclusion in the new Interdisciplinary Concentration in Environmental Sustainability or for a proposed graduate level sustainability certificate. To apply, send a short, one-paragraph description of how you plan to change an existing course or develop a new one that will incorporate environmental and/or sustainability issues to Patricia Hendrix at phendrix@georgiasouthern.edu, 912-478-0049. Please include your name, departmental affiliation, phone number, and e-mail address, and “Sustainability Workshop Application” in the subject line.

You may view the entire spring seminar schedule and register for workshops & seminars to be held at the CTLS. NOTE!: login using your GSU User ID and password

SoTL @ Georgia Southern
A university initiative for SoTL

What is SoTL?

Congratulations to Diana Sturges & Janie Wilson, the 2011-2012 SoTL Awards recipients.

In the Spotlight

Congratulations to Sabrina Ross (Curriculum, Foundations & Reading) and June Joyner (Writing & Linguistics) for being selected for the Summer Symposium of the Governor's Teaching Fellows Program at UGA ( http://ihe.uga.edu/programs/ governors-teaching-fellows ).

To improve the quality of instruction in Georgia's colleges and universities, the Governor's Teaching Fellows Program assumes the complex challenge of moving college faculty members to the leading edge of instructional practice. This effort to enhance instruction in public and private higher education statewide is very much in keeping with the University of Georgia's traditional mission as a land-grant institution committed to diversified outreach and public service.

The new 2012-2013 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Fellows Program, sponsored by the Center for Teaching, Learning & Scholarship (CTLS) is designed to foster faculty leadership in SoTL by promoting evidence-based teaching.

The Fellows Program will support up to four faculty and their SoTL research projects related to faculty members' efforts to improve and better understand teaching and learning through evidence-based study.

All applicants must be current, full-time, permanent or temporary faculty members at the time of award, and may submit only one application per primary investigator. In other words, for collaborative SoTL projects, only the lead investigator can apply to become a CTLS SoTL Fellow. Each SoTL Fellows' Award is $3,000. For more information, download the guidelines.

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CTLS Vision & Mission
The Center for Teaching, Learning & Scholarship appreciates and respects the experience, knowledge and wisdom of Georgia Southern faculty and is an enthusiastic persevering advocate, agent, and catalyst for the faculty's unprecedented professional development in teaching, learning, and scholarship.