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Teaching
& Learning Tips
Syllabus Basics Checklist
This checklist will help you design your course syllabi...
Get
Ready for the First Day of Class
The following tips (and templates) may help you think about
your first meeting with students. Remember that first impressions
count. Studies have shown a high correlation between how students
rate instructors...
Recent
Publications
The Banyan Tree You can download Vol. 7 No 2 as a pdf today.
The
January, 2013 issue (V7N1) of the International
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is
now available.
The
Learning Quest - Vol 7 N 1
SoTL
Chronicles. You can download Vol. 4 No 1 as a pdf today.
The TA Times
Director Position Announcement
The Provost seeks a dynamic individual committed to developing and strengthening faculty expertise in undergraduate and graduate instruction through teaching scholarship, modern educational techniques and practices, and initiatives that address the current and future educational needs of Georgia Southern University. The Director will be responsible for reorganizing and renaming the Center for Teaching, Learning and Scholarship and the Center for Online Learning into one cohesive unit.
Download the Director Position Announcement |
Upcoming
Events
 CTLS
Calendar
Assessment Clear & Simple:
Test Construction (Part 1)
Feb. 13 | Judith Longfield | 9:15-10:45 a.m.
| Henderson 1303 (CTLS)
Teaching Academy 6:
Tools for Test Construction
Feb. 18 & 21 | Judith Longfield | 11:00 a.m.-1:00 | Henderson 1303 (CTLS)
Assessment Clear & Simple:
Rubric Construction (Part 2)
Feb. 20 | Judith Longfield | 9:15-10:45 a.m.
| Henderson 1303 (CTLS)
Teaching Academy 7:
Grades & Grading
February 25 & 28 | Judith Longfield | 11:00 a.m.-1:00 | Henderson 1303 (CTLS)
Teaching Academy 8:
Classroom Management
March 4 & 7 | Judith Longfield | 11:00 a.m.-1:00 | Henderson 1303 (CTLS)
Getting Students to Work Collaboratively
March 7 | Judith Longfield | 3:30-4:30 | Henderson 1303 (CTLS)
Boot Camp for Academic Writers
March 18 - 22| Judith Longfield |
9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | Henderson 1303 (CTLS)
Teaching Philosophy: Part 1
March 25 | Judith Longfield | 3:30-4:30 p.m.| Henderson 1303 (CTLS)
Teaching Philosophy: Part 2
April 1 | Judith Longfield | 3:30-4:30 p.m.| Henderson 1303 (CTLS)
How to Create a Teaching Portfolio: Part 1
April 10 | Judith Longfield | 3:30-4:30 p.m.| Henderson 1303 (CTLS)
How to Create a Teaching Portfolio: Part 2
April 24 | Judith Longfield | 3:30-4:30 p.m.| Henderson 1303 (CTLS)
Orientation to Teaching for TAs
May 7 - 9 | Judith Longfield | 9:00 a.m. - noon | Henderson 1303 (CTLS)
To register: https://training.georgiasouthern.edu
Download the Spring 2013 Calendar
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@ Georgia Southern
A university initiative for SoTL
What
is SoTL?
 Congratulations to Misty Loughry, the 2012-2013 SoTL Awards recipients.
SoTL Commons Conference
March 27-29th| International Event| Savannah, GA
 In the
Spotlight
The 2013-2014 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.
Each SoTL Fellows' Award is $3,000. For more information, download the guidelines.
The four SoTL Fellows for 2012-2013 are:
- Lorraine Gilpin (Teaching and Learning)
- Diana Sturges (Health & Kinesiology)
- Adrienne Cohen (Sociology & Anthropology)
- Katt Blackwell-Starnes (Writing & Linguistics)
Take
Action
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.
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