Conversations on Teaching

The Purdue University Teaching Academy has announced two upcoming Conversations on Teaching sessions. These sessions are designed to address timely issues relative to learning and the classroom, delivered by various members of the Purdue University faculty. The fall Conversations include:

October 16, 2009, 3:30 to 4:45 pm in RAWL #2070, Mick La Lopa presents Designing & Delivering the Complete Curriculum

In this conversation, attendees will learn how faculty applied a human resource management technique known as work flow design to successfully complete a curriculum revision for the HTM Department. Mick La Lopa will also explain the innovative tool that was developed to catalogue the instructional and assessment techniques used to teach the course objectives for all revised courses. The ten-step process and documents that were developed as a consequence of the curriculum revision will be shared with those attending this session.
November 19, 2009, 3:30 to 4:45 pm in the Anniversary Drawing Room of the Purdue Memorial Union, Chuck Calahan presents Students & Courses in the Year 2020

Based on research reviews, data on trends in higher education, interviews with experts who shape the futures of universities, and survey results, The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Research Services provides us with some predictions of what students and your classes may be like in 10 years. It appears both will be very different than they are today. What can you expect? How might you start to prepare now for the coming changes? Chuck Calahan will summarize the findings and the predictions, share some possibilities implemented this semester, and lead the discussion.

The Conversations on Teaching sessions do not require registration. So please come and join us for these engaging sessions.