Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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The Teaching Matters Program has been established in order to encourage excellence in teaching within Arts and Sciences. The program’s responsibilities include developing programs and events through which faculty could discuss issues related to teaching; developing, collecting, and making resources regarding the theory and practice of learning and teaching; considering ways of enhancing the importance of teaching within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; and gathering information about curricular issues related to teaching and learning across the College. |
| Programs/Workshops |
Links to Resources | Program Director/Advisory Board |
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| Past workshops conducted by Teaching Matters. |
| Reports
from Conferences and Workshops |
| Web
Sites of Interest |
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Instructional
Design & Technology at Rutgers-Camden
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| web site |
contact Emily Corse, Program
Director |
| Resources
for course
management systems: |
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| Sakai Project --
A consortium of member institutions collaborating on the
development of free open-source course management software. If
you wish to try using Sakai and see how/whether it works for you, go to
the Rutgers Sakai site. |
eCompanion -- Information about this course management option, also available through Rutgers. |
| Resources
from other
campuses: |
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Tufts Center for Teaching Excellence – Faculty Cyber Handbook on Teaching; see also Resources on Teaching and Learning–Books, Articles, and Websites |
Brown University – The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning – see especially teaching tips and publications. |
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United States Military Academy – Center for Teaching Excellence – Tips for Teaching |
Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning |
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University of Pennsylvania – Center for Teaching and Learning – Teaching Tools and Strategies |
Harvard University – Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning |
| Stanford University – Center for Teaching and Learning; see the handbook Teaching at Stanford | University of Southern California – Center for Excellence in Teaching; resources for teaching and learning |
| Carnegie Mellon University – Resources for Enhancing Teaching | University of Virginia – Teaching Resource Center |
| Content
Providers: |
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| The World Lecture Hall – a repository of materials, mostly embedded in individual courses. | Merlot – Loaded with resources and peer-reviewed content for educators; can be a bit overwhelming at first. |
| Additional
resources: |
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| Electronic Portfolio Consortium – A partnership between higher education institutions and IT organizations providing state-of -the art information on electronic portfolios. | Innovate: Journal of Online Education – Formerly The Technology Source, includes recent publications from faculty at Rutgers-Camden (Bob Wood and Holly Blackford have both written for this online journal). Subscriptions are free. |
| Campus Technology – Companion site for Campus Technology magazine (formerly Syllabus). | The Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching -- see especially the eLibrary of
articles and reports, most of which can be downloaded |
| Suggestions for
additional links are welcome; send to tmatters@camden.rutgers.edu. |
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