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June 11 - 13, 2003
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The major, university-wide initiative, The Scholarship of
Teaching & Learning at Western Carolina University (SoTL
at Western), was formally begun with the Institute. The goals
of SoTL at Western are Improved student learning, teaching
effectiveness, faculty development and a profoundly collegial
community of and for teaching and learning. This Institute,
the first of what is to be an annual event by and for Western
faculty,was held for three days in June, 2003. It was faculty
led and held on campus. There were 5 areas of focus, 5 faculty
facilitators, 32 faculty participants and a guest facilitator.
It is hoped that the Summer Institute will be an annual,
growing event for Western faculty with even greater participation
in 2004. Topics may change year to year and suggestions for
2004 topics are welcomed.
At the Institute faculty engaged in sustained inquiry about
teaching and studentsŐ learning. They had the opportunity
to choose one topic on which to focus and become a member
of one of the teams, described below, led by a faculty facilitator.
During the three days of the Institute, a total of approximately
10 hours was with one's team, with whole group activities
at the beginning and end of each day, and time for individual
work.
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