Featured Teacher: Professor Reginald Miles
It is
not surprising that Reginald Miles has harnessed podcasting as a tool for
teaching students in the Department of Radio, TV, and Film. As an
Assistant Professor of Communications, he teaches courses about audio
production, so for him podcasting is a logical choice. What
distinguishes Professor Miles is the way he has identified a problem, tested
a solution, assessed its impact, used the data, and publicized his findings.
In short, his experiments with podcasting reveal a professor who has been
deeply engaged in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL).
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2009 Winner of the Teaching with Technology Award: Dr. Helen Bond
Judges from the Teaching, Learning, and Technology (TLT) Committee recently
chose Dr. Helen Bond, Assistant Professor of Education, as
the winner of CETLA’s 2009 Teaching with Technology Award.
The judges honored Dr. Bond for her integration of electronic
student portfolios. See her abstract below:
Teacher candidates (preservice teachers) in the Department of Curriculum and
Instruction in the School of Education are required to develop an electronic
portfolio that is organized around the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and
Support Consortium (INTASC) Standards. The electronic portfolio is developed
using Wiki open-source software. A “Wiki” is an easy-to-use web page that
multiple people can edit and interact with. It is a key feature of Web 2.0
technology. The electronic portfolio consists of artifacts supported by
reflections that document a candidate’s progress toward meeting the INTASC
standards. Teacher candidates begin the development of the electronic
portfolio early in their program and continue until the completion of
student teaching. The successful completion of the electronic portfolio is a
requirement to successfully complete the Master’s degree program. Select
teacher candidates present their electronic portfolios at the School of
Education’s Induction Ceremony attended by local school districts, parents,
and the community.
To see a sample (public) portfolio by one of Dr. Bond’s students, go to
http://melanietheteacher.pbworks.com. To view each page, scroll down the
Front Page and click each standard listed in the sidebar.
