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Faculty Participate in Summer Instructional Development Institute

      This year’s Summer Instructional Development Institute provided faculty with instructional development opportunities on a variety of topics.  The Institute is offered each summer in collaboration with the Office of the Provost and the Provost’s Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence. 

Course Development Using Blackboard 5—Mary Kay Biagini, associate dean of the School of Information Sciences, assisted by Dan Wilson, of CIDDE’s Faculty Instructional Development Lab, views her Web course on an interactive electronic whiteboard.  Biagini took part in summer institute training to facilitate the development of an on-line course that she is creating for the new FastTrack MLIS (Master of Library and Information Science degree) Program.

Teaching and Learning Workshop­—Dr. Ximena Zuniga of the Social Justice Education Program, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, shares resources during a workshop on Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom.  Through interactive methods, Dr. Zuniga led participants to examine key dynamics in the teaching and learning process and to develop intervention strategies addressing multicultural issues in the diverse classroom.

Course Development and Redesign—Rosemarie Lyons, an instructional designer at CIDDE, consults with Jorg Wiezorek, Material Science & Engineering, on redesign of a course during the Summer Institute.  Seventeen faculty members from six schools devoted part of the summer to enhancing their courses by working with a CIDDE instructional designer to develop or revise a course for the upcoming academic year.  Instructional design assistance is available throughout the year for faculty who wish to develop or redesign courses, focusing on such areas as enhancing active learning, integrating instructional technologies, or modifying problem areas of courses.