The Role of Centers for Teaching and Learning in Improvement of Undergraduate Engineering Education

该项目正在支持一次研讨会，讨论教学中心(CTL)在加强本科工程教育方面的作用。为期两天的研讨会将汇集CTLS主任、工程学教员和工程学院的行政人员。主办方计划(1)概述利用现有CTL的资源和专业知识来加强本科工程教育的战略，确定CTL和工程学院的目标、预期结果、战略和活动；(2)确定适合工程教师的计划、支持和资源，以促进作为教育工作者的终身发展；(3)找出利用教师对学生学习问题和困难的见解的方法，以便为专业发展计划的规划提供信息；以及(4)就工程管理人员如何通过与CTL的合作支持和认可教育创新和专业发展提出建议。讲习班前的活动将包括编写一份关于实地情况的白皮书，讨论CTL或工程教育中心开展的工程学校目前的专业发展做法。组织者正在计划建立一个网站，以主办研讨会材料和成果，并在ASEE年会和AERA专业和组织发展网络会议上举行一次会议。

The project is supporting a workshop to discuss the role of centers for teaching and learning (CTLs) in enhancing undergraduate engineering education. The two-day workshop will bring together the directors of CTLs, engineering faculty, and administrators of schools of engineering. The organizers are planning to (1) outline strategies for leveraging resources and expertise at existing CTLs to enhance undergraduate engineering education by identifying goals, expected outcomes, strategies, and activities for the CTL and school of engineering partnerships; (2) identify programs, support and resources from CTLs appropriate for engineering faculty to enhance lifelong development as educators; (3) identify ways of utilizing faculty insight into student learning issues and difficulties with content to inform the planning of professional development programs; and (4) prepare recommendations for how engineering administrators could support and recognize educational innovation and professional development through a partnership with CTLs. The pre-workshop activities will include preparing a white paper on the state of the field that discusses current professional development practices for schools of engineering as conducted either by CTLs or centers for engineering education. The organizers are planning a website to host the workshop materials and results and a session at the ASEE Annual Conference and at the AERA Professional and Organizational Development Network Conference.