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

该项目正在支持一个研讨会，讨论教学中心（CTL）在加强本科工程教育中的作用。 为期两天的研讨会将汇集CTL，工程系主任和工程学院的管理人员。组织者计划（1）概述战略，利用现有CTL的资源和专业知识，通过确定CTL和工程学院合作伙伴关系的目标，预期成果，战略和活动来加强本科工程教育;（2）确定适合工程教师的CTL计划，支持和资源，以加强教育工作者的终身发展;（3）确定利用教师洞察学生学习问题和内容困难的方法，以告知专业发展计划的规划;（4）准备工程管理人员如何通过与CTL的合作伙伴关系支持和认可教育创新和专业发展的建议。 研讨会前的活动将包括准备一份关于该领域现状的白色文件，该文件讨论了由CTL或工程教育中心进行的工程学校当前的专业发展实践。 组织者正在计划建立一个网站，以存放讲习班的材料和成果，并在ASEE年度会议和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.