MTSU continues its push for more interactive teaching inside
and outside the classroom with its 2017 MT
Engage Summer Institute for interested faculty.
MT Engage, the
university’s latest Quality Enhancement Plan, is hosting a day and a half
training session for over 30 faculty members to enhance the skills needed while
teaching MT Engage-related courses.
Training sessions will be held all day Thursday, May 11, and
wrap up with a half-day of activities Friday, May 12, at the Learning,
Teaching, and Innovative Technologies Center conference room located in the
James E. Walker Library. Topics covered in breakout sessions include
integrative thinking, e-Portfolio training, rubrics, beyond the classroom
activities and student support services.
“The Summer Institute offers faculty the chance to learn
more about the MT Engage program, especially its focus on integrative thinking
and reflection across academic experiences,” MT Engage Faculty Fellow Director Mary Hoffschwelle said. “Faculty will use
information and ideas from institute sessions to certify their courses in the
MT Engage program.
“The MT Engage designation means that the faculty who teach
that course use high-impact teaching practices, beyond-the-classroom
experiences, and reflection to support integrative thinking. MT Engage faculty
create what we call a ‘signature assignment’ for their course that students
save in their D2L e-Portfolios to document their integrative learning.
While selecting classes for the school year, MTSU students
have the opportunity to enroll in courses that involve taking a step out of the
classroom and into the world of integrative thinking. This involves making
connections between different academic disciplines, ranging from biology to
business administration.
MT Engage allows students to take what they know and utilize
that knowledge in scenarios not specifically related to their field of study.
Hoffschwelle and Dr. Mark
Byrnes, interim university provost, are set to open the training with
welcome remarks followed by 20-minute to one-hour sessions led by MTSU faculty and
staff representatives throughout the summer institute.
“Faculty are passionate about teaching and student
learning,” said Hoffschwelle. “Many MTSU faculty members already use
high-impact teaching practices such as experiential learning, problem-based
learning, collaborative projects, and Reacting to the Past games.
“MT Engage interests faculty because the program supports
their efforts to help students build connections between the general education
program and their major as well as their co-curricular activities.”
The motto of MT Engage is “engage academically, learn
exponentially, showcase yourself.” It fulfills the QEP requirement set by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, or SACSCOC, the regional
accreditation body for higher education institutes in the South.
For more
information about MT Engage, visit http://mtsu.edu/mtengage, email mtengage@mtsu.edu or call 615-904-8281.
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