Teaching & Learning Resource Center

The Teaching & Learning Resource Center  (TLRC) at Midwestern State University is, at this time a virtual center. That is to say, we have no physical location on campus. We have this website with many and varied resources for your use and we conduct various workshops of interest to you, as per your request. We have begun to collect a selection of books that are being housed in Moffett Library. (Ask the librarian for the location.) We have ordered a few books and videos and hope to continue the development of these resources. Again, if you have any suggestions please send them the Devah Carter. We continue to try to meet the needs of the faculty in the area of teaching and learning and solicite your ideas and suggestions for further assistance and growth of this center.

Designing Courses for Significant Learning Virginia Lee PhD Presenter Sponsored by the Teaching Learning Resource Center Midwestern State University August 14 & 15, 2008 9 am to 4pm – Dillard Building This two day interactive faculty workshop is designed for new and continuing faculty. The workshop will include course design, syllabus development, assessment, effective lecture and discussion and active teaching/active learning. Dr. Lee will model what she teaches and faculty will be able to develop or improve a syllabus for a class they have taught or expect to teach during the coming academic year. Dr. Lee will use a “buddy system” for learning and the Teaching Learning Resource Center will use the “buddy system” and a faculty mentoring program to support faculty as they implement what they learn in the workshop throughout the year. A light lunch will be served each day.  Dr. Virginia Lee has twenty-five years’ experience working with educational organizations. She is the President of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education.  She served as Associate Director, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, North Carolina State University. There she had lead responsibility for the design and implementation of programs for faculty including a nationally recognized, campus-wide inquiry-guided learning program. She also played a leadership role in other university-wide reform efforts related to assessment and technology. Prior to joining NC State, Virginia was Director, Graduate Student Teaching Programs, and Consultant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At both institutions she held visiting faculty appointments, teaching both undergraduate and graduate level courses and serving on dissertation committees. She holds a Ph.D. (Educational Psychology), UNC-Chapel Hill; M.B.A. (Management), Stern School, New York University; and B.A. cum laude (English Literature), Smith College. More details later...