Communities of Practice

Faculty learning community opportunities: Brown Innovation Fellows and Inquiry Circles

Please consider joining one of these upcoming opportunities to engage with colleagues in boundary-spanning inclusive communities of practice …. 2016-2017 Brown Innovation Fellows Program: The Courage to Teach <<See the Call for Applications for more information and to access the short application form>> Higher education is undergoing a paradigm shift.  This shift is partly in response to disruptive forces,

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Open Dores: A New Take on Teaching Observations

Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching  is hosting an “Open Dores: Two Days of Teaching Visits.” A program very similar to the Teaching Squares at Stetson.  It raises an interesting question: Why has something so public (teaching) evolved into a private enterprise? I’ve long been in favor of teachers visiting each other’s classrooms, and not just for the

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Call for Applications: Brown Innovation Fellows

The Brown Center for Faculty Innovation & Excellence is pleased to announce the third annual Brown Innovation Fellows Program.The program celebrates teacher-scholars as learners by offering dedicated time for reflection on learning and strategies to facilitate deep student learning anchored in Stetson’s mission of preparing students to lead lives steeped in personal growth, intellectual development, and global

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Taking the writing circle into a creative collaboration

Submit your proposal for a scholarly and creative inquiry circle by October 1. What results when a digital musician, poet, digital animation artist, and a new media artist come together in a writing circle?  A collaborative performance!  Terri Witek, Denge Chen, Matt Roberts and Amadine Pras recently performed the fruits of their collaboration: an interactive performance

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Seeking Circle Members

2016-2017  Inquiry Circles: Seeking Members Global Citizenship Collaboratory Members of this circle will become part of a growing collaboratory designed to investigate the essence of Global Citizenship at Stetson University and identify pathways for deepening global learning by all members of our community.  Faculty, staff, and students are welcome!  Indicate your interest in joining this

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Call for Proposals: Teaching and Scholarly Inquiry Circles

PROPOSALS ACCEPTED ON ROLLING DEADLINE (as long as funding is available) The Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence is pleased to announce the return of Stetson Teaching and Inquiry Circles. These Circles are a wonderful opportunity to engage with your colleagues throughout the year while learning and making progress on your academic goals.   Teaching Inquiry

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G.I.F.T. ~ Moving from Teacher-Centered to Learner-Centered

Great Ideas for Teaching (G.I.F.T.) is an occasional series featuring Stetson faculty. To submit your G.I.F.T., contact the center staff.  by Alicia Slater There have been very few moments in my life when I’ve read something that permanently changed my teaching philosophy. Here is one of them (from Huba & Freed 2000): “The individuals learning the most

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Brown Innovation Fellows Program names professors | Stetson Today

The Brown Innovation Fellows Program at Stetson University offers teacher-scholar faculty dedicated time for study and reflection on learning as well as strategies to facilitate deep, integrative student learning anchored in Stetson’s mission of preparing students to lead lives steeped in personal growth, intellectual development, and global citizenship. Congratulations to the following Stetson University’s 2015-2016 Brown Innovation Fellows:

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