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Recognizing Learning Excellence On May 6, 2010, the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and the Student Achievement Assessment Committee (SAAC) held a “Recognizing Learning Excellence” dinner. The Center’s director, Bonnie Fink, and SAAC chair, Susan Kleine, joined forces to celebrate the accomplishments of faculty and staff members who worked to enhance teaching and learning and student success at BGSU. Among the more than seventy attendees were members of the Center’s nine learning communities, SAAC committee members, and this year’s SAAC award nominees, who were recognized for promoting student success through program assessment. Center learning communities presented posters detailing accomplishments for the year. The Center’s nine learning communities include: • • • • • • • • •
Cultivating STEM Student Motivation, Engagement, and Learning Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Social Learning (Firelands) Service Learning Pedagogy and Scholarship in Second Life Applying Learner-Centered Teaching Practices Library e-Tools for Teaching, Learning, and Research Integrating Publication and Undergraduate Learning Active Learning and the Transition to Digital
Learning community facilitators presented a variety of accomplishments ranging from peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations, to the development of new courses, to establishing partnerships with community organizations.
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Twenty-four programs were nominated for this year’s SAAC awards for promoting student success. Criteria for the awards include the extent to which the program used direct assessments of student learning tied to their program learning outcomes, the clarity of the reporting and analysis of those assessments, and the extent to which they used the results to improve their programs. The 2010 winners were: • • • • • • • • • • •
Asian Studies The Counseling Center Early Childhood Education Graduate Programs in Sociology Health Information Management Technology Interior Design Physical Education Teacher Education Respiratory Care Romance and Classical Studies: French and Spanish School of Art Visual Communication Technology
Watch highlights of the celebration at http://www.bgsu.edu/ctl/page30860.html
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