Hidden Opportunities for Faculty Development and Curricular Change

Other MSU Faculty Development Opportunities Beyond FOD

IT Services coordinates two days of no-charge seminars to instructors and graduate assistants on technology topics on May 6-7, 2014. Workshops are designed to support faculty, academic staff, and graduate assistants in their teaching and research roles by providing seminars for online learning and instruction in the use of a variety of software tools. Hosted by the Center for Language Teaching ...

Creating curricular opportunities for knowledge synthesis.

Knowledge synthesis is defi ned as the integration of fi ndings from one study into a larger understanding—i.e., situating research fi ndings within the context of knowledge about the topic (Grimshaw, 2010). Knowledge synthesis is a key systems thinking tool for managing complexity in health care systems (Swanson et al., 2012). With nursing practice situated in the context of a rapidly expandin...

Fostering dental faculty collaboration with an evidence-based decision making model designed for curricular change.

This article introduces an innovative decision making model for adapting evidence-based practice to the specific needs of a department in a dental school. The design encourages suggestions for curricular change directly from the faculty members, while providing a mechanism that allows them to actively participate in the process through the use of evidence-based principles and practice. The nucl...

Does curricular change improve faculty perceptions of student experiences with the educational environment? A preliminary study in an institution undergoing curricular change

PURPOSE College of Medicine, Gulf Medical University, United Arab Emirates, underwent a major curriculum change from a discipline-based to an organ system-based integrated curriculum. However, it was not known how the faculty perceived the changes in the educational environment as experienced by the students. In this context, we aimed to compare the faculty perceptions of the student experience...

Faculty Development and the Inclusion of Diversity in the College Classroom: Pedagogical and Curricular Transformation