I Am a Faculty member, which Means____????
Join the Office of Academic Innovation at the OAI Faculty Chat Series on October 30, 2013 and April 23, 2014 . These chats are informal conversations sparked by questions revolving around topics such as the state of learning and teaching in higher education and their impact on students and instructors. This semester, sessions will be facilitated by Dr. Allison McCartney (Associate Professor of Political Science). We are looking forward to hearing your thoughts about these topics and welcome your questions, as well.
Registration: Click here to register for the upcoming chats
Light Refreshments will be served.
Date: October 30, 2013
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m
Location: University Union 306
Facilitator: Dr. Alison McCartney
Description for October Chat:
Commentators regularly proclaim the dawn of a new era in higher education. Between the arrival of online education, an expanding student body, and rising demands for assessment, faculty often feel sidelined in the discussions of how to effectively manage new educational challenges. As the ones who are actually handling the daily implications of changing expectations, how can we best confront these challenges, communicate how, why, and when certain teaching practices work (or not!), and maintain a realistic workload balance that preserves the intellectual mission of the university?
Please join us for a discussion of these and other topics related to faculty roles and expectations – those we have of ourselves and those we perceive from administrators and other societal actors. If you would like to suggest topics related to these questions, please contact Dr. McCartney by Monday, October 28, 2013.
Facilitator Bio:
Dr. Alison McCartney is Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science. Currently in her 13th year at Towson, she has served as Director of the International Studies Program, chair of the Faculty Committee on Service-Learning, and co-founder of the TU-Baltimore County Public Schools Model United Nations program, in addition to numerous other committee responsibilities. In 2007, McCartney won the University of Maryland Regents Awards for Mentoring. Her publications include works on civic engagement education and contemporary German foreign
