Towards the Next Generation of MERLOT: Advancing Collective Pedagogical Knowledge Building

Towards the Next Generation of MERLOT: Advancing Collective Pedagogical

Knowledge Building

Toru Iiyoshi, Carnegie FoundationGerry Hanley, MERLOT

Flora McMartin, MERLOT

MERLOT International Conference

August 6, 2004

MERLOT International ConferenceAugust 2004

THE CARNEGIE FOUNDATIONFOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TEACHING

Overview of the Next 60 Minutes

Identify the challenges facing teachers, staff, and administrators in advancing effective teaching practices (Gerry)

Sharing Carnegie Foundation’s work, tools and resources that help you advance effective teaching practices and educational transformation efforts (Toru)

Demonstrate the application of MERLOT and KEEP as a model for adoption by you and your campus community (Flora)



Higher Education’s Challenges “We hire scholars but employ teachers”

The need for faculty’s development of effective teaching practices and teaching mindset

“The second most private space is the classroom” The need to openly share our knowledge, work, and

outcomes of teaching

“The university is a place where a mutiny has occurred but nobody’s jumped ship” The need to develop the academic community’s

capabilities to benefit from cooperation



Need for Effective Teaching Practices

The Lifecycle of Teaching Practices Research for Teaching Design the Learning Experience Deliver Teaching Enable Learning Provide Feedback Through Assessment and Evaluation



MERLOT’s Response to Needs

Online collection of materials open to all Content useful in teaching Evaluations to help choose the “right”content Assignments that help you design learning experiences

for your students

Educational community publicly contributes to collection

Provides threads for teachers to weave content and pedagogy to fit their students Instructors still need to learn how to use the ‘loom’ to

weave



Unmet Needs & New Strategies Need to show teachers exemplars of the cloth of teaching

Enabling teachers to recognize and learn the concepts of effective teaching practices

Need to guide instructors in weaving their own cloth of teaching Enabling teachers to deliver effective teaching practices

Strategy Guided and shared reflective case studies that showcase

effective teaching practices Tools to build reflective case studies to share in ways

that colleagues can and will use



MERLOT Strategy

Partner with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Expertise Resources Tools: Web-based KEEP (Knowledge, Exchange,

Exhibit and Presentation) Toolkit



Weaving: Potentials/Plans - Contents/Context

Warp Peer Review - expert review Comments Assignments Personal Collections

Weave Snapshots - vignettes, a transition to E-portfolios

Browse-able Faculty development support materials - portals MERLOT Gallery (faculty and TA development)

Users’ Experiences

Towards the Next Generation of MERLOT: Advancing Collective Pedagogical Knowledge Building

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