Additional Teaching Resources From Other Units
The following units offer teaching and learning opportunities for our faculty and students. Please visit their websites or call for more information.
- Advanced Learning Technologies
- American and World Cultures, Center for
- Continuing Education, Office of
- International Education, Office of
- Liberal Education, Office of
- Ohio Learning Network (OLN) South
- Service-Learning and Civic Leadership
- Small-Group Instructional Diagnosis (SGID)
- Student-Faculty Discourse Fund (Popcorn Fund)
- Miami University Special Events Funding
- Teaching Tips Index
- Undergraduate Research: Summer Scholars Program (USS)
- University Honors and Scholars Program
- Virtual Teaching and Learning Center at Miami
- Writing Excellence, Center for
Advanced Learning Technologies
Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT - formerly AREA 351) exists to provide direct support to faculty in advocating and leveraging technology to advance the instructional and research mission of Miami University. To this end, Advanced Learning Technologies provides the environment and access to expertise that enables faculty to successfully integrate the services necessary to produce excellent instruction and research.
For more information about the following programs offered by Advance Learning Technologies contact: Gail Campbell, Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT), 529-6067, or visit the website.
Course Material Development. Advance Learning Technologies staff can provide assistance to faculty in the creation of new course materials or transforming existing materials into new forms of media. The staff can aid you in creating materials, provide personalized training in the use of technologies, or create the materials for you at no charge. Course materials may include: handouts, charts and graphs; presentations & PDFs; course website creation; 35mm slides or overheads; scan photos, slides or documents; or digital audio.
Training & Workshops. Advanced Learning Technologies offers several types of professional development opportunities for faculty, staff, and teaching graduate students. Register through Miami's TRAIN system using the links next to each course description.
Technology Assistance. Advanced Learning Technologies' staff can assist faculty and teaching staff with items spanning the multimedia spectrum. Our Center is full equipped with the latest hardware and software for all your multimedia tasks. Faulty can either work in our Center on their own, get assistance from the Advanced Learning Technologies staff or drop off course related items to be completed.
Small-Group Instructional Diagnosis (SGID). For more information see the SGID page.
American and World Cultures, Center for
The Center for American and World Cultures is an interdisciplinary center that promotes discussion, research, and study of race, class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, nationality, religion, and physical difference here and in the United States and abroad. Through its broad and far-reaching programs, courses, and projects, the Center is helping to expand the boundaries of knowledge and prepare our students, faculty, and staff to be informed, progressive, inclusive "global" citizens.
The Center for American and World Cultures INTER-CULTURAL OFF-SITE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE FUND is now on-line. We encourage you to participate in this program that will allow students to explore and learn about the diverse nature of our communities existing on local and regional levels. The application can be accessed by visiting the website at http://www.muohio.edu/cawc or call 523-8309.
In addition to its programming, the Center provides information for teaching and research. The small, but growing selection of CDs, DVDs, and books is available for viewing and use. The Center also helps offices, departments, and programs promote and disseminate diversity event information and assists in the preparation and writing of grants related to cultural diversity and global affairs. As a collaboration with CELT, it organizes annual seminars and workshops pertaining to curriculum transformation.
For more information (including a calendar of events and the video loan policy), visit the website at http://www.muohio.edu/cawc or call 523-8309.
Continuing Education, Office of
Information is available about the following opportunities from the Office of Continuing Education, 127 McGuffey Hall, (513) 529-8600. For more information, visit the website.
Credit Workshop Incentive Fund. This fund was established principally to encourage development of new study abroad credit workshops. Funds of up to $1,000 are available for two major purposes: (1) travel expenses for Miami faculty and administrators to investigate potential sites or make arrangements for new workshops, and (2) support for promoting new workshops. For further information see Guidelines for Credit Workshop Proposals, available from the Office of Continuing Education, Oxford.
Credit Workshops. Miami's credit workshop mechanism provides faculty with opportunities to conduct on-campus, online, hybrid, and study abroad credit programs for diverse audiences. Budgets, which are enrollment-contingent, can include faculty stipends, travel, and other program expenses. Please note: to be included in the 2008 Miami University Summer Class Schedule, proposals must be submitted early in November, and be fully approved by December 1, 2007.
Non-Credit Programs (Oxford Campus). Staff assistance in planning, budgeting, and conducting self-supporting non-credit workshops, conferences, seminars, and classes is available from the Office of Continuing Education, Oxford. Staff can also provide consultation on arrangements and costs regarding facilities, administrative support, marketing, and program requirements to faculty who are preparing grant and contract proposals for external support for conferences, workshops, and meetings. Guidelines for non-credit courses are available from the Office of Continuing Education.
International Education
Philip and Elaina Hampton Fund for Faculty International Initiatives. Hampton funds support Miami faculty to conduct research abroad, including faculty who participate in approved international faculty development seminar programs. The goal is to assist faculty in increasing the international dimension of knowledge and perspective contained in courses taught at Miami University, with the ultimate aim of increasing the capacity of Miami students to function effectively in a global and multicultural environment. Multiple awards are approved twice a year by the Hampton Reading Committee and announced by its chair, the Director of International Education. The typical individual grant ranges between $2,000 and $4,000. Guidelines and application materials are available at the listed website or from Dr. David Keitges, Director of International Education, 529-5628. Typical deadlines: October 15 and March 15 of each year.
International Visiting Scholar Fund. The Fund provides partial financial support to assist departments and divisions in hosting short-term international visiting scholars or researchers on the Miami campus. For more information, Dr. David Keitges the Director of International Education. Due to limited funding, early application is strongly recommended.
Faculty Development Fund for International Initiatives. The Fund offers partial financial support to tenured and tenure-track faculty making invited research presentations at international conferences or professional meetings abroad. Applications are submitted via the Department Chair and Divisional Dean on the form available from the Office of International Education website. Grants from the Faculty Development Fund are typically $300. Due to limited funding, early application is strongly recommended. Contact Dr. David Keitges at Office of International Education at 529-5628 with questions.
Liberal Education, Office of
Small grants for assessment
This grant will support individuals or groups of faculty and staff to develop and implement ways to measure student learning and development outcomes. These outcomes might be for a single course, for a group of related courses, or for non-course based work with students. The assessment should produce data that can be used to make modifications to the course or program that make future students better able to meet the specified outcomes. Funds might be used to support travel to an assessment conference, to purchase commercial assessment instruments, to bring to campus a consultant who has expertise in assessment, to hire a student worker for data entry, etc.
Eligibility: Full-time faculty members and Student Affairs staff are elligble for up to $1000.
Contact: Jerry K. Stonewater, University Director of Liberal Education and Assessment, stonewjk@muohio.edu; 529-7135
Student-Faculty Discourse Fund (Popcorn Fund)
This grant assists you in funding hospitality for out-of-class activities for your students in your home or elsewhere, for example, a pizza party at your home or a picnic in Dogwood Grove. Events held in campus buildings or during class time will not be reimbursed. Reimbursement is up to $4 per student with a maximum of $200 per faculty member or TA per year. Original receipts must be submitted along with proof of payment. For more information contact your divisional office.Miami University Special Events Funding.
These grants provide assistance for unusual learning experiences outside the classroom which encourage student interaction with faculty or staff, such as field trips to special exhibits or seminars. Grants partially offset the expense to student participants, with student participants assuming a share of the program costs. Maximum grant is $200 per activity, with a limit of $500 a year for a department. Application forms are available upon request and should be submitted to the Office of Service Learning and Civic Leadership, two weeks prior to the event. Notification of approval should be within 10 days of receipt of application. For more information contact: Dr. Susan Mosley-Howard, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, 112 Warfield Hall or visit their website.Teaching Tips Index
This helpful and concise web listing has been prepared by Honolulu Community College. Visit the CELT website to connect to this index.
Undergraduate Research: Summer Scholars Program (USS)
The Undergraduate Summer Scholars (USS) program is an initiative aimed at heightening the intellectual challenge of the learning environment at Miami University. This program enables Miami undergraduates to do research or other creative activities in the summer under the supervision of faculty. Awards include a stipend for the student, a student allowance for supplies and services, 12 credit hours with academic fees waived, plus a faculty mentor allowance. See the USS homepage for more information, or contact Martha Weber, 529-3734.
University Honors and Scholars Program
University Honors Seminars offer an opportunity for faculty to teach lower-level Honors seminars limited to twenty students per course. Seminars are normally three-credit hour courses that meet CAS and Miami Plan Foundation requirements and provide diverse opportunities for students to develop the skills required for intellectual leadership, to gain experience in the in-depth analysis of issues, and to hone their critical reasoning abilities. A variety of formats could be appropriate to meet these ends. Normally survey courses do not provide these opportunities. A limited number of advanced seminars are also offered each semester. Your department receives unrestricted compensation at $800 per credit hour (up to a maximum of $2400). Limited funding is available for special course projects. Proposals for 2006-2007 are due October 15, 2005; selections are announced in December. See the Honors and Scholars website for more information, or contact Jason Lanter, Bishop Hall, 529-9298.
University Honors Faculty Mentor Program matches 8-12 entering Honors students with a faculty mentor for one year so that they will have the opportunity to read books together and attend and discuss university cultural and intellectual events. Mentors receive a professional expense fund of $1000, $700 of which is for personal professional expenses. See the Honors and Scholars website for more information, or contact Debra Stanley, 529-4162.
Virtual Teaching and Learning Center at Miami
The Virtual Teaching & Learning Center offers ways for you to explore the relationship between technology, pedagogy, and learning outcomes; learn why and how to incorporate technology into your courses; see how other Miami faculty feel they are improving their students' learning through technology; and find ways of assessing for yourself whether technology really helps improve teaching. For more information visit the website
Writing Excellence, Center for
The Center for Writing Excellence provides several university-wide workshops and other consultations and support to departments and programs for involving writing in teaching and learning. For more information, visit the website.
