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ITUE concludes spring workshops
4:54 p.m., May 11, 2006--UD's Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education (ITUE) completes this semester's workshop series on “Problem-Based Learning (PBL): From Ideas to Solutions through Communication” on Friday, May 12. The workshops were designed to help faculty members and teaching assistants incorporate active learning into classrooms with presentations, sample problems and exercises, followed by plans and material for integrating PBL into fellows' own teaching. Emphasis was put on the ways that technology can support PBL. The spring program can be viewed at [www.udel.edu/inst/spr2006]. ITUE's next offering will be a January 2007 three-day introductory session, “Problem-Based Learning: From Ideas to Solutions through Communication,” for faculty/staff members and teaching assistants. In June 2007, a symposium celebrating the 10th anniversary of ITUE is planned. Participating spring 2006 UD faculty, staff and graduate teaching assistants, listed by college and academic unit, are listed below. College of Agriculture and Natural Resources David Marshall, animal and food science College of Arts and Sciences Thomas Leitch, Claire McCabe and Bernard McKenna, all English Lerner College of Business and Economics Ruth Norman, instructor and graduate student in political science College of Engineering Prasad Djurati, chemical engineering College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy Laura Eisenman, education College of Marine Studies Karen Pelletreau, graduate student University staff Richard Donham and Terry Neale, Math and Science Education Resource Center UD Workshop facilitators included Stephen Bernhardt, English; Sue Groh and Harold White, chemistry and biochemistry; Mark Serva, accounting and Management Information Systems; and George Watson, physics and astronomy, and senior associate dean, College of Arts and Sciences. |