The Commission on College Teaching (CCT) is charged with promoting teaching and learning, which in the most comprehensive sense includes any projects, studies or activities that promote the learning climate, foster a spirit of critical inquiry in students and faculty alike, stimulate the intellectual life at Oregon Tech, or support the integration of the arts and sciences with the technologies at Oregon Tech.
CCT provides the opportunity for faculty to submit Excellence in Teaching Innovation Grant Request each term. The Commission reviews all grant proposals and decides on awards.
CCT provides the opportunity for faculty to submit Excellence in Teaching Innovation Grant Request each term. The Commission reviews all grant proposals and decides on awards.
Call for Proposals!
Deadline to Submit Grant Requests:
Fall Term: Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Winter Term: Monday February 10, 2020
Spring Term: Monday, June 15, 2020
Rubric
2019-20 Oregon Tech Excellence in Teaching Innovation Grant
The Commission has identified the following categories for which we welcome grant requests:
I. INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS - Funds may be used for course-related materials or instructor time. Any request for stipend or release require provost approval and will be reduced by OPE. Projects may fit within one or more of the following areas:
- Incorporation of innovative teaching techniques and/or technologies that have the potential to enhance student learning.
- Projects that emphasize critical thinking/learning.
- Projects that will result in improved teaching ability.
- Interdisciplinary projects that capitalize on connections between disciplines.
- Interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary team teaching.
II. EDUCATION RESEARCH - to encourage faculty to pursue scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL) and/or discipline-based education research (DBER) projects. Educational research projects with relevance for Oregon Tech students and faculty are particularly encouraged. Funds may be used for research materials or instructor time. Any request for stipend or release require provost approval and will be reduced by OPE. Projects may include, but are not limited to, topics such as: a. The impact of particular pedagogies, assignments, resources, projects, or other interventions on students/faculty b. Changes in student cognition (attitudes, self-confidence, metacognition, learning gains, career goals, etc) or behaviors (engagement, retention, attendance, etc) c. Student/faculty understanding of particular concepts or topics d. Investigations into particular subgroups of students/faculty (e.g., veterans, minorities, first generation college students, etc).
III. ON-CAMPUS WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS - to encourage faculty to organize and lead seminars and workshops on campus. Presentations could include a variety of subjects such as the philosophy of teaching, the use of instructional technology, techniques of teaching, or more specific subjects within academic disciplines.
IV. TEACHING WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES - for attendance at a workshop/conference or teleconference for the purpose of broadening instructional techniques and improvement of teaching. Workshops/Conferences that primarily expand the instructor’s knowledge of subject matter are not funded by CCT, but workshops/conferences whose main focus is on teaching in a particular discipline may well be appropriate. In evaluating workshop/conference proposals, CCT will look particularly for the potential of a workshop/conference to have transformative impacts on the attendee’s teaching. Including specific plans for course improvements and/or dissemination of teaching-related knowledge gained at the workshop/conference will greatly strengthen a conference funding proposal. Conference attendance to present research will generally not be considered.
Note for applicants requesting release/reassigned time: You and your department chair will be required to verify that the course you are being released from will be covered by someone else, and that you will not be carrying over 12 WLU (including release/reassigned time from CCT in the term in which you use this grant).
Previous Grant Recipients
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Senior Instructor 1
Management
I have been a full-time faculty member at Oregon Tech in Klamath Falls, OR since the fall for 2014. I have about two decades of human resource experience including as the director of human resources at Colby-Sawyer College. Prior to that, I was the human resources officer for Philharmonic Center for the Arts, the human resource and risk manager at Drax Group, and a retirement and benefits specialist with Brown & Brown Benefits, all in Naples, Fla. I was also a corporate trainer and supervisor at Boston Financial Data Services in Quincy, Ma.
Professor
Natural Sciences
SE214
I am a computational and theoretical physicist who loves to teach. Physics explores the fundamental principles that apply to everything in the universe — from individual atoms to living systems and modern technology. I introduce students to these principles in my classes and apply the same principles in my research.
I earned a B.A. in physics and astronomy from DePauw University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics and astronomy from the University of Pennsylvania. The focus of my Ph.D. research was modifying the electronic and optical properties of carbon nanotubes using electromagnetic fields. Since then, I have continued to investigate nanotechnology, but my interests have expanded to include quantum chemistry, biological physics, epidemic models, radio astronomy, gravitational lensing, and quantum computing. I enjoy working with students on research projects and bringing contemporary physics research into the classroom.
Courses Taught
- PHY 221: Classical Mechanics
- PHY 222: Electricity, Magnetism, and Thermodynamics
- PHY 223: Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics
- PHY 305: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- PHY 330: Electricity and Magnetism
- PHY 307: Introduction to Radio Astronomy Research
- PHY 307: Computational Physics
- PHY 307: Biological Physics
- PHY 307: Computational Biophysics
- PHY 307: Introduction to Nuclear Physics
- PHY 307: Optics
- PHY 307: Introduction to Physics Research at OIT