Overview

<BODY MARGINWIDTH=10 MARGINHEIGHT=10 BGCOLOR="#ffffff" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#cc3333" VLINK="#66000"> <DIV ALIGN="center"> <A TARGET="_top" HREF="/services/elc/seesp/"><IMG SRC="pics/SEESP.gif" WIDTH=580 HEIGHT=33 BORDER=0 ALT="Science and Engineering Education Scholars Program"></A> </DIV> <HEAD> <BASE TARGET="_top"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/graphics/css/dept99.css"> </HEAD> <BODY MARGINWIDTH=10 MARGINHEIGHT=10 BGCOLOR="#ffffff" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#cc3333" VLINK="#66000"> <H2 ALIGN="center">Program Overview</H2> <TABLE CELLPADDING=10 CELLSPACING=5 BORDER=0 WIDTH=182 ALIGN="right"> <TR><TD> <TABLE CELLPADDING=1 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0> <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#000000"><A HREF="/graphics/photos/campus-scenes/Engr_mall.jpg"><IMG SRC="/graphics/photos/campus-scenes/Engr_mall.gif" WIDTH=150 HEIGHT=100 BORDER=0 ALT="Engineering Mall"></A></TD></TR> </TABLE> <BR><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><SMALL><B>The Engineering Mall is highlighted by the <OBJECT ID="maquina" ALT="Máquina"> sculpture of William Conrad Severson. Máquina expresses and commemorates the creative process that is the art of science, technology and education.</B> <NOBR>(<A HREF="/graphics/photos/campus-scenes/Engr_mall.jpg">37K JPG</A>)</NOBR></SMALL></FONT> <P> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <H3>Objectives</H3> <P> The purpose of the program is to provide academic-track PhD students an opportunity to achieve the following objectives: <P> <OL> <LI> strengthen preparation as teachers of undergraduate students and, thereby, strengthen skills for the competitive job market in higher education; <LI> understand undergraduate students and especially appreciate diversity in terms of cultural background, age, gender, interests, and learning styles; <LI> improve teaching methods and examine the learning process; <LI> embrace future responsibilities for leadership in engineering education; and <LI> develop confidence in becoming "change agents" at local institutions to create effective teaching and learning environments for undergraduate engineering students and faculty. </OL> <H3>Eligibility</H3> <P> You are eligible if you are an assistant professor with one year or less in a tenure-track position or a doctoral candidate in engineering who meets the following criteria. (1) You are in your last two years of study with expected graduation date no later than August 2000 and (2) you have a strong interest in pursuing an academic teaching career. Teaching experience is preferred but not necessary. The selection process will include criteria to assure a diverse population in terms of geography, engineering discipline, gender, ethnic background, and institution. <H3>Format</H3> <P> The program will consist of presentations by nationally and locally recognized faculty, staff, and administrators. Workshops and discussions will help you bridge the gap between theory and practice to help you improve teaching and learning. Specifically, you will learn to develop or revise a course in terms of objectives, outcomes, activities, and assessments. <H3>Benefits and Program Activities</H3> <P> You will benefit from (1) workshops designed to help you apply effective teaching and learning strategies, (2) team activities developed to help you experience collaboration in a cross-disciplinary and diverse environment, and (3) networking designed to help you interact naturally with other participants even after the summer program ends. <DL> <P> <DT> <B>1. Workshops for "hands-on" application of teaching and learning strategies</B> <DD> Hands-on workshops are designed to provide content knowledge about teaching and learning plus opportunities for you to apply this knowledge to your own teaching and to reflect on your own learning and how that affects your teaching. By the end of the program, you will have prepared or revised a syllabus for one of your own courses and at least one each of the following materials: lecture, learning activity, reflective exercise, and assessment tool. In addition, you will discover broader professional development aspects including the following topics: <UL TYPE="disc"> <LI> learning and teaching styles <LI> undergraduate retention issues in engineering <LI> qualities of effective classroom presentations <LI> educational pedagogy with Bloom's taxonomy, learning objectives, and strategies <LI> tests and other strategies to assess student learning <LI> computer technology for presentations and communication <LI> problem-based learning <LI> innovative approaches to teaching to create creative engineers <LI> distance learning technologies <LI> issues concerning climbing the academic ladder <LI> diversity issues </UL> <P> <DD> Workshop selections are based on experience with the established Teaching Improvement Program for engineering faculty and teaching assistants at UW-Madison, the ASEE National Effective Teaching Institute, and documented, innovative teaching techniques and educational pedagogy. The overview and agenda are tentative; some changes may occur. <P> <DT> <B>2. Participant teams facilitated by local and outside teaching/learning experts. </B> <DD> Outside experts will provide expertise for specific issues by leading the workshops and discussions. Local experts will participate in team activities. You will work in small, cross-disciplinary teams to develop effective presentation skills and create teaching materials. Every effort will be made to design diverse teams including participants from a variety of engineering disciplines and to help you recognize the importance of developing and modeling collaborative skills. <P> <DD> Local experts will include representatives from the <A HREF="/">College of Engineering</A> and various engineering disciplines, the <A HREF="http://www.engr.wisc.edu/cgi/bin/forward/http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/">School of Education</A>, and the <A HREF="http://www.engr.wisc.edu/cgi/bin/forward/http://www.ls.wisc.edu/">College of Letters and Science</A> that incorporates other physical science units including chemistry, math, and physics. <P> <DT> <B>3. Networking to Build Collaborative Faculty Teams for Enhanced Learning</B> <DD> Opportunities for further interaction and learning even after the summer program ends will include continuing dialog with experts through electronic mail. You may wish to adapt an innovative model of staff development within your own institution. This model, known as the Creating a Collaborative Academic Environments (CCAE) program, will be modeled and described throughout the summer program. The CCAE is a "grass-roots, faculty driven and supervised professional development process that centers around the construction of knowledge in faculty teams. It provides a support structure for group learning, exposure to general educational information, and preparation for practitioner action in the classroom (Sanders, et al., 1995)." </DL> <TABLE CELLPADDING=10 CELLSPACING=5 BORDER=0 WIDTH=132 ALIGN="left"> <TR><TD> <TABLE CELLPADDING=1 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0> <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#000000"><A HREF="/graphics/photos/students-class/Engineering_101.jpg"><IMG SRC="/graphics/photos/students-class/Engineering_101.gif" WIDTH=100 HEIGHT=150 BORDER=0 ALT="Student navigates in wheelchair"></A></TD></TR> </TABLE> <BR><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><SMALL><B>A new course, "Introduction to Engineering," immerses freshmen in the fundamentals of teamwork and design. The goal is to better retain students by giving them a taste of what it's like to be an engineer. As part of a laboratory exercise, students took turns navigating wheelchairs in order to better understand the design problems of building access.</B> <NOBR>(<A HREF="/graphics/photos/students-class/Engineering_101.jpg">27K JPG</A>)</NOBR></SMALL></FONT> <P> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <H3>Preparation and Products</H3> <P> You should bring a course syllabus and materials. You may intend to teach the course in the future or you may have already taught the course. During the program you will choose among several improvement opportunities, including a micro-teaching segment. Plus you will have begun a teaching portfolio. The portfolio will consist of a new or revised syllabus for one of your own courses and at least one each of the following materials as stated above under workshop activities: lecture, learning activity, reflective exercise, and assessment tool. <TABLE CELLPADDING=10 CELLSPACING=5 BORDER=0 WIDTH=182 ALIGN="right"> <TR><TD> <TABLE CELLPADDING=1 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0> <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#000000"><A HREF="/graphics/photos/students-class/Grainger_Aditorium.jpg"><IMG SRC="/graphics/photos/students-class/Grainger_Aditorium.gif" WIDTH=150 HEIGHT=100 BORDER=0 ALT="Grainger Auditorium"></A></TD></TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <H3>Facilities</H3> <P> Facilities for the workshops include state-of-the art classrooms and auditorium, distance-education studio, and a computer-aided engineering laboratory. <NOBR>(<A HREF="/graphics/photos/students-class/Grainger_Aditorium.jpg">48K JPG</A>)</NOBR> <H3>Date</H3> <P> Since the program will begin Monday, July 19th, at 8:00 a.m., participants should plan to arrive in Madison by Sunday evening, July 18th. The program continues through Saturday noon, July 24th. This arrangement allows a Saturday night stay in Madison to use super saver air fares. Those participants who drive can depart on Saturday or Sunday. There will be a hospitality buffet available on Sunday, July 18th, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. <H3>Cost</H3> <P> Costs of the program, lodging for seven nights (Sunday, July 18th, through Saturday, July 24th) and meals are covered by the funding source. Participants should bring money for casual dining and souvenirs. However, travel costs are not covered. Travel to and from UW-Madison must be paid for by the participant or the participant's sponsoring institution. A limited number of travel grants are available, contact <A HREF="/admin/staff/landes_susan.html">Susan T. Landes</A>, program assistant. <H3>Sponsors</H3> <P> This Science and Engineering Education Scholars Program (SEESP) is funded through the University of Wisconsin-Madison <A HREF="http://www.engr.wisc.edu/cgi/bin/forward/http://www.wisc.edu/grad/">Graduate School</A>, the <A HREF="http://www.engr.wisc.edu/cgi/bin/forward/http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/">Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC)</A>, and, still pending, the <A HREF="http://www.engr.wisc.edu/cgi/bin/forward/http://www.nsf.gov/">National Science Foundation</A>, EEC proposal number 9633800. The <A HREF="http://www.engr.wisc.edu/cgi/bin/forward/http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/">Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC)</A> has endorsed this program and agreed that each CIC institution would pay $1200 plus transportation for up to three participants. For a list of all CIC institutions, check their website at <A HREF="http://www.engr.wisc.edu/cgi/bin/forward/http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/">www.cic.uiuc.edu</A> <H3>Applications</H3> <P> The application process will be primarily through electronic mail. To apply, complete and return the "Engineering Scholars Program" application. Also, send the following five items: 1) one-page personal statement of interest; 2) nomination letter from your sponsor, preferably your advisor; 3) copy of your graduate transcript; 4) one additional letter of reference; and, 5) your vita. <P> The letter of nomination from your advisor, and his or her letter of recommendation may be one in the same. You need one additonal letter of recommendation. These letters may be included in the packet of materials you send us, or they may be sent separately by your recommenders. <P> Hard copy materials should be mailed or faxed to: <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Susan Landes <BR>UW-Madison <BR>Engineering Learning Center <BR>Room 405 <BR> 1402 University Avenue <BR> Madison, WI 53706 <BR> Phone: 608/263-3248 <BR> Fax: 608/265-9768 </BLOCKQUOTE> <H3>Selection Notification</H3> <P> Applications are due Monday, April 26th. You will be notified of your acceptance by Monday, May 10th. This is a limited enrollment opportunity. The selection process will include criteria to assure a diverse population in terms of geography, engineering discipline, gender, ethnic background, and institution. <H3>Information</H3> <P> For further information, contact Ms. <A HREF="/admin/staff/landes_susan.html">Susan T. Landes</A>, Program Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Engineering, Engineering Learning Center, 1402 University Avenue - Room 405, Madison, WI 53706. Phone 608/263-3248, email: <A HREF="mailto:landes@engr.wisc.edu">landes@engr.wisc.edu</A>. <P> <TABLE CELLPADDING=10 CELLSPACING=5 BORDER=0 WIDTH=182 ALIGN="right"> <TR><TD> <TABLE CELLPADDING=1 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0> <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#000000"><A HREF="/graphics/photos/cd-cs2/046_TerraceClassic.jpg"><IMG SRC="/graphics/photos/cd-cs2/046_TerraceClassic.gif" WIDTH=150 HEIGHT=100 BORDER=0 ALT="Memorial Union Terrace"></A></TD></TR> </TABLE> <BR><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><SMALL><B>A favorite place to socialize or relax is the university's Memorial Union Terrace, overlooking Madison's scenic Lake Mendota. Sailing and windsurfing on Lake Mendota are pleasant pastimes.</B> <NOBR>(<A HREF="/graphics/photos/cd-cs2/046_TerraceClassic.jpg">49K JPG</A>)</NOBR></SMALL></FONT> <P> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <H3>A World-class Institution and Exciting Summer Environment</H3> <P> The <A HREF="/">College of Engineering</A>, <A HREF="http://www.engr.wisc.edu/cgi/bin/forward/http://www.wisc.edu/">University of Wisconsin-Madison</A> is a world-class research institution. Surrounded by four lakes, the campus is located on the south shore of Lake Mendota which provides numerous summer activities including sailing. In addition to its superb undergraduate and graduate programs, the campus has a medical school, veterinary school and law school. The <A HREF="/">College of Engineering</A> consists of nine departments. <A HREF="http://www.engr.wisc.edu/cgi/bin/forward/http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/">City of Madison</A>, the capital city of Wisconsin, has a population of 200,000 and offers a wide variety of social, cultural, educational, and recreational opportunities. <H3>Accommodations</H3> <P> Like the 1998 program, accommodations will be The Regent apartments, three blocks from Engineering Hall. <H3>Meals</H3> <P> Continental breakfasts, lunch and dinner will be provided daily. <H3>Transportation</H3> <P> The Dane County Regional Airport provides service from all major airlines throughout the U.S. The program is scheduled so that you can take advantage of super-saver fares involving Saturday night stays. The airport provides limousine service and you will need to pay the fare. For those of you driving to Madison, you will need a parking permit so let us know your plans. <H3>Dress</H3> <P> The dress code for the conference is casual. The average temperature in July is about 70 degrees during the day and cooler in the evening. <H3>Continuing Education Units</H3> <P> You will receive 3.0 Continuing Education Units (CEU) for your participation in this program. The University of Wisconsin-Madison keeps a transcript of all professional development courses. This is program # 96-0004. <H3>Application Check List</H3> <P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <FORM> <INPUT TYPE="checkbox"> Application for Admission<BR> <INPUT TYPE="checkbox"> Personal Statement describing teaching interests and goals<BR> <INPUT TYPE="checkbox"> Transcript of Graduate Work<BR> <INPUT TYPE="checkbox"> Nomination Letter from your sponsor<BR> <INPUT TYPE="checkbox"> One Letter of Reference<BR> <INPUT TYPE="checkbox"> Vita<BR> </FORM> </BLOCKQUOTE> <HR SIZE=2 NOSHADE> <SMALL><FONT FACE="Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, Sans Serif"> <BR>Content by courter@engr.wisc.edu <BR>Date last modified: 05-Apr-99 14:56:23 <BR><A TARGET="_top" HREF="/services/elc/seesp/">SEESP Homepage</A> </FONT></SMALL> </BODY>