Fundamentals of Teaching at MSU

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Fundamentals of Teaching at MSU

• Gretchen Sanford

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ANGEL

• www.angel.msu.edu
• Great course management
• Has some bugs, but tech support is readily
  accessible and very helpful
• Allow yourself time to discover and learn it is
  not as user friendly as some other programs

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Evaluation Process

• Consider mid-semester evaluation from students
• Design your own subjective evaluation or check to
  see if there is one that is being used
  departmentally.
• Must submit SOCT and SIRS at the end of the
  semester
• Have department chair go over the ratings sheet
  with you

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Registrar Page

• www.reg.msu.edu
• Whats cool there?
• - Academic calendars
• -Instructor systems menu (class lists, grades,
  student photos)

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Exam Schedule

• http//www.reg.msu.edu/ROInfo/Calendar/FinalExam.a
  sp
• Be sure to check this out exams are generally
  not scheduled at the same time your class is
  scheduled

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Spartan Life

• http//www.vps.msu.edu/SpLife/index.htm
• Spartan Life Student Handbook and Resource
  Guide, is a helpful resource guide to campus
  programs and services, and also includes rules,
  regulations, rights and responsibilities that
  have been established in the interest of
  intellectual and personal development while
  protecting individual freedoms. It is published
  annually by the Department of Student Life in the
  Division of Student Affairs and Services.

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Code of Teaching

• http//www.hr.msu.edu/HRsite/Documents/Faculty/Han
  dbooks/Faculty/Instruction/v-codeofteaching.htm
• Information about
• - Course content
• - Course syllabus
• - Assessment
• - Testing instruments

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Helpful links

• Library System (classes)
• http//www.lib.msu.edu/events/classes/
• Writing Center Established primarily to provide
  writing workshop support to students and
  assistance to faculty interested in using writing
  to engage students in active learning and thereby
  in improving the quality and range of their
  students' literacy
• http//writing.msu.edu/

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Helpful links

• Mathematics Learning Center provides free
  tutoring services to all students enrolled in MTH
  1825 through MTH 235 at Michigan State
  University.
• http//www.math.msu.edu/mlc/
• Learning resources Center The Learning Resources
  Center (LRC) is a self-paced individualized
  learning center that offers assistance to MSU
  students who want to improve their academic
  performance. Its goal is to help students develop
  the strategies and techniques necessary to become
  successful students. The LRC uses three units to
  deliver its services a professional staff
  located in the main office, an interactive
  learning lab, and evening tutoring services
  housed in residence halls.
• http//www.msu.edu/user/lrc/

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Helpful links

• THE RESOURCE CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
  (RCPD) LEADS MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY IN
  MAXIMIZING ABILITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR FULL
  PARTICIPATION BY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. RCPD
  PROVIDES DISABILITY-RELATED INFORMATION AND
  REFERRALS IDENTIFIES POPULATIONS, DOCUMENTS
  DISABILITY, AND CONDUCTS NEEDS ASSESSMENTS
  FACILITATES REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS AND
  PROVIDES DISABILITY-RELATED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE,
  AUXILIARY AIDS/SERVICES, ADVOCACY AND TRAINING.
• http//www.rcpd.msu.edu/Home/

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Helpful links

• Computer Store
• http//cstore.msu.edu/
• Classroom Scheduling
• http//opbweb.msu.edu/InstrSpace/
• Computer Lab Scheduling
• http//microlabs.msu.edu/schedpolicies.html