Innovative university teaching and learning initiatives

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Innovative university teaching and learning
initiatives

• Lessons from Georgian Technical Universitys
  experience

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GTLs teaching center
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Background

• GTU experience with education reform through EU
  programs
• Iowa State University SENCER programs
• Educational reforms at GTU
• Community Colleges for International Development,
  Inc. (CCID)

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CETLs activities

• Presenting workshops, seminars and trainings for
  departments
• Holding consultations with faculty members,
• Partnering with Georgian educational institutions
  and on international projects
• Publishing research about teaching learning in
  higher education
• for more information, go to http//cetl.gtu.ge or
  contact the director
• Dr. Lali Gogeliani, lali_gtu_at_gtu.ge

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CETL staff
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Hub for higher professional education network -
CETL

• Establish the 1st Georgian community college
  2006 2009
• Curriculum development 3 specialties
  (construction management, hotel/hospitality,
  small business)
• Business services advisory committee
• Update teaching skills

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Church near Gori
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Gori project activities, 2006-09

• Selecting hospitality, small business, and
  construction management specialties
• Preparing textbooks materials for 57 courses
• Selecting and preparing teachers
• Organizing a monitoring system
• Developing business partnerships

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Gori college
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Activities continued

• Offering training courses for businesses
• Organizing study programs in U.S., Canada, and
  Europe
• Developing internship and career services
  activities
• Preparing Accreditation materials
• Adding new program sites

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Some CETL seminar topics

• What is a career center?
• Quality of teaching and learning
• Monitoring of the educational process
• Learning styles
• Quality assurance
• Blooms taxonomy
• Memory learning
• Curriculum development for engineering specialties

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Gori college
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Linking higher educational institutions, 2008 --

• NATO, Engineering Information Foundation, and
  Iowa State University
• CETLs video studio
• Linking CETL and Goris college
• Developing a higher professional education
  network

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NATO activities, continued

• Mobil studios available for use in multiple
  locations
• Lectures seminars delivered live via internet
  or as CDs or DVDs
• Assistance from Iowa State Universitys teaching
  center and distance education programs

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Distance education for Georgia
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For discussion

• Your ideas and comments
• We welcome new partners activities

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Gori college