Spring 2008 Virtual Visiting Scholars
Dr. L. Dee Fink, President of Professional and Organizational
Development (POD) Network
http://www.finkconsulting.info/
Author of 'Creating Significant Learning Experiences'
http://www.ou.edu/pii/significant/index.htm
Focus: An Integrated Approach for Designing Courses
"The Joy and Responsibility of Teaching Well"
Monday, May 19, 2008
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
ATC 101 & West 234
In this presentation, Dr. Fink lays out some of the reasons why
higher education has become even more important than it was
in the past and some of the evidence indicating we need to
do a much better job of teaching than we currently are.
The argument is then made that, in order to make significant
improvements in their teaching, college professors need to rethink
four issues: WHAT we teach, HOW we teach, how we "GEAR UP" to teach, and WHO we are.
L. Dee Fink has worked as an instructional consultant with college teachers for over twenty-five years and founded the Instructional Development Program at the University of Oklahoma in 1979. In 2002 he was elected president of the largest faculty development organization in North America, the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education.
Host: Claire Kratz
