The Title III Project provides funds to the University over five years for improving academic quality by strengthening the learner-centered nature of the curriculum. The grant project increases Viterbo's institutional effectiveness and impact by implementing a comprehensive program of organizational change. The primary goals are to improve academic programs college wide through outcome oriented curricular reform and to improve teaching and learning through faculty development.

Updates:

• 5/13/08 - Work Report 6 for Assessment Day
  We are seeking programmatic data regarding student learning. Refer to the information given during Assessment Day and open this Word document for eligibility: Download Work Report 6 here.
  
  For more information about Work Report 6 please read over this document.
  
  
   
• 3/31/08 - Congratulations to Lilly West Conference Presenters!
  Congratulations to the everyone who recently presented at the 20th annual Lilly West conference in Pomona, CA.  Use the links below to view the PowerPoint presentations given by these individuals at the conference:
  
  
  • Becoming Learning Centered (Mary Hassinger and Theresa Moore)
     
  • The Use of a Faculty Peer Coaching Model (Judy Talbott and Carol Klitzke)
     
  • Student Self-Assessment in a Women Writers Course (Apryl Denny)
     
  Conference Website: http://www.iats.com/conferences/west2008_info.html
  
  
   

• 1/24/08 - 3rd Annual Demonstration Faire Posters Online!
  For those members of the Viterbo community who did not have a chance to stop by this year's Title III Demonstration Faire, or for those of you who would like a second chance to take a look at the creative teaching and learning projects presented during this event, please feel free to use the following link to gain access to all 18 of the posters displayed during this year's Demonstration Faire: Demo Faire Posters
  
  Or try following this link to view some photographs taken during the event.
  
  
   

• 10/10/07 - Congratulations to Biology!
  From everyone in Title III, we send congratulations to several members of the Biology Department who were funded by Title III to present last week at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Association of College & University Biology Educators Learning by Doing: Integrating Teaching and Research in the Biology Classroom at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa.
  
  Their presentations were entitled:
  
  

  • Engaging Student in Introductory Biology Courses through the use of Clickers (Glena Temple and Michael Alfieri)
     
  • Learning by Doing: Using PowerLab Data Acquisition Units to Help Students Learn Research Skill (poster)
     
  • Learning by Doing: Service Learning – A Model For Student and Community Engagement (Kim Fredricks) (poster - Glena Temple & Deb Murray, co-authors)
     
  Conference Website: http://www.acube.org
  
  
   
  

• 10/5/07 - Congratulations to Phyllis Blackstone!
  Congratulations to Phyllis Blackstone, Associate Professor of Education, who will be presenting her work on literacy coaching entitled “The Use of Storytelling in Coaching” at the POD Conference this month in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  
  
   

• 10/5/07 - Congratulations to Social Work!
  Also, we send our congratulations to Deb Daehn-Zellmer, Connie Fossen and Jenny Anderson-Meger of Social Work, who are presenting three individual posters this week at the Lily West North Conference in Traverse City, Michigan.
  
  Their posters are entitled:
  
  

  • Increasing Knowledge and Empathy of Family Issues Using Cooperative Learning Groups
  
  
  
  • Four Corners: Enhanced Group Work
  
   
  
  Assessing Program Outcomes by Utilizing Field Education Learning Activities and Skill Evaluations
  
  The conference theme is Blueprints for Student Learning and will showcase faculty from various disciplines who are doing great work in the area of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning!
  
   

• 10/5/07 - Congratulations to Accounting!
  And finally, from everyone in Title III, we send our congratulations to Jo Ann Marson and Denise Probert of Accounting, who are presenting individual posters this week at the 2007 Colloquium on Change in Accounting Education in Scottsdale, Arizona.
  
  Their posters are entitled:
  
  

  • Assessing Ethics Education in a Capstone Course
  
  
  • Assessing Ethics
  
  Conference Website: http://www.thecolloquium.com/
  
  
   

• 10/5/07 - 8th Annual Texas A&M University Assessment Conference
  Faculty, Please consider submitting a proposal for the following conference:
  
  Partnerships in Assessment: Succeeding Together
  8th Annual Texas A&M University Assessment Conference
  
  February 17-19, 2008
  College Station, Texas
  
  Proposals Due: October 19, 2007
  
  http://assessment.tamu.edu/conference/index.html 
  
   
  
   

• 8/28/07 - Lilly West 2008 Conference Learning By Design
  Faculty, please consider submitting a proposal for the upcoming conference: Lilly West 2008 Conference Learning By Design March 21-22, 2008 at the Kellogg West Ranch at Cal Poly Pomona.
  
  Proposals Due: September 28, 2007
  
  http://www.iats.com/conferences/west2008_info.html
  
  
   

• 8/15/07 - 5th Annual Teaching Professor Conference
  The Teaching Professor newsletter and Magna Publications invite presentation, panel discussion, and interactive poster session proposals for the fifth annual Teaching Professor Conference. May 16-18, 2008 in Kissimmee, Florida
  
  Call for proposal deadline: October 19, 2007
  
  http://www.teachingprofessor.com/conference/proposals.html
  
  
   
• 7/20/07 - Active Learning and Technology Project Work Report Due August 17
  For those faculty members who have undertaken, or plan to undertake, large-scale technology projects with Title III, an additional work report must be completed.  This Active Learning and Technology Project Work Report (aka, Work Report 5) should be submitted to Theresa Moore by no later than Friday, August 17th.  If you are uncertain as to whether you need to complete this Work Report, please contact Theresa Moore at trmoore@viterbo.edu or ext. 3392.
  
  Use this link to download a blank Work Report 5 Template