In February 2012, the College of Engineering created the Strategic Instructional Initiatives Program (SIIP) to transform and revitalize the core engineering courses at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As SIIP has evolved, we have learned that in order to achieve these goals, we must first focus on creating collaborative teaching cultures. This effort has sparked the rapid spread of Research-Based Instructional Strategies across the college and created a thriving community of faculty invested in improving undergraduate instruction. In this paper, we describe the current policies and procedures that we use to direct SIIP. In particular, we will focus on the structure of the leadership team and how we have fostered deep collaborations among faculty developers, education researchers, and engineering faculty. We conclude by presenting an evaluation of the program.
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ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
November 13–19, 2015
Houston, Texas, USA
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978-0-7918-5758-8
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Coordinating College-Wide Instructional Change Through Faculty Communities
Geoffrey L. Herman,
Geoffrey L. Herman
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
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Laura Hahn,
Laura Hahn
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
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Matthew West
Matthew West
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
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Geoffrey L. Herman
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Laura Hahn
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Matthew West
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
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IMECE2015-51549, V015T19A021; 10 pages
Published Online:
March 7, 2016
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Herman, GL, Hahn, L, & West, M. "Coordinating College-Wide Instructional Change Through Faculty Communities." Proceedings of the ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Volume 15: Advances in Multidisciplinary Engineering. Houston, Texas, USA. November 13–19, 2015. V015T19A021. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2015-51549
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