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Other FTA Activities Related to the Carnegie Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
I
n addition to the discussion and research that the Foothill College Campus Conversation
group is pursuing, there are a number of additional examples of the scholarship of teaching and
learning which exhibit themselves throughout our campus:
Opening Day 2000 Activities
D
r. Uri Triesman, Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Charles A. Dana Center was our keynote
speaker. He spoke at the request of the Academic Senate, which had chosen as it's focus for this year:
Academic Standards and the Success of our Students. Dr. Triesman discussed the topics of academic
standards, student performance and what we need to do to improve student learning, especially that
of our minority students.
Dr. Daniel Amen, a pioneer of the neurobiology of learning and brain imaging, spoke about the
neurobiology of the brain as it relates to learning styles.
Interactive Learning Model
L
ast spring twenty-five faculty were selected to participate in our
Interactive Learning Model project. The purpose of the project is two-fold;
1) to identify student's individual learning styles to enable them to take greater responsibility for
their own learning and
2) to document whether implementing an interactive learning approach improves students' performance
outcomes. During this standards and conducting classroom research to evaluate their effectiveness.
(For more information on this project, please contact Campus Conversation member Tess Hansen.)
Internet Online Student Survey
D
r. Roxanne Baxter Mendrinos, American Council on Education (ACE)
Fellow 1999-2000, has developed a research study to assess faculty and student attitudes towards
online distance learning and to develop a profile of the successful online distance learning student.
Faculty surveys were distributed in print format and was also available to be taken and submitted
through a web site. The student surveys were distributed through the web site format. The research
study was developed as an ACE project for Foothill College. Dr. Mendrinos is working closely with
Institutional Research at the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, and with the Web Master
for Distance Learning at De Anza College. (For more information on this project, please contact Dr.
Roxanne Baxter Mendrinos.
Pass the Torch
P
ass the Torch places students in study teams in twenty-three different courses
ranging from English as Second Language to higher level English composition, all mathematics courses,
and some general education science classes. Each team consists of a team leader and a team member.
The leader has already completed the subject with an A grade and the member is currently enrolled in
the course, attempting to earn an A so that he or she can become a leader next program has received
the 1999 California Academic Senate Award as an Exemplary Program and was awarded a 1999 California
Community College Chancellor's Grant to expand the program.
For more information, contact Jean Thomas at 650-949-7284.
Continuing Staff Development
S
tudent Success workshops are offered periodically during our
Wednesday Campus Hour. Also planned are Instructional Skills Workshops and sessions which address
Diversity and Multicultural Relations and Body Language, The Hidden Meaning.
Spring Flex Day Activities
O
ur keynote speaker will be Jeanne Kincaid, Esq. who will be speaking
on Students with Disabilities in Higher Education.
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