WITS is the Chemistry Department's Teaching Circle - an informal, monthly, discussion amongst interested faculty, of current issues related to teaching Chemistry.  The WITS program was initiated as a complement to the WINSS (Whats New in Science Seminar) program, which itself was designed to bring interested Chemistry faculty together to discuss current research in the department.  WITS meets on the 2nd Monday of the Month (excepting August, December, and April), over lunch (liquid refreshments provided).  In late Fall 2002, Chemistry Department graduate students interested in possible academic careers expressed interest in creating a WITS-like discussion group focused on their Professional Development needs and concerns.  As part of that program, and if appropriate, at least one WITS per term will be organized around a topic of joint interest to faculty and future faculty, and open to both groups.

Academic Year 2001

Session

Date/Time

Location

Topic

Facilitator

12 		July 9, 2001
Monday
12:00 noon
to 
1:00 pm
Faculty/Staff Lounge, Room 245 		Discussions about Scholarly Publishing Today
Due to intense interest and the interruption in this meeting, Rush has agreed to return on Sept 10 to continue the discussion.  See above for relevant links.
Rush Miller
University Librarian
and
Director, University Library System (ULS)

11

 

June 11, 2001
 Monday
12:00 noon
to 
1:30 pm
Faculty/Staff Lounge, Room 245 		Expert Training in CourseInfo
 "We cover some of the ideas behind the effective use of CourseInfo and explain how all of the support systems work (security, student load, roster load, requesting a new course, cloning a course, role of the help desk, listserver, etc.), without any hands-on access. We'll have a few additional topics related to Blackboard 5 implementation (since it is targetted for fall implementation we plan to train for it during the summer)."
CIDDE


(10)

10 		May 14, 2001
Monday
12:00 noon to 
1:00 pm
Faculty/Staff Lounge, Room 245 		Undergraduates Teaching Undergraduates
Organic Chemistry @ Princeton
Peer-Led Team Learning Workshop Project  
C&E News Synopsis from ACS-San Diego Mtg (Apr '01) (html or pdf)
Joe

(10)

9 		March 12, 2001
Monday
12:00 noon
to 
1:00 pm
Faculty/Staff Lounge, Room 245 		 Improving Faculty Resources for Teaching
(TAs, Graders, Tutors, and more) 
Rebecca

(12)

8

 

February 12, 2001
Monday
12:00 noon
to 
1:00 pm
Faculty/Staff Lounge, Room 245
 Three Graduate Teaching Issues
How do we design the ideal Chemistry Seminar program?
How do we best SUPPORT all 1st year graduate students?
What is the best way to present ALL research opportunities to our new graduate class?
Timely article in Chronicle of Higher Education (web)
(or in Survey Points to Mismatch in Doctoral Programs pdf format)


Steve

(15)

7

 

January 8, 2001
Monday
12:00 noon
to 
1:00 pm
Faculty/Staff Lounge, Room 245 		Using Modern Software Tools to teach Quantitative Aspects of Chemistry

UNCW Numina Project
Ken


(~15)

6

 

November 20, 2000
Monday
12:00 noon
to 
1:00 pm
Faculty/Staff Lounge, Room 245 		Computers and Technology in the Chemistry Classroom

Click here to see a synopsis (pdf format)
Audience Response Systems:  IML USA,    Option Finder    ComTec    Quick Tally


Rob


(17)

5
October 2
Monday
12:00 noon
to 
1:00 pm
(Come late if you
have to teach.)

 
Faculty/Staff Lounge, Room 245		 Open Discussion of Your Short Topics
 (e-mail your topic in advance if you wish it posted here)

Discussion Topics

Click here to see a synopsis (pdf format)


J. Grabowski

M. Golde &
L. Kogut

D. Waldeck


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4
September 11, 2000
Monday
12:00 noon
to
1:00 pm

 

  

Faculty/Staff Lounge, Room 245

 Incorporating the New ACS Biochemistry Requirement
 (2 key paragraphs from the below 31-page document)

Preparation Materials
George Bandik

with supplemental reports by D. Waldeck (re: insight from local industry survey) & M. Golde (re: insight from the 16th BCCE)

 

     

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