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Committee on Learning and Teaching (COLT)

  • Examine institutional policies and structures for their impact on teaching 
    and learning. 
  • Support the scholarship of teaching.
  • Support the practice of teaching.
  • Consider and advise on how technology affects the practice of teaching.
  • Advise the Office for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment on the progress of current initiatives in the colleges and the needs for faculty development in teaching, learning and assessment.

If you have a teaching and learning issue for COLT to consider, please send an e-mail to Donald Opitz.

List of members:

Name Area Contact
Claudia Anderson Theatre Profile
Tom Berry Commerce Profile
Katherine Cermak Office for Teaching, Learning and Assessment Profile
Lauri Dietz University Center for Writing-based Learning Profile
Matthew Dintzner LA&S Profile
Sharon Guan Faculty Instructional Technology Services Profile
Kelly Kessler Communication Profile
Gerry McLaughlin Office of Institutional Planning and Research Profile
Erica Neidlinger Music Profile
Donald Opitz (Chair) SNL Profile
Amira Proweller Education Profile
Howard Rosing Steans Center for Community-based Service Learning & Community Service Studies Profile
Eric Schwabe CDM Profile
Gabriele Strohschen SNL Profile
Susan Thrower Law Profile

Teaching, Learning, and Technology

Charge

To provide a forum for faculty, academic support staff, and Academic Affairs/Information Services representatives to evaluate the current functioning of course based and research technologies as well as to recommend the adoption and funding of new or expanded technology solutions in direct support of the academic enterprise and Vision twenty12.

  • All such proposed technology policies and procedures affecting faculty and directly impacting the academic enterprise are sent by the committee to faculty council for review and approval. All other university-wide technology policies and procedure proposals are submitted by IS to the university’s policy and procedures approval process.
  • Specific recommendations for prioritization of teaching-and-learning-related technology projects are made by the committee and sent to IS/Academic Affairs or other appropriate units.
  • Specific recommendations for project funding are forwarded by the committee to Academic Affairs, IS, or other appropriate funding authorities.
  • The committee shall be informed of policy and procedures, project prioritization, and funding decisions.

List of Members:

Name Area Contact
Maria Avgerinou Education Profile
Roger Baran Commerce Profile
Bernhard Beck-Winchatz LA&S Profile
GianMario Besana CDM Profile
Paul Booth Communication Profile
Victoria DeIorio Theatre Profile
Massimo DiPierro (Co-Chair) CDM Profile
Scott Erlinder CDM Profile
Phillip Funk LA&S Profile
Joann Golas Faculty Instructional Technology Services Profile
Delvin Grant Commerce Profile
Sharon Guan Faculty Instructional Technology Services Profile
Deborah Holton SNL Profile
Jacqueline Kelly-McHale Music Profile
Christine Knox Gramlick Media Production & Training Profile
Melissa Koenig Faculty Instructional Technology Services Profile
Robert McCormick (Co-Chair) Information Services Profile
James Moore Commerce Profile
Allen Moye Law Profile
Corin Pitcher CDM Profile
Beth Rubin SNL Profile
Susan Thrower Law Profile
Sandra Virtue LA&S Profile
Gretchen Wilbur SNL Profile
Christopher Worthman Education Profile

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