HTTP://WWW.ISETL.ORG International Society for Exploring
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Angela Brown
Teaching and Learning
President
Peter Doolittle
Jill Lane V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1 I N A U G U R A L I S S U E F E B 2 0 1 1
Julie Schrock
Darcelle White
ISTEL Corporate
Members
Diane Aschenbrenner
Welcome to ISETL
Mary Mattson
Miriam Díaz-Gilbert It is with great pleasure we broadens how we teach stu- cable for any curriculum and
Jill Lane present to you the inaugural dents and how students pedagogical tools to enrich
Julie Schrock issue of the International learn. Exploring pedagogy in your classroom teaching and
Marilyn Simon Society for Exploring Teaching higher education is an impor- your students’ learning. ISETL
Christie Burton and Learning (ISETL) newslet- tant feature of ISETL. conferences encourage crea-
Jerry Samples ter. Established over 40 years tivity, facilitate sharing, learn-
Emily Sweitzer ago, ISETL conferences con- ing and growing with like-
tinue to attract engaging col- minded colleagues in the spirit
ISETL Officers
lege and university faculty of collaboration, and forge
Emily Sweitzer
Secretary who are passionate about friendships and collegiality
Bruce Saulnier teaching and learning. with new colleagues.
Treasurer Many features make ISETL And what do ISETL conference
Susan Copeland
conferences unique and ex- attendees have to say?
Historian
ceptional. Conference present- “I feel inspired and I have come out of
ers are unique and focus on ISETL President Angela Brown and each workshop with something I can
Keynote speaker Kieran Egan at the apply to my classes now.”
innovation. The intimate na- 40th Annual Conference in Nashville
ture of the conference creates “Such a wonderful experience...I
opportunities to become ac- There are numerous benefits learned so much new information...so
many different aspects and views.”
INSIDE THIS to be reaped from attending
quainted with colleagues from
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various disciplines. Discussion ISETL conferences such as “The Keynote speaker was fantastic.”
Welcome to 1 about teaching and learning acquiring immediate hands-on “I enjoy seeing everyone each year.”
ISETL from multiple viewpoints instructional strategies appli-
2011 ISETL 1
Conference
In San Diego
40th
Join us at the 2011 ISETL Conference in San Diego
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Anniversary
Honors Its Do you love to teach? Do you ing exciting you and your stu- workshops, complete pre-
Founding Presi- believe learning is life-long? dents? Why not consider sub- senter proposals, and proposal
dent Do your students inspire you mitting a proposal. Proposals guidelines.
to create and innovate? Have from all disciplines are wel- The proposal deadline for
Conference 2
you run out of exciting teach- come. the ISETL 2011 conference in
Presenter
Recognition
ing and learning ideas? San Diego is April 1, 2011.
Not sure how to approach your
If you answer yes, then the proposal? Relax! Visit the ISETL Any questions? Contact Jill
Become 2 2011 ISETL Conference in proposal website at Lane, Conference Committee
an ISETL beautiful San Diego at the http://www.isetl.org/conference/ Chair and President-Elect at
Author Westin October 13 –15, index.cfm
ISETLProposalReviewChair@gmail.com
2011 is for you!
The ISTEL website is reader Submit your proposal today!
Do you have an innovative and navigator-friendly. Peruse See you in San Diego!
teaching idea? Is your teach- past conference programs and
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ISETL Honors Its Founding President
After an entertaining and humor- 18 year-old Sam, a teacher in what you become.”
ous story- filled keynote lecture West Virginia, “I made an “A.” It
Sam posed a question to all in atten-
before a crowd of college and was at that moment that Sam
dance: “Why are we here at ISETL?”
university teachers, Dr. Sam realized his job was to make all
Those who attend ISETL conferences,
Postlethwaite, the founding students successful. His young
and many who attend every year, do so
president of ISETL and Distin- student had taught him that
because “they are special teachers who
guished Fellow, was presented everyone wants to be successful.
desire to help students learn and who
with the Founder’s Award at the That trivial event, as he put it,
dare to challenge the state-of-the-art
40th Anniversary of ISETL on got him to where he is today.
with ideas of their own.”
October 8, 2010 in Nashville. The
This experience as a very young
award honored his “vision, inno- Dr. Sam Postlethwaite, a Fulbright
teacher and his other teaching
vation and leadership in the scholar and recipient of many teaching
experiences and innovations,
scholarship of learning.” awards, is an inspiration. His passion
such as creating audio tapes for
for helping students learn and for en-
Sam, as he is affectionately his botany lectures at the State
couraging teachers to be innovative is
called, along with two col- University of Iowa 1949, and
contagious. It is reassuring to now
leagues, founded ISETL in 1970. audio tutorials at Purdue in
“Teachers who are ISETL members and conference atten-
Sam eloquently told the story of 1970, reminded him of a quote
dees can look forward to sharing their
innovative meet with so the life changing impact a young by Roger Rosenblatt, who wrote
life-long teaching wisdom and innova-
much frustration…[they] blue-eyed redhead girl had on in a TIME magazine essay that
tions, even at the learning and teaching
certainly need to have fel- him. Pleased with her “A”, the “what matters most determines
age of 92.
lowship with other teach- young student exclaimed to the who you are, what you do, and
ers.” - Sam Postlethwaite
Conference Presenter Recognition
The 2009 ISETL Distinguished outstanding presentation. resources they may not
Fellows Presentation Award Those who attend ISETL have access to as they grow
was bestowed on Joan conferences enjoy a pro- as educators in their field.
Monahan Watson, from gram of diverse teaching, The intimate setting of an
Virginia Tech, for her con- research, and poster ses- ISETL conference encour-
ference workshop sions in a welcoming and ages fellowship among edu-
“Narcissus Goes to College: collegial setting. The ses- cators, from varied disci-
Dispositional Narcissism as a sions provide both research plines from through out the
Heuristic for the Design of and practical teaching meth- US and beyond, to share
Effective Teaching and Learn- ods to benefit both teachers and discuss innovative col-
ing Environments” at the and the students they teach. lege classroom teaching and
39th Annual ISETL Confer- learning techniques, and
ence in Philadelphia for her Attendees are exposed to
successes.
Become an ISETL Author
ISETL invites you to consider ISETL and the Center for
attending a conference, sub- Instructional Development
mitting a proposal and/or sub- and Educational Research
mitting a manuscript to (CIDER) at Virginia Tech.
ISETL’s journal publication - Are you interested in improv-
The International Journal of ing the quality of higher educa-
Teaching and Learning in tion learning and teaching?
Higher Education (IJTLHE), a
electronic peer-reviewed jour- Visit http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/
cfp.cfm http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/
nal also available in hard copy.
IJTLHE is a publication of issueHardcopy.cfm
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