| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.91 |
| Liaison | Elizabeth MacKenzie |
| Submission Date | June 25, 2024 |
University of Iowa
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Brinda
Shetty Program Manager Office of Sustainability and the Environment |
Does the institution have an ongoing program that offers incentives for academic staff in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses? :
A brief description of the incentive program(s):
The Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology has created the "Big Ideas" courses initiative. The courses in the program are team-taught across an array of disciplines, departments, and even colleges. The current set of courses are taught as active-learning, team-based, peer-learning courses in active-learning (TILE) classrooms. A central theme of this initiative is Sustainability. Examples of courses developed include "People and the Environment: Technology, Culture, and Social Justice" and "Energy & Society: The History of Science of Oil."
A brief description of the incentives that academic staff who participate in the program(s) receive:
Faculty are incentivized to participate in the "Big Ideas" courses because they have access to TILE classrooms, with less time delivering content and greater technology usage, as well as an opportunity to collaborate with faculty from other disciplines.
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