The Teaching Showcase presented by the Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching (CIRT)has started and goes through the month of July!  The topic this year is Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Click here to view and comment on presentations.

We have two opportunities for you to highlight your developing or completed scholarship. Over the summer, we will showcase teaching practices in the Teaching Showcase.

Each Teaching Showcase will focus on a different topic relevant to effective online instruction; the theme for the 2017 TS is the SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING (SoTL). As educators, it is important to discover, reflect, and share teaching strategies with our colleagues and the collective community of teacher-scholars. As…

** Final Reminder!  Please share this opportunity with any current or recent students in your network or, if applicable, consider submitting something yourself to one or both of these awards! **

Students and Recent Grads, Win $1000 Plus Trip to ILA's 19th Annual Conference in Brussels, Belgium!

Submit to one or both awards, as applicable.

Kenneth E. Clark Student Research Award
Deadline: 1 MAY 2017
Learn more: http://www.ila-net.org/Awards/Clark/

Fredric M. Jablin Doctoral…

Title: Revisiting ReligiousLuck: Can a True Religious Belief Sourced in Testimony Merit The Kind of CreditNeeded for Knowledge? 

Abstract: In this paper I addressan old problem that has recently taken on a new and stronger form. This versionof religious luck says religious beliefs sourced in testimony from one’s earlyteaching or traditions are tainted by knowledge-undermining luck. Acquiringtrue beliefs by this method, so the argument goes, is the result of mereaccident since many others…

Do online homework managementsystems work? Or are they a vehicle for grade inflation?  Previous studieson this question are far from unanimous in their support of homework managementsystems. Dr. Kathy Archer, Assistant Professor of Economics with the ColangeloCollege of Business, presented research findings at the SoTL Commons Conferencein Savannah, GA. suggesting the use of online homework management systemsincreases student learning.  Archer, along with Dr. Mark Olson, ColangeloCollege of…

CIRT would like to acknowledge a recent recipient of our Scholarly Grants who will be attending the American Education Association Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.  Congratulations to Ajay Das, who will be presenting on Special Education in Regular education Classrooms: Where Are We?

CIRT would like to acknowledge a recent recipient of our Scholarly Grants who will be attending the ETS Far West Regional Meeting in Ontario, CA.  Congratulations to Steve Duby, who will have a presentation on Creation, Providence. and the problem of Divine Timelessness.

CIRT would like to acknowledge a recent recipient of our Scholarly Grants who will be attending the Evangelical Theological Society Regional in Ontario CA.  Congratulations to Justin McLendon, who will be presenting on John Calvin the Refugee Theologian: Reflections on Shepherding the Sent Church with a Graceful Hospitality

CIRT would like to acknowledge a recent recipient of our Scholarly Grants who will be attending the 500 Years of Reformation: Sola Scriptora.  Congratulations to Ryan Brandt who will be presenting on the Reformed Principia and Spiritual Theology today: A Reflection on Revelation and its implications Towards Spirituality.