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A Teaching Commons for
CSU Business Programs
Ron Purser
What’s a Teaching Commons?
• A concept advanced by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
• A community space for: – Faculty sharing of knowledge and expertise across the
CSU– Accessing teaching and learning resources and
strategies that work for CSU Business faculty and students
– Faculty leaders organizing and disseminating best practices so they become common practices
– Networking around campus and system-level initiatives in timely and effective ways
CSU College of Business Needs
• Sharing best practices using online resources
• Developing and adopting instructional innovations cost-effectively
• Creating a community of practice to address common pedagogical problems
• Support AACSB accreditation– Quality curriculum (content + pedagogy)– Scholarship of teaching business
Requirements for Putting Innovations
into Practice• Disciplinary context for content• Institutional context for curriculum• Community context for peer advocacy
and recognition• Usable Services
– Effective, Easy to learn, Easy to Use, Motivating
The CSU Teaching Commons• Teaching Commons is a workspace for CSU faculty within
disciplines to share projects, expertise, and resources across our campuses
– Puts the control of the content in faculty hands– Gets the technology behind the scenes– Bridges the individual efforts to the larger CSU, national, and
international endeavorsWe’ve built a prototype to illustrate what a Teaching Commons
might do and to get feedback for the faculty
http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/business/about/council.html
Teaching Commons Basics
• Use Adobe Contribute to enable faculty to manage the content without IT Staff Support
• CSU CO will host the Teaching Commons
• Faculty Driven • Rapid Prototyping and Experimentation
Current Status
• Version 1.0 Introduced to all CSU/COB Deans• Formation of Teaching Commons Faculty
Steering Committee From CSU Campuses– Initial strategy meeting with 6 faculty held August
2nd
– Recruitment of additional faculty to Steering Committee
• Content and Features Enhancements– Blogging and Discussion Forums– Departmental Collections
• Version 2.0 to be launched by Dec 1, 2007