The
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher
Education (POD) fosters human development in higher education
through faculty, instructional, and organizational development. To
visit POD, the Professional and Organizational Development
Network in Higher Education, World Wide Web site, please click
here.
Regional
Faculty and Instructional Development Associations
United
States
Association
of UNC Teaching Center Directors
Composed
of the directors of 16 campuses of the UNC system.
Contact Person: Ray Purdom
Email: rcpurdom@uncg.edu
Phone: (336) 334 - 5078
Contact
Person: Dr. Eric V.
Martin
Assistant Provost/Director of the Center for Quality
Governors State University
One University Parkway
University Park, IL 60466-0975
Voice: (708) 235-2104
Email: e-martin@govst.edu
Web:
www.cafdn.net
The
Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching &
Learning
(IA,
MN, ND, SD, WI)
The
Collaboration is an alliance of public, private and tribal
colleges in the northern Great Plains. Among the programs and
services The Collaboration offers are twice-yearly conferences,
traveling workshops, department chairs workshops, faculty
development program evaluations, and various publications.
Contact
person: Lesley K. Cafarelli
·
2356 University Avenue
West
Suite 230 · St. Paul, MN 55114
Phone: (651) 646-6166
Fax: (651) 646-3162
Email:
lkcafarelli@collab.org
Web: www.collab.org
Colleges
of Worcester Consortium
Colleges
of Worcester Consortium, Inc., 484 Main Street, Suite 500,
Worcester, MA, 01608. The Colleges of Worcester Consortium, Inc
has 15 member colleges and universities. The Faculty Development
Committee of COWC designs and implements programs to foster
effective teaching and learning strategies.
Contact
person: Fred Baus, Executive Director
Phone: (508) 754-6829
Fax: (508) 797-0069
Email: info@cowc.org
Web:
http://www.cowc.org
Eastern
Regional Competency-Based Education Consortium
(South
Carolina to Delaware)
Contact
person: Gerry Shuler
Phone:
803-535-1321
Email:
shulerg@org.tec.sc.us
*
Web:
http://www.ercbec.org/index.htm
Contact person: Ben Boggs
Email: Ben.Boggs@mail.state.ky.us
Web: http://www.cpe.state.ky.us
Great
Plains Regional Consortium on Instructional Development
This
group consists of people associated with faculty development
programs in institutions in the Great Plains region, loosely
defined. Most participants are located from Texas on the
south to Iowa on the north, and from Arkansas and Missouri on
the east to Colorado and Utah on the west. But
occasionally people have attended from Minnesota, Ohio, and even
Florida. In the spring of 2001, the group will meet at the
University of Kansas. Dr. Fred Rodriguez, director of the
Center for Teaching Excellence there, will host this meeting,
with help from people in nearby institutions in Kansas. If
interested in attending, contact Dr. Rodriquez at.
Contact:
Dr. Fred Rodriguez, Director of the Center for Teaching and
Excellence for the University of Kansas
Email: fredrod@ukans.edu
HBCU
Faculty Development Network
The
HBCU Faculty Development Network is derived from the rich legacy
of HBCU in providing educational opportunities to under
represented students. Building on this heritage, the Network is
committed to promoting effective teaching and student learning
through a variety of collaborative activities that focus on
faculty enhancement.
Contact
person: Steve Rozman or
Phyllis Worthy Dawkins
Phone: (601) 977 – 7861 or
(704) 378 - 1287
Email: srozman@aol.com
Web:
http://www.hbcu.freeservers.com
Southern
Regional Faculty and Instructional Development Consortium.
The
SRFIDC is an organization of faculty and instructional
development programs in two- and four-year degree granting
institutions of higher education in the “greater” South. It
holds a conference once a year, in late winter or early spring,
at rotating host universities.
Conference is held.
Contact:
Bill Hayes, Dept.
of Biology · Delta State University · Mississippi
Phone:
(601) 846 - 4247
Email: bhayes@dsu.deltast.edu
Web:
http://www.srfidc.org/
National Council for Staff, Program, and Organizational
Development
NCSPOD is an organization of
Canadian and US professionals in two year colleges, and an
affiliate Council of the American Association of Community
Colleges. NCSPOD sponsors an annual conference in October, and
an intensive retreat for practitioners, the International
Practitioners Workshop, each spring. A quarterly newsletter,
occasional publications and special papers, and a lively
listserv provide ways for members to network in a variety of
ways.
Contact person: Bill Searle,
Asnuntuck Community College
170 Elm Street, Enfield, CT 06082
Phone: (860) 253-3149
Email:
as_bills@commnet.edu
Web:
http://www.ncspod.org
Washington
Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education
Serves
faculty, administrators and staff at two- and four-year
colleges, primarily in Washington state but annual conferences
draw regionally and nationally.
Contact
person: Emily Decker, Director
Phone: (360) 867 – 6637
Email: deckere@evergreen.edu
Web: http://www.evergreen.edu/washcenter
International
Alberta
Instructional Design / Curriculum Design Network
The
Ab ID/CD Network serves Alberta, Canada.
Contact person:
Diane Emberg
Phone: (780) 497 – 5232
Email: embergd@ADMIN.GMCC.AB.CA
Please forward corrections or additions to:
Rob Schadt at rschadt@bu.edu
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