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CTLD Peer Associates Program
What is the Peer Associate Program?
The goal of the CTLD Peer Associates Program is to develop additional expertise across campus for teaching-related ideas and support and to provide multiple overlapping resources and channels that instructors can call upon as needed.
Peer Associates become experts in “all things CTLD” to bring awareness of these resources back to the faculty in their departments. Additionally, Peer Associates bring their own teaching expertise to share with the other Associates, the CTLD, and potentially other groups on campus.
Broadly speaking the CTLD hopes that no instructor at MSU Denver ever feels like there is nobody to ask when they have a question about their work. Creating a saturation of support means having multiple overlapping resources and channels that instructors can call on as needed.
Interested in becoming a Peer Associate?
Peer associates meet approximately every three weeks during one semester as a small cross-disciplinary learning community. The time commitment is roughly equivalent to a 1 credit course for one semester in which Peer Associates receive a stipend.
If you are interested in joining this program in the future, email Bridget Arend, [email protected], Associate Director of Teaching & Learning, with a brief statement (1-2 sentences) sharing why you want to be a Peer Associate.
CTLD Peer Associate Program
There are five main areas of responsibility.
Learn –Peer Associates will gain in-depth knowledge about the various teaching-related resources available through the CTLD, as well as learn from their fellow Associates in other disciplines.
Explore – Each Peer Associate will choose a small specific teaching-related topic in which they will collect information and develop expertise to add to the knowledge and expertise available on campus.
Connect – Peer Associates will be asked to share insights from their departments and help inform the CTLD about faculty needs and practices regarding teaching. In addition, the Peer Associate becomes a departmental resource, inviting instructors to reach out to them and answering questions or referring instructors to the appropriate resources regarding teaching, learning, design, and accessibility.
Deliver – The Peer Associate will create a small “deliverable” about their chosen topic to a share with the broader MSU Denver community, for example a short video, blog post, handout, or resources summary.
Report – At the end of the term, each Peer Associate will record a final summary of what they did through a survey.
Welcoming the Spring 2024 Cohort!
Spring 2024 Peer Associates
Ingrid Carter
School of Education
Tentative topic: Approaches to Inclusive Attendance Policies
Elizabeth Medina
Department of Biology
Tentative topic: Student Interactivity with Video
Becky Prater
Department of Management
Tentative topic: Outcomes Mapping
Sarah Schliemann
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Tentative topic: Alternatives to Online Discussions in STEM courses
"I have nothing but great things to say about this program and my experience! I met faculty I would never have otherwise met and learned with and from them." Shawn Tebben, Accounting
Fall 2023 Peer Associates
Amy Dore
Health Care Management
Topic: Creating Advisory Boards for Online Programs
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Charles Butterworth
Department of Biology
Topic: Using AI for Alt Tags in Scientific Journals
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Sanaa Riaz
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Topic: Guide to Accessibility Support for Instructors
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Summer Trentin
Department of Art
Topic: Department-level Teaching Visit Exchange protocol
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Brooke Woolman
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Topic: Online Student Learning Contract
Learn more about this project"I enjoyed meeting colleagues from difference schools and learning about the challenges they see and how they are working to address them." - Laurel Lane, Marketing
Spring 2023 Peer Associates
Christine Sheikh
Department of Sociology
Topic: Best practices for online learning in Sociology
Cindy Dormer
Department of Nutrition
Topic: Encouraging students’ use of University resources
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Arlene Sgoutas
Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy
Topic: Syllabus Social Annotation using Hypothes.is
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Greg Black
Department of Marketing
Topic: Experiential Learning in Online Courses
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Fatma Elseid
Department of Engineering and Engineering Technology
Topic: Retention of students in Engineering (Project info available upon request)
Garvita Thareja
Department of Health Professionals
Topic: Online Engagement in Healthcare Courses
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Shalini Srinivasan
Department of Chemistry
Topic: Letter writing as civic engagement
This is an opportunity to create change within the classroom for students and faculty. The topics explored have real-time, often real-world applications." - Mikkilynn Olmsted, English
Fall 2022 Peer Associates (Pilot)
Garrett Chism
Department of Health Professions
Topic: Tracking Competencies Using the Canvas Outcomes Tool
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Shawn Tebben
Department of Accounting
Topic: Empathy maps, A Tool for Inclusion
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Mikkilynn Olmsted
Department of English
Topic: Anti Racist Pedagogy: Seeking a Journaling/Notebooking App
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Laurel Lane
Department of Marketing
Topic: Communication Challenges in Asynchronous Online Teaching
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Cindy Heiss
Department of Nutrition
Topic: Storytelling as a DEI teaching method
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