The Crown Faculty Center offers many teaching and learning resources to Colorado College
faculty, including a computer lab with multimedia equipment, a multimedia
classroom, and a large collection of literature.
Classrooms | People | Technology | TLC Library
CLASSROOMS
The Crown Faculty Conference Room seats up to eight people in comfortable
executive style chairs. The conference room has a white board and is ideal
for small meetings or group sessions. It also houses the Crown Faculty
Center Library Collection.
A part of the newly renovated Learning Commons, The Instructional
Commons is an ideal space for meetings, presentations, luncheons
and other social events. This room features flexible seating and tables
for up to 30 people, along with audio-visual equipment for computer and
video projection.
PEOPLE
TECHNOLOGY
The CAT Lab, which provides computers, scanners, digital
video editing equipment, and color printers, is available to all students,
staff, and faculty. The Lab is also equipped with web design tools including
Dreamweaver, Flash, & Fireworks. Technology consultants are available
during all lab hours to facilitate the use of computers and advanced technologies
for teaching and learning. Equipment is available for walk-in use, and
appointments can be made for special one-on-one training. Contact Weston Taylor for more information.
TLC LIBRARY
Gathering, organizing and making available resources related to teaching
is one of the main goals of the Crown Faculty Center. To this end, we
have put together a small library of books, journals, articles,
and videos that cover a variety
of topics. If you notice a gap in our collection, please let us know so
that we can fill it.
Books
The skeleton of the CFC collection came from the main stacks in Tutt Library.
They were moved to the CFC for the purpose of gathering books relevant
to the goals of the CFC in one place. We constantly expand our collection
with new publications in order to keep up with the latest in the study
of teaching and learning.
You can access a list of CFC books in two places. We maintain a current
list of the CFC holdings on this web page, sorted either by title or by subject, along with a list of those book which we have recently acquired. You can also search for the books in the library's TIGER Catalog. Books are checked out through Tutt library at the
circulation desk.
Journals
The Learning Commons has an eclectic list of journals, ranging from weekly
newspapers to technology journals. We have back issues of several journals
to which we no longer subscribe. Again, let us know if you have suggestions
for publications that should be added to our library.
The following is a list of our serial publications. In parentheses are
the dates of the issues we have.
Accent on Improving College Teaching and Learning (Summer 1996 +)
Change (Jan/Feb 1994+)
Chronicle of Higher Education (Nov 15, 1996+)
College Teaching (Winter 1997+)
Innovative Higher Education (Summer 1996+)
Liberal Education (Summer 1996+)
Linguafranca (February 1997+)
National Teaching and Learning Forum (Vol 6,No 1, 1996 +)
Teaching Excellence (Vol 8, No 1, 1996-1997+)
The Teaching Professor (September 1987 + (incomplete))
Articles
We maintain a file of articles that seem particularly relevant to teaching and learning in the context
of a small college such as ours. Here are a few examples of pieces CC
faculty have found helpful:
"The Dreaded Discussion: Ten Ways to Start," Peter Frederick,
Improving College and University Teaching, Vol 29/No. 3, Summer, 1981.
"How'm I Doing? Problems With Student Ratings of Instructors and
Courses," Wendy W Williams and Stephen J. Ceci, Change September/October,
1997.
"Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever," Arthur
W Chickering and Stephen C. Ehrmann in AAHE Bulletin, October, 1996.
"The Lively Lecture - 8 Variations," Peter Frederick, College
Teaching, 34:2, Spring, 1986.
"The New Student Generation: Are We Ready? Do We Care?" George
Dehne, George Dehne & Associates, 1998.
"Teaching Theory and Applications Together: An Exploratory Teaching
Program in the Liberal Arts," Ronald K. Teeples and Harvey A. Wichman
in Innovative Higher Education, 21:3, Spring, 1997.
"Validity Concerns and Usefulness of Student Ratings of Instruction,"
Anthony Greenwald, American Psychologist, November, 1997. Four other articles
on student evaluation in the same issue of the journal.
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Videotapes
We have acquired several videos related to teaching and learning but
our selection is still small. Here are a few titles of interest:
"Women in the Classroom: Cases for Discussion" The Derek Bok Center for
Teaching and Learning, Harvard University. Five vignettes filmed in
the classroom that pose problems for discussion. 27 minutes.
"Race in the Classroom: Cases for Discussion." The Derek Bok Center for
Teaching and Learning, Harvard University, Like the tape on gender issues,
this one offers five scenes from classrooms in which race becomes an
issue for students and the instructor. 19 minutes.
"Peter Elbow on Writing. A Conversation with America's Top Writing Teacher."
Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University. For
those who missed the Elbow workshops here in January, 1998, and would
like to get a sense of the Elbow approach, here is an opportunity.
