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Department Chair Seminar

Jun 28

REGISTER NOW for The IDEA Department Chair Seminar in Chicago, June 28-29, 2012. The IDEA Department Chair Seminars provide an in-depth examination of key topics essential to the academic chairperson’s administrative role. The interactive sessions are facilitated by national practitioner-leaders who are highly experienced in chair development and dedicated to excellence in academic leadership.

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User Group 2012 Call for Proposals

May 15

The IDEA Center is now accepting proposals for the IDEA User Group Meeting scheduled for October 18-19, 2012 in Nashville, TN at the Sheraton Music City Hotel. You are invited to submit a proposal for a presentation describing best practices, lessons learned, or case studies about using IDEA. The deadline for submission of proposals is May 15, 2012.

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We're here to help

In addition to our telephone and email support, we are now adding a new feature - the IDEA Help Community. Using the IDEA Help Community, you can search for a topic, ask a question, read comments from other clients, and join the conversation around IDEA products and services.

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Benchmarking

IDEA Benchmarking for Learning allows campuses to compare their student ratings results to a group of 6 to 10 peers, selected by the institution, who also use the IDEA Student Ratings System. In...

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Featured IDEA Papers

IDEA Paper #50 - Student Ratings of Teaching: A Summary of Research and Literature

Stephen L. Benton, The IDEA Center; William E. Cashin, Emeritus professor, Kansas State University

IDEA Paper #51 - Using Graphic Organizers to Improve Teaching and Learning

Kenneth A. Kiewra, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

IDEA Paper #52 - Considerations in Online Course Design

Paul A. Creasman, Ph.D., Arizona Christian University

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Bill Cashin Receives McKeachie Award

May 14, 2012

On April 12, Dr. William E. (Bill) Cashin, former Director of the Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development at Kansas State University—...

Adjusted Scores: What are they?

May 7, 2012

By Shelley Chapman This post is the first of a three-part series on “Adjusted Scores”  and describes what adjusted scores are in the IDEA...

It’s a Tough Job: Supporting Academic Department Chairs

April 30, 2012

By Amy Gross One reason I am so committed to the work of The IDEA Center is that providing feedback to guide self-reflection and...

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