CIRTL Network Exchange Program 2.0

http://www.cirtl.net/networkexchange/

Network Exchange ObjectivesVisitors:• Practice professional skills before the job

search• Network with disciplinary research and TAR

colleagues at another institution• Receive feedback on professional

development topics• Disseminate TAR findings and implications

Hosts:• Inspire students/faculty interested in TAR• Gain new ideas on research and teaching (at

low cost)• Raises profile of CIRTL Network within

dept/school

Distributed Model: Send Your Own Students(Within a structured framework)

• Institutional leaders decide who to accept

• Institutional leaders fund this travel

• (But, lots of host responsibilities, too!)

Sending Institution Responsibilities• Advertise Network Exchange Program to

prospective graduate students and postdocs; set deadlines*

• Review local applications*• Collect and file participant/advisor signatures*• Help make disciplinary connections with host

campus*• Organize practice talk and give feedback• Help with travel arrangements and pay travel

expenses* (~$1000+)• Debrief visit with participant within 1 week of

return• Facilitate local presentation within 1 month of

return• Process travel expenses

*Resources available

Host Institution Responsibilities• Recommend local lodging, ground transportation*• Help identify appropriate disciplinary faculty*• Familiarize visitor with the campus, give tour• Schedule TAR and research talks in appropriate

venues• Advertise presentations locally*• Set up individual/group meetings with visitor• Provide refreshments for seminars (~$50, optional)• Take speaker to dinner (~$150, optional)• Collect attendee information at TAR talk*• Provide professional development feedback to

presenter• Fill out host evaluation form*

*Resources available

Eligibility• Graduate students and postdoctoral

scholars in science, technology, engineering or mathematics or social, behavioral and economic disciplines at CIRTL Network Institutions.

Question for input:• Handling Non-STEM applicants?

Eligibility• The primary eligibility requirement

is the applicant's readiness to give a high-quality presentation on his or her teaching-as-research study.

Suggestion:• Might want to explore/provide

additional opportunities earlier on…

Example Alternative Opportunities• Group travel to

regional meetings• Matching funds

for travel to conferences

• AGEP-T project opportunities for underrepresented minority scholars

Steps for Applying for an Exchange Visit

Contact local NEP coordinat

or

Explain interest to

advisor and

obtain approval

Identify a faculty

contact at a host

institution

Identify potential

dates

Submit applicatio

n to institutio

nal coordinat

or at sending

institution

Visitor Responsibilities After Exchange Visit

• Debrief one-on-one with CIRTL leaders at home institution.

• Lead a discussion on Teaching-as-Research and share your experiences in the Exchange Program at home institution.

• Post a blog post summarizing the visit on the CIRTL Network website.

• Submit an abstract of your TAR project to the CIRTL Online Learning Community.

• Any changes?

Web Resources: Current• Overview• Details• Example Itinerary• Campus Contacts• Campus

Requirements• Application Form• Local Institutions• Past Network

Exchanges

http://www.cirtl.net/networkexchange

/

Web Resources: Proposed• AboutInformation for:

– Prospective Visitors

– Prospective Hosts

– Institutional Leaders

• ApplyUpdated Version available April 1,

2014

Common Application Form: Please Review

• Plus CV• Plus signature

page with advisor and department chair’s signature

• Submit to local Network Exchange Program contact

www.cirtl.net/networkexchange/appform

Questions for Input:• Who submits the application?

Proposed: – Applicant downloads fillable pdf and

submits to institutional leader– Institutional coordinator reviews and

submits to central database with brief endorsement

Note:– For tracking and evaluation

purposes

Questions for Input:• Timing of deadlines and how far in

advance of travel dates?– Two deadlines a year?– Three deadlines a year?– Rolling deadline, 2 months in

advance?– Rolling deadline, 1 month in

advance?• Do these need to be coordinated

across institutions for any reason?

Questions for Input:• Are there ways to increase

accessibility of the Network Exchange Program to all interested and qualified participants?– Inclusive/Universal Design?– English Language Learners?– Postdoctoral Scholars?– Needs-based Scholarships?

Questions for Input:• Does everyone need to

fund this as an “all-expenses paid” program?– What if one institution

wanted to provide $500 travel scholarships instead?

• Thoughts?• Other questions?

Opportunities for Evaluation• Impacts of participation in a

Network Exchange Program visit?• Which CIRTL programs have the

biggest impact and why?

• Suggestions:– Post-visit evaluation forms (host,

visitor)– Review participant

reflections/artifacts– Develop follow-up participant

survey

Qualtrics Survey Sent Next Week

Please submit one response for your institution by April 18, 2014

Microsoft Word available for review now

Information Gathered in Survey (1/school)

• Ready to start participating by May 1, 2014?• Institutional contact for Network Exchange

Program?• How many TAR projects do you have each year?• How many visitors per year are you:

– Likely to send?– Willing to host?

• Planning to use the Common Application Form?• Preferred schedule of deadlines?• List of appropriate symposia or seminar series

and when offered (optional)• Names of interested disciplinary faculty hosts

(optional)

Emily Weigel on graduate program and FAST fellowship (length: 3:00min)

www.msu.edu/user/weigelem/cv.html (Description of TAR project from: 1:31-2:16)Text transcript (PDF):www.msu.edu/user/weigelem/files/FAST%20Interview.pdf

Emily Weigel Research Interview

(length: 3:57min)www.msu.edu/user/weigelem/research.html

Text transcript (PDF):www.msu.edu

/user/weigelem/files/The%20Importance%20of%

20Stickleback.pdf

Jeff Klukas Teaching as Research talk:

http://youtu.be/D5DnqgNFmXc

Contact for Questions

• Colleen McLinn• CU-CIRTL Program Director• mclinn@cornell.edu• 607-255-2030