{"id":34,"date":"2010-01-20t07:00:02","date_gmt":"2010-01-20t07:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vanderbilt.edu\/cft\/?p=34"},"modified":"2010-07-29t18:43:26","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29t18:43:26","slug":"highlights-from-richard-cyrs-talks-on-faculty-careers-large-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2010\/01\/highlights-from-richard-cyrs-talks-on-faculty-careers-large-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"highlights from richard cyr\u2019s talks on faculty careers, large classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>richard cyr (biology, penn state university) <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.vanderbilt.edu\/cft\/?p=31\">came to campus yesterday<\/a> as a guest of the center for the integration of research, teaching, and learning (cirtl).\u00a0 he gave two talks, an informal lunch discussion of faculty careers in the sciences and an afternoon presentation about teaching large science courses.<\/p>\n<p>the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 attended both talks and &#8220;tweeted&#8221; a few highlights during the presentations:<\/p>\n<p><em>faculty careers in the sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7953216568\" class=\"msgtxt en\">sitting in on lunch session w\/richard cyr of penn state. topic is academic careers in the sciences.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7953494819\" class=\"msgtxt en\">richard cyr: challenge 1 for new stem faculty is setting up a lab. get advice on this from colleagues who have done so recently.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7953525759\" class=\"msgtxt en\">richard cyr: challenge 2 is managing one&#8217;s time. be very selective about committee work at first. focus on cmtes that interest you.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7953555400\" class=\"msgtxt en\">richard cyr: challenge 3 is obtaining grants. bring a postdoc grant w\/you to your new faculty job, if possible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7953640107\" class=\"msgtxt en\">richard cyr: when on the job market, how many years of postdoc work is less important than the rate of publications per year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7953847803\" class=\"msgtxt en\">richard cyr: new faculty should plan a six-year teaching program. don&#8217;t teach a course you won&#8217;t teach again 1-2 times.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7953858384\" class=\"msgtxt en\">richard cyr: the first time you teach a course, it&#8217;s rocky. the 2nd and 3rd times are much better. plan for those.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7954402158\" class=\"msgtxt en\">richard cyr: start dates can be tricky. at some places, 1\/1 start date starts the tenure clock the prior august, for instance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7954641146\" class=\"msgtxt en\">good questions here at the richard cyr talk: the two-body problem, leaving tenure-track positions, and such.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>teaching large science courses<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7961808696\" class=\"msgtxt en\">richard cyr keynote starting on teaching large science courses, revising intro biology courses over time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7962125460\" class=\"msgtxt en\">richard cyr describing bio 110 at penn state: over 1500 students per year, in sections w\/up to 750 students each.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7962183578\" class=\"msgtxt en\">cyr&#8217;s bio 110 learning cycle: pre-class online work (content, quizzes), in-class clickers + peer instruction, after class homework.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7962463000\" class=\"msgtxt en\">richard cyr: one challenge was that the home-grown course mgmt tool developed wasn&#8217;t sustainable as web standards changed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7962614759\" class=\"msgtxt en\">richard cyr: moved to using wikis for sharing course content online. the wiki is the course textbook. online and open-source.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7962713936\" class=\"msgtxt en\">richard cyr: students pay a little for a &#8220;digital coupon.&#8221; that money goes into a fund for sustaining, improving the wikibook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7962766357\" class=\"msgtxt en\">richard cyr: for in-class learning, uses clickers to generate small-group discussion. [see cft resources: <a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/link\/7962766357')\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/is.gd\/6cdkm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/is.gd\/6cdkm<\/a>]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7962830384\" class=\"msgtxt en\">richard cyr: when asking 700 students to pair up and discuss a clicker question, things get loud quickly!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"pagetracker._trackpageview('\/exit\/to\/vandycft');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vandycft\" target=\"_blank\">vandycft<\/a>: <span id=\"msgtxt7963240321\" class=\"msgtxt en\">richard cyr: peer tutors trained in 1-credit course. they often later become asst tas, undergrad tas, and sometimes bs\/med students.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"msg\">\n<div class=\"msg\">\n<div class=\"msg\">\n<div class=\"msg\">\n<div class=\"msg\">\n<div class=\"msg\">\n<div class=\"msg\">\n<div class=\"msg\">\n<div class=\"msg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"msg\">\n<div class=\"msg\">\n<div class=\"msg\">\n<div class=\"msg\">\n<div class=\"msg\">\n<div class=\"msg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>richard cyr (biology, penn state university) came to campus yesterday as a guest of the center for the integration of research, teaching, and learning (cirtl).\u00a0 he gave two talks, an informal lunch discussion of faculty careers in the sciences and an afternoon presentation about teaching large science courses. the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 attended both talks&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[79,84,88,69],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}