OCES Faculty Development Program
Our Mission
The Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine Faculty Development Program
is designed to influence improved student performance outcomes through the continuous
pursuit of improved instructional and assessment methods in both the pre-clinical
and clinical curriculum. These ongoing development efforts focus on pedagogical innovation,
creation of meaningful & impactful learning materials, and excellence in academic
research.
We are committed to fostering an environment that supports continuous professional growth, collaborative learning, and effective teaching strategies, with an emphasis on enriching the didactic and clinical experiences for both faculty and students. Our overall mission is to enhance faculty educational expertise, contributing to the advancement of veterinary medicine education, research, and clinical practice.
We are committed to fostering an environment that supports continuous professional growth, collaborative learning, and effective teaching strategies, with an emphasis on enriching the didactic and clinical experiences for both faculty and students. Our overall mission is to enhance faculty educational expertise, contributing to the advancement of veterinary medicine education, research, and clinical practice.
Program Goals
- Enhance Teaching Effectiveness: Provide workshops and resources on innovative teaching methodologies, educational technology, and instructional design to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes.
- Foster a Collaborative Community: Create opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration among faculty to share best practices, research interests, and educational resources.
- Enhance Curriculum Delivery:
Work closely with faculty to assess and improve course design, delivery methods, and assessment strategies to meet the evolving needs of veterinary education. - Encourage Educational Research: Support faculty in conducting scholarly research on veterinary education to contribute to the broader knowledge base and improve teaching and learning practices.
- Adapt to Emerging Technologies:
Equip faculty with the knowledge and tools to effectively incorporate emerging pre-clinical and clinical educational technologies, ensuring our program remains an academic leader. - Enhance Faculty Self-Evaluation: Collaborate with faculty to develop self-evaluations that provide constructive, timely feedback to faculty, aiding in their continuous teaching improvement and development.
Resources Library
Podcasts
Microlearnings (Trainings in 5 minutes or less!)
Team-Based LearningEd-Tech How to Vodcasts
Student generated answers in Nearpod- Podcasts
- Articles
- The emergence of digital course materials in higher education and their effectiveness in teaching and engaging students
- Synthesis of student engagement with digital technologies: A systematic review of the literature
- Active learning with online video: The impact of learning context on engagement
- Evaluation of medical student retention of clinical skills following simulation training
- Evaluation of Veterinary Medical Student Retention of Pre-clinical Concepts with Various Experiential Learning Methods
- No content without context - Integrating basic, clinical, and social sciences in a pre-clerkship curriculum
- Questioning the questions - Methods used by medical schools to review internal assessment items
- Online formative assessments - Exploring their educational value
- A comparison of team-based learning and lecture-based learning on clinical reasoning and classroom engagement
- How are formative assessment methods used in the clinical setting? A qualitative study
- Improving curriculum alignment and achieving learning goals by making the curriculum
visible
- Teaching with cases
- The Role of Rubrics in Learning and Implementation of Authentic Assessment
- Self-paced Modules
- From Content Overload to Focused Mastery: Using the Star System Effectively
- From Checking Progress to Inspiring Growth: Formative Assessment 101
- Implementing Expected Difficulty Tags for Better Question Analysis
- Enhancing Student Retention of Course Content with Actionable Time-Tested Methods (1 CE Credit OSU CVM Only)
- Integrating Content Across the Curriculum
- Clinical Reasoning Reps: Teaching with Cases
- Work Smarter, Not Harder: Streamlining and Enhancing Educational Content Creation with ChatGPT
- Leveraging Interactive Synchronous and Asynchronous Instructional Methods to Influence Improved Student Outcomes
- Question of the Day
- Providing Meaningful, Actionable Feedback
- Effective Course Construction
- Strategic Alignment for Enhanced Learning in Veterinary Medicine
- Interactive Teaching Strategies: Engaging Students in an Active Learning Environment
- Ed-Tech How to Vodcasts
- Interactive Assessments in Articulate Rise
- Engaging Students Using Echo360
- Streamlining Question Tagging
- EdTech How-to Vodcast: Time to Climb
- Creating Interactive Videos in Canvas
- Using AI to Quickly Create Practice Exams for Students
- Questions That Prompt Student Generated Answers in Nearpod
- Time to Climb
- Microlearning (Trainings in 5 minutes or less!)