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12/30/09 1 Star%ng Point: Pedagogical Resources for Teaching and Learning Economics Mark Maier Glendale Community College (CA) Cathy Manduca SERC, Carleton College (MN) KimMarie McGoldrick University of Richmond (VA) Sco6 Simkins North Carolina A&T State University (NC) Support provided by the NaKonal Science FoundaKon DUE 0817382 How did Starting Point get Started? Earlier work by Simkins and Maier Focused on adapKng pedagogic innovaKons across disciplines Need for readily accessible, easy‐to‐use set of resources Southern Economic AssociaKon Annual MeeKng, November 2009 | San Antonio, TX

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Page 1: Starng Point: Pedagogical Resources for Teaching and ... · What is Starting Point? An economic pedagogic portal that seeks to: Introduce economists to innovave teaching strategies

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Star%ngPoint:PedagogicalResourcesforTeachingandLearningEconomics

MarkMaierGlendaleCommunityCollege(CA)

CathyManducaSERC,CarletonCollege(MN)

KimMarieMcGoldrickUniversityofRichmond(VA)

Sco6SimkinsNorthCarolinaA&TStateUniversity(NC)

SupportprovidedbytheNaKonalScienceFoundaKon

DUE0817382

How did Starting Point get Started?

 EarlierworkbySimkinsandMaier•  FocusedonadapKngpedagogicinnovaKonsacrossdisciplines

 Needforreadilyaccessible,easy‐to‐usesetofresources

SouthernEconomicAssociaKonAnnualMeeKng,November2009|SanAntonio,TX

Page 2: Starng Point: Pedagogical Resources for Teaching and ... · What is Starting Point? An economic pedagogic portal that seeks to: Introduce economists to innovave teaching strategies

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What is Starting Point? Aneconomicpedagogicportalthatseeksto:

  IntroduceeconomiststoinnovaKveteachingstrategies–withinandbeyondthedisciplines

  Providetoolstointegrateandassessresearch‐basedteachingstrategiesinclassroomseWngs

  PromotesharingofteachinginnovaKonsandexamplesimplemenKngtheseinnovaKons

SouthernEconomicAssociaKonAnnualMeeKng,November2009|SanAntonio,TX

What is Starting Point?

SouthernEconomicAssociaKonAnnualMeeKng,November2009|SanAntonio,TX

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What is Starting Point? PedagogicModulesunderdevelopment(16):

SouthernEconomicAssociaKonAnnualMeeKng,November2009|SanAntonio,TX

Why use Starting Point?

 CentrallocaKonforcomprehensivesetofpedagogicalresources

 PromoKngtheconceptofa“teachingcommons”

SouthernEconomicAssociaKonAnnualMeeKng,November2009|SanAntonio,TX

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How can Instructors use Starting Point?

 Learningaboutspecificpedagogictechniques Browsingtheteachingexampleslibrary

SouthernEconomicAssociaKonAnnualMeeKng,November2009|SanAntonio,TX

How can Instructors use Starting Point?

SubmiWngacKviKes

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What’s Different about Starting Point?

 CentrallocaKonforresources Extensivepedagogictopiccoverage Developedininterdisciplinaryteams  IntenKonallyadapKnginnovaKonsacrossdisciplines Dynamiclibraryofexamples Contentmanagementsystemframework(modularandshareable)

SouthernEconomicAssociaKonAnnualMeeKng,November2009|SanAntonio,TX

Starting Point – An Example

SouthernEconomicAssociaKonAnnualMeeKng,November2009|SanAntonio,TX