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Dilemmas in Teaching: Cases for Collaborative Faculty Reflection.
Anson, C.M., Cafarelli, L.K., Rutz, C., and Weis, M., eds. Madison: Mendota Press, 1998. ISBN 0-912150-51-3. Price: $24.95 + 4:00 s/h

Description: Developed from The Collaboration's six-year Case Project, Dilemmas in Teaching: Cases for Collaborative Faculty Reflection is designed to spark reflection and lively dialogue in college and university departments and faculty development programs. This collection of 29 short, insightful cases will strike a chord with experienced faculty and help prepare newer faculty and teaching assistants for the complexities of their chosen profession.
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Videotapes  The Collaboration currently has two instructional and entertaining videotapes available for purchase:

Opening Doors: Two Cases of Formative Assessment of Teaching
(Videotape, VHS, 70 min. plus 86-page user's guide)
Price: $95 (member) | $130 (nonmember)

Description: Video contains two dramatic cases designed to spark discussion about ways to help faculty assess and improve teaching. The cases feature Albert, a veteran physics professor whose teaching receives poor student evaluations, and Ann, a tenure-track sociology professor whose fluid teaching style doesn't match her highly-structured syllabus.

The cases are presented in short scenes, providing pauses for discussion, and edited to be used separately or together. The User's Guide, authored by Tom Creed, includes discussion ideas, an analysis, exercises, resource materials and the complete script.
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The Renewal of Community in Higher Education with Parker Palmer and Cheryl Crazy Bull
(Videotape, VHS, 2 hours)
Price:  $80 (member) | $110 (nonmember)

Description: This two-hour video features two engaging and thought-provoking presentations from The Collaboration's November, 1995 conference on strengthening community. In the first presentation, Parker Palmer, an independent scholar, author and activist, discusses the concepts of community, diversity and connectedness as essential to effective learning. In the second presentation, Woonspe: The Role of Educators in Forming Human Beings, Cheryl Crazy Bull, former vice president at Sinte Gleska University and now a full-time community developer, describes her experiences of working and learning within a Native American community where college and the larger tribal community blend. She is then joined in dialogue by Palmer.

In demand by conference participants, one or both presentations can help stimulate campus discussions about the nature of community and connected learning.
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