Video-enriched & fully online Calculus I (Math 136), Calculus II (Math 137), and Differential Equations (Math 331) by Dr. Ozer for the first time at WKU. Learn more about how to register here.
Closing the loop: Formative Assessment Surveys
An important part of teaching is being able to reflect on one's own teaching methods. To help me accomplish this, I examine student evaluations at least twice during the semester together with departmental evaluations to close the teaching-to-learning loop with their helpful feedback. For this reason, I use Formative Course Assessment surveys (FCAS) which are most effective when done frequently. These surveys are customized for each course and are uniquely developed by me in time. The information is used to implement immediate adjustments in the day-to-day operations of the course. In teaching stand-alone courses, I use an online course management system (i.e. Blackboard) which allows instructors to distribute information online, manage student grades, administer online assessments, and much more. I use FCAS as an early evaluation to make changes in my teaching based on the comments that I get from the students, and again around the tenth week to make sure that I positively changed my teaching. Open-ended questions are my favorite since they give the students all the freedom to express their perception of the course. Letting them know that you take their comments and suggestions seriously makes them understand that they are important. The very fundamental idea always works: "If I respect the students, they will respect me as a teacher in return."
Contact me if you are interested in implementing the surveys through Blackboard in your courses!
Western Kentucky University (2016-date)
Community work:
Instructed courses
Math 337-Elements of Real Analysis: F18
HON 303 - Numerics for Smart Materials : F17, F18
Math 331—Differential Equations: F17,19, S17, S18 (WebAssign)
Ask for Honors Augmentation Projects --- Use of Mathematica is essential.
Math 307— Linear Algebra : F16 (MyMathLab)
Ask for Honors Augmentation Projects --- Use of Mathematica is essential.
Math 137-- Calculus II: F17,18, S19 (WebAssign)
Math 137H-- Hon. Calculus II: F17, F18 (WebAssign)
Math 136—Calculus I : F16, 19 (WebAssign)
Center for Faculty Development, WKU
Professional development, Strengthening Your Online Course, March 31, April 7,14,21, 2017
The Professional Learning Community on Strengthening Your Online Course provides an opportunity for a group of 15 faculty to evaluate and revise one of their online courses in accord with best practices identified in the literature on quality online course design
University of Nevada-Reno (2013-16)
Instructed courses
Math 285—Differential Equations : S16
Math 330 - Linear Algebra : F13, 14, 15, S13, 14, 15, Sum15,16
Math 176 - Introductory Calculus for Business and Social Sciences : Sum 14
Math 127 - Precalculus II : F13, 15
University of Waterloo (2011-13)
Instructed courses
Math 106 - Applied Linear Algebra : F11, 12
Received Certificate for the Teaching Development Seminar Series for Postdoctoral Researchers and Faculty
CTE 196: Teaching Philosophy Statement
CTE 501: How Students Learn
CTE 502: Motivating Students
CTE 503: Assessments and Rubrics
CTE 504: Interactive Teaching
CTE 505: Introduction to Course Design
Iowa State University (2006-11)
Award from the Iowa State Graduate College. Competition for this type of award is at the college level.
Lead Teaching Assistant and Graduate Teaching Coordinator, May 2010-May 2011
Schedule teaching assistants and their teaching duties each semester
Assign help room hours to non-teaching graduate students
Assist new foreign graduate students in their English speaking skills, and help prepare them for speaking and teaching exams required by the university
Observe the teaching of the first-year teaching assistants during their first semester
Mentor first-year graduate students
Coordinator of the Applied Mathematics Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Study Group : Sum 09, 10, 11
Assigned by the department for three consecutive years in a row
Arranged three-hour meetings with graduate students three times a week
Created problem sets
Went over old qualifying exam questions
Instructed courses
Math 267 - Elementary Differential Equations & Laplace Transform : S10
Math 165 - Calculus I: S07
Math 140 - College Algebra: F08
Math 182 - Calculus and Mathematical Modeling for the Life Sciences II : S08
Math 141/142 - Discrete Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences : Sum08
Istanbul Technical University (2001-2004)
TA-ed various undergraduate courses, i.e., Mathematical Analysis, Discrete Math, Calc I-IV, Graduate-level Analysis.