What Have You Done For Your Teaching, Lately?
(INFORMS' THIRD TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS COLLOQUIUM)
By Kenneth H. Doerr

INFORMS' Education committee is organizing the Third Teaching 
Effectiveness Colloquium (TEC III), to be held on November 2-3, 
prior to the 2001 INFORMS conference in Miami Beach.

The purpose of TEC III is to expose INFORMS members to a wide 
variety of creative approaches for teaching operations research 
and management science. Participation is encouraged from all 
INFORMS members interested in improving their teaching.  TEC III 
will provide participants with an opportunity to hear teaching 
tips from academics with national reputations for teaching 
excellence.  Topics will include leading case discussion, 
teaching with simulation exercises & games, performance 
evaluation and using computer-based tools in the classroom.  New 
cases, games and simulation exercises will be presented, to 
assist with teaching such topics as supply chain management, 
revenue management, and international operations.

While continuing in the tradition of the previous colloquia, 
the format of TEC III will be somewhat different.  In the past, 
the Teaching Effectiveness Colloquia have been held "stand alone" 
prior to the spring conference.  This year, the colloquium is 
being co-ordinated with the traditional Doctoral and Industry 
Colloquia to offer shared interest tracks as well as more 
specialized sessions.  The new colloquium structure is shown in 
the figure.

TEC III participants will meet with participants from the other 
colloquia in a general welcoming ceremony and dinner on Friday 
night.  Saturday morning, the TEC III participants will focus on 
advanced teaching topics, such as adding a simulation to an 
existing class, or identifying and adding a new case. Saturday 
afternoon sessions will be joint with participants from the 
Doctoral Colloquium, and will include sessions on teaching 
fundamentals such as participative learning, and performance 
evaluation. The new structure is intended to promote networking 
and the exchange of ideas, while at the same time allowing for a 
focus on more advanced teaching topics. 

All TEC III participants must also register for the 2001 INFORMS 
Meeting in Miami Beach. TEC III registration fees are $150.00 for 
INFORMS meeting registrants. Ph.D. students are welcome to 
participate, at a reduced fee ($60.00).  To be eligible to 
participate, a Ph.D. student must also:
be enrolled in a Ph.D. program in one of INFORMS' 
constituent disciplines (operations research, operations 
management, industrial engineering, statistics, management 
science, etc.);
have an interest in teaching; and
have completed all of their Ph.D. course work. This should 
be documented with a letter by their advisor certifying 
the student's status. This letter can be e-mailed to 
meetings@informs.org or faxed to 401-274-3189.

The registration fee includes participation in all TEC III 
sessions, all handouts and TEC III-associated materials, dinner 
on Friday, breakfast and lunch on Saturday, and breaks 
throughout. TEC III registrants are responsible for their travel 
and hotel accommodations.  

Space is limited, so registration will be accepted in the order 
received until capacity is reached.  For further information 
please visit our website at http://www.bus.miami.edu/~tsloan/INFORMS/ 
or contact Ken Doerr at either kdoerr@exchange.sba.miami.edu or 
(305) 284-1333.