Other
Helen Mongan-Rallis
Dept: Education
College: CEHSP
Campus: Duluth
Campus Address: 120 Montague Hall, 10 University Drive, Duluth MN 55812
Phone: 218-726-6272
Email: hrallis@d.umn.edu
Website: http://www.d.umn.edu/~hrallis/
Description: “Teaching with technology - how to use technology (specifically
computers and computer peripherals) to enhance teaching and learning.” (HMR)
Peh H. Ng
Dept: UMM Science/Math
College:
Campus: UMN Morris
Campus Address: UMM Div of Science and Math
Room 2550 Sci M242A 600 E. 4th St. Morris, MN 56267
Phone: 320-589-2858
Email: pehng@mrs.umn.edu
Website: http://umn.edu/home/pehng
Description: “Typically in my math classes, I do not separate the following approaches:
1) Problem-solving based, cooperative learning and critical thinking:
Typically in all my math classes (lower and upper levels), within my lectures, I have to
incorporate different types of examples that will illustrate the theory well. By and
large, students learned best when they actually have to get their hands dirty, think
of the problems and then do them. Depending on the problems, I assign them as individual
or group work.
2) Writing, service-learning, and ‘speaking’ (I added the last one):
In all my upper level (3xxx or 4xxx) applied math classes, a course project is
mandatory. Students, in groups of two or three, will solve a real world problem which is an
application of certain concepts covered in the course. Then they are expected to write a 10
pages or more mathematical report and give an oral presentation to everyone at the end of the
semester. I found this extremely useful, because through their writing, I can actually detect
if students understand the concepts or misunderstood certain theories. And, from the students’
perspectives, they claimed to learn via applications and sometimes, these projects lead them to
undergraduate research proposals, which I have to admit, is one of my goals for incorporating
projects!” (PN)
Jim Perry
Dept: Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
College: Natural Resources
Campus: St. Paul
Campus Address: 200 Hodson
Phone: 5-4717
Email: Jperry@umn.edu
Website: http://www.cnr.umn.edu/wq/
Lou Pignolet
Dept: Chemistry
College: IT
Campus: MPLS
Campus Address: 241 Smith Hall
Phone: 612-625-0837
Email: pignolet@chem.umn.edu
Website: http://www.chem.umn.edu (follow faculty link)
and also for my course (Chem 1021, Fall 03) which is in WebCT. It is possible to visit this
course site as a student guest using the ID: pigno001 and the password: guest01.
Description: “I have extensive experience teaching freshman seminars. I also have
given a lot of thought to study skills and learning skills. I have always included these
topics in freshman seminars since many high school students have never learned how to study
and learn complex things.” (LP)
Connie Weil
Dept: Geography
College: CLA
Campus: Minneapolis
Campus Address: Geography, 414 Social Sciences, 267 19th Ave. South
Phone: (612) 625-2056
Email: Weil@umn.edu
Website: http://www.geog.umn.edu/
courses/4121
Description: “I am developing course websites on medical geography and Latin America.” (CW)