Center for Scholarship in Teaching and Learning

The Center for Scholarship in Teaching and Learning, established in 1985, serves as a campus resource for faculty, graduate students, researchers, and others interested in the teaching/learning process. Located in Kent Library, the Center assists faculty in designing instruction, provides workshops on the enhancement of teaching, and sponsors and conducts scholarship focusing on college teaching and student learning. The Center's Office of Instructional Technology assists faculty with integrating technology with teaching and learning. The Center offers Technology Serving Learning workshops for faculty, hosts most of the instructional and course web pages on campus, and houses Southeast On-line which delivers Southeast's web-based courses.

Southeast Online Programs

Southeast Online Programs provides web-based and blended (i.e., web-enhanced; a mixture of some web-based class sessions and some face-to-face or ITV sessions) courses to students locally and at a distance. Instruction, assignments, class discussions - all facets of a high quality class -are a part of the online learning experience. Students can complete degrees in General Studies, Organizational Administration, or Industrial Technology. A Master's Degree in Business Administration and an Alternative Teaching Certificate are also available online. Over 120 courses are offered each semester in a wide variety of disciplines including business, psychology, technology, communications, criminal justice, and many more.

Southeast Online Programs is located on the third floor of Kent Library, Room 305B, and online at http://online.semo.edu .

Testing Services

Testing Services offers numerous examinations including national exams, institutional exams and individual tests. National exams include the Subject Matter Graduate Record Exam (GRE), the Miller Analogy Exam (MAT), the ACT, the PRAXIS and GED Exams. Testing Services also supports the individual testing needs of students who have authorized accommodations from the Learning Enrichment Center. Students and other community members can make testing arrangements for correspondence exams and for various subjects in the College Level Examination Program (CLEP).

Writing Outcomes Program

The Writing Center provides individualized tutorials for all Southeast students. In addition to reviewing the basics of spelling, punctuation, and grammar, tutors will help students approach writing with confidence, generate and organize ideas, and revise more effectively. The Center is not an editing service. Its goal is to help students to become better editors of their own writing. Assistance is given to "walk-ins" was well as by appointment. Students may also submit drafts and questions for response by Center staff on-line (via the Online Writing Lab, http://www.semo.edu/ustudies/writing.htm ). The Writing Center is located on the fourth level of Kent Library, Room 412.

The Writing Assessment Program provides individual and institutional assessment of the teaching and learning of writing. Through a series of exams, the program provides students with formative and summative feedback on their writing skills, and in conjunction with the Writing Center, support for the further development of those skills. In addition, the Writing Assessment Program provides faculty with assessment of and support for improving the teaching of writing skills in all disciplines.