About IDS
Staff
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LeAne Rutherford, Associate Professor/ Instructional Consultant/Newsletter Editor 218-726-6207 lrutherf@d.umn.edu LeAne Rutherford has had a lengthy and productive association with learning and teaching and with the University of Minnesota Duluth. She received her M.A. in English there in 1966, taught in the Duluth Public Schools for 11 years and at UMD for 34 years. Sixteen years of them were spent teaching a dozen different writing courses for the Department of Composition. For the past 19 years she has been an instructional development consultant and newsletter editor. She wrote, edited, and published 28 issues of Instructional Development , published 42 articles (both academic and commercial), participated in and chronicled the technological growth of UMD, edited countless manuscripts for faculty members, made 20 conference presentations, attended and/or assisted with 100 workshops, conducted International and National Graduate Teaching Assistant Orientations, served on 8 community agencies/organizations, worked with Japanese M.B.A. candidates to prepare them for entry into American academic life, and received numerous grants. |
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Shelley L. Smith, Associate Professor/Instructional Consultant/Web Editor Shelley Smith received her MS in Communication Studies from Portland State University and her Ph.D. in Intercultural and Diversity Communication from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She has been actively engaged in teaching and training in academia since 1984. She has taught undergraduate and graduate communication courses, and was an Education Specialist at the UMTC's Center for Teaching and Learning Services for nine years where she was a graduate instructor for the Preparing Future Faculty and ITA programs, and a facilitator for the Midcareer and Internationalizing the On-Campus Curriculum Faculty programs. She has been an Education Consultant doing on-site consultation, customizing and configuring of ePortfolio software, and providing on-line and on-site training, and has also been a faculty trainer and program developer for the Program for Nations in Transition in Ukraine. |
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Jason Ellis, Principal Administrative Specialist As a Duluth native, Jason Ellis is no stranger to UMD. A few years after graduating from UMD, he began working here through an AmeriCorps position with the Darland Connection as a coordinator of UMD student volunteers. After two years in this position, he was offered a temporary administrative assistant position with the Darland Connection and the Office of Civic Engagement. A few months later he was hired as a full-time administrative assistant, sharing his duties with the Instructional Development Service, the Office of Civic Engagement, and the Darland Connection. A goal of Jason's had always been to work in an academic setting, especially at UMD in his hometown of Duluth. |
Our Philosophy of Teaching and Learning
IDS is dedicated to supporting the University of Minnesota's commitment to effective teaching and learning by supporting faculty throughout their academic careers.
IDS is committed to:
- fostering dialogue among faculty and across disciplines about teaching and learning issues through the development of and participation in departmental and campus-wide programs and workshops
- maximizing student learning in their classrooms advocating for learning-centered teaching
- helping to develop scholarly teachers and the scholarship of teaching
- encouraging faculty and student diversity and inclusive teaching
- integrating multiple learning styles into the curricula
- adapting appropriate teaching technologies for your teaching
- promoting understanding of our changing student body
We promise all of our clients that we will:
- provide services to all faculty regardless of rank or appointment;
- treat clients fairly, respecting their uniqueness and their ability to set objectives and make decisions;
- protect all privileged information, obtaining informed consent from clients before using or referring publicly to client cases in such a way that the client could be identified;
- assist faculty when we can provide useful assistance and suggest other resources to meet needs we cannot address.