LINDA B. NILSON has been the founding Director of Clemson University's Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation since 1998. She came to Clemson from Vanderbilt University, where she directed the Center for Teaching for five and half years. In addition to managing OTEI and its staff, she holds individual consultations with faculty, consult on instructional and assessment issues on grants and to committees and departments, and designs and conducts faculty development workshops at Clemson and other universities across the country. Dr. Nilson's workshop repertoire includes comprehensive...