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Teaching
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Disabilities It is SFASU policy (F-33) that no qualified handicapped student be excluded, denied, or discriminated against in the classroom or research facility. A number of us have disabled students in our courses and may feel unsure as to how to instruct them better and what services are available to ensure their successful education at SFASU. This seminar will address those issues and any other questions that you may have. Date and Time: September 25, 1:00 - 2:00 PM Location: Steen 220-A Managing Classroom Behavior and Promoting Student Success: A Guide for Faculty and Staff. It seems like each year the expectations of students and faculty with regard to what is appropriate in the classroom grow further and further apart. National trends also demonstrate that students seem to be exhibiting more troubling and sometimes extreme behavior. Often faculty express frustration that these behaviors can distract them from their most important priorities, to meet the course objectives and educate students about their subject matter. Generation
Me “We live in a time when high self-esteem
is
encouraged from childhood, when young people have more freedom and
independence than ever, but also far more depression, anxiety,
cynicism, and loneliness... More than any other generation in history,
the children of [this generation] are disappointed by what they find
when they arrive at adulthood.” Psychologist and educator Dr. Jean
Twenge, whose books include “Generation Me: Why Today’s Young
Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled—and More Miserable
Than Ever Before” and “The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of
Entitlement,” will speak about the depression, anxiety, cynicism,and
loneliness of students today. Faculty Meet and Greet Those planning on staying for lunch
should
RSVP byt clicking here: Should
Professors be Facebook Friends with their Students? The prevalence of today’s social media used by both faculty and students has exploded in the past decade. Many professors get Facebook “friend” requests from their students. While it is often an easy way to contact our students and an easy way to get an answer about a question from class, often times professor-student boundaries can become blurred and disappear. This seminar will address those issues from professors who use Facebook with their students and those that do not. Led by: Dr. Michael Tkacik, Court Carney,
Linda Bobo Making Presentations with Prezi Many are familiar with PowerPoint, the software that changed public speaking forever. But have you heard about Prezi, the free online tool for creating dynamic presentations? Learn all about it from Amanda.
Proof Reading Like a Pro: Catch and
Correct Common Mistakes Do you want to be able to catch some of the most common grammatical and syntax mistakes? Pat Spence will walk you through the steps for becoming a more effective proof reader. Date: March
19 Save a Life: Learn QPR Suicide is the second leading cause of death of college students. QPR is a workshop designed to teach the skills needed to identify and respond to someone who may be suicidal. Upon completion of the workshop, each participant becomes a “QPR Gatekeeper.” Date: April 26 Records
Management Seminar With Stephen F. Austin State University being a state funded institute, the University and its employees must follow rules that govern the management of records set by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The Commission has created standards for how long certain records must be kept. By following these rules it protects both yourself and the University from possible litigation and censure. This workshop will cover how to deal with these records through the basics of reading the Records Retention Schedule (RRS), filling out disposition logs, and the proper way of disposing of records. Date: September 20 Working with Groups
Turning Technologies Webinar Series on Clickers The campus
standard in Audience Response Systems (clickers) will be offering a
four part series on clickers every Wednesday in September. We at the
TEC will host in the OIT Conference (Steen 214). Each webinar is
one hour and is scheduled from 1 – 2 PM. Wednesday, September 7th
Michael
S. LaPointe Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology, "Using Turning Technologies' Tools for Exams, Attendance, and More" Running large lecture classes that include multiple laboratory and discussion sections presents exceptional organizational challenges that smaller classes don't possess. One common problem with large lecture classes is student anonymity, and thus a tendency for students to skip some lectures. The use of clickers makes attendance fast and easy in the lecture hall, and allows the instructor to provide extra credit points to the students in attendance. Clickers also allow exams given in multiple discussion sections to be quickly and easily graded and combined for incorporation into a master grade sheet or posted to the lecture course website. Wednesday, September 14th
"Combining Both Clickers and ResponseWare in the Same Learning Environment" Students can receive educational benefits
from TurningPoint and TurningPoint AnyWhere even if they don't have
access to an RF response device. ResponseWare allows students with a
web-enabled device such as a laptop, smartphone, or tablet to respond
to TurningPoint questions. Hamline University's Chemistry and Society
course is taught to students using a mixture of devices including
standard clickers and ResponseWare. "Anonymous or Not? The Pros and Cons of Using Clickers in Registration Mode" One of the first questions instructors ask
when they begin to implement clickers is, "Should students vote
anonymously or tracked?" Through Scheyder's work with clickers and
faculty in a wide variety of academic departments, she has developed
best practices in various situations. Scheyder will share reasons to
use clickers, how much weight a vote should carry when tracked and how
tracking students with a participant list can be used to encourage
participation and situations where students want their responses to be
private. "Improving Research Ethics Training with Interactive Technology" What steps can you take to develop effective educational programs in the responsible conduct of research (RCR) for your faculty, postdoctoral scholars, staff and students? This instructional webinar will explain best practices for using clickers in research ethics training and will describe proven techniques in designing, implementing and documenting a successful learning experience.
Higher education has seen a tough couple of years, mostly due to global economic downturn. Uncertainty about the economy persists, and there are new questions about the higher education industry itself. Will state funding of public institutions continue to decline, even when the economy finally picks up? Are for-profit universities down and out, or will they regroup and come back stronger, presenting a threat to traditional institutions? Is online learning an over-hyped fad or a potentially disruptive technology? Join Henry Eyring for this Guest Lecture to explore these questions and forecast the future of higher education.
Net-Zero Energy Buildings: The Next
Shift
in "Going Green"? Presenter: Charles Kibert, University of Florida
Bridging the Gap: Cynthia Young’s Top 10 Teaching Tips Has a student ever said, "I understand you in class, but when I get home I am lost"? There is a gap that exists between when we have our students in class and later on when they are working independently outside of the classroom. During this Guest Lecture, Dr. Cynthia Young, veteran mathematics professor and author, shares her Top 10 Teaching Tips on how to bridge that gap. Presenter: Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida "Developing Customized and Well-Designed Case Studies" Case study analysis is an important tool for helping students develop the skills needed to apply the basic content they learn in their microbiology course; however, it can be difficult to find case studies that fit well in a particular classroom. How do we resolve this issue? Customization! Case studies can be customized to meet the specific needs of a course, including content and learning objectives. Additionally, well-designed cases can help students apply course content and develop important professional skills such as patience, empathy, and an understanding of trans-cultural health care issues. In this Guest Lecture, Rod Anderson will provide you with classroom-tested guidelines for case study development and resources for generating scenarios based on actual infectious disease cases. Presenter: Rod Anderson, Ohio Northern University "The Power of the Mind-Body Connection" In this Guest Lecture, Catherine Sanderson focuses on the surprising new science regarding the power of the mind-body connection. In particular, Catherine explores three ways in which people's thoughts and feelings influence physical reaction: a) how situational factors - such as the appearance of food and the presence of an eating partner - influence eating behavior, b) how thoughts and relationships influence the experience of pain, health behaviors (e.g., smoking and obesity), and our physical health, and c) how psychological factors influence arousal, attraction, and love. Presenter: Catherine Sanderson, Amherst College "Starting and Ending Well: The Bookends for a Successful Class" In this Guest Lecture, Johnnie Rosenauer addresses this highly popular topic and speaks to the multiple dichotomies when attempting to "bookend" your class with both a successful start and finish. On the front end, making the first class count is not just about taking attendance, reviewing grading, and immediately jumping into discipline discussion. Research conducted at San Antonio College reveals that many instructors are "into their subject" within 20 minutes. Johnnie explores the merit of giving a different picture in this all important first class. Likewise as the semester winds down, some instructors will bear down in order to feed a few extra pieces of information into the students' heads. In this session, Johnnie also demonstrates that there is a better approach than this "more is better" tactic, one that will really help the students see what is most important and discover any "holes" that may exist in their understanding. Presenter: Johnnie Rosenauer, San Antonio College "Classroom Management:
Preventing and Responding to Disruptive Students In and Out of The Classroom Over the last ten years, there has been an increase in the number and severity of behavioral incidents in the classrooms and on campuses. More and more, it is incumbent upon instructors to intervene in the classroom to address behaviors that can interfere with teaching and learning. Using a combination of lecture and case studies taken from actual incidents, this workshop will provide instructors with tools to appropriately address these behaviors. Participants will be provided with skills to prevent disruptive behaviors, to react to them, and tips on how to enhance their own campus procedures to address abhorrent behaviors. Presenter: W. Scott
Lewis, J.D. Service-learning: New Voices at the Table This “mini-workshop” will describe Service-learning as a unique and innovative pedagogy in higher education, and provide information on resources available to revise an existing SFA course to include a Service-Learning component. The material to be covered is multidisciplinary in nature and can be adapted for use in any academic area.
Leadership experts Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner wrote the book on how to liberate the leader in every student using their proven Student Leadership Challenge model. Grounded in more than 25 years of extensive research, they have identified the FIVE PRACTICES OF EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP that are common when leaders are able to make extraordinary things happen.
•
Administering
and
reporting
results
of
the
Student
LPI
Presenter: Gary
Morgan,
Student
Leadership
Excellence
Academy "Teach Like a Champion
Presenter: Doug Lemov, Uncommon Schools Undergraduate Research One of the
Quality Enhancement Programs of
SFASU is in the area of undergraduate research. We have SFA faculty who
are members of the National Council on Undergraduate Research and
others who simply invite undergraduates into their lab. We have put
together a panel who will discuss their efforts, how they got started,
and tips on how you may proceed. The Art of Authoring and Publishing That book is in you trying to get out. Whether it is a completed manuscript or a growing idea, eventually you want to get it published. We have invited a distinguished panel of renowned authors to share their stories of how they successfully navigated the publishing maze and came out sane. Led by: John Moore (Chemistry), Archie McDonald (History), and James Town (Communications Studies) Date and Time: March 9, 10:00 – 11:00 AM Location: TEC Classroom, Steen Library 220A Parenthood Juggle This panel discussion centers on young professional parents – specifically SFA faculty with young children. We all want what is best for our kids and to spend quality time with them, but the pressures of the job can sometimes get in the way. Our panel will discuss issues such as human resource questions (sick time, maternity leave, tenure clock, etc.), child care issues, juggling publishing requirements with family responsibilities, tips on service (when to say yes, when to say no, what's worth saying yes to), and others. We will experiment in this workshop with the concept of the one hour conference. After a brief keynote address, we plan short breakout sessions to discuss various aspects. We then get the whole group back together to share. Date and Time:
April 15, 12:00 – 1:00 PM Location: TEC Classroom, Steen Library 220A Defining Teaching Excellence A distinguished panel of department chairs from every college on campus will lead this discussion. Many departments are revisiting their policy on tenure and promotion. The University policy says that we need to demonstrate excellence in teaching, but the question is "How do we define what excellence means." We would like to stimulate ideas of how we can measure excellence without being unnecessarily obtrusive. In the modern era of assessment and evaluation, the old adage of "I'll know it when I see it" is insufficient. Led by: Joseph Ormsby (Marketing, Management, and International Business), Dale Perritt (Agriculture), Betty Alford (Secondary Ed.), Dennis Gravatt (Biology), John Roberts (Music), Mark Sanders (English and Philosophy), and Ric Berry (Provost) Date and Time: May 3, 3 PM Place: TEC Classroom, Steen Library 220A Week of Reflection/Day of Gratitude The Teaching Excellence Center and the Division of University Affairs present, “Getting the Most out of the Week of Reflection.” This event is intended to encourage students to pause and reflect upon everything that they have learned both inside and outside of the classroom this year, and how it has changed them. Adam Peck, Dean of Student Affairs, will lead a discussion on the purpose of the week and what faculty can do to encourage critical reflection in the classroom. Here are some helpful links about the event. Date and Time: TBA Place: Tiered Meeting Room, BPSC 2.201 Managing Classroom Behavior and Promoting Student Success: A Guide for Faculty and Staff.It seems like each year the expectations of students and faculty with regard to what is appropriate in the classroom grow further and further apart. National trends also demonstrate that students seem to be exhibiting more troubling and sometimes extreme behavior. Often faculty express frustration that these behaviors can distract them from their most important priorities, to meet the course objectives and educate students about their subject matter. Dealing
with
this
issue requires a
comprehensive and institutional approach. This workshop will connect
faculty to institutional resources and strategies for preventing
behavior that disrupt the educational environment, dealing with
disruption when it occurs and reporting it afterwards. It will also
discuss the Early Alert program which uses faculty referrals of
students at risk of leaving the university to connect these students to
the resources they need to be successful.
October Generation YMake
plans
to
join
the
SFA
Teaching
Excellence
Center and the Office of Student Affairs for an afternoon
with Dr. Tim Elmore. Dr. Elmore is president of Growing Leaders
(GrowingLeaders.com) and has consulted with faculty and staff at
universities nationwide on the topic of engaging students in the
classroom in the age of Facebook. His work includes guidance in
implementing classroom strategies to work with generational differences
including Millennials, Gen X and Gen Y students. He has been invited to
address the faculty at Stanford, Duke and Oklahoma. Panel
Members:
Brent Burt,
Norm Markworth,
Ed Michaels November Engaging Students in the Lecture You have heard the expert complain that faculty abuse and misuse Power Point. How can we really reach our students and engage their minds in coursework. José A. Bowen, dean of the Meadows School of the Arts, has challenged his colleagues to "teach naked"—by which he means, sans machines. We offer this workshop with tips on how that may be done. Our leader is Rhonda Williams, owner of Express Personnel in Nacogdoches. Rhonda comes to us after a thirty year career in New York theatre, in front of a live audience every night. Come and share her insight into how to keep ‘em comin’ back.
December All Things Printing University employees throughout history have been challenged by decreasing budgets and increasing demands. To better serve the SFA community Printing Services would like to offer formatting and printing tips on creating course related material and SFA event literature. These tips are designed to educate faculty or staff on the wide variety of cost effective options that are out there for course packs, programs, posters, flyers, and brochures. This workshop will also educate individuals on how to talk printing lingo, and fill out work requests to get exactly what you desire. If you are planning on creating a course pack with assignments and have always wondered what would be the cheapest and highest quality option for your department and your students this workshop will give you the opportunity to ask. We will be there to give examples of course related materials such as three hole punched packets, coil bound or fastback tape bound workbooks, perfed assignment pages, color vs. black print on brochures/flyers/etc and many other ideas. Come and join us to discuss all your printing options.
March The Library – Your Information One-Stop We live in an information age, but how
can
you direct your students to the proper resources if you’re still
searching for the card catalogue? Modern libraries are so much
more than books and journals. This workshop will jump start your
reintroduction to the SFA Library. Webinar on Developing and Using Multiple Choice Exam This workshop will assist assessment leaders and faculty construct valid and reliable tests that address course and program outcomes. The workshop will provide the necessary background to help participants coach their colleagues to develop exams that evaluate learning beyond the level of recognition. By using Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Cognitive Domain (1956), participants will learn how to construct a test blueprint to address not only course content, but the depth of learning desired, thus ensuring valid results. They will learn how to construct items and tests that accurately measure course or program outcomes reliably and how to evaluate these tests and test results for outcome assessment purposes, both for formative and summative purposes. They also will learn how to use test results to help pinpoint learning weaknesses. In addition, participants will learn how to encourage students to prepare for tests demanding deeper learning tests. Led by: Terri Flateby, Ph.D. The Teaching Portfolio A teaching portfolio is a coherent set of materials that represents your teaching practices as related to student learning. “Teaching practice” in its broadest sense extends beyond the obvious activities that go into teaching a course to include all activities that enrich student learning. The teaching portfolio in is a tool, helping you organize, articulate and support your teaching contributions and documentation. This is your chance to make a case for your effectiveness as a university teacher. Think about your portfolio in much the same way as you approach a research question, and build a case to support your ‘effective teacher' thesis. This seminar will review the purpose, content and usefulness of a teaching portfolio.
Week of Reflection/Day of Gratitude The Teaching Excellence Center and the
Division of University Affairs present, “Getting the Most out of the
Week of Reflection.” This event (April 26 - 30) is intended to
encourage students to pause and reflect upon everything that they have
learned both inside and outside of the classroom this year, and how it
has changed them. Adam Peck, Dean of Student Affairs, will lead a
discussion on the purpose of the week and what faculty can do to
encourage critical reflection in the classroom. Here are some
helpful links about the event. Led by: Adam
Peck Defining
Teaching Excellence Embrace Diversity! The College of Education and the Teaching Excellence are sponsoring a panel discussion entitled Embracing Diversity: Fostering a Climate of Respect at SFA. The discussion is geared toward all faculty and staff to begin discussing diversity issues we face in classroom settings. Participants will come away with practical ideas they can implement in their class. Date and Time: Friday April 23 from 1:30
to
3:00
September Managing Classroom Behavior and Promoting Student Success: A Guide for Faculty and Staff It seems like each year the expectations of students and faculty with regard to what is appropriate in the classroom grow further and further apart.National trends also demonstrate that students seem to be exhibiting more troubling and sometimes extreme behavior. Often faculty express frustration that these behaviors can distract them from their most important priorities, to meet the course objectives and educate students about their subject matter. Dealing with this issue requires a comprehensive and institutional approach. This workshop will connect faculty to institutional resources and strategies for preventing behavior that disrupt the educational environment, dealing with disruption when it occurs and reporting it afterwards. It will also discuss the new Early Alert program which uses faculty referrals of students at risk of leaving the university to connect these students to the resources they need to be successful.
Led
by:
Brent
Burt
and
Mike
Collyer,
SFA
Department
of Biology Principles and Profiles of Good Practice in Assessment If you're interested in learning the secrets to assessment success, you won't want to miss it. Join us in this lunch hour audio seminar. Dr. Trudy Banta, Ed. D., Professor of Higher Education and Senior Advisor to the Chancellor for Academic Planning and Evaluation at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, will share the "best of the best" ideas gleaned from her research. In a lively, 60-minute audio presentation, she'll report on:
Led
by:
Trudy
Banta,
Ed.
D.,
IUPUI October Save a Life - Learn QPR Suicide is the second leading cause of death for college students, and this tragic statistic is no different at Stephen F Austin. Have you ever been concerned about a student, but unsure about what to say? Counseling Services is offering a free workshop to teach the skills to identify and help a person in danger. On completion, each participant will receive a certification as a "Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper." Led
by:
Counseling
Services November
You know that Service Learning is the up-and-coming thing in Higher Education. You also know that SFASU has set Service Learning as one of its objectives in Strategic Plan 2013. But what is it and how do you incorporate it into your course? Sharon Templeman and Emmerentie Oliphant from the School of Social Work along with their students will enlighten us with a presentation and stories from their experiences. Led
by:
Sharon
Templeman
and
Emmerentie
Oliphant EXCEL solutions to Assessment Data Analysis The assessments have been conducted and you now have a mountain of data to analyze and report on. How can you know when 70% of the class is scoring 70% or better on your assessment instrument? This workshop is specifically targeted at the analysis of multiple choice embedded questions in medium to large classes. We will present solutions for manual grading, clicker testing, and Blackboard online tests. A working knowledge of MS EXCEL is assumed. Led
by:
Norm
Markworth Spring 2009 Workshops
Classroom Management: Preventing and Responding to Disruptive Students In and Out of the Classroom Scott Lewis brings over fifteen years of experience as a student affairs administrator, faculty member, and consultant in higher education. He is a frequent keynote and plenary speaker, nationally recognized for his work on Behavioral Intervention for students in crisis and distress. He is noted as well for his work in the area of classroom management and dealing with disruptive students. He presents regularly throughout the country, assisting colleges and universities with legal, judicial, and risk management issues, as well as policy development and implementation.
March Web 2.0 Technologies Last semester we brought you Blogging 101, but there are many other free online tools that can be used for research, networking, and education. This workshop will preview several of these services, including Twitter, Flickr, and social bookmarking.
April The Assessment Roadmap We have grown accustomed to the Exemplary Educational Objectives (EEOs) but now we have Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) to report on also. Dr. King will show us tools to make the collection of assessment data and report writing work smoothly.
September Designing Learning Outcomes (Face-to-Face Workshop): Although always of importance, a current focus due to SACS is the inclusion of assessable learning outcomes (i.e. course goals) on course syllabi. Re-examing your course goals and how you might assess them can also help revitalize a course and allow for creative revisions of approach. This workshop will follow the basic principles of Backward Design (as outlined by Wiggins and McTighe, 2005), and it will complement an online tutorial created by Amanda Rudoph and Lauren Scharff. During the workshop, participants will receive addtional information and examples, work on and share for feedback / discussion their efforts at using this approach for one of their courses.
Location: TEC Classroom, Steen Library 220a October
Designing Learning Outcomes (Face-to-Face Workshop): Although always of importance, a current focus due to SACS is the inclusion of assessable learning outcomes (i.e. course goals) on course syllabi. Re-examing your course goals and how you might assess them can also help revitalize a course and allow for creative revisions of approach. This workshop will follow the basic principles of Backward Design (as outlined by Wiggins and McTighe, 2005), and it will complement an online tutorial created by Amanda Rudoph and Lauren Scharff. During the workshop, participants will receive addtional information and examples, work on and share for feedback / discussion their efforts at using this approach for one of their courses.
Dates and Times: Friday, Oct. 17, noon - 1:30 PM Location: TEC Classroom, Steen Library 220a Incorporating Service Learning: Service learning is more than simply requiring students to perform community service / volunteer for a certain number of hours. The Teaching Excellence Center will be working with Student Life and the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs as they help SFA establish support (through community agency connections and mini-grants, etc.) for a focus on service learning. The TEC will offer a series of workshops that will share information about service learning, some concrete examples to illustrate a variety of ways different faculty have incorporated service learning into their classes, and work with you personally to develop service-learning projects that support your course objectives.
Dates and Times: Monday, Oct. 13 9:00 - 10:00 AM; Monday, Oct. 20 noon - 1:00 PM; Monday Oct. 27 4:00 - 5:00 PM Location: TEC Classroom, Steen Library 220a November Blogging 101: Workshop participants will learn about incorporating blogs and blogging into their teaching. We'll look at RSS feeds, exchange ideas on how to use blogs in both the face to face and online classrooms, and learn how to set up our own blog using a Google Blogger account. This will be a hands-on workshop, so that by the time you leave, you will have personally created your own googleblogger account and set up a blog.
Dates and Times: Monday, Nov. 3, 3:00 - 4:00 PM; Thursday, Nov. 6, 3:00 - 4:30 PM Location: InfoLab I computer room, Steen Library first floor December Syllabus Writing: Are you sitting down to write those syllabi for the Spring semester? Now would be a great time to get some tips on effective syllabus creation. We will cover what to include, what not to include, and what SACS might like to see. We all need to have course syllabi posted online soon and we will cover the basics of web posting as well.
Dates and Times: Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1:30 PM; Thursday, Dec. 4, 2:00 PM Location: TEC
Classroom, Steen Library 220a June Designing Learning Outcomes (Face-to-Face Workshop): Although always of importance, a current focus due to SACS is the inclusion of assessable learning outcomes (i.e. course goals) on course syllabi. Re-examing your course goals and how you might assess them can also help revitalize a course and allow for creative revisions of approach. This workshop will follow the basic principles of Backward Design (as outlined by Wiggins and McTighe, 2005), and it will complement an online tutorial created by Amanda Rudoph and Lauren Scharff. During the workshop, participants will receive addtional information and examples, work on and share for feedback / discussion their efforts at using this approach for one of their courses. Led by: Amanda Rudolph, Mark Seaman, and Lauren Scharff Dates and Times: Friday, June 20, 10:30 - 12:00; Monday, June 23, 3:00 - 4:30 Location: TEC Classroom, Steen Library 220a Blogging 101: Workshop participants will learn about incorporating blogs and blogging into their teaching. We'll look at RSS feeds, exchange ideas on how to use blogs in both the face to face and online classrooms, and learn how to set up our own blog using a Google Blogger account. This will be a hands-on workshop, so that by the time you leave, you will have personally created your own googleblogger account and set up a blog. Led by: Chay Runnels Dates and Times: Friday, June 27, 10:30 - 12:00 Location: InfoLab I computer room, Steen Library first floor July Designing Learning Outcomes (Face-to-Face Workshop): Although always of importance, a current focus due to SACS is the inclusion of assessable learning outcomes (i.e. course goals) on course syllabi. Re-examing your course goals and how you might assess them can also help revitalize a course and allow for creative revisions of approach. This workshop will follow the basic principles of Backward Design (as outlined by Wiggins and McTighe, 2005), and it will complement an online tutorial created by Amanda Rudoph and Lauren Scharff. During the workshop, participants will receive addtional information and examples, work on and share for feedback / discussion their efforts at using this approach for one of their courses. Led by: Amanda Rudolph, Mark Seaman, and Lauren Scharff Dates and Times: Friday, July 18, 10:00 - 11:30; Wednesday, July 23, 3:00 - 4:30 Location: TEC
Classroom, Steen Library 220a
January Using PowerPoint Effectively (Avoiding "Death by PowerPoint"): PowerPoint can be an effective tool to enhance classroom lectures and presentations. However, poor implementation can lose an audience and decrease student engagement. Quick demonstrations and specific pointers will be shared regarding both the visual readability aspects as well as content organization and presentation techniques. Individual consultations for personal feedback on your own PowerPoint displays / presentations can be scheduled. Led by: Lauren Scharff Dates and Times: January 25th 1:30 - 3:00, January 29th 3:30 - 5:00 Location: TEC Classroom, Steen Library 220a February Fire Up Your Searches: Save time and increase effectiveness when conducting research. This workshop will cover navigating the new library web site and off-campus access to databases. Also included will be fundamentals of search strategy including Boolean operators, nesting, wildcards, and phrase searching. Examples from three major database vendors as well as searching across databases. Other topics by request. Led by: Kayce Halstead and Bernice Wright Date and Time: February 12th; 2:30 - 4:00 Location: Steen Library computer room: Infolab 2 Cooperative Learning: Panel presentation: beyond traditional group work - tips to enhance student engagement and learning Led by: John Moore Dates and Times: February 22nd 1:00 - 2:30; February 25th 2:00 - 3:30 Location: TEC Classroom, Steen Library 220a
March Facilitating the Learning Environment for International Students: The number of international students attending SFA at both the undergraduate and graduate level is steadily increasing. Many of these students come from an academic culture that is very different from how we teach at SFA. Come learn about the academic culture these students are coming from and how you can facilitate their learning at SFA. Led by: Wynter Chauvin, Tom Segady, Neil Armstrong, Sylvia Lin Dates and Times: Tuesday, March 25th 3:30 - 5:00 Location: TEC Classroom, Steen Library 220a
Advising Transfer Students: Each transfer student is unique, and it is sometimes confusing to understand how their credits were determined and how best to advise them. This workshop will explain the transfer of credit procedure, transcript evaluation, and some tools that will aid when advising transfer students. Discussion time will be devoted to individual questions. Led by: Carolyn Hardy Dates and Times: Friday, March 28th 1-2:30 and Monday March 31st, 3-4:30 Location: TEC Classroom, Steen Library 220a
April Learning and Motivation in the Postsecondary Classroom: Do you ever wonder why it sometimes seems like we can't teach or they can't learn? This workshop will explore how to apply basic theories of memory and motivation in our classrooms. We will also share specific tools to help guide students to enhance their learning. Based on information and tips from the book of the same name (by Dr. Marilla Svinicki). Panel presentation by members of the faculty book circle. Led by: Lynda Langham, Matthew McBroom, Brian Beavers, Scott Whitney, Michelle Rozic, Lauren Scharff Dates and Times: Friday April 11th 12-1:30; Monday April 14th 2-3:30 Location: TEC Classroom, Steen Library 220a
Publishing Hints and Tips: This workshop will bring together several faculty who have been successful in publishing articles and/or books. They will share some of their experiences and pitfalls to avoid. Led by: John Moore, Archie McDonald, and Ken Collier Dates and Times: April 18 12-1 pm. Location: TEC Classroom, Steen Library 220a
September Fire Up Your Searches: Save time and increase effectiveness when conducting research. Federated searching allows cross-searching of multiple databases using a single query. A variety of data sources including, but not limited to, journal articles, e-book collections, and library catalog holdingsare available from a single portal. Results are collected from the databases and presented in a unified format with minimal duplication using a subject hierarchy known as "clustering." Results can be viewed as small coherent groups and may be sorted, filtered, or furtherrefined. You will get opportunities to try your own searches, so bring topics you want to explore for class or research. Workshop Leaders : Kayce Halstead and Bernice Wright Dates / Times: Tuesday, September 18 and Wednesday, September 19; both from 2:30 - 4:00 Location: LINC Classroom in the Steen Library. October Using PowerPoint Effectively (Avoiding "Death by PowerPoint"): PowerPoint can be an effective tool to enhance classroom lectures and presentations. However, poor implementation can lose an audience and decrease student engagement. Quick demonstrations and specific pointers will be shared regarding both the visual readability aspects as well as content organization and presentation techniques. Individual consultations for personal feedback on your own PowerPoint displays / presentations can be scheduled. Led by: Lauren Scharff Dates and Times: Tuesday, October 9 (3:00 - 4:30); Wednesday, October 10 (3:30 - 5:00) Location: ED 192 November Advising as Teaching:
Please join us to explore how academic advising relates to the overall teaching and learning mission of the university. We will discuss how an “advising syllabus” can clarify goals and expectations, promote ongoing dialogue with your advisees, and chart a course for meaningful interaction with students for whom you are both professor and advisor. Workshop Leaders: Debbie Kiesel and Sherry Wells Dates / Times: Tuesday, November 6 (2:00 - 3:30), Wednesday, November 7 (3:30 - 5:00), Monday, November 12 (3:30 - 5:00) Location: TEC
Classroom (Second floor Steen Library, NE corner area)
Co-operative Learning Tips and Techniques: Co-operative learning is a powerful technique, especially in small group or laboratory settings. Successful strategies and possible pitfalls will be shared. Led by: John Moore Dates and Times: Thursday June 28, 1:30 - 3:00; Thursday July 26, 12:00 - 1:30; Wednesday August 1, 12:00 - 1:30 [Brown bag lunch welcome for the 12-1:30 sessions] Location: Chemistry Building C211 Using PowerPoint Effectively (Avoiding "Death by PowerPoint"): PowerPoint can be an effective tool to enhance classroom lectures and presentations. However, poor implementation can lose an audience and decrease student engagement. Quick demonstrations and specific pointers will be shared regarding both the visual readability aspects as well as content organization and presentation techniques. Individual consultations for personal feedback on your own PowerPoint displays / presentations can be scheduled. Led by: Lauren Scharff Dates and Times: Wednesday June 13, 3:00 - 4:30; Tuesday June 26, 2:00 - 3:30; Wednesday July 18, 2:00 - 3:30; Tuesday July 31, 3:00 - 4:30 Location: June 13:
ED
263; June 26: ED 269; July: ED 135
April / May 2007 Incorporating Digital Resources Workshop : Would your students benefit from exposure to images and video of historical, cultural and scientific resources? The Texas Tides project (http://tides.sfasu.edu) offers a bilingual (English/Spanish) digital gateway to rich materials held in libraries, museums, archives, wildlife preserves and more across Texas and Mexico. These materials include photographs, scanned documents, artifacts and video from the field, and are freely available through the project website. Join SFA’s new Digital Projects Division for a workshop that will delve into these online collections and explore ways in which you can weave them into your students’ learning experiences. Workshop Leaders: Rachel Galant and Priscilla Coulter Dates / Times: April 25 and 26; 2-3:30 Location: InfoLab I in the Steen Library Turn-it-in Workshop: Back by popular demand!! The rapid growth of the internet has made cut-and-paste plagiarism a growing problem on college campuses, but tracking down online sources of plagiarism can be difficult and time consuming. SFA subscribes to Turnitin.com, an online plagiarism detection service, which makes this task much easier. In this hands-on workshop, participants will set up their own Turnitin.com accounts and learn the basics of setting up assignments, uploading student papers, and interpreting originality reports. If time permits, we will also discuss procedures for reporting cases of plagiarism to deans. Participants should bring a short MS Word document on a flash drive or disc; include a bit of plagiarized material from an internet source such as Wikipedia. Workshop Leader: Randi Cox Date / Time: Tuesday, May 1; 3:00 - 4:00 Location: ED 369 (Elementary Ed Computer Lab) Civic Learning across the Curriculum: A hands-on workshop focusing on connecting students to the wider community; faculty from several of SFA’s Colleges will facilitate roundtable discussions on: designing classroom assignments, developing and assessing internships, incorporating community/civic learning into core curriculum assessment, and more Application and examples from across the campus are discussed. Workshop Leaders: Steve Galatas (Pol. Science), Cathy Henderson (Bus.), Heather Wyatt-Nichol (Pol. Sci.), L'Ann Solmonson (Edu) Dates / Times:
April
30 (cancelled) and May 3; 3:30 - 4:45 March / April 2007 Advising Beyond the Basics Workshop: Get ready for the Spring 2007advising season by attending Advisor Toolbox! Debbie Kiesel and Sherry Wells will lead an interactive workshop on resources and answers you can use with your advisees. We'll take a look together at the modeling feature of degree audit and some on-line resources you can recommend to students looking for help with long-range academic planning. We will also discuss ideas for encouraging student responsibility and managing stressful, 'on-demand' and parent-involved advising situations. Workshop Leaders: Debbie Kiesel and Sherry Wells Dates / Times: Tuesday March 27th 2:00 - 3:30; Wednesday, April 4, 2:00 - 3:30 Location: Linc Computer Lab, Steen Library on March 27; InfoLab I, Steen Library on April 4 Advanced Advising Workshop: Great academic advisors rely on many resources and skills: good information, timely referrals, consistent procedures, and individual rapport with their students. Are you a great academic advisor? Do you aspire to be one of the best? Come to our workshop about real advising dilemmas and some of the challenges advisors face. We will learn from one another as we discuss solutions and share ideas about effective advising practices. Workshop Leaders: Debbie Kiesel and Sherry Wells Dates / Times: Wednesday, March 28th, 2:00 - 3:30 Location: Wyatt Room, Steen Library February 2007 Turn-it-in Workshop: The rapid growth of the internet has made cut-and-paste plagiarism a growing problem on college campuses, but tracking down online sources of plagiarism can be difficult and time consuming. SFA subscribes to Turnitin.com, an online plagiarism detection service, which makes this task much easier. In this hands-on workshop, participants will set up their own Turnitin.com accounts and learn the basics of setting up assignments, uploading student papers, and interpreting originality reports. If time permits, we will also discuss procedures for reporting cases of plagiarism to deans. Participants should bring a short MS Word document on a flash drive or disc; include a bit of plagiarized material from an internet source such as Wikipedia. Workshop Leader: Randi Cox Dates / Times: Monday, Feb. 5th 2:30 - 4:00 and Tuesday, Feb. 6th 2:00 - 3:30; Tuesday, Feb. 20th, 3:30 - 5:00 Location:ED 127
(Psychology Computer Lab) all sessions
November Workshops Major writing assignments: Improving the final product.
A common concern for faculty who assign major papers is the quality of student writing. When papers contain serious problems, grading can be overwhelming. This workshop offers possibilities for breaking large papers into smaller, manageable steps that typically produce better writing. We will suggest ways to guide students to a final product that meets high academic standards. Strategic use of formal, informal, in-class and out-of-class writing will be introduced, and discussion encouraged. Workshop Leaders: Mercy Cannon (English and AARC Writing Director), Lauren Scharff (Psychology), and Michelle Harris (Chemistry) Dates / Times: Thursday, November 9th, 3:00 - 4:30; and Monday, November 13th, 2:30 - 4:00 Location: Wyatt Room, Steen Library October Workshops Advising Basics Get ready for the Fall 2006 advising season by attending Advisor Toolbox! Debbie Kiesel and Sherry Wells will lead an interactive workshop on resources and answers you can use with your advisees. We'll take a look together at the modeling feature of degree audit and some on-line resources you can recommend to students looking for help with long-range academic planning. We will also discuss ideas for encouraging student responsibility and managing stressful, 'on-demand' and parent-involved advising situations. Workshop Leaders: Debbie Kiesel and Sherry Wells Dates / Times: Tuesday, October 3, 2:00 - 3:30; Wednesday, October 4, 3:00 - 4:30 Location: Wyatt Room, Steen Library Advanced Advising Great academic advisors rely on many resources and skills: good information, timely referrals, consistent procedures, and individual rapport with their students. Are you a great academic advisor? Do you aspire to be one of the best? Come to our workshop about real advising dilemmas and some of the challenges advisors face. We will learn from one another as we discuss solutions and share ideas about effective advising practices. Workshop Leaders: Debbie Kiesel and Sherry Wells Dates / Times: Tuesday, October 17, 2:00 - 3:30; Wednesday, October 18, 3:00 - 4:30 Location: Wyatt Room, Steen Library September Workshops Communicating in the
classroom: Tactics that make a difference. Workshop Leader: Doyle Srader, Dept. of Communication. Dates / Times: Wednesday, September 27, 2:00 - 3:30; Thursday, September 28, 3:30 to 5:00; Friday, September 29, 12:00 to 1:30 P.M. Location: Wyatt Room, Steen Library Fundamentals of Using Adobe
InDesign Workshop Leader: Joseph Alford, Public Affairs Dates / Times: Thursday, September 21, 2:00 - 3:30; Monday, September 25, 1:00 - 2:30; Tuesday, September 26, 2:00 - 3:30 Location: It will be held in a computer room in the Business Building (BUS 224). Student Cheating Online and How to Combat It (OIT sponsored) Workshop leader: John Krutsch, Director of Distance Education, Utah Valley State College Date / Time: Tuesday, September 21, 3:00 - 4:45 Location: Human
Services / Telecomm Building Room 306
So You Want a Webpage? Basic Design and Creation: Tuesday, July 25th 10:30 - 12:00. Led by Melane McCuller and Lauren Scharff. Meeting Room: OIT Computer Lab. Participants at this workshop will learn to create a basic web page, using Composer (free application), and how to upload their pages to the university server. We will also discuss and give feedback regarding web page / site organization, design and usability issues. So You Want a Webpage? Level II : Tuesday, July 25th 1:30 - 3:00. Led by Melane McCuller and Lauren Scharff. Meeting Room: OIT Computer Lab. Participants at this workshop will work on further development of their web site, in order to maximize functionality and design esthetics. We will expect participants to be able to make a basic page and upload/download files from the university server using ftp. So You Want a Webpage? Basic Design and Creation: Friday, June 9th 10:30 - 12:00 and Thursday, June 15th 1:30 - 3:00. Led by Melane McCuller and Lauren Scharff. Meeting Room: InfoLab I in the Library. Participants at this workshop will learn to create a basic web page, using Composer (free application), and how to upload their pages to the university server. We will also discuss and give feedback regarding web page / site organization, design and usability issues. Incorporating Writing Assignments: Tuesday, June 13th 1:30-3:00, and Wednesday, June 14th 3:00-4:30. Carolyn Davis (EDU), Debbie DuFrene (BUS), Perry Moon (LA), and Mercy Cannon (Library) will lead the workshop. Meeting Room: Classroom M in the SE corner of the AARC. Description: In
this
workshop, we will discuss various ways that instructors can integrate
writing into their courses. We will suggest short, informal writing
assignments (both in-class and out-of-class), which help students to
reflect upon and apply the concepts that they learn in the course. We
will also talk about assignments that can lead to longer essays and
research papers, as well as alternatives to the traditional research
paper.
Advising Workshop: Wednesday, March 8th (Ferguson 380) and Tuesday, March 21st (Wyatt Room in Steen Library). Both are scheduled for 2-3 pm. [RSVP appreciated] Description: Get ready for the Spring 2006 advising season by attending Advisor Toolbox! Debbie Kiesel and Sherry Wells will lead an interactive workshop on resources and answers you can use with your advisees. We’ll take a look together at the modeling feature of degree audit and some on-line resources you can recommend to students looking for help with long-range academic planning. We will also discuss ideas for encouraging student responsibility and managing stressful, “on-demand” and parent-involved advising situations.
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