Below are a list of workshops that I offer at the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning and to Universities and Colleges around the States. For more information about the workshops please click on the title of interest below. If you are interested in obtaining a handout for any of these workshops please contact me at aims@mail.ucf.edu.
In this two hour workshop participants will discuss 5 basic criteria for making grading easier, more efficient and rewarding to the student. The workshop is modeled on Barbara Walvoord's book 'Effective Grading' and a workshop that she gave at the recent American Association of Higher Education meeting on Assessment methods.(Handout)
The writing of Robert Cole in his book 'The Call of Stories' will provide the main focus for this workshop. The ideas in this book talk of moving stories in to our teaching. Discussion will focus on how to, and why, telling relevant and applicable stories help student understanding of complex concepts.
In teaching each courses faculty develop goals and objectives. In this workshop participants will bring examples of exams and other assessments and discuss how effective they are and what strategies can be used to develop other assessment methods for their classes.
In this two hour workshop the participants will experience interactive classroom techniques that might be used in any size class. By being actively involved, faculty will be able to determine the value of the methods from the student and faculty perspective.
The workshop will show the participants a variety of media and technology that might be useful to faculty in their classrooms and for course management. For example putting course outlines on the screen, use of web sites, and showing animations and videos in class. Participants will discuss and share ideas on the different uses of technology in the classroom. This session is a great way to brainstorm ideas for personal and course development. (collaborative workshop with Steve Bonham)
The criteria set out in 'Scholarship Assessed" by Glassick, Huber and Maeroff, will help faculty determine the criteria for the scholarship of teaching. In this workshop, the process of publishing teaching research will be addressed as well as possible journals and formats to use. Use this workshops as a brainstorming session for your ideas.
Can faculty motivate students? How do effective teachers do it? Come to this workshop and share your ideas on effective teaching strategies that will help your students achieve the goals and objectives you have for the course.
One of the hardest things to do is to document teaching proficiency. This two-hour portfolio workshop will help faculty develop an outline for their portfolio and define the content and layout.
The emphasis of this workshop it to develop strategies that are effective in classes with large numbers of students. Participants will be involved in the demonstration and discussion of interactive teaching methods, assessment and grading methods, and the use of technology.
Taking pedagogical risks is a challenge that faces us all in our teaching. What if it goes wrong? How will it affect my student evaluations? How do I get feedback to improve? This workshop will deal with these and other issues that arise from taking risks in teaching. Come and join your peers and discuss the challenges.
The main focus of this workshop is on discussing teaching effectiveness. Participants will identify different teaching strategies for student learning that may or may not be based upon technology and will discuss the appropriate use of technology in and out of the classroom. Adapting teaching strategies to the low and high tech teaching environment will also be discussed.
MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) is a FREE and OPEN resource designed primarily for faculty and students in higher education. It is place where you may find fantastic material for your class to facilitate student learning without having to re-invent the wheel yourself. This workshop will introduce you to MERLOT and help you identify materials that you can use in your class, such as animations, video clips and interactive modules. You will get hands-on experience in identifying peer-reviewed materials for your class and how you can, (if you have materials that you have developed and want to share), become a contributor to this growing educational resource.
This workshop will take faculty through the process of developing an effective Georgia Southern internal grant proposal. Participants will discuss the key components needed for the grant, how to develop the budget, and what types of elements the review committees look for in successful grant applications.
The 'Just in Time Teaching' method was developed by Gregor Novak. In this workshop participants will discuss how to manage feedback from their students about their learning, and how to get students to prepare for class. This method focuses on active student learning and assessment of that learning using available technology.
In this 2 hour workshop participants will discuss the book "10 best teaching practices" by Donna Walker Tileston, based on how brain research, learning styles and standards define teaching competencies. The participants will discuss these practices and develop teaching strategies for their own discipline and student body. The main topics include, using a variety of teaching strategies that address different learning styles, teaching for long-term memory, integrating higher level thinking skills, and bridging the gap between all learners.
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