Monday, 02 Mar 2015
Meeting: Service-Learning Faculty Learning Community
Are you interested in developing, or enhancing, a service-learning component within your course? You are invited to join this dynamic, interdisciplinary group as we walk-through the process of integrating service-learning into the curriculum. These interactive sessions will include topical discussions, readings, and sharing of best practices. Facilitator: Suzanne Hendrich, University Professor
Tuesday, 03 Mar 2015
Roundtable: Blended Learning Brown-Bag: Planning for Effective Hybrid Course Lectures
This session is targeted for instructors teaching courses that combine the face to face section and online section together looking for a variety of teaching strategies to engage both groups of students. Join University Professor, Mack Shelley, Department of Political Science and Department of Statistics in a conversation about planning for effective hybrid course lectures and activities.
Webinar: Advising Strategies for Students on Academic Probation
In 2010 and 2013, the NACADA Probation/Dismissal/Reinstatement Issues Interest Group sponsored webinars in which panelists discussed how we define "student on academic probation," factors that place students at risk for being placed on probation, typical probationary policies, stakeholders responsible for supporting students on academic probation, and the role and responsibilities of those who advise these students.
Wednesday, 04 Mar 2015
Seminar Series: Faculty Peer Review a Win-Win Process -Topic 3: Using Peer Evals in the Promotion & Tenure Process & Strengthening the Curriculum
Award-winning Animal Science professor, Jodi Sterle, shares best practices and strategic techniques her department used to create a culture of change supporting peer evaluation of teaching in the promotion and tenure process. Learn practical tips for how a dedicated core of faculty can benefit from working together to support the recognition of teaching and strengthen curriculum across your department.
Thursday, 05 Mar 2015
Seminar: "The room itself is active": An assessment of the CELT Active Learning Classroom
Colleges and universities are committing resources to re-design classroom spaces to promote active, participatory, and experiential learning (Harvey & Kenyon, 2013; Oblinger, 2006). This case study will discuss an assessment of an Active Learning Classroom (ALC) as part of a campus wide evaluation of learning spaces at Iowa State University.
Friday, 06 Mar 2015
Presentation: Using the Online Testing Centers at ISU - Blackboard User Group (BUG)
Presentation: We will give an overview of the Online Testing Centers, and how using the service can benefit both instructors and students. Facilitated by Doug Bull, Director, Testing Center; and Jess Haht, Program Assistant, Testing Center. The 20-30 minute presentation will be followed by the monthly meeting of BbLearn users discussing various topics related to the use of Blackboard Learn in teaching and learning.
Tuesday, 10 Mar 2015
Panel: The Student Experience with Service-Learning
Service-learning offers a dynamic strategy for engaging students in deeper learning of course content through community action. Dr. Gail Nonnecke, Global Professor of Global Resource Systems and Morrill Professor of Horticulture, will facilitate as student panelists share their reflections about the influence service-learning had on their understanding of content presented in the classroom.
Thursday, 12 Mar 2015
Adviser Exchange Series: International Student Advising: Collaborations between ISSO and Academic Advising
This session will focus on the international student experience and seeks to reinforce the importance of building collaborative relationships between ISSO advisers and academic advisers. Presenters: Jessica Fincham, Program Coordinator, ISSO; and Ashley Huth, Program Coordinator, ISSO.
Tuesday, 24 Mar 2015
POSTPONED: Discussion: Visiting Professor Lee Sheldon - Game Based Learning Community
A Game-Based Learning Community discussion with Dr. Lee Sheldon, Associate Professor, the Communication and Media Department and Co-Director of the Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York
POSTPONED: Forum: Designing Coursework as a Game with Visiting Professor Lee Sheldon
Everywhere educators from K-12 to university professors are attempting to negotiate the widening gap between decades-old teaching methods and the parallel-processing and social-networking students of today. They recognize that students seem more focused on video game challenges than their classes, but literal efforts to use video games to teach have met with uncertain success.
Thursday, 26 Mar 2015
Seminar: Best Practices in Flipped Class Design
Best Practices in Flipped Class Design will give you the knowledge about how flipped learning works in different disciplines and the conceptual tools for constructing a flipped classroom of your own. This webinar is taught by Robert Talbert, Ph.D., associate professor in the mathematics department at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan.
Monday, 30 Mar 2015
CELT Morrill Professor Panel and Teaching Poster Symposium
Beginning at 3:30 p.m., a panel session, featuring Morrill Professors, will share their perspectives on the importance of effective teaching in higher education. The symposium will feature efforts of the CELT Teaching Partners Program which pairs junior faculty with senior faculty mentors, as well as showcasing examples of teaching techniques, teaching strategies and the scholarship of teaching and learning.