Tuesday, 04 Mar 2014
Award-Winning Faculty Series: Using Discussion in your Classroom: Challenging Students to Think Critically
Award-winning history professor Jana Byars shares how she intentionally fosters critical group discussion in her classroom. Students are engaged with theory from greats like Foucault and Derrida, yet feel safe participating in these challenging discussions, write every day, and still rave about her class in evaluations. Learn her secrets and engage students in critical thinking in your classroom.
Tuesday, 11 Mar 2014
Service-Learning Faculty/Staff/Graduate Student 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.
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2014
Fulbright Lunch & Learn Seminar Series
"Building networks in biology and across the ocean," Chris Tuggle, Animal Science, Scotland, 2011 Bring your lunch and learn from Fulbright alumni and current Fulbright-sponsored grantees about a variety of Fulbright Programs. All seminars will start at 12:10 pm and last 20-30 minutes, thus allowing ample time for discussion and socializing.
Thursday, 27 Mar 2014
Workshop: Capture a Lecture and/or "Flip" a Class with Panopto
Panopto offers a rich set of features for both faculty and students that allows classroom recordings and gives instructors the ability to create rich media resources right from their desks. You may use Pantopo to "flip" your classes so that passive learning (listening to lectures) is done online and active learning (solving problems) is done in class.
Monday, 31 Mar 2014
CELT Morrill Professor Panel and Teaching Poster Symposium
Beginning at 4:00 p.m., a panel session, featuring Morrill Professors Gail Nonnecke and Leo Timms, 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.