Associates Workshop Series:
Improving Group Work Performance, presented by Jessica Akey
Wednesday, March 21st, 3-4pm
Reed Library Classroom, PDC conference area
This workshop will cover characteristics of effective groups and explain how participants can use that information to make the most out of assigning group work and working within groups. The successful participant will identify defining characteristics of successful groups, understand the difference between, and importance of, task and relational functions within groups, recognize common group problems and how they can be effectively managed and offer examples of how to provide group feedback and evaluation.
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Assessment of Learning Outcomes , presented by Marissa Cope
Thursday, March 22nd, 2-3pm
Reed Library Classroom, PDC conference room
How do we know that students are learning what we say they will learn? If you are looking for (additional) ways to answer this question, please join us for this session! The focus of our time together will be the various ways in which student learning outcomes can be meaningfully assessed. A general overview of several methods will be presented, including considerations such as direct vs. indirect methods, qualitative vs. quantitative data, population vs. sample, and formative vs. summative assessment. Guided discussion will focus on the pros and cons of various methods, strategies for success, and ways in which the data from student learning outcomes assessment can be used for planning and decision-making.
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Culturally Competent and Responsive Educator Part II: Culturally Competent and Responsive Instructions, presented by Guangyu Tan
Monday, April 2, 1-2pm
Reed Library Classroom
Participants in this session will be able to:
- Understand the critical issues in working with culturally different students and families.
- Apply instructional models and technology for teaching culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) learners.
- Understand the management needs of CLD learners.
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Group Work Using Technology, presented by Jessica Akey
Tuesday, April 3rd, 1-2pm
Reed Library Classroom
This workshop will explore the ways in which group members can use technologies to complete group work. Participants will identify the pros and cons of working with virtual groups, understand various technologies that can foster group communication and work performance, provide recommendations for how to best facilitate online group collaboration and suggest ways to evaluate group outcomes.
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Teaching with Technology in the 21st Century: A Workshop on Current Best Practices for Instructors, presented by Adrienne McCormick
Wednesday, April 11th, 1:30-3:30pm
Reed Library Classroom
In this session, experts from across campus will serve as tutors for faculty who want to get started on utilizing technologies in innovative and transformative ways in their own classrooms. Prior to the session, faculty interested in participating will be asked to submit ideas for topics to be covered. Potential topics include: guidance in incorporating blogs in classroom, utilizing Facebook discussion groups in large lecture classes, using clickers, or working with Prezi. Faculty will have the opportunity to get started during the actual workshop, and to ask questions of the experts on hand as they design their own assignments.
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Producing Screencast Lectures, presented by Dale Tuggy
Wednesday, April 18th, 1-2pm
Reed Library Classroom, PDC conference room
This practical, "how-to" presentation will demonstrate how to produce "screencast" lecture videos, where the student hears the instructor's voice, but sees only a recording of a portion of the computer screen. Partipants will learn about the tools needed to create the videos: Google Docs Presentations, an electronic tablet and pen, a USB headset with microphone, and CamStudio, a free Windows-based screenrecording program. Steps in preparing such lectures will also be outlined: 1. Adjusting, revising, dividing lecture notes. 2. Making google docs slides. 3. Recording and saving. 4. Transcoding and uploading. Objective: to stimulate interest in producing valuable online lecture content, which can be used in a traditional course, a blended course, or an online course.
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Putting GoogleApps to the Test to Extend the Universal Design for Learning Supports in Online, F2F, & Blended Courses and Learning Activities, presented by Kathleen Gradel
Tuesday, April 24th, 10-11am
Thompson Hall, W207
Participants will: • Walk through the set-up and maintenance of multiple GoogleApps-based assignments and resources that have been developed to provide UDL-based supports and options for students. • Examine alternative GoogleApps applications, evaluating them for possible inclusion in their own courses and learning activities, to address students’ diverse learning needs and skills. This is the first in a series of two sessions on GoogleApps & UDL. The focus is hands-on and “just doing it”…so, come ready to roll up your sleeves! Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is sometimes used as a “catchall” for a variety of smart and strategic instructional practices tailored to give needed supports to “anyone,” “anytime,” “anywhere.” Although born out of a need to address support needs for learners who experience learning challenges, broader views on UDL have helped to stretch its relevance to learners with diverse skills and needs. GoogleApps provides a ready resource for diverse student needs and skills, because the – among other features – can (a) easily facilitate assessment and feedback; (b) help capture formative production of work; (c) work easily with other readily-available tools (e.g., Adobe Acrobat®); and (d) be accessed everywhere (e.g., online or offline, and even on mobile devices. Instead of talking “about UDL,” we will use hands-on walk-throughs of using docs, forms, spreadsheets, presentation, and search tools in GoogleApps can extend both supports and options to your students. We will view tried-and-true examples, to give you ideas for your own courses. Examples will cross over applications in blended, online, and F2F courses. Participants will experience how the tools work first-hand, as the seminar is built on a full participation model…our learning sequence will take us through each “task,” to experience how the tools works and can be applied to diverse student groups.
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Creating an Internet Exhibition with Omeka, presented by Ellen Litwicki
Wednesday, April 25th, 2-3pm
Reed Library Classroom
Omeka is an open source program that enables individuals and institutions (such as museums) to catalog sources and create online exhibitions using those sources. It is available free. This hands-on presentation will introduce Omeka and demonstrate how one can use it to catalog items and create an online exhibition. More information on Omeka can be found at: http://omeka.org/
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