Wikis/Blogs Part 1: Why Use Wikis and Blogs in Higher Ed in your Face-to-Face Courses?
Friday, January 22
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Thompson W207
Facilitators: Dr. Kathleen Gradel and Dr. Jennifer Moon Ro
Join us for Part 1 of a series of hands-on seminars. This first session will focus on the rationale for using them, while we show and tell some examples of higher ed use of blogs and Wikis outside of the ANGEL environment. This will also be a chance to chat with others about their course application thoughts and get exposed to some easy-to-use online tools. Note that subsequent times will be determined by the group after this first session.
“Can We Talk? Strategies for Having Difficult Conversations”
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Noon – 1:00pm
Williams Center S-121
With: Tracy Stenger and Leanna White, Counseling Center Staff
Are you sensing that a student, co-worker or family member may be having a difficult time? Are you avoiding having “the talk” with someone about his/her behavior because you aren’t sure where to begin or how to proceed with such a dialogue?
This will be a sit-down Q&A with the Counseling Center staff who have years of experience with helping people navigate “difficult conversations” with students, co-workers and family members. The staff will take your questions and provide specific strategies that you can use to create a helpful and productive dialog. The staff will also discuss techniques for making successful referrals to counselors and other mental health professionals. Feel free to bring your lunch.
"So you think you want to teach online? An Orientation for Teaching Online"
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Noon – 1:00pm
Sociology Reading Room - Thompson Hall W380
Facilitator: Dr. Dani McKinney, Assistant Professor of Psychology, PDC Associate for Online Learning
This workshop is an orientation to what steps must be taken to teach a fully online or hybrid course at SUNY Fredonia. We will provide an overview of the proposal process that includes required training, due dates, module completion, technical review, etc. Discussion will also include the differences between teaching face-to-face (f2f) and in a virtual environment.
"Adding Bells and Whistles to an Online Course"
Wednesday, March 10
Noon -1:00pm
Thompson W207
Facilitator: Dr. Dani McKinney
Is your online course getting stale? Do you want ideas on how to improve you online or hybrid course? This is an overview on the possible resources that an online instructor may use to enhance content delivery, foster student interaction, and improve student learning. Some of the ‘bells and whistles’ will include Google Apps, YouTube, Delicious, Zotero, DropBox, etc
Wikis/Blogs Part 2: Wikis and Blogs...Step-by-Step Startup for Newbies
Thursday, March 11
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Thompson W207
Facilitators: Dr. Kathleen Gradel and Dr. Jennifer Moon Ro
Join us for Part 2 of a series of hands-on seminars. This second session will focus on the very basics. We will start a blog and/or a Wiki account, look at how to match your site’s settings to what you want to do, learn how to monitor posts, and do postings. This session is for the novice user, to get you up-and-running on platforms outside of the ANGEL environment. (NOTE: Look for offerings in the PDC Calendar, on using readily-available ANGEL tools.)
Note that there will be subsequent meetings focusing on (a) using effective Wiki- and blog-based discussions; (b) using Wikis/blogs to facilitate online cooperative learning; (c) testing cool tools, bells, and whistles; and (d) exchanging practices about what’s working and what needs tweaking.
Cooperative Learning Strategies
Wednesday, March 31
Noon – 1pm (pizza will be available)
Tower Lounge, 4th Floor Library
With: Dr. Mike Jabot & Dr. Kathleen Gradel
Cooperative Learning can be one of the most effective strategies for fostering student learning in the classroom! This session will focus on the use of cooperative learning strategies to help increase student engagement. We will focusing on the types of strategies that meet your individual assignment needs, so bring lots of ideas! Pizza will be served – so, also bring your appetite!
“Human Subjects Made Simple”
Tuesday, April 6
8:30am to 9:30am
Fenton 127: English Reading Room
Thinking of conducting a research project and wondering if you need IRB approval? The SUNY Fredonia Human Subjects Review Committee will be available to answer the following questions:
- What is human subjects research?
- What are the regulations governing human subjects research?
- Is what I’m doing research that involves human subjects?
- What does it mean when your research is exempt, expedited, or full board?
- How do I prepare and submit a protocol to the IRB?
- What if my students do a research project in class?
Anyone who is thinking of conducing his/her own research – or – anyone who is working with students doing research is invited and encouraged to attend!!
"Service-Learning and Student Development: Implications for Course/Program Design" (webinar)
Monday, April 12
1pm to 2:30pm
Tower Lounge, 4th Floor Reed Library
Speaker: Carrie Williams Howe, Interim Director and Kate Westdijk, Program Coordinator of the Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning Office at the University of Vermont
Service-learning courses and partnerships can be more successful for all stakeholders if they are designed to align with and build student capacity. Courses and curricula should be designed to challenge and support students one step at a time- moving progressively from 'exposure', to 'capacity-building', and finally to transferring 'responsibility'. By understanding student development and considering the skills and knowledge levels of the students with whom you will be working, you can design a course or program that:
* Aligns expectations with competencies
* Offers the appropriate balance of challenge and support;
* Builds student skills to progressively prepare them for the next level;
* and Results in more positive and reciprocal relationships with partners.
Building on existing literature on service-learning course design and student development theory, and based on over 5 years of experience in faculty professional development, this webinar will present models and invite discussion about high impact service-learning course and curriculum design.
*Smartphones for Academics*
Tuesday, April 13
1pm to 2pm in Thompson E124
With: Andy Cullison, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, PDC Associate for Technologies
This workshop will be a hands-on demo a bunch of smartphone apps, tools, tips, and tricks that make academic life much, much easier. Focus will be on the Android OS, but almost everything we talk about will apply to any touchscreen smartphone (e.g. Iphone, Palm Pre, Blackberry Storm...).
So, if you have a smartphone or are simply thinking about getting one - this is a must see demo. Here are some highlights.
* Pocket Xerox Machine: Creating electronic readings for you and your students
* Taking Attendance
* Grade Papers and Exams with Dynamic Grading Rubrics (that also Auto-record your grades)
* Create and Organize Research notes...Sync-Backup Research Notes Online
* Voice and Video Recording Apps
Traumatic Brain Injury Training and Military Veterans Services Project
Thursday, April 15th
10:30am to Noon
WC S-104
With: Jody Ference, Project Director
The purpose of this workshop is to provide colleges and universities with a basic training curriculum that promotes understanding of traumatic brain injury and its potential impact on student veterans by:
- Discussing the causes of and symptoms associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- Describing the challenges of living with a brain injury and helping to develop a greater awareness of the daily and life-long challenges for individuals with brain injury
- Providing tools for staff and faculty to use in teaching/working with individuals with TBI
- Providing tools for effective communication with students with a brain injury
This program is appropriate for faculty, student advisors, counseling staff, veterans’ services staff, disability services staff, other student services people, eg, RA’s, tutors.
Violence Goes to College: Detecting and Preventing Avenger Violence - Webinar
Thursday, April 15th
3:30-5:00pm
Thompson W207
During this session, John Nicoletti will focus on two main phases in violence prevention: the downward and inward phase which involved detection of early warning signs; and the upward and outward phase which involved interrupting and/or responding to a violent incident.
Participants will learn:
1. To identify behaviors associated with a potential violent incident
2. To develop effective prevention and interruption practices
3. To develop effective response strategies for when violence is actually occurring
Who should attend?
Decision makers and others who are responsible for detecting and preventing campus/workplace/school violence.
“Taking Your Online Course to the Next Level”
Friday, April 16
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Thompson W207
Facilitator: Dr. Dani McKinney, Assistant Professor of Psychology & PDC Associate for Online Learning
This course is for faculty who have an already approved online course or who have taught an online course in the past. Bring your existing online course model and we work to help you take it to the next level...
Please RSVP here: http://training.fredonia.edu/content/taking-your-online-course-next-level
“Creating Learning Spaces the Fredonia Way”
Monday, April 19 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm
WC S121
-OR-
Tuesday, April 20 at 12:30pm to 1:30pm
WC S121
With: Holly Lawson
Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend!
“KeePass Password Safe: A free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager – in 30 minutes!”
Wednesday, April 21
Thompson W207
2:00pm to 2:30pm – OR - 2:30pm to 3:00pm
With Chris Lewis, Director of Programming and Project Management
Do you have a tough time keeping track of too many passwords? Do you forget the passwords needed to access your e-mail, bank account, facebook, etc.? Or, do you use only one password for all of your online accounts (which is a really, really bad idea)? If so, we’ve got a solution and it takes only 30 minutes to learn!
KeePass is a free, open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key (key file) so you only have to remember one single master password or select the key file to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known.
* Offices or departments should consider sending someone to the workshop to share the information with others.
“Alcohol Use, Depression, and Young People: Implications for Addressing Suicide Risk” (webinar)
Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:00-4:30
Lo Grasso Conference Room
Presenter: Laurie Davidson, MA, Campus Program Manager, SPRC, and former Associate Director, Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug and Violence Prevention
Moderator: Dave Stewart, Campus Prevention Specialist, SPRC
This webinar provides an overview of what we know and don’t know about the impact of alcohol use on mental health and suicide and the implications for suicide prevention planning.
Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
1. Describe key findings from recent research on the link between alcohol and depression as risk factors for suicide and between alcohol and suicide directly.
2. Summarize key components of a comprehensive effort to reduce alcohol consumption and adverse consequences, including mental health problems and suicide.
Mindfulness Meditation on Campus
Mondays at 12:10pm to 1pm
Tower Lounge Reed Library
A new group of people interested in developing and/or sharing mindfulness meditation practice has begun meeting at 12:10 on Mondays in the Tower Lounge. Dr. Anatole Ruslanov leads a brief discussion and a period of meditation. You can learn more about Dr. Ruslanov and his background at http://www.anatole.us/contents/dranatole.html. We break in time to allow people to easily make their 1:00 PM commitments. The meetings are open to all students, faculty, and staff. We do have quite a few participants, and if we grow too large, Dr. Ruslanov is willing to add a session at another time.
Imagine, if you will, walking into a classroom that has been designed to maximize student learning. What would that classroom look like? As an instructor, what do you need to have in order to encourage student interaction and to share information? The purpose of this session is to brainstorm how we can create optimal learning spaces in our current and future classrooms.