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| 2008 | Linking Advising | Great Expectations |
| 2009 | Enhancing Learning | Circle of Success |
| 2010 | Scholarship of Engagement |
The 2007 Fall Teaching Conference
Solid, Sane, and Successful Strategies
for Learner-centered Teaching
DVDs of the keynote and concurrent sessions are
available
for
check-out from the CELT Library.
Keynote “Overcoming Apathy in the Classroom: Successful Strategies Drawn from the Psychology of Learning.” -presented by Todd Zakrajsek, Director, Faculty Center for Innovative Teaching, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant.
What can instructors do to facilitate learning when they encounter students who seem uninterested and even apathetic toward course content and assignments? Part of the responsibility for learning belongs to students, but as faculty, we can find new ways to motivate, inspire, and maybe even cajole students to learn. Zakrajsek will explain how instructors can make classroom learning, perhaps one of the most artificial learning settings, a more meaningful experience for students.
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Concurrent Sessions
Using Solid Psychological Research to Build Environments for Learning - presented by Todd Zakrajsek
Motivation is an extremely important aspect of human learning and must be considered along with the cognitive and biological bases of behavior that have drawn considerable attention over the past several years. This session will focus on research pertaining to human motivation. Involving participants in the actual learning process through demonstrations and games, this session is devoted to describing solid psychological research in the area of motivation and emotion to better understand how we can build learning environments that benefit all students.
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Assess for Success: Using Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) to Enhance Learning - presented by Linda Lolkus, Associate Professor, Consumer and Family Science, and Vince Maloney, Associate Professor, Chemistry
Classroom Assessment Techniques range from simple to complex strategies to engage students while collecting feedback on their learning. CATs may be effectively used in a variety of classroom settings and disciplines. Explore use of CATs to assess the success of teaching and learning in your own classrooms through interactive discussion and demonstration of successful CATs.
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Critical to Success: Fostering Critical Thinking with Web-based Tools - presented by Tiff Adkins, Reference Librarian, Helmke Library, and Stevens Amidon, Assistant Professor, English and Linguistics
Tiff will introduce critical thinking methods that teachers and students can employ when working with online information sources. Using a variety of free and proprietary Web based resources, he will demonstrate information foraging techniques for locating and evaluating high quality materials. Using examples of student blogs and other student publications, Stevens will explain how electronic publishing tools such as blogging software can help teachers engage students and improve their information literacy skills. He will show how these works can be used as evidence of the student learning outcomes articulated in the IPFW Baccalaureate Framework.
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Strategies for Staying Sane and Successful with Online Discussion - presented by Michelle Drouin, Assistant Professor, Psychology, and Lesa Vartanian, Associate Professor, Psychology
Online forums are quickly becoming THE place to interact for teens and young adults. And as technology improves, educators are being given a unique opportunity to communicate with students in these forums. In this "hands-on" workshop, instructors will learn easy steps for creating their own online discussion communities using Blackboard Vista and Adobe Connect. Plus, instructors will get tips and strategies that will help make their online discussions successful.
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Staying on Solid Ground with Rubrics - presented by Carolyn Stumph, Assistant Professor, Economics, and Daniel Callison, Professor and Dean, IU School of Continuing Studies
Rubrics are a great way to clarify course expectations for both you and your students. This can lead to less stress (and all the problems that come with it!) for all. Whether you are just considering how you might use rubrics or are a seasoned veteran, this discussion based workshop will help you identify new strategies for a sane and successful fall.
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Successful Strategies for Nurturing Responsible Writing with SafeAssign - presented by Cathleen Carosella, Center for Academic Support and Advancement
Rather than policing for plagiarism, SafeAssign can help students learn how to use sources effectively and ethically – and encourage them to seek help to better understand the research process. The presenter will share her experiences using SafeAssign in her classes, address the possible uses for the tool, and show how to develop a research portal for students to use before they formally submit assignments. Then participants will be invited to submit a “paper” to SafeAssign, review and discuss the SafeAssign report, and learn how to use it as an instructional tool.
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