Faculty-led, Custom & Exchange Programs - April 16, 2015

General Information:

Explore opportunities and resources available for faculty-led study trips. Come share your interests, needs, and ideas for Northwestern programs.

Presenters

• Veelie Alba

Time and Location

• April 16, 2015

Video Recording

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Online, Blended, and Web-Enhanced Course Showcase - March 24, 2015

General Information:

This showcase highlights targeted, effective features on Online Courses 

Presenters

• Annalisa Buerke

• Luke Aleckson
• Kimberly Cronen
• Joanna Klein
• Tim Kowalik
• Joel Light
• Adam Minnie
• Melissa Mork
• Ying Shen
• Ann Sorenson

Time and Location

• March 24, 2015

Video Recording

• Kaltura Video Link
• Kaltura Video Link

Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day - February 12, 2015

General Information:

Flipping your classroom with TED-Ed videos

Presenters

• Tim Kowalik

Time and Location

• February 12, 2015

Video Recording

• Kaltura Video Link

Free Open Textbooks: Worried about high textbook prices for your students? Come learn about FREE OPEN TEXTBOOKS! - January 29, 2015

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Worried about high textbook prices for your students? Come learn about FREE OPEN TEXTBOOKS!

Presenters

• Dr. Dan Crane

• Dr. Tanya Grosz

Time and Location

• January 29, 2015

Video Recording

• Kaltura Video Link

Grading Shortcuts Panel: Love Teaching More Than Grading? - December 8, 2014

General Information:

• Grading tools on Moodle to speed up grading processes
• Effective strategies for grading papers
• Tips an tricks for grading
• Creating assignments which meet institutional writing/speaking outcomes, i.e. OCE/WCE

Presenters

• Professor Heather Bren

• Dr. Lara Bronson
• Mark Henderson
• Professor Judy Hougen
• Adam Minnie
• Dr. Melissa Mork

Time and Location

• December 8, 2014

Video Recording

• Kaltura Video Link

Building Teaching Strategies for Student Success Brick by Brick - November 17, 2014

General Information:

• Universal Design for Learning
• Design your syllabus to get the attention of more students and support students from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds.
• Be proactive in working with students using DOSS services.
• Support students in transition.

Presenters

• Dr. Yvonne RB-Banks

• David Golias
• John Day

Time and Location

• November 17, 2014

Video Recording

• Kaltura Video Link

Dealing with Controversial Issues in Class - October 16, 2014

General Information:

Is the earth overpopulated? Are we experiencing human caused climate change? Did God create in six days or billions of years? Some topics cannot be resolved in a class period and others probably won’t be resolved in a life time. Come to share and discuss how to deal with controversial topics in your classroom.

Presenters

• Dr. Joel Light

Time and Location

• October 16, 2014

Video Recording

• Kaltura Video Link

How to Read Your IDEA Course Evaluation Results - October 8, 2014

General Information:

Learn more about how to interpret your IDEA course evaluation results and to use this information to improve your teaching!

Presenters

• Dr. Barb Lindman

Time and Location

• October 8, 2014

Video Recording

• Kaltura Video Link

Promoting Sustainable Student Success Through Extra-Curricular Engagement: Stretch, Support, Secure, Sync - September 22, 2014

General Information:

Promoting sustainable student success through extra-curricular engagement

Presenters

• Dr. Kimberly Cronen

Time and Location

• September 22, 2014

Video Recording

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Teaching is Both an Art and a Science - March 21, 2014

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Effective teaching that is focused on student learning includes attention to our intended teaching (planning), enacted teaching (presentation), and the impact of our teaching (analysis).

You are invited to hear about, discuss, and reflect on teaching components related to lesson plans, lesson presentations, and lesson analysis as they relate to your own teaching.

Presenters

• Dr. Pamela Solvie

Time and Location

• March 21, 2014

Video Recording

• Kaltura Video Link

Listening and Responding to Students - February 21, 2014

General Information:

Emotional disasters. Financial crises. Family pressures. Relationship stressors.  Our students are carrying these (and more) burdens into the classroom. How do we listen and respond to our students in need?  How do we find resources and referrals for them? Join us for a time of faculty collaboration and resource identification to effectively support our students.

Presenters

• Dr. Melissa Mork

Time and Location

• February 21,, 2014

• Kaltura Video Link

Faculty/Student Collaboration - January 24, 2014

General Information:

Come and discuss your goals for doing research, scholarship, and creative activities in collaboration with undergraduate students. Special focus will be given to resources UNW has available through the faculty student collaborative grant program. Vet your ideas, get details about the application process, and discuss how mentoring students in this way can be viable, fruitful, and personally satisfying.

Presenters

• Dr. Joanna Klein

Time and Location

• January 24, 2014

Video Recording

• Kaltura Video Link

Technology Tools for Assessment - November 25, 2013

General Information:

Thank you for voting on the technology tools to be covered at this workshop! Based on faculty votes, we will focus on demonstration and hands-on learning of Google Drive – Form and Socrative for assessing student learning.

Presenters

• Dr. Ying Shen

• Michael Wider

Time and Location

• November 25, 2013

Video Recording

• Kaltura Video Link