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Flashlight Online: Lighting the
Way to Student Assessment
Facilitators:
Neil Gomes and William Patterson |
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Tuesday, January 20, 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Wednesday,
January 21, 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Are you looking for ways to assess student learning in
your course? If so, in this session you will learn the basics of using
Flashlight Online, an assessment tool developed exclusively for USF and
other member institutions of the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Group.
(The TLT Group is part of the American Association for Higher Education.)
Flashlight Online is a dynamic, easy-to-use tool that offers faculty a
large database of survey templates, as well as a variety of options for
designing customized surveys of student learning. Students can easily
access and submit these surveys using any Web browser. |
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Creating
a Teaching Portfolio
Facilitator:
Carol Harneit |
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Thursday, January 22 , Time: 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Friday,
January 23, Time: 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Monday,
March 29, Time: 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Tuesday,
March 30, Time: 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Creating a teaching portfolio is an especially effective
way for faculty and graduate teaching assistants to become more reflective
about their teaching and more skillful in documenting their teaching accomplishments
for others. Teaching portfolios can be used to guide instructional improvement
efforts and strengthen applications for employment, tenure, or teaching
awards. Participants in this workshop will examine how portfolios are
best planned, written, and revised. |
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Building Community: Is There an Easy Way?
Facilitator: Shauna Schullo |
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Wednesday,
January 28, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Thursday,
January 29, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Community has many different definitions, but the
most basic definition is the ability to make meaningful connections
with others. This is often difficult in the limited time we have in
the classroom and even more difficult when teaching via distance. This
session will generate ideas on how to instill a sense of community among
students, instructors and the institution using technology and sound
educational approaches. We will define community and discuss how we
can build it in our classes with technologies that encourage immediacy,
interaction, feedback, collaboration and connections. |
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Managing
a Career as an Academic Researcher and Scholar
Facilitator:
Joe Moxley |
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Friday,
January 30, 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Pre-tenure faculty, are you working on your research
and scholarship on a daily basis? Are you familiar with how software tools
can facilitate research, collaboration, writing, and bibliographic management?
This workshop explores the generative power of daily writing, the myths
that intrude on creativity, and the habits and attitudes of successful
academic authors. Participants will develop a Document Planner for a Career
Research Plan. Check out http://www.writersatwork.us/default.aspx.
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Challenging
Students’ Values and Beliefs
Facilitators:
Diane R. Williams and Deirdre Cobb-Roberts |
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Wednesday, February 4, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Many faculty and TAs teach courses that challenge students’
values and beliefs. The Center has developed a support system for instructors
who teach such courses. We would like to invite old and new participants
to join us on Feb. 4th to take stock, compare notes, exchange ideas. We
also are gearing up our online Blackboard community for the same purpose.
However, we have heard from many of you that you would like to continue
face-to-face conversations about the issues that arise when course topics
are sensitive and challenging for students to deal with. (Contact the
Center to join the Blackboard community.) |
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Dealing with Challenging Student Behaviors
Facilitators: Lisa Brown and Victor Molinari |
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Thursday,
February 5, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Friday,
February 6, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Many
faculty have encountered challenging student behaviors, ranging from sleeping
during lectures to aggressively challenging the teaching methods or course
content of the class. Teachers may feel frustrated, guilty, anxious or
overwhelmed when dealing with troublesome student behaviors. Ideally,
knowledge of effective management strategies should be acquired before
such behaviors occur, so that if problems arise in the classroom they
can be responded to quickly and professionally. In this workshop, we will
describe techniques that can lessen the likelihood of negative student-teacher
interactions and discuss effective
ways to respond to problem behaviors before they result in serious consequences
for the student or teacher. |
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Companion
Workshops on Discussion Issues
The
following two workshops focus on different aspects of discussion issues
– both online alternatives and discussion sections of teaching
assistants. |
Alternative
Approaches to Discussion and Small Group Work Using the Internet
Facilitator:
Shauna Schullo |
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Monday,
February 9, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Tuesday,
February 10, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Technology
facilitated communication either synchronous (live) or asynchronous (delayed)
can be used in many situations where those interacting need not be in
the same location. It is usually an environment with a leader (the instructor
or group facilitator) and participants (students or group members) in
multiple locations interacting with one another, in a similar manner to
your face-to-face class. This approach can be used
to build community, enhance discussion and create effective interactive
groups quite efficiently. This session will look at options for planned
or spontaneous learning activities using current Internet technologies.
We will look at the technologies you might use to facilitate discussions,
but most importantly we will generate ideas on how to utilize the tools
to provide effective learning opportunities for your courses.
Current technologies we might look at:
• Discussion Boards (Blackboard) and other asynchronous tools
• Textual Chat and other Virtual Classrooms (Blackboard)
• Instant Messaging and audio/video based chat applications
(IM, Paltalk, IVisit, Net meeting, CuSeeMe, Wimba).
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Developing
Innovative Discussion Groups: Making the Most of Discussion Sections
Facilitators:
Jodi C. Nettleton and Marilyn Myerson |
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Wednesday,
February 11, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Thursday,
February 12, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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How can you make your discussion sections lively, interactive,
and useful all at the same time? Large classes broken into smaller discussion
groups are a growing trend across USF. In order to better serve our students,
and meet our own needs as teachers, creative methods must be in place
in order to allow for a team approach between teaching assistants and
faculty. In this session, we will examine some exciting ways to provide
for a more intimate, less alienating learning environment for large classes
and discussion groups. This session will provide teaching assistants and
faculty ways in which to develop a positive team approach. Discussion
group methods and activities will be introduced along with techniques
to improve the effectiveness of the course in general. |
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Helping with Assessing Students’ Writing
Facilitator: Teresa Flateby |
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Wednesday,
February 18, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Thursday,
February 19, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Are
you drowning in grading? Help for the grading of writing is on the way!
If you assign writing or are teaching a Gordon Rule writing course and
need assistance with grading students’ papers, this workshop is
for you! CLAQWA (Cognitive Level and Quality of Writing Assessment)
provides instructors with a framework to assess student writing consistently
and to judge the cognitive levels students attain. In this workshop,
you will: 1) learn to use CLAQWA for multiple purposes in the classroom,
2) construct writing assignments to reflect appropriate cognitive levels,
and 3) assess students’ essays with CLAQWA. |
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What is Inquiry-based Learning?
Facilitators: Drew Smith and Diane R. Williams |
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Thursday,
February 26, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Friday,
February 27, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Picture
students learning through involvement that leads to understanding, students
asking higher-level questions that lead to resolutions, and students processing
information into useful knowledge. This session will explore the essentials
of inquiry-based learning and how it differs from traditional methods
of instruction. Inquiry-based learning is an approach to teaching and
learning that reflects USF’s priorities for enhancing the research
experience of undergraduate students. |
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As I See It: Views of Haitian Students on Teaching and Learning at USF
Facilitators: Student Panel from USF's Club Creole
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Monday,
March 01, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Have
you ever wondered what USF students are really thinking? This workshop
theme about student views started in the Spring of 1999. This series continues
with an opportunity to meet a distinguished panel of Haitian students
who will share insights about teaching and learning from their perspectives.
Here is an opportunity to ask everything you ever wanted to know but couldn’t,
wouldn’t, or didn’t. For this interactive session, come prepared
for a lively question and answer exchange with colleagues and students.
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Teaching Students with Disabilities
Facilitators: Mary Sarver, David Owens, and Lorene
Burnam |
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Tuesday,
March 16, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Wednesday,
March 17, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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This
workshop will address common faculty concerns about working successfully
with students with disabilities. Among the topics to be explored include:
(1) Why provide accommodations? (2) How does the university respond to
requests for accommodations? (3) To whom should faculty direct their questions
and concerns? and (4) Are good teaching practices for students with disabilities
different from good teaching practices for students without disabilities?
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Reflecting Your Course in a Learning-Centered Syllabus
Facilitators: Diane R. Williams and William Patterson
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Thursday,
March 18, 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Friday,
March 26, 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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What’s
behind a well-developed course? The well-developed syllabus! In this session,
we will discuss the essential and optional components of a good syllabus,
the relationship of the syllabus to the course goals and the instructor’s
teaching philosophy, and the potential of the online syllabus. Illustrative
syllabi from several disciplines will be considered. We will focus on
designing both hard copy and online syllabi that establish a framework
for instructors to teach students how to learn subject matter. Assistance
will be available for those interested in designing a syllabus for a Blackboard
course site. |
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Service Learning: Engaging Students Through Community-Based Learning
Facilitators:
Robin Jones and Janna Jones |
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Friday,
March 19 , 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Are
you searching for ways to motivate students to learn a deeper level of
problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision making while making a
difference in the community? Service Learning, a growing movement among
college instructors, is a teaching approach that enriches classroom learning
by allowing students the opportunity to engage in community service as
part of their academic coursework. Not only do students experience service
to the community, but they also participate academically, building in
reflective time through their community experiences, applying classroom
concepts by researching, writing, and evaluating their community learning
as part of their coursework. This session will introduce Service Learning
and offer basic information on how to get started. Participants will meet
instructors who have been incorporating Service Learning in their courses
as well as representatives of community service organizations who have
worked with instructors to provide meaningful community experiences for
students. |
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Using Cooperative Learning to Facilitate Student Learning
Facilitator: Gwendolyn Quinn |
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Monday,
March 22, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Tuesday,
March 23, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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This
session will present ways of organizing the environment, including tasks,
composition of groups, and the culture of your classroom to maximize the
cooperative learning experience. This session will also include a discussion
of the benefits and challenges of cooperative learning in varied environments,
such as distance learning and large classes. |
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Facilitating Learning for Gay and Lesbian Students
Facilitators: Jennifer Baggerly and students from USF’s
PRIDE organization |
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Wednesday,
March 24, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Thursday,
March 25, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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The
University of South Florida is committed to providing a safe and diverse
learning environment for all students, including gays and lesbians. In
a recent USF Climate Survey, a majority of faculty and staff respondents
believed they needed more opportunities to understand gays and lesbians.
Research from other educational institutions indicates gay and lesbian
students perceive their learning environment as unsafe. In order to increase
understanding and create a safe learning environment for gay and lesbian
students, this
workshop will explain barriers that gay and lesbian students experience
and strategies to facilitate their learning. Student testimonies, active
learning, and resources will be provided. |
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Making the Case Against Plagiarism
Facilitators: Mike Pinsky and Jan Ignash |
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Wednesday,
March 31, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Your
students come to USF to learn the skills for their intended professions,
but one thing a student must learn to succeed in his or her field is professional
integrity. This session will explore the issues related to awareness,
prevention, detection, and consequences of plagiarism. Participants will
learn about techniques and tools for teaching professional integrity and
dealing with plagiarism in the classroom. Participants will also learn
about Turnitin.com, USF’s new plagiarism detection service.
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Developing Students’ Critical Thinking Skills
Facilitators: Diane R. Williams, Ellen Hufnagel, and
Carlos Zalaquett |
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Wednesday,
April 7, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Thursday,
April 8, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Why
is it that students often prefer receiving crisp right answers rather
than grappling with the gray areas of course content? This session will
explore approaches to teaching and learning that take students to a higher
level of critical thinking. Classroom and laboratory applications of these
ideas will be explored, including assessment of students’ critical
thinking skills. |
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Support for Instructors Teaching Large Classes
Facilitator: Diane R. Williams |
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Friday,
April 9, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC2080 |
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Do
you consider some of your courses to be LARGE? Many faculty and TAs have
been interacting with us and each other to learn about ways of working
with large classes. We are starting a Blackboard support community for
all interested instructors who teach large classes. Please contact the
Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence to join the online community.
We will share tips and concerns in the online community
throughout the spring semester and meet face-to-face on Friday, April
9 to see some movie clips of large classes where innovative strategies
are used. |
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