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Creating a Teaching Portfolio Facilitator: Dr. Diane R. Williams
	Thursday, September 9, SVC 2080, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m.
	Friday, September 10, SVC 2080, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m.
	Wednesday, September 15, SVC 2080, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m.
	Monday, September 20, SVC 2080, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m.
	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.
Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom Facilitator: Dr. Jim Eison
	Thursday, September 16, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	Friday, September 17, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	Nearly 25 years ago, McKeachie wrote in the Handbook of Research on Teaching, "College teaching and lecturing have been so long associated that when one pictures a college professor in a classroom, he almost inevitably pictures him as lecturing." A host of recent national reports, however, have challenged college and university faculty to use instructional approaches that transform students from passive listeners into active learners. This session will demonstrate both why and how this can be done. Warning: This program will practice what it teaches; active involvement is expected.
Reflecting Your Course in a Learning-Centered Syllabus Facilitator: Dr. Diane R. Williams
	Thursday, September 23, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	Friday, September 24, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	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 as well as the relationship of the syllabus to the course goals and the instructor's teaching philosophy. Illustrative syllabi from several disciplines will be considered. We will focus on designing a syllabus that establishes a framework for instructors to teach students how to learn subject matter.
Assessing Students' Writing Skills Ms. Charla Bauer Dr. Elisabeth Metzger and Dr. Teresa Flateby
	Wednesday, September 29, 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	Friday, October 1, 9:00 a.m. - noon Location: SVC 2080
	Assessment is one of the most important instructional tools available. This workshop will introduce and demonstrate the effective use of assessment to improve students' thinking and writing skills. The Cognitive Level and Quality of Writing Assessment instrument (CLAQWA) grew from a need to assess writing and cognitive levels consistently across the disciplines. Bring some samples of students' papers to practice using and applying the CLAQWA
Promoting Deep Learning Facilitator: Dr. Jim Eison
	Tuesday, October 5, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	Wednesday, October 6, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	All too many college and university students appear content to scratch the surface of assigned course readings and to memorize minimally that which might appear on examinations. Consequently, one significant instructional challenge faculty face is to develop strategies that stimulate students to delve more deeply into course material. This interactive session will explore ways faculty can teach students to better understand and appreciate the important differences between surface and deep learning. Participants will also explore ways to design in-class activities and out-of-class assignments that promote in-depth exploration and self-reflection.
Developing and Analyzing Multiple-Choice Exams Facilitator: Dr. Teresa Flateby
	Thursday, October 14, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	Friday, October 15, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	In this session, participants will learn how to examine the adequacy of their multiple-choice tests and learn strategies to ensure that their tests accurately reflect both course content and desired levels of thinking. Also, effective use of the Office of Evaluation and Testing's item-analysis printouts which reflect student, item, and test performances will be discussed. Please bring with you a copy of a classroom test you have administered and a copy of the accompanying computer printout provided by the Office of Evaluation and Testing.
Developing Students' Critical Thinking Skills Facilitator: Dr. Diane R. Williams
	Wednesday, October 20, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 1080
	Thursday, October 21, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	Why is it that students often prefer receiving crisp right answers rather than grappling with the gray areas of course content? This session will introduce Perry's stages of students' critical thinking. We will also examine Benjamin Bloom's categories of educational objectives and learn to use them to take students to a higher level of critical thinking. Classroom and laboratory applications of these ideas will be explored, including the use of the World Wide Web in assignments.
Teaching Both Course Content and Collaboration Facilitator: Dr. James Eison
	Friday, October 22, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	Wednesday, November 3, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	An increasing number of faculty recognize the need to encourage and support collaboration among students. Many report, however, that their efforts in this pursuit are continually constrained by the tyranny of course content. This session, therefore, will explore ways to (1) create the type of classroom environment that is conducive to positive forms of student collaboration, (2) design course-specific activities and assignments that promote effective collaboration, (3) teach collaborative skills in a time-efficient fashion, and (4) evaluate collaborative work.
Encouraging Student Integrity Facilitator: Dr. Jim Eison
	Tuesday, October 26, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	Wednesday, October 27, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	Recent surveys conducted at all grade levels from secondary school to medical school indicate that cheating has become commonplace. This session will examine common causes and forms of academic dishonesty and explore instructional strategies that create an academic environment that helps students learn to succeed without cheating.
The Dreaded Diversity Discussion/Class: Or Walking on Eggs Through Mine Fields Special Guest Facilitator: Dr. Peter Frederick
	Friday, November 5, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	In this highly interactive and inclusive workshop, participants will experience and explore several practical ways to involve students actively in diversity, multicultural courses and topics. Strategies include using stories and other introductory exercises, analytic frameworks and overviews, and evocative visuals, videos and quotations, all intended to transform our classrooms and prepare our students for life and leadership in an increasingly diverse society. The workshop will also explore the dangers of diversity discussions, providing ways of establishing guidelines for safe classrooms when dealing with highly-charged, emotional issues and concerns. The workshop facilitator is the author of several widely read, cited, and reprinted articles including: "The Lively Lecture: Eight Variations," "The Dreaded Discussion: Ten Ways to Start," Student Involvement: Active Learning in Large Classes," and "Walking on Eggs: Mastering the Dreaded Diversity Discussion." Peter is a Professor of History at Wabash College.
Case Method Teaching Facilitator: Dr. Jim Eison
	Monday, November 8, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	Tuesday, November 9, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	Case method teaching is an exciting and effective alternative to lecture-based instruction in many disciplines. This session will first demonstrate case method instruction and then critically examine elements of effective case method teaching. Participants will then explore ways case method writing might be adapted to their own courses.
As I See It: Students' Views on Teaching and Learning at USF Facilitators: Dr. Diane R. Williams and Mr. Trace Dace
	Monday, November 15 , 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	Tuesday, November 16, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Location: SVC 2080
	Have you ever wondered what USF students are really thinking? Here is an opportunity to ask everything you ever wanted to know but couldn't, wouldn't, didn't. A distinguished panel of undergraduate students will share insights about teaching and learning from students' perspectives. For this interactive session, come prepared for a lively question and answer exchange with colleagues and students.