Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

Spring 2009 Workshops and Seminars

The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching offers a variety of workshops and seminars for faculty and staff. Spring semester workshops include:

February 4^th - "Introduction to Turnitin" - David Bozak and Greg Ketcham (12:40 pm -1:35 pm in 123 Penfield)
February 6^th - "Using a Graphics Tablet in the Classroom" - Casey Raymond (12:40 pm - 1:35 pm in 123 Penfield) (watch the video)
February 20^th - "Diversity" - Cathy Santos (12:40 pm - 1:35 pm in 123 Penfield)
March 2^nd - "Involving undergraduates in Astronomical Research: a case study" - Shashi Kanbur (12:40 pm - 1:35 pm in 123 Penfield) (watch the video)
March 4^th - Brown bag lunch for the large-class instruction faculty learning community - 12:40 pm - 1:35 pm in CC 206
March 6^th - "Putting Together a Poster: How is it Different Than a Talk?" - Casey Raymond (12:40 pm - 1:35 pm in 123 Penfield) - (view the handout).
March 20^th - "Mentoring (for Mentors)" - Cathy Santos (12:40 pm - 1:35 pm in 123 Penfield) (watch the video)
March 23^rd - "TA or Not TA" - Christine Hirsch (12:40 pm - 1:35 pm in 123 Penfield)
March 25^th - Brown bag lunch for the large-class instruction faculty learning community - 12:40 pm - 1:35 pm in CC 206
March 27^th - "Mentoring (for New Faculty)" - Cathy Santos (12:40 pm - 1:35 pm in 123 Penfield) (watch the video)
April 3^rd - "Using Clickers in the classroom: How might they be used to increase student learning?" - Bill Goffe and Larry Fuller (12:40 - 1:35 in 123 Penfield) (watch the video)
April 8^th - "Concept Mapping" - Marcia Burrell and Matt Spindler (12:40 pm - 1:35 pm in 123 Penfield) (watch the video)
April 15^th - Brown bag lunch for the diversity faculty learning community - 12:40 pm - 1:35 pm (CC 206)
April 17^th - "Getting clickers to work for you: the technical aspects" - Larry Fuller and Bill Goffe (12:40 pm - 1:35 pm in 123 Penfield) (watch the video)
April 20^th - "Common pitfalls in advisement" - Michelle Bandla, Chris LaLonde, and Rameen Mohammadi (12:40 pm - 1:35 pm in 123 Penfield) (watch the video)
April 22^nd - Brown bag lunch for the large-class instruction faculty learning community - 12:40 pm - 1:35 pm in CC 206
April 24^th - "So Do I Have to Put in All the Commas?: What's It Mean to Teach 'Writing Across the Curriculum'?"- Michael Murphy (12:40 pm - 1:35 pm in 123 Penfield)
April 27^th - "Increase student motivation, learning and retention: The significant impact of Instructor Immediacy" - Kristen Eichhorn and Jennifer Knapp (12:40 pm - 1:35 pm in 123 Penfield) (watch the video)
May 6^th - "Using ANGEL to generate a mastery learning quizzing system" - John Kane (12:40 pm - 1:35 pm in 123 Penfield) (watch the video or a screen capture)
May 8^th - "Reflections on Life and Teaching" - Liz Dunne Schmitt (12:40-1:35 in 123 Penfield) (watch the video)