Fall 2014 CELT Events
The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching offers various workshops and seminars. Fall semester workshops include:
Wednesday, August 20 - Academic Affairs Retreat (9:00 am - 3:30 pm, Sheldon Ballroom) - afternoon workshops on project-based learning
Friday, August 22 - "Jumpstart on Teaching" - John Kane (12:40 - 1:35 pm, 123 Penfield).
Thursday, August 28 (postponed) - "The Do's and Don'ts of accommodating students with disabilities" - Starr Wheeler and Patrick Devendorf (12:45 - 1:45, 123 Penfield).
Friday, August 29 - Calibrated Peer Review System Pilot - John Kane (12:40 - 1:35, 123 Penfield).
Wednesday, September 3 - Calibrated Peer Review System Pilot - John Kane (12:40 - 1:35, 123 Penfield).
Thursday, September 4 - Calibrated Peer Review System Pilot - John Kane (12:45 - 1:45, 123 Penfield).
Friday, September 5 - "Common myths about teaching and learning" - John Kane (12:40 - 1:35, 123 Penfield). (watch the video)
Thursday, September 11 - "Using clickers in the classroom" - John Kane (4:00 - 5:00. 123 Penfield).
Friday, September 12 - "Using free mobile/web-based polling apps in the classroom" - John Kane (12:40 - 1:35, 123 Penfield).
Monday, September 15 - COIL project meeting - John Kane (12:40 - 1:35 pm, 123 Penfield).
Tuesday, September 16 - COIL project meeting - John Kane (4:00 - 5:00 pm, 123 Penfield).
Wednesday, September 17 - Flipping the Classroom - John Kane (12:40 - 1:35 pm, 123 Penfield).
Wednesday, September 24 - "Planning a WAC Workshop: Advice for Students About Reading Faculty Comments and Asking for Help" - Stephanie Pritchard, Katie Stout, Ken Nichols, and Melissa Webb (11:30 - 12:30, 123 Penfield).
Thursday, October 9, "Using YouTube to generate closed captioning to meet accessibility standards for video content" - John Kane (4:00 pm, 123 Penfield)
Friday, October 10 - Saturday, October 11 - Tenth Annual SUNY-Oswego Symposium on Learning and Teaching
Monday, October 20 - COIL project meeting - John Kane (12:40 - 1:35 pm, 123 Penfield). You may add this to your Google calendar by clicking here: 
Monday, October 20 - COIL project meeting - John Kane (4:00 - 5:00 pm, 123 Penfield). You may add this to your Google calendar by clicking here:
Tuesday, October 21 - "Preparing Effective Materials for Retention, Promotion and Tenure" - Provost Lorrie Clemo and the Deans of each School and College ) (view the PowerPoint slides and the Criteria for Faculty Personnel Decisions). (4:00 - 5:30 p.m., Marano Campus Ctr 132 Auditorium ). You may add this to your Google calendar by clicking here:
Wednesday, October 22 - "Talking Writing, a meeting of Writing Across the Curriculum's brown bag lunch series" - Mike Murphy (11:30, 123 Penfield).
Wednesday, October 22 - "Student Grant Workshop for Scholarly and Creative Activities" - Frank Byrne and Kristen Munger (12:40 - 1:35, 123 Penfield) (watch the video)
Thursday, October 23 - iPad Pilot II group meeting (4:00 pm, 123 Penfield).
Tuesday, October 28 - "Creating digital faculty portfolios for promotion and retention" - Mark Springston and Amy Bidwell (12:45 - 2:00 pm, Park 102).
Wednesday, October 29 - "Assessing Student Writing in the Social Sciences and Humanities" - Jennie Han (12:40 - 1:35 pm, 123 Penfield).
Thursday, October 30, "Using YouTube to generate closed captioning to meet accessibility standards for video content" - John Kane (4:00 pm, 123 Penfield).
Wednesday, November 5 - COIL meeting with Jon Rubin from the SUNY COIL Center (11:35 - 12:35 pm, 123 Penfield) (followed by pizza and beverages, provided by Provost Lorrie Clemo)
Wednesday, November 5 - COIL meeting with Jon Rubin from the SUNY COIL Center (1:50 - 2:45 pm, 123 Penfield) (followed by pizza and beverages, provided by Provost Lorrie Clemo)
Monday, November 17 - Using tablet computers as electronic whiteboards - John Kane and Dave Kahn (4:00 - 5:00 pm, 123 Penfield).
Tuesday, November 18 - Calibrated Peer Review System Pilot - John Kane (4:00 - 5:00, 123 Penfield). (watch the video)
Wednesday, November 19, "Talking Writing, a meeting of Writing Across the Curriculum's brown bag lunch series" - Mike Murphy (11:30, 123 Penfield).
Wednesday, November 19 - "Creating digital faculty portfolios for promotion and retention" - Mark Springston and Amy Bidwell (3:00 - 4:15 pm, Library Instruction Room I). (watch the video)
Thursday, November 20 - iPad Pilot II group meeting (4:00 pm, 123 Penfield).
Monday, November 24 - COIL project meeting - John Kane (12:40 - 1:35 pm, 123 Penfield).
Tuesday, November 25 - New features in iOS 8 and Yosemite - Dave Kahn (12:45 - 1:40 pm, 123 Penfield).
Tuesday, November 25 - COIL project meeting - John Kane (4:00 - 5:00 pm, 123 Penfield).
Wednesday, November 26 - Recording and editing videos on iPads or iPhones using iMovie - John Kane and Dave Kahn (12:40 - 1:35 pm, 123 Penfield). (watch the video)
Monday, December 1 - Editing and creating Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents on mobile devices - John Kane and Dave Kahn (12:40 - 1:35 pm, 123 Penfield).
Monday, December 1, "Creating and editing PDFs on tablet computers" - John Kane (4:00 - 5 pm, 123 Penfield).
Wednesday, December 3, "Talking Writing, a meeting of Writing Across the Curriculum's brown bag lunch series" - Mike Murphy (11:30, 123 Penfield).
Thursday, December 4 - "End-of-term wrap up: Sharing first-term experiences" - John Kane (4:00 - 5:00 pm, 123 Penfield). (A new faculty workshop)
Friday, December 5 - "Calibrated peer review: feedback from a large intro class" - John Kane (12:40 - 1:35, 123 Penfield). (watch the video)
Wednesday, December 10 - "Accessories for tablets and smartphones" - John Kane and Dave Kahn (12:40 - 1:35 pm, 123 Penfield). You may add this to your Google calendar by clicking here: