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Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

New Faculty Workshops

Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching offers various workshops and seminars. Fall semester workshops that may be of particular interest to new faculty include:

What's new in i>clicker 7.4.1 (webinar)
Date: Thursday, August 6, 2015
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Presenters: iClicker Product Manager, Diana Mosley and Client Services Relationship Manager, Elizabeth Roth.
Location: 123 Penfield
Join us for a webinar presentation on new features available in iClicker 7.4.1. This webinar will also provide a discussion of the new cloud-based REEF polling option. (video)

Using i>clicker in Blackboard
Date: Wednesday, August 19
Time: 11:30 - 12:25 pm
Presenter: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
This workshop is designed for those who will be using i>clicker for the first time with Blackboard. It will begin with a brief discussion of the differences between using i>clicker 7.x and REEF polling. Participants will then set up their Blackboard course shell(s) so that students may register their clickers and instructors can easily synch rosters and scores.

Jumpstart on Teaching
Date: Wednesday, August 19
Time: 12:40 - 1:35 pm
Presenter: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
This informal workshop for new faculty members will begin with several suggestions that should help provide for a successful first semester at Oswego. This will be followed by a discussion of any concerns that new faculty members may have. Refreshments will be provided.

What does research tell us about clicker use?
Date: Wednesday, August 19
Time: 1:50 - 2:45 pm
Presenter: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
This workshop will examine some of the findings concerning the effect of clicker use on student learning outcomes. An overview of best practice will be provided. This workshop is designed for those who are considering using clickers in their classroom.

Calibrated peer review
Date: Monday, August 24
Time: 11:30 am - 12:25 pm
Presenter: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
This workshop will examine the calibrated peer review software that SUNY-Oswego is evaluating this year. An overview of the calibrated peer review process will be presented. A discussion of lessons learned from last year's use of this system and a discussion of student reactions (from a survey of over 300 students) will also be provided.

Creating a calibrated peer review assignment
Date: Monday, August 24
Time: 12:40 am - 1:35 pm
Presenter: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
This session is a hands-on session in which faculty considering the use of the calibrated peer review system for the spring 2015 semester will create one or more peer-reviewed assignments. This requires that participants have an instructor account on the calibrated peer review server. If you do not yet have an account, please contact John Kane (john.kane@oswego.edu) at least 2-3 days before the workshop so that an account can be created.

What does research tell us about clicker use?
Date: Wednesday, August 26
Time: 11:30 - 12:25 pm
Presenter: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
This workshop will examine some of the findings concerning the effect of clicker use on student learning outcomes. An overview of best practice will be provided. This workshop is designed for those who are considering using clickers in their classroom.

Using i>clicker in Blackboard
Date: Wednesday, August 26
Time: 12:40 - 1:35 pm
Presenter: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
This workshop is designed for those who will be using i>clicker for the first time with Blackboard. It will begin with a brief discussion of the differences between using i>clicker 7.x and REEF polling. Participants will then set up their Blackboard course shell(s) so that students may register their clickers and instructors can easily synch rosters and scores.

Common Myths about Learning and Teaching
Date: Wednesday, September 2
Time: 12:40 - 1:35 pm
Presenter: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
In this session, we will discuss some of the most common misconceptions that many faculty and students share about teaching and learning. Some of these myths are harmless, but others result in behavior that significantly reduces long-term knowledge retention and transfer.

Student metacognition: do students know what they know?
Date: Thursday, September 3
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Presenter: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
In this session, research findings concerning student metacognition will be examined. This will be followed by a discussion of alternative strategies that may be used to help students improve their metacognition (and their learning).

Mobile devices untethered: Apple TV in the classroom
Date: Tuesday, September 8
Time: 12:45 - 1:45
Presenter: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
In this session, participants will examine how an inexpensive Apple TV (current price = $69) may be used to provide wireless projection over a Bluetooth connection from recent model iPads, iPhones, iPods, or Macbooks. This allows students and instructors to present materials from any app or website to the class from anywhere in the room without being tethered to the projector. Control can be simply and quickly switched from one device to another. Participants in the session will be encouraged to try projecting from their devices to the projector during the session. Wireless projection over bluetooth requires a 3rd generation (or later) Apple TV, an iPad, iPhone, or iPod running iOS 8 or 9 (or a late 2012 or later Macbook).

Research-based methods of encouraging long-term learning
Date: Wednesday, September 9
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Presenter: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
The focus of this session will be on methods that enhance student ability to retain and apply the skills and knowledge acquired in our classes. Particular focus is placed on instructional methods that have been demonstrated as being effective in increasing long-term learning, including:

frequent low-stakes testing,
peer instruction,
interleaved practice, and
spaced practice.

Specific methods of implementation will be discussed.

Flipping the classroom
Date: Wednesday, September 16
Time: 3:00 - 3:50 pm
Presenter: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
This session will provide an introductory discussion of possibilities for "flipping the classroom." Under this approach, low-level tasks and assignments are completed by students outside of class and class time is devoted to individual and/or group work on higher cognitive level tasks. This approach might use such tools as just-in-time teaching and team-based learning.

Tools for flipping a classroom
Date: Wednesday, September 16
Time: 4:00 - 4:50
Presenter: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
This workshop will provide a quick overview of tools hat are available to support the construction of flipped classrooms. This discussion will cover both content creation tools such as Jing, Camtasia, Panopto, Explain Everything as well as online content sources such as Khan Academy, Merlot, MOOCs, open access educational sites, and YouTube.

Using YouTube to generate closed captioning to meet accessibility standards for video content
Date: Thursday, September 17
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
This workshop will demonstrate how YouTube's automatic captioning service may be used to create closed captioning to meet accessibility standards for short videos. This is particularly useful for faculty creating video content to support a flipped classroom.

Student motivation
Date: Tuesday, September 22
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Presenter: Jennifer Knapp, Associate Dean
Location: 123 Penfield
TBD

Using free mobile/web-based polling apps in the classroom
Date: Thursday, September 24
Time: 4:00 - 4:50 pm
Presenter: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
This hands-on workshop will examine how Socrative and PollEverywhere may be used to provide increased student engagement, more learning, and more immediate feedback on learning. Both Socrative and PollEverwhere allow you to conduct multiple choice, true-false, or free-response polls in which students submit responses from their smartphones, tablets, or laptops. (PollEverywhere also allows students to submit responses by text message). Students rarely come to class without a mobile device. Let's let them use them productively.

Preparing Effective Materials for Retention, Promotion and Tenure
Date: October 8
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Presenters: Provost Lorrie Clemo and the Deans of each School and College
Location: TBD
In this workshop, Provost Lorrie Clemo and the Deans of each School and College will discuss the criteria for retention, promotion, and tenure. Best practices in documenting faculty activities will be discussed. (view the PowerPoint slides and the Criteria for Faculty Personnel Decisions).

Using rubrics to provide transparent assessment of student work
Date: Wednesday, October 14
Time: 3:00 - 3:50 pm
Presenter: Judith Littlejohn, Instructional Designer at GCC
Location: 123 Penfield
This workshop will discuss the role that rubrics may play in making it clear to students how their work will be (and how it has been) evaluated by their instructor. A short demonstration of how to create and use a rubric will be provided.

Preparing Effective Materials for Retention, Promotion and Tenure
Date: TBD
Time: TBD
Presenters: Provost Lorrie Clemo and the Deans of each School and College
Date: TBD
In this workshop, Provost Lorrie Clemo and the Deans of each School and College will discuss the criteria for retention, promotion, and tenure. Best practices in documenting faculty activities will be discussed. (view the PowerPoint slides and the Criteria for Faculty Personnel Decisions).

End-of-term wrap up: Sharing first-term experiences
Date: Wednesday, December 2
Time: 4:00 - 4:50 pm
Presenter: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
This workshop provides an opportunity for new faculty to meet and share their successes and challenges during their first semester teaching at SUNY Oswego.