Spring 2015 CELT Events

The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching offers various workshops and seminars. Spring semester workshops include:

Tuesday, February 3 - "Using Calibrated Peer Review" - John Kane, (12:45 - 1:45, 123 Penfield). Add this to your Google calendar:

Wednesday, February 4 - "Using Calibrated Peer Review" - John Kane, (12:40 - 1:35, 123 Penfield). Add this to your Google calendar: 

Tuesday, February 10 - COIL project meeting - John Kane (12:45 - 1:45 pm, 123 Penfield). Add this to your Google calendar:

Friday, February 13 - COIL project meeting - John Kane (3:00 - 4:00 pm, 123 Penfield). Add this to your Google calendar:

Wednesday, February 18 - iPad Pilot II group meeting (12:40 pm, 123 Penfield).  Add this to your Google calendar:

Tuesday, February 24 - Classroom (and other) presentations using mobile devices - John Kane (12:45 - 1:40, 123 Penfield). Add this to your Google calendar:

Tuesday, March 10 - COIL project meeting - John Kane (12:45 - 1:45 pm, 123 Penfield). Add this to your Google calendar: 

Wednesday, March 11 - Google Hangouts - John Kane and Nicole Decker (12:40 - 1:35, 123 Penfield). You may watch this workshop presentation live (or as a recording) on YouTube Add this to your Google calendar:

Friday, March 13 - COIL project meeting - John Kane (3:00 - 4:00 pm, 123 Penfield). Add this to your Google calendar:

Title: REEF Polling by i>clicker Exploration webinar
Date: Thursday, March 24
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Presenter: Leslie Hendrix
Location: 123 Penfield
Description: Explore the brand new digital polling product created by the folks at i>clicker. REEF Polling is not an upgrade to an existing product - it is a completely new and built from the ground up mobile polling solution with students and instructors in mind. REEF Polling can be used in tandem with i>clicker remotes in the classroom to enhance the student experience. Students get real-time feedback during lectures and can use their REEF Polling account to review questions as a study guide. All data is stored in the cloud so you never have to worry about losing data and it is easy for other instructors to sub for you - no more trading a thumb drive back and forth. REEF Polling makes the instructor's job easier and students love it.  Add this to your Google calendar:

Exploring VoiceThread: Expanding Your Instructional ToolBox (webinar sponsored by SUNY FACT2 Mobile Technology Task Group)
Date: Monday, March 30, 2015
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Presenters:  Kirsty Digger, SUNY - Delhi, Kathleen Gradel, SUNY-Fredonia, Jeffrey Riman, SUNY-FIT
Location: online
Description: VoiceThread is a platform agnostic cloud-based tool that can be used in a variety of formats to present and comment on media. Take a tour of VoiceThread, learn about its features and how faculty from different disciplines have applied in it online, face-to-face, or in hybrid settings. The session will introduce various licensing options, and focus on mobile use. Add this to your Google Calendar:

Common Myths about Learning and Teaching
Date: Wednesday, April 1
Time: 12:40 - 1:35
Presenter: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield, through Google Hangout on Air (also streamed through YouTube)
Description: In this interactive SUNY-Oswego CELT workshop presentation, we will examine some of the most common misperceptions 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. To participate interactively, download the Socrative mobile app for students (from the iOS App Store or the Google Play store) or go to http://www.socrative.com on your computer or mobile device. Create a free student account and join room 136745 at the start of the session.

iPad use in Art Instruction
Date: Friday, April 10, 2015
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Presenters: Lisa Langlois, SUNY Oswego, Christopher McEvoy, SUNY Oswego
Location: online
Description: The Art Department at SUNY-Oswego has been active in using mobile technology in art history and studio art classes. This is partly the result on a novel iPad pilot program instituted in the 2013-2014 academic year by the campus Provost. Two Art Faculty will describe how mobile technology has been used in enhancing student learning in their classes. Among the applications discussed will be:

• Presentation apps
• Research tools
• Digital art creation and tools
• Evaluation and assessment applications

An annotated list of useful art education apps will be provided to workshop participants. Add this to your Google calendar:

COIL Project meeting
Date: Friday, April 10
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Organizer: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
Description: This is a monthly meeting of the faculty group participating in the COIL program. Any faculty interested in exploring the development of a COIL class is encouraged to attend. Add this to your Google calendar:

COIL Project meeting
Date: Tuesday, April 14
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Organizer: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
Description: This is a monthly meeting of the faculty group participating in the COIL program. Any faculty interested in exploring the development of a COIL class is encouraged to attend. Add this to your Google calendar:

iPad use in Anthropology Classes
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Presenters: Douglas Pippin and Kathleen Blake
Location: online
Description: This webinar will describe the recent activity by the SUNY Oswego Department of Anthropology in using iPads for forensic and archaeology labs, for field data collection, and as a platform for an interactive student handbook. A variety of uses for the iPads are already in place, and more are planned. They will assist faculty with interactive teaching related to the human skeleton, examining non-human primates, interactive modeling of bones and artifacts, and managing data collection for forensic and archaeological research. In addition, several applications will be helpful for exam review and labs, as many have built in quiz functioning. For data collection, using tablets would allow multiple users to link to our main lab database. Mapping applications integrate field data collection with geographic information systems in order to create data-driven maps. Add this to your Google calendar by clicking here:

Propagating Mobile Learning in the Classroom through a Faculty Learning Community
Date: Monday, April 20, 2015
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm,
Presenters: Pam Neely (SUNY-Brockport), Ann Pearlman (SUNY-Brockport), Logan Rath (SUNY-Brockport), Jie Zhang (SUNY-Brockport)
Location: online
Description: Known by its hashtag #FLCmobile, the "Using Mobile Technologies for Student Learning and Engagement" Faculty Learning Community (FLC) investigated practical ways to increase student learning and engagement with the use of mobile applications and personal mobile devices. Members of #FLCmobile will discuss lessons learned as they co-piloted mobile applications such as Blackboard Mobile Learn, Padlet, Pinterest, and Twitter in support of student-centered discovery, sharing, and collaboration. Discover how an FLC's yearlong process of learning, reflection, and mutual support can accelerate professional development and inspire classroom innovation.  Add this to your Google calendar:

"The Musician's Friend": iPad Apps and Strategies for Improving Performance
Date: April 22, 2015
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm,
Presenter: Trevor Jorgensen, SUNY Oswego
Location: online
In this webinar, Trevor Jorgensen will discuss how he has used mobile apps to enhance student learning in his musical performance and conducting classes. As part of this discussion, he will examine how mobile apps have been used to analyze and transcribe professional recordings, create musical accompaniment, improve music theory and ear training skills, record and assess performance technique, and replaced and improved upon traditional metronomes and tuners. Apps to be discussed: SmartMusic, iReal Pro, Amazing Slower Downer, Clear Tune, Tempo, Total Energy Tuner, Slo Pro, and Music Theory Pro. Add this to your Google calendar:

Backchannels 101: Enhancing Synchronous Events with Mobile Tools
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Presenters: Kathleen Gradel, SUNY-Fredonia, Kathryn Pole, University of Texas - Arlington
Location: online
Description: What are backchannels? Typically they are real-time online conversations and posts that occur alongside a primary group activity such as a class or meeting, and can extend beyond the end of the group activity as a way to keep a conversation going after a group has dispersed. Have you considered using a backchannel in your teaching or other professional work? What tools might you use? Are there any "tricks of the trade"? How can backchannel tools help learners stay engaged? And what does this have to do with mobile technology? Add this to your Google Calendar:

Keeping it simple:  Principles and progress in the assessment of student learning (4:00 - 5:00 pm, 123 Penfield).
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Presenter: Assessment Fellow Leigh Bacher
Location: 123 Penfield
Description: The focus of this presentation is to share several principles and tools for department-level assessment of student learning.  Although some examples describe the Psychology department, the principles and tools may be applied to any department.  (This talk is given as part of the University Assessment Fellows program.) Add this to your Google calendar:

Notetaking: Tools & Strategies to Enhance Students' Study Skills
Date: May 5, 2015
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Presenters: Kathleen Gradel, SUNY Fredonia, Lisa Langlois, SUNY Oswego
Location: online
Description: Notetaking...whose job is it, anyhow? Many students think that the instructor "owes" them a slidedeck "printout" for lectures. Does this strategy help promote students' own understanding of the material? We'll explore this question - along with multiple tools - to enhance students' use of their own devices for notetaking and summarizing. Plus, we'll share a resource toolbox with participants. Add this to your Google calendar:

COIL Project meeting
Date: Friday, May 8
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Organizer: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
Description: This is a monthly meeting of the faculty group participating in the COIL program. Any faculty interested in exploring the development of a COIL class is encouraged to attend. Add this to your Google calendar:


COIL Project meeting
Date: Tuesday, May 12
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Organizer: John Kane
Location: 123 Penfield
Description: This is a monthly meeting of the faculty group participating in the COIL program. Any faculty interested in exploring the development of a COIL class is encouraged to attend. Add this to your Google calendar:

Infrastructure and Support for Mobile Learning
Date: May 11, 2015
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Presenters: Sean Moriarty, SUNY Oswego
Location: online
Description: Having a solid backend support network for faculty teaching with mobile learning technology is important for the success of the program. This session will discuss the programs that Oswego State has implemented in their wifi systems, support structures and faculty incentives to move forward with mobile technologies in the classroom. Add this to your Google calendar:

Using Students' Devices for Informal Course Assessments: Mobile Apps That Work
Date: May 18, 2015
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Presenters: Kathleen Gradel, SUNY Fredonia
Location: online
Description: Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) are simple, easily graded or non-graded activities that serve as formative "barometers" for instructors and learners. They are not new, but current web-based tools help make CATS more efficient in coursework; they are equally applicable for professional development. This session will feature examples of functional mobile tools in action, as well as guiding you to resources for scaling up your own practice. (We know that the academic year is nearly over...wouldn't this be a good time to think about next term?) Add this to your Google calendar: