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Conferences 2010-2011

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At UWSP

You are invited to attend
“Artists Training Artists II: A Collaborative Conference on Teaching and Learning through the Arts”
June 15-17, 2011
Beginning with registration at 6:00 p.m. on June 15 and ending at 1:30 p.m. on June 17, 2011
Noel Fine Arts Center
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Registration, all conference sessions, and evening meals will be provided at no cost. Participants are responsible for parking, breakfast and lunch. A parking permit for 2 days is $8.00.

The program for the conference offers inspired presentations and activities by UW System Arts faculty members. Participants will share best practices and build inter-institutional and/or inter-disciplinary communities that focus on teaching and learning through the arts. Artists Training Artists II will feature the following presenters and special guests:

Featured Guest Workshop
Bill Cerbin (UW-La Crosse) and Nancy Chick (UW-Colleges) on “Lesson Study”

Featured Performances
Marnie Dresser (UW-Richland Center)
Jenny Harkness and Forrest Mann (UWSP Students)
Perspectives: A Collaboration of the Arts

Scheduled Presenters for Artists Training Artists II
Elizabeth Grbavcich and Jenice Meyer (UW-Superior)
Lois Guderian (UW-Superior)
Joseph Haid (UW-Stout)
Steve Hill, Rhonda Sprague, Mark Tolstedt, Chang Woo (UW-Stevens Point)
Larry Harper (Carroll University)
Joan Karlen and Amy Gervasio (UW-Stevens Point)
Steve Hill, Rhonda Sprague, Mark Tolstedt, Chang Woo (UW-Stevens Point)
Gautam Wadhwa (UW-Whitewater)

In 2009, the inaugural “Artists Training Artists Conference” took place on the campus of the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Inspired by a series of interdisciplinary collaborations at UWSP in fine arts and communications and supported by funds through the UW System Office of Professional and Instructional Development (OPID), COFAC, and UWSP’s Center for Academic Excellence and Student Engagement (CAESE), the first conference was successful with a need for follow-up meetings. As a result, and once again with generous support through OPID, COFAC, and CAESE, we are pleased to invite you to this second conference to further explore the scholarship of teaching and learning through the arts.

15th Annual UWSP Teaching Conference:
Breaking Bread: The Power of Faculty Learning Communities
January 20, 2011
8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Alumni Room, Dreyfus University Center

Agenda

You are invited to the 15th Annual UWSP Teaching Conference, “Breaking Bread: The Power of Faculty Learning Communities,” on January 20, 2011. Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) are medium-sized groups of cross-disciplinary faculty and staff “who engage in an active, collaborative, year-long program with a curriculum about enhancing teaching and learning and with frequent seminars and activities that provide learning, development, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and community building” (Cox & Richlin, p. 8, 2004). 

The conference keynote speaker is Dr. Laurie Richlin.  Dr. Richlin’s presentation, “Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs): What are they?  What do they do?  Why are they important? and How do you do it?,” provides the foundation for the conference activities. Attendees will learn about the benefits and power of faculty learning communities during this hands-on conference.

Dr. Laurie Richlin is Director of the Office of Faculty Development at the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science. She previously was the Director of the Claremont Graduate University Preparing Future Faculty and Learning Communities Program. In addition, she is Director of the Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching - West, Executive Editor of the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching and the Learning Communities Journal, and President of the International Alliance of Teacher Scholars. She received her doctorate in higher education from the Claremont Graduate University, and her dissertation research on alternative doctoral scholarship received the national Gratzke award from the American Association of University Administrators. Her most recent publication is the book, Blueprint for Learning: Constructing Courses to Facilitate, Assess, and Document Learning (Stylus, 2006). She has taught numerous courses, including "The Academic Career," "Teaching and Learning in Higher Education," "New Orleans: Legacy and Promise," "Journalism," "Career Development," capstone courses in Education, and writing and research methods courses in several disciplines. Richlin developed and implemented the Teaching Assistant Development Program at the University of California, Riverside, was "Educator in Residence" at four small colleges in Kentucky and Indiana under a Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) grant, and served as Director of the Office of Faculty Development at the University of Pittsburgh before returning to California.

For more information about FLCs visit the FLC website at http://www.units.muohio.edu/flc/index.php

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We are pleased to announce that UWSP will host the
4th Annual Critical Thinking Conference
Helping Students Reason Better:
Using Argument Models in the Classroom
Friday, October 15, 2010
from 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.*
in the Legacy Room of the Dreyfus University Center.

* Interested faculty and academic staff members who are unable to attend the entire conference are warmly invited to register and attend whatever part of the conference is consistent with their schedules.

Registration is free and lunch will be provided.

No expertise in teaching critical thinking will be assumed, although we will certainly benefit from the expertise and experience you bring. Everyone is welcome.

Conference Objectives
The concept of critical thinking encompasses a number of very specific and highly transferrable skills. These skills can be effectively taught using three distinct but roughly equivalent methods of argument analysis: the Box and Arrow Method, the Toulmin Method, and the Scientific Method.

After attending this conference, participants will be able to:

• Identify the fundamental components of the Box and Arrow Method.
• Identify the fundamental components of the Toulmin Method.
• Identify the fundamental components of the Scientific Method.
• Explain how the Box and Arrow Method, the Toulmin Method, and the Scientific Method are different tools for identifying and cultivating a common set of critical thinking skills.
• Construct a classroom activity or student assignment that uses the Box and Arrow Method, the Toulmin Method, or the Scientific Method to enhance student critical thinking skills.

  Conference Agenda    

  8:30 – 9:00	Coffee and Socializing
  9:00 – 9:30	Critical Thinking in General        What is (and isn’t) Critical Thinking?        What does Critical Thinking Look Like in Different Disciplines?
  9:30 – 9:55	The Box and Arrow Method - Dona Warren (Philosophy)
  9:55 – 10:10	History of the Toulmin Method - Bill Davidson (Communication)
  10:10 – 10:35	Toulmin in Communication Courses -Bill Davidson (Communication)
  10:35 - 11:00	Toulmin in English Courses - Rebecca Stephens (English)
  11:00 – 11:25	The Scientific Method - Diane Caporale (Biology)
  11:25 – 11:30	Explanation of Afternoon Activities
  11:30 – 12:30	Lunch and Conversation
  12:30 – 1:30	Small Groups      Using Box and Arrow in your Classes      Using Toulmin in your Classes      Using the Scientific Method in your Classes
  1:30 – 2:00	Sharing with the Large Group

  
  This conference is made possible by an OPID grant and support from UWSP’s Center for Academic Excellence and Student Engagement.
  

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