Past Workshops
2010
What You Need to
Know about Teaching a First Year Seminar
April 23, 2010
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Legacy Room, Dreyfus University Center
Are you interested in teaching a seminar for first year students? Are you wondering how to engage these students in the classroom? What is different about teaching a class of first year students than classes of upper level students? How do you engage the students in the University as a whole? Are you interested in using peer mentors to assist in the seminar program?
The Center for Academic Excellence and Student Engagement invites you to a workshop sponsored by UW-Green Bay entitled, “What You Need to Know about Teaching a First Year Seminar.” The workshop is scheduled for Friday, April 23, 2010, (from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.) in the Legacy Room of the DUC.
This workshop hopes to answer the questions above and more. Research has shown that faculty development is a key component in the success of first year courses. The primary purpose of this workshop is to provide you with information to initiate your program, assist with coordination of the seminars, and provide information regarding the use of peer mentors.
Inclusive Excellence is Good Pedagogy
May 24 - 25, 2010
The Center for Academic Excellence and Student
Engagement is offering an interactive two-day workshop on
integrating the objectives of Inclusive Excellence in the classroom.
The
workshop will take place from
9:00 a.m. – 4:00
p.m. on May 24-25, 2010.
The goal of the workshop is to support faculty and academic
teaching staff in preparing all students to function in a
multicultural society.
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Identify the unique perspectives each of them brings to the learning environment
● Recognize the diverse
characteristics that all students bring to the learning environment
●
Develop a set of strategies for creating a more inclusive learning
environment
● Increase their ability to handle
tough questions about inclusivity in the learning environment
Participants in this workshop will receive a $200 stipend upon completion of the following:
● workshop attendance, May
24-25, 2010 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.
● pre-post workshop surveys
●
identification of a strategy that will create a more inclusive
learning environment that you will implement in a future course.
ePortfolio Workshop
July 12-16, 2010
As a participant in this workshop you will:
● create a professional development
eportfolio
●
learn how to use electronic portfolios in course and program
assessment
●
create a plan to use ePortfolios in
at least one course during the Fall 2010 semester
Workshop participants will meet from 9:00 – 12:00 a.m. July 12 – July 16, 2010, in LRC 107. Afternoons, 1:00 – 3:30 pm, are set aside for participants to complete workshop activities.
As a participant in this workshop you will receive a $500 stipend on fulfillment of the following:
● Attend all five
days of the workshop
●
Offer a course during the Fall 2010
semester that uses D2L’s
portfolios in assessment
●
Collect data on students’ experiences
using D2L’s ePortfolio
A Learning Outcomes Approach to Curricular Redesign
The Center for Academic Excellence and Student Engagement is offering a summer workshop on course redesign using a learning outcomes approach. As a result of this workshop, participants will learn how to develop measureable learning outcomes and effective assessment strategies.
Participants will meet from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Monday-Friday during both workshops; afternoons will be spent redesigning your course syllabus.
Those interested in participating will receive a $500 stipend. In order to receive a stipend, participants will be required to:
●
Attend scheduled workshop meetings
● Redesign an existing course
syllabus using a learning outcomes approach
●
Write a one page reflection paper
●
Complete pre/post workshop surveys
Web Conferencing in Online Instruction
The Center for Academic Excellence and Student Engagement is
collaborating with Information Technology’s Teaching and Learning
Resource Network to offer a workshop on the use of Web Conferencing
in online instruction. Web Conferencing is an educational technology
that makes interactive audio and video
sessions via the Internet possible. This enables instructors
and learners to participate in a live class at a distance
using their personal computers.
During the workshop participants will receive technical training in
the use of Microsoft Office's Web Conferencing tool, Live Meeting,
and information outlining the educational
uses of Web Conferencing.
As a result of this workshop participants will be able to:
Discuss the pros and cons of Web Conferencing in instruction
Conduct an Office Live Meeting incorporating the following Live Meeting tools: Document Sharing, Whiteboard, Polling, Online Chat, and Recorder
Integrate an Office Live Meeting event into an instructional topic for use in an existing course
Participants completing the workshop activities will receive a web
camera and headset for their personal use in creating and offering
Live Meeting Web Conferences.
Instructional Video Workshop
The Center for Academic Excellence and Student Engagement in partnership with Information Technology’s Teaching & Learning Resource Network is offering an instructional Video Workshop. The workshop will feature Camtasia Relay, a new software tool offered through UWSP. Camtasia Relay records an instructor’s computer screen and voice, enabling the recording of small, meaningful video segments that can facilitate student comprehension and review of difficult concepts. Camtasia Relay can also be used to record presentations and lectures for anywhere/anytime viewing by students.
During the workshop participants will receive technical training in the use of Camtasia software and instruction in best practices in developing and designing educational resources.
As a result of this workshop participants will be able to:
Discuss the pros and cons of lecture capture
Identify “best fits” for both smaller, reusable video segments and recorded lectures
Create a Camtasia video for use in their instruction
Record a mini-lecture
In preparation for the workshop, participants are asked to identify and bring with them at least one difficult concept within their course subject matter where they believe their students would benefit from a review of captured screen and voice.
Participants completing the workshop activities will receive a web camera and headset for use in creating additional instructional videos.
Summer 2010 Curricular Redesign for the Online EnvironmentAre you interested in developing a full or
partial course for online delivery? Are you teaching a general
education course that you’d like to move online? If so read below!
As in the past, the Vice Chancellor’s office is
sponsoring a Summer 2010 Curricular Redesign Program for the Online
Environment for faculty members interested in developing either a
full or partial (blended/hybrid) course for online delivery.
In addition to the Vice
Chancellor’s support a grant is available to support up to ten
faculty members who are interested in moving general education
courses to the online environment.
Purpose:
The purpose of
this program is to prepare faculty to teach in the online
environment. This professional development activity provides
participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to develop and
deliver either a blended/hybrid or totally online course.
Schedule:
The Summer 2010 Curricular Redesign Program is
a fully online program.
Participants will meet online for four weeks beginning June 21th and
ending on July 16th.
Participation Requirements:
Participants
are expected to spend 2 – 3 hours per day (M-F) completing required
activities and assignments and participating in online discussions.
Participants must complete all assignments and activities
which will result in the redesign of a major portion of one
face-to-face course for the online environment. After completion of
the online portion of the program, all participants will complete
development of their selected course and deliver their online course
during the 2010-2011 academic year.
Prerequisites
•
Knowledge and use of the
internet.
•
Familiarity with D2L.
If you feel that you are lacking in either of the
prerequisites above, the Teaching and Learning Resource Network
(TLRN) will be happy to work with you prior to the program to
upgrade your skills. Please call Mary at x3047.
Reimbursement:
Participants will receive a $3000 stipend for
both portions of the program. $1200 will be paid after completion of
the online portion of the program when the participant has completed
all activities and assignments.
The remaining $1,800 will be paid upon completion
of the delivered online course during the 2010-20011 academic year.
Proposals will be selected based on the following
factors: availability of funds, the course being developed, target
audience, goals and anticipated gains, campus wide impact, and
availability of the participant to attend all sessions. In addition,
each participant will be asked to submit an email or other
electronic document indicating support of their department chair to
the Center for Academic Excellence and Student Engagement,
caese@uwsp.edu. Application
decisions will be made by the Provost and college deans. Applicants
will be notified by the end of April 2010.
Participants of past
workshops are not eligible to re-apply.
2009
2009 Curricular Redesign
To see a description of the program,
click here.
Assessment Academy
The Center for Academic Excellence and Student
Engagement (CAESE) is collaborating with the Assessment Subcommittee
(ASC) to offer an Assessment Academy for departments this spring
semester. The Assessment Academy workshops are designed to help
departments craft and revise their program learning outcomes, as
requested by the ASC and the Faculty Senate. These workshops are
scheduled for Friday afternoons from 2:00 -4:30 on the
following dates:
February 12 Session 1:
Developing Program Learning Outcomes
March 12 Session 2: Refining Program Learning
Outcomes
April 16 Session 3: Assessing Program
Learning Outcomes
All departments are encouraged to attend regardless of where they are in the process of developing their program learning outcomes. The workshops offer a chance for faculty and staff at UWSP to work collaboratively and to help each other as we strive toward improving our assessment of student learning on campus. Each department is asked to send 2-3 persons who will be able to attend all three workshops.
If you are interested in attending, please contact your Department Chair.
Grant Writing
Workshop Series for Spring of 2010
When:
February 5, March 5, April 2, and April 23, 2010 from 1:30 – 3:30
p.m.
Where:
LRC 310
This workshop
Purpose: To enhance the grant writing skills of UWSP faculty and academic staff. Workshop topics include:
● Common grant writing pitfalls
● Human Subjects Research and UWSP’s
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
● Funding Sources
● Development of grant need, rationale
and scope
● Program/project Evaluation
● Extramural Budget Development
New
Faculty Staff Grant Writing Workshop Series
Fall 2009
When: September 18th, October 30th, and
December 4, 2009
Time: 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Where: LRC 310
Who: First and second year UWSP faculty members
The purpose of this workshop is
to develop the grant writing skills of new faculty members.
As part of the workshop activities participants will develop a New
Faculty/Staff grant proposal.
At the conclusion of the workshop series participants will be able
write a well developed grant proposal that meets the criteria for a
successful grant.
These 1.5 hour workshops are:
This workshop is a collaborative project of the Grants Office and the Center for Academic Excellence and Student Engagement
Introducing
Students to the Power of Digital Storytelling
August 28, 2009
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
CCC 307 lab
Storytelling can often invoke strong emotion
and personal reflection on the part of the storyteller as well as
the audience. Last April we
shared one instructor’s initial experience incorporating Digital
Storytelling into her fall class, and her students’ end-of-semester
reflections which evolved through the stories they produced.
9:30 – 10:30:
Dr. Jodi Olmsted, UWSP’s Health Sciences department, will
talk about what she learned in her first, and then second semester
of guiding her students through the process of creating their own
digital stories and show examples of her students’ work.
10:30 – 11:00:
Break and discussion on using Digital Stories in the
classroom.
11:00 – 12:00:
Optional hands-on work time for participants interested in
learning to use Windows Movie Maker to create digital movies,
including tips for supporting your students through the process.
Sponsored by:
The Teaching & Learning Resource Network and
The Center for Academic Excellence and Student Engagement.
Diversity in the Classroom Workshop
June 4 & 5, 2009
LRC 107
The goal of this one and one-half day workshop is to support faculty and academic teaching staff members as they prepare students to function in a multicultural society and to better meet the learning needs of a diverse body of students. Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Identify the unique perspectives they bring to the learning environment
Recognize the diverse characteristics that all students bring to the learning environment
Develop a set of strategies for moving from an exclusive to a transformative learning environment
Participants in this workshop will receive $200.00 for services and supplies to be used by January 1, 2010, upon completion of the following:
Pre- and post-workshop online surveys
Attendance both days
Completion of required activities
Learning Outcomes Workshops
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
June 8-12, 2009 OR June 15-19, 2009
LRC 107
The Center for Academic Excellence and Student Engagement is offering two summer workshops on course redesign using a learning outcomes approach. As a result of this workshop, participants will learn how to write measureable learning outcomes and develop effective assessment strategies.
Participants will receive a $500.00 stipend upon completion of all workshop requirements. In order to receive a stipend participants will be required to:
Two workshop sessions are offered:
Workshop 1:
June 8-12, 2009
Workshop 2: June 15-19,
2009
Both workshops meet from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Monday-Friday. Afternoons will be spent redesigning your course syllabus.