Panel discussion on planning, obtaining and taking sabbatical leave.

Panelists are Sally Skrip (Faculty Services Manager, Provost's Office), Joy Morrison (campus Fulbright rep), Donna Anger (Director of International Programs), and Gary Holton (CLA sabbatical review committee).

http://libguides.library.uaf.edu/sabbaticals

Venues are O'Neill 201 in Fairbanks, Kodiak 225, Juneau Lena Point 101, Anchorage Gordon Harlieb Hall room 101

1:00 - 2:00 pm

O'Neill 201

Best Practices in Use of Technology for Teaching.

Presentation by UAF's eLearning & Distance Education Center. Chris Lott and staff will give an overview of their services, technology innovation grants, different training opportunities, the iTeach week in May, and their new iDesign webpage.

Remote venues are Kodiak 225, Juneau Lena Point 101, Anchorage Gordon Harlieb Hall room 101

1:00 - 2:00pm

O'Neill 201

Presentation can be viewed at  https://vcs-content.h323.alaska.edu/tcs/

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Best Practices in Leading Small Group Discussions.

We will view a short video on this technique, then discuss.

1:00 - 2:00 pm

340 RASM

Lilly West teaching conference, Ontario, CA

Interactive Video with Jennifer Moss

Bored with ordinary video? Want to make it more interactive and clickable?  Come see how fun and amazingly easy it is to create engaging video experiences with exciting new and free online tools that let you shake up your flipped classroom material, augment your lecture or just have some fun!

Akasofu 417 Noon - 1:00pm

Department Chair Training Workshop

Dr. Walt Gmelch, director of the National Center for Academic Leadership, University of San Francisco till talk on Managing Conflict and Colleagues: Mending Cracks in the Ivory Tower.

Designed for new department chairs, and faculty who might wish to become chair in the future.

Virtual Tutoring with Dallas Budden
Learn how individualized instruction and just in time tutoring encourages students to learn easier using Virtual Tutoring. Have students participate actively and experience skills that go along with the course knowledge.  Using a virtual tutor you can create an environment where learners interact with a computerized conversational partner to get advice, feedback, or instruction. These agents may be humans, animals or inanimate objects; the advent of more powerful computers brings agents designed to interact with the learner similar to the human teacher-student relationship.

Akasofu 417 Noon - 1:00pm

CREATING RUBRICS: IMPROVE ASSESSMENT, ASSIGNMENTS, AND OUTCOMES.

Rubrics can be difficult to construct and time consuming, but are a valuable tool for instructors to promote critical thinking and improve student learning. How can you ensure that your rubric satisfies both your instructional and assessment purposes? In this 60-minute webinar you will discover:

•   Specific steps to develop quality rubrics - grids included

• Different types of rubrics: What fits your assignment/assessment

• Effective ways to communicate assignment expectations to students

* Real examples of quality rubrics that improve student performance

About The Speaker
A former special education teacher, Jennifer Borgioli joined Learner Center-Initiatives in 2006, after working as part of a school improvement team supported by the New York State Department of Education. Jennifer's primary goals are to make the experience of engaging in data analysis meaningful, relevant, powerful, and wherever possible, enjoyable. Published in the field of data, she strives to directly connect the analysis of data to classrooms and students.
Jennifer's work with LCI focuses on assessment and data analysis, and makes use of her expertise in rubrics. Specific project work includes:
Facilitating programs to help participants create meaning out of numbers, with the goal of maximizing qualitative data to implement an inquiry cycle that includes multiple measures, including from standardized state tests data, student work samples and teachers' observational notes.
Assisting districts in designing comprehensive assessment systems, paying special attention to ensuring reliability and validity.
Helping educators understand what makes a rubric a "quality rubric" with definitions and real examples.

340 RASM, 9-10am

Introduction to Grant Writing

Dr. Bob Lucas

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

This has a limit of 25. Please register at jfmorrison@alaska.edu

122 Bunnell Building

Free Workshop by U.S. Census Bureau

Data for grant writing; data for small businesses and economic development; local employment dynamics; getting to know your community through demographic data; and data on a deadline for the media.

8am - 4pm

Carol Brice Center, 1949 Gillam Way

To register call Janet Davison at 459-1212

Gamification with Owen Guthrie

Humanity plays three billion hours of tech games every week. How can elements of these games improve student engagement and learning outcomes? Gamification is an exciting and emergent topic in education, but it contains many misconceptions. We'll discuss types of games, motivational systems (badging) and misconceptions while developing an accurate view of the potential for gamification in education. Provide your students opportunities to be awesome! 

Akasofu 417 Noon - 1:00pm