FALL WORKSHOPS

DATE DESCRIPTION

 
November 17

 "What Students Want: teaching from a student's perspective"

Teachers often make assumptions about what motivates, excites or frustrates their students. But how do students themselves view teaching? What do they find exciting or frustrating in the classroom? How do they learn best, and what role do they think faculty can play in the process?

We will watch a 24-minute training video from Harvard's Bok Center for Teaching & Learning and then discuss.

1:00 - 2:00 pm

RASM 340
November 24

Learner-Centered Teaching: where should I start?

Learner-centered teaching offers an intriguing educational approach for faculty because of its explicit focus on students and on learning processes.

However, some faculty members are hesitant to embrace learner-centered teaching because of the increased responsibility that students assume with this approach. Some faculty are reluctant to adopt this instructional model because they don’t know where to begin.


During this 20 minute program, you’ll learn:

•Three low-risk activities that provide you with a starting point in adopting the learner-centered teaching approach.
•Activities for students who tend to be more dependent than independent as learners.
•How to co-create a climate for learner-centered teaching in your classroom with a variety of motivational and creative learning activities.
•How and when to let students summarize to increase their learning.

1:00 - 2:00 pm

340 RASM
December 1

Instructional Design workshop

Prof Amy Kenaston, School of Education, will introduce you to the process of course development known as Understanding by Design. We will discuss how to align goals, activities, materials and assignments to focus on student acquisition of conceptual understandings, and examine how this approach differs from traditional methods of course design.

1:00 - 2:00 pm

340 RASM
SPRING 2010 DESCRIPTION
Tuesday, January 19

Syllabus Design workshop

I will walk you through the UAF syllabus template and we will examine some exemplary syllabi.

340 RASM

1:00 - 2:00 pm
Friday, January 22

Deadline to receive travel fund requests for Spring and Summer travel. 3:00 pm

Bunnell 222 or via email to facdev@uaf.edu

You will be notified the week of January 25.
Tuesday, February 2

Peer Instruction

Workshop presented by professor Eric Mazur of Harvard

1:00 - 2:00 pm

340 RASM
   
   
   
Tuesday, April 20

Helping Department Chairs Succeed.

This is designed for faculty who will be assuming the department chair position in Fall.

This training was originally done in 2006 and we will revisit it on the CD.

1:00 - 2:00
Friday, April 23

Scholarly Writing Workshop with Bob Lucas

1:00 to 4:00 pm

Venue: tba
Saturday, April 24

Introduction to Grant Writing with Bob Lucas

10 am - 4 pm with lunch

Venue: tba