Webinar via Blackboard Collaborate
Presenter – Thomas C. Reeves, PhD, The University of Georgia
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and other forms of open education are viewed as positive disruptive innovations by some and as threats to traditional education by others. The discord over MOOCs is especially evident in the higher education sector. This presentation examines the evidence for and against MOOCs, especially with respect to the quality of the learning accomplished by participants. The presentation also describes inconsistencies in learning assessment in MOOCs, and suggests innovative assessment strategies based on authentic tasks. Finally, recommendations are made for advancing the efficacy and impact of MOOCs through educational design research.
To register for this webinar please click here or for more information go to:
http://www.usg.edu/faculty_affairs/workshops/category/academic_year_2014_2015
To access previous year’s sessions, please go to http://itunes.usg.edu/
Gainesville Administration 112 (Video-teleconference launch site),
Cumming 246
Facilitated by Michallene McDaniel
Join us in this formative discussion and play a role in shaping alternative pathways to academic productivity and success at our university.
This conversational exchange will help to create how the Scholarship of Engagement will be defined at UNG, including how it pertains to UNG’s Carnegie classification and any possible impact on promotion and tenure guidelines.
This is one of several meetings that will address the same material. Please attend the meeting that is most convenient for you. Breakfast or lunch will be served in accordance with the meeting time.
December 1st | Dahlonega Barnes Hall 216 | 9:00am – 10:00am
December 3rd | Oconee 522 | 9:00am – 10:00am
December 3rd | Gainesville Administration 112 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm
December 3rd | Cumming 246 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm **via video-teleconference from Gainesville**
Dahlonega Campus, Barnes Hall 216
Speakers:
Craig Greathouse (PSIA): “American Strategic Culture and Issues Related to Cyber Wars”
Kyounghye Kwon (ENGL): “Korean Traditional Puppet Theatre: Indigenous Memory Here and Now”
These presentations will allow faculty to learn about the award proposal process, and ask questions of previous award recipients. These sessions will offer insight and information on how to craft a successful Faculty Scholar Award proposal.
The Faculty Scholar Awards (FSA) funds tenure-track faculty members who are engaged in scholarly activities which require funding for (a) course release, (b) travel related to the project, (c) purchase equipment germane to the project, or (d) other justified uses of this award.
The RFP will be released early in the spring 2015 semester so this session is organized to give you suggestions from the 2014 awardees that may help you plan your proposals.
Besides providing an overview of their unique research projects, awardees will also share their experiences writing their proposals as well as the reviewers’ comments.
Representatives from the UNG Grant’s Office will also participate to respond to specific questions about the grant writing and indirect funds.
There will be three sessions addressing this material: one on each campus, please attend the session that is most convenient for you. All sessions will cover the basics of writing a successful Faculty Scholar Award.
To register for the workshops above, please fill out this *Workshop Registration
form or email rsvp.ctll@ung.edu.
Oconee | 522
Facilitated by Michallene McDaniel
Join us in this formative discussion and play a role in shaping alternative pathways to academic productivity and success at our university.
This conversational exchange will help to create how the Scholarship of Engagement will be defined at UNG, including how it pertains to UNG’s Carnegie classification and any possible impact on promotion and tenure guidelines.
This is one of several meetings that will address the same material. Please attend the meeting that is most convenient for you. Breakfast or lunch will be served in accordance with the meeting time.
December 1st | Dahlonega Barnes Hall 216 | 9:00am – 10:00am
December 3rd | Oconee 522 | 9:00am – 10:00am
December 3rd | Gainesville Administration 112 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm
December 3rd | Cumming 246 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm **via video-teleconference from Gainesville**
Dahlonega | Barnes Hall 216
Facilitated by Michallene McDaniel
Join us in this formative discussion and play a role in shaping alternative pathways to academic productivity and success at our university.
This conversational exchange will help to create how the Scholarship of Engagement will be defined at UNG, including how it pertains to UNG’s Carnegie classification and any possible impact on promotion and tenure guidelines.
This is one of several meetings that will address the same material. Please attend the meeting that is most convenient for you. Breakfast or lunch will be served in accordance with the meeting time.
December 1st | Dahlonega Barnes Hall 216 | 9:00am – 10:00am
December 3rd | Oconee 522 | 9:00am – 10:00am
December 3rd | Gainesville Administration 112 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm
December 3rd | Cumming 246 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm **via video-teleconference from Gainesville**
Cumming, 246
Dahlonega, LTC 162
Gainesville, Nesbitt 5105
Oconee, 564 (Video Teleconference launch site)
Facilitated by Karen Redding
Karen attended the two-week Intensive Institute for the Teaching of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas Gunn Center for Science Fiction Studies in June of this year. The group of graduate students, K-12 teachers, and university professors from across the country, and around the world, read 25 SF novels significant to the genre and discussed the influences of social change, science, technology, and literature both on and of these authors and texts. Karen will describe her own experience using SF as the frame for her World Literature course and her plans for interdisciplinary collaboration with colleagues on future iterations of this course, as well as the potential for the use of SF in first-year composition courses. Come for the pop culture trivia, stay for the new understanding of the fun of science fiction in the college classroom.
Gainesville Campus, Nesbitt Building, Room 5105
Speakers:
Shelley Aikman (PSYC): “The Influence of Physiological States on Cognitive Task Performance”
Evan Lampert, Brandon Forrest, Paula Nolibos (BIOL): “Why Does the Oak Worm Have Its Stripes?”
Clayton Teem (PSYC): “An Island of Sanity: An Analysis of the Antebellum and Reconstruction Periods of the Georgia State Lunatic, Epileptic, and Idiot Asylum”
These presentations will allow faculty to learn about the award proposal process, and ask questions of previous award recipients. These sessions will offer insight and information on how to craft a successful Faculty Scholar Award proposal.
The Faculty Scholar Awards (FSA) funds tenure-track faculty members who are engaged in scholarly activities which require funding for (a) course release, (b) travel related to the project, (c) purchase equipment germane to the project, or (d) other justified uses of this award.
The RFP will be released early in the spring 2015 semester so this session is organized to give you suggestions from the 2014 awardees that may help you plan your proposals.
Besides providing an overview of their unique research projects, awardees will also share their experiences writing their proposals as well as the reviewers’ comments.
Representatives from the UNG Grant’s Office will also participate to respond to specific questions about the grant writing and indirect funds.
There will be three sessions addressing this material: one on each campus, please attend the session that is most convenient for you. All sessions will cover the basics of writing a successful Faculty Scholar Award.
To register for the workshops above, please fill out this *Workshop Registration form or email rsvp.ctll@ung.edu.
University of North Georgia’s Center for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership (CTLL) offers faculty and staff awards to recognize excellence in teaching and learning, engagement, and emerging leadership. While these awards do not carry a monetary stipend, they are an acknowledgment of exceptional accomplishments and contributions to UNG.
University Wide Awards:
Distinguished Teaching Award
Distinguished Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award
Campus-Based Awards:
Teaching Excellence Award
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award
Best Practices in Service Learning Award
Fostering Engagement Award
Emerging Leader Award
For more information about eligibility, or the nomination and selection process, go to CTLL Faculty Awards