Tag Archives: Teaching and Learning

DETI Workshop (GC): eLearning@UNG (D2L) Introduction & Overview

DETI, High-Impact Educational Practices, Teaching and Learning

An introductory orientation to the basics of the eLearning@UNG Learning Management System (LMS) with emphasis on setting up a course and the gradebook.

DETI Workshop (DC): eLearning@UNG (D2L) Introduction & Overview

DETI, eLearning, Teaching and Learning

An introductory orientation to the basics of the eLearning@UNG Learning Management System (LMS) with emphasis on setting up a course and the gradebook.

DETI Workshop (GC): eLearning@UNG (D2L) Introduction & Overview

DETI, High-Impact Educational Practices, Teaching and Learning

An introductory orientation to the basics of the eLearning@UNG Learning Management System (LMS) with emphasis on setting up a course and the gradebook.

DETI Workshop: eLearning@UNG (D2L) Introduction & Overview

DETI, High-Impact Educational Practices, Teaching and Learning

An introductory orientation to the basics of the eLearning@UNG Learning Management System (LMS) with emphasis on setting up a course and the gradebook.

DETI Workshop (GC): eLearning@UNG (D2L) Introduction & Overview

DETI, High-Impact Educational Practices, Teaching and Learning

An introductory orientation to the basics of the eLearning@UNG Learning Management System (LMS) with emphasis on setting up a course and the gradebook.

DETI Workshop: eLearning@UNG (D2L) Introduction & Overview

DETI, High-Impact Educational Practices, Teaching and Learning

An introductory orientation to the basics of the eLearning@UNG Learning Management System (LMS) with emphasis on setting up a course and the gradebook.

“The Writing Center Tutors’ Panel” English Professional Development Series

English Brown Bag, Teaching and Learning, Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

Cumming | 262
Dahlonega | Library 162
Gainesville | Nesbitt 5105 (VTC launch site)
Oconee | 564

Facilitated by Jim Shimkus

Jim Shimkus and tutor representatives from the Gainesville Writing Center will participate in a discussion with faculty about Writing Center-related issues.

Teaching Conversations/New Faculty Institute 2014-2015 – Gainesville Campus, Spring Meeting #3

Career Milestones, New Faculty Programs, Teaching and Learning

Gainesville Campus, Nesbitt 5105

We invite you to join the 2014-2015 Teaching Conversations/New Faculty Institute (NFI) , a series of six conversational sessions that take place throughout the academic year. All seasoned and new faculty/teaching staff are invited. We’ll provide cookies & drinks; you bring your good ideas. See fall plan and agenda below for more details.

This year, four of the NFI meetings will be held in conjunction with Teaching Conversations: How Learning Works. These groups will meet together — same place and time – see below. To stimulate discussion, we’ll use chapters from How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching. (Please contact CTLL if you do not have a copy of the book. The chapters covered in Fall Meeting #1 are available in D2L. The book will also be on reserve in the libraries.) One of the most beneficial aspects of these Teaching Conversations will be the camaraderie of sharing our experiences and our best ideas from our classroom practices.

CERTIFICATES

If you participate in the NFI program, you can garner two certificates to include in your promotion and tenure portfolio: New Faculty Institute Certificate and Teaching Academy Certificate (the culmination of those Teaching Conversations).

In order to earn these certificates, you must

Attend meetings on your campus (see below). If your schedule does not allow you to be at the meetings, you can write at least 250 words for each chapter in our online discussions in eLearning.
Contribute to online discussions for NFI
Submit a reflective analysis in April/May 2015
a. For the New Faculty Institute Certificate: Write a three-page summary statement that is a first draft of a summary document required in the promotion and tenure portfolio. This statement outlines your philosophy, goals, progress, and plans related to teaching, research, and service.
b. For the Teaching Academy Certificate: Write a two-page summary outlining the relevance of How Learning Works to your pedagogy.

AGENDA for New Faculty Institute 2014-2015

Fall Meeting #1: Introduction and Conclusion of How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching

Fall Meeting #2: Chapters 1 & 2 of How Learning Works (impact of prior knowledge and methods of organizing knowledge)

Fall Meeting #3: New faculty and mentor lunch and discussion of Faculty Annual Report and the successful path for promotion and tenure. Dates decided later.

Spring Meeting #1: Chapters 3 & 4 of How Learning Works (student motivation and mastery). See dates below.

Spring Meeting #2: Chapters 5 & 6 of How Learning Works (practice, feedback, and course climate). See dates below.

Spring Meeting #3: Creating Work-Life Balance (selected readings from Boice’s Advice for New Faculty Members) for a successful career. See dates below.

April/May: Submit summary statement outlining your philosophy, goals, progress, and plans related to teaching, research, and service. Submission due by May 15th.

Spring Dates

Note also NFI includes an online meeting space with useful materials for new faculty; this is in D2L (Desire2Learn). In essence, you’re invited to see your peers from our orientations again during these three face-to-face meetings each semester and virtually in online discussions. We blend these formats so that faculty can participate in one or both venues. To get access, please register via RSVP to the Teaching Conversations/New Faculty Institute on your campus.

In short, the NFI introduces newly-hired faculty to the UNG missions of “quality education, service, inquiry and creativity.” The NFI facilitates acclimation to the institution and promotes teaching excellence and professional development.

We look forward to seeing you.

Teaching Conversations/New Faculty Institute 2014-2015 – Dahlonega Campus, Spring Meeting #3

New Faculty Programs, Teaching and Learning

Dahlonega Campus, Barnes Hall 216

CERTIFICATES

In order to earn these certificates, you must

Attend meetings on your campus (see below). If your schedule does not allow you to be at the meetings, you can write at least 250 words for each chapter in our online discussions in eLearning.
Contribute to online discussions for NFI
Submit a reflective analysis in April/May 2015
a. For the New Faculty Institute Certificate: Write a three-page summary statement that is a first draft of a summary document required in the promotion and tenure portfolio. This statement outlines your philosophy, goals, progress, and plans related to teaching, research, and service.
b. For the Teaching Academy Certificate: Write a two-page summary outlining the relevance of How Learning Works to your pedagogy.

AGENDA for New Faculty Institute 2014-2015

Fall Meeting #1: Introduction and Conclusion of How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching

Fall Meeting #2: Chapters 1 & 2 of How Learning Works (impact of prior knowledge and methods of organizing knowledge)

Fall Meeting #3: New faculty and mentor lunch and discussion of Faculty Annual Report and the successful path for promotion and tenure. Dates decided later.

Spring Meeting #1: Chapters 3 & 4 of How Learning Works (student motivation and mastery). See dates below.

Spring Meeting #2: Chapters 5 & 6 of How Learning Works (practice, feedback, and course climate). See dates below.

Spring Meeting #3: Creating Work-Life Balance (selected readings from Boice’s Advice for New Faculty Members) for a successful career. See dates below.

April/May: Submit summary statement outlining your philosophy, goals, progress, and plans related to teaching, research, and service. Submission due by May 15th.

Spring Dates

We look forward to seeing you.

Teaching Conversations/New Faculty Institute 2014-2015 – Oconee Campus, Spring Meeting #3

Career Milestones, New Faculty Programs, Teaching and Learning

Oconee Campus, Classroom 310

CERTIFICATES

In order to earn these certificates, you must

Attend meetings on your campus (see below). If your schedule does not allow you to be at the meetings, you can write at least 250 words for each chapter in our online discussions in eLearning.
Contribute to online discussions for NFI
Submit a reflective analysis in April/May 2015
a. For the New Faculty Institute Certificate: Write a three-page summary statement that is a first draft of a summary document required in the promotion and tenure portfolio. This statement outlines your philosophy, goals, progress, and plans related to teaching, research, and service.
b. For the Teaching Academy Certificate: Write a two-page summary outlining the relevance of How Learning Works to your pedagogy.

AGENDA for New Faculty Institute 2014-2015

Fall Meeting #1: Introduction and Conclusion of How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching

Fall Meeting #2: Chapters 1 & 2 of How Learning Works (impact of prior knowledge and methods of organizing knowledge)

Fall Meeting #3: New faculty and mentor lunch and discussion of Faculty Annual Report and the successful path for promotion and tenure. Dates decided later.

Spring Meeting #1: Chapters 3 & 4 of How Learning Works (student motivation and mastery). See dates below.

Spring Meeting #2: Chapters 5 & 6 of How Learning Works (practice, feedback, and course climate). See dates below.

Spring Meeting #3: Creating Work-Life Balance (selected readings from Boice’s Advice for New Faculty Members) for a successful career. See dates below.

April/May: Submit summary statement outlining your philosophy, goals, progress, and plans related to teaching, research, and service. Submission due by May 15th.

Spring Dates

We look forward to seeing you.

FREE WORKSHOP: Transforming Your Textbooks: ALG Post-Conference Workshop at the USG Teaching & Learning Conference

Teaching and Learning, University System of Georgia

Transforming from a commercial textbook to free and open educational resources allows day-one access for all students, encourages course retention, and saves students money.

Affordable Learning Georgia will be providing a free introductory workshop to any interested USG faculty and staff on open educational resources (OER), open textbooks, open licenses such as Creative Commons, and the pedagogical and instructional issues required to transform your commercial textbook into no- or low-cost resources in Athens at the UGA Center for Continuing Education on Thursday, April 9th from 12:00 to 5:00. The workshop will begin with a joint lunch with the USG Teaching and Learning Conference; while offered in conjunction with the conference, the workshop can be attended as a stand-alone event.

Price: Free for USG faculty and staff, limited number of seats available.

To register for this event click here.

Building Interactivity with Softchalk

Teaching and Learning, Technology

via Blackboard Collaborate
Facilitated by Mary Carney and Jim Wilkison

This webinar will discuss “Active Learning” and how Softchalk can be used to add interactivity to your e-Learning course enhancements or online course offering.

Register here to receive the access information for the virtual meeting room and instructions for Blackboard Collaborate.

Year of Engagement Speaker Series: Community Engagement Scholarship: Aligning to Institutional Mission and Partnering to Achieve Sustainable Change ~ Hiram Fitzgerald, Ph.D. Afternoon Session

Teaching and Learning

CU | 262
DC | BH 315
GC | Library 134 (VTC launch site)
OC | 522

An identical session is being held at 10:00am in the following rooms. For more information click here.

CU | 208
DC | HNS 147 (VTC launch site)
GC | Library 134
OC | 522

Guest Lecturer: Hiram Fitzgerald, Ph.D.

Community Engagement Scholarship focuses on the integration of higher education’s knowledge base in research and creative activities, with the public’s knowledge base anchored in the realities of everyday life. The integration co-joins higher education’s knowledge discovery and application missions with community needs for sustainable and transformative change in nearly every facet of contemporary life. Dr. Fitzgerald will focus on issues related to institutional alignment with respect to community engagement scholarship, and examine approaches to building and sustaining community partnerships in order to advance knowledge and solve community problems through approaches that emphasize the co-creation of knowledge and co-production of sustainable change. Dr. Fitzgerald will also illustrate how community engagement scholarship enhances higher education’s efforts to educate students to participate in and lead the development of 21st century innovations that will enhance competitiveness, locally and globally.

Hiram E Fitzgerald is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology and Associate Provost for University Outreach and Engagement at Michigan State University. He is president of the Engagement Scholarship Consortium and is a member of the Council on Engagement and Outreach of the Association for Public and Land Grant Universities. In 2014 he was elected to the Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship.

In his diverse research efforts, Fitzgerald participates in a variety of interdisciplinary research teams focusing on evaluation of community-based early preventive-intervention programs in Michigan. Fitzgerald’s major areas of research include the study of infant and family development in community contexts, the impact of fathers on early child development, 0-5 age boys and risk, implementation of systemic community models of organizational process and change, the etiology of alcoholism, and broad issues related to the scholarship of engagement. He has published over 500 journal articles, chapters, books, technical reports, and peer-reviewed abstracts. He is senior editor of the two volume Handbook of Community Engagement, and the recently published, Going Public: Civic and Community Engagement (MSU Press).

Fitzgerald has received numerous awards, including the ZERO TO THREE Dolley Madison Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to the Development and Well Being of Very Young Children, the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health Selma Fraiberg Award, and the designation of Honorary President from the World Association for Infant Mental Health. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 7, 34, 37) and the Association of Psychological Science.

An identical session will be held at 10:00 am on the same day, broadcast from Dahlonega to all four campuses.

Year of Engagement Speaker Series: Community Engagement Scholarship: Aligning to Institutional Mission and Partnering to Achieve Sustainable Change ~ Hiram Fitzgerald, Ph.D. Morning Session

Teaching and Learning

CU | 208
DC | HNS 147 (VTC launch site)
GC | Library 134
OC | 522

An identical session is being held at 2:00pm in the following rooms. For more information click here.

CU | 262
DC | BH 315
GC | Library 134 (VTC launch site)
OC | 522

Guest Lecturer: Hiram Fitzgerald, Ph.D.

An identical session will be held at 2:00 pm on the same day, broadcast from Gainesville to all four campuses.

Teaching Conversations/New Faculty Institute 2014-2015 – Dahlonega Campus, Spring Meeting #2

Career Milestones, New Faculty Programs, Teaching and Learning

Dahlonega Campus, Barnes Hall 216

CERTIFICATES

In order to earn these certificates, you must

Attend meetings on your campus (see below). If your schedule does not allow you to be at the meetings, you can write @ 250 words for each chapter in our online discussions in eLearning.
Contribute to online discussions for NFI
Submit a reflective analysis in April/May 2015
a. For the New Faculty Institute Certificate: Write a three-page summary statement that is a first draft of a summary document required in the promotion and tenure portfolio. This statement outlines your philosophy, goals, progress, and plans related to teaching, research, and service.
b. For the Teaching Academy Certificate: Write a two-page summary outlining the relevance of How Learning Works to your pedagogy.

AGENDA for New Faculty Institute 2014-2015

Fall Meeting #1: Introduction and Conclusion of How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching

Fall Meeting #2: Chapters 1 & 2 of How Learning Works (impact of prior knowledge and methods of organizing knowledge)

Fall Meeting #3: New faculty and mentor lunch and discussion of Faculty Annual Report and the successful path for promotion and tenure. Dates decided later.

Spring Meeting #1: Chapters 3 & 4 of How Learning Works (student motivation and mastery). See dates below.

Spring Meeting #2: Chapters 5 & 6 of How Learning Works (practice, feedback, and course climate). See dates below.

Spring Meeting #3: Creating Work-Life Balance (selected readings from Boice’s Advice for New Faculty Members) for a successful career. See dates below.

April/May: Submit summary statement outlining your philosophy, goals, progress, and plans related to teaching, research, and service. Submission due by May 15th.

Spring Dates

We look forward to seeing you.

USG Webinar – Presenting Learning to the Public: Using Word Press as Assessment Tool

Engagement, Teaching and Learning, University System of Georgia

Presenter: Ben Wright, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Students pour countless hours into coursework only to see the product of that labor result in a paper or exam which is either discarded or filed away in cabinet. This talk proposes that we consider ways to turn student learning into enduring monuments of achievement. Taking this approach can dissolve the boundaries of the classroom and enable students to make connections between their academic work an the wider world. Ben Wright has taught a series of courses that ask students to produce websites that archive and present student learning. Drawing on his experience as the editor of abolitionseminar.org, a NEH funded digital seminar for K-12 educators, Wright has worked with students in creating websites for a course on the rise and fall of Atlantic slavery, viewable at riseandfallofslavery.wordpress.com and the history of global apocalyptisicm, viewable at historyoftheend.wordpress.com. Hear more about his experiences and consider how you can integrate these models into your own classrooms.

Register

Teaching Conversations/New Faculty Institute 2014-2015 – Gainesville Campus, Spring Meeting #2

Career Milestones, New Faculty Programs, Teaching and Learning

Gainesville Campus, Nesbitt 5105

CERTIFICATES

In order to earn these certificates, you must

Attend meetings on your campus (see below). If your schedule does not allow you to be at the meetings, you can write at least 250 words for each chapter in our online discussions in eLearning.
Contribute to online discussions for NFI
Submit a reflective analysis in April/May 2015
a. For the New Faculty Institute Certificate: Write a three-page summary statement that is a first draft of a summary document required in the promotion and tenure portfolio. This statement outlines your philosophy, goals, progress, and plans related to teaching, research, and service.
b. For the Teaching Academy Certificate: Write a two-page summary outlining the relevance of How Learning Works to your pedagogy.

AGENDA for New Faculty Institute 2014-2015

Fall Meeting #1: Introduction and Conclusion of How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching

Fall Meeting #2: Chapters 1 & 2 of How Learning Works (impact of prior knowledge and methods of organizing knowledge)

Fall Meeting #3: New faculty and mentor lunch and discussion of Faculty Annual Report and the successful path for promotion and tenure. Dates decided later.

Spring Meeting #1: Chapters 3 & 4 of How Learning Works (student motivation and mastery). See dates below.

Spring Meeting #2: Chapters 5 & 6 of How Learning Works (practice, feedback, and course climate). See dates below.

Spring Meeting #3: Creating Work-Life Balance (selected readings from Boice’s Advice for New Faculty Members) for a successful career. See dates below.

April/May: Submit summary statement outlining your philosophy, goals, progress, and plans related to teaching, research, and service. Submission due by May 15th.

Spring Dates

We look forward to seeing you.

Teaching Conversations/New Faculty Institute 2014-2015 – Oconee Campus, Spring Meeting #2

Career Milestones, New Faculty Programs, Teaching and Learning

Oconee Campus, Campus 310

CERTIFICATES

In order to earn these certificates, you must

Attend meetings on your campus (see below). If your schedule does not allow you to be at the meetings, you can write at least 250 words for each chapter in our online discussions in eLearning.
Contribute to online discussions for NFI
Submit a reflective analysis in April/May 2015
a. For the New Faculty Institute Certificate: Write a three-page summary statement that is a first draft of a summary document required in the promotion and tenure portfolio. This statement outlines your philosophy, goals, progress, and plans related to teaching, research, and service.
b. For the Teaching Academy Certificate: Write a two-page summary outlining the relevance of How Learning Works to your pedagogy.

AGENDA for New Faculty Institute 2014-2015

Fall Meeting #1: Introduction and Conclusion of How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching

Fall Meeting #2: Chapters 1 & 2 of How Learning Works (impact of prior knowledge and methods of organizing knowledge)

Fall Meeting #3: New faculty and mentor lunch and discussion of Faculty Annual Report and the successful path for promotion and tenure. Dates decided later.

Spring Meeting #1: Chapters 3 & 4 of How Learning Works (student motivation and mastery). See dates below.

Spring Meeting #2: Chapters 5 & 6 of How Learning Works (practice, feedback, and course climate). See dates below.

Spring Meeting #3: Creating Work-Life Balance (selected readings from Boice’s Advice for New Faculty Members) for a successful career. See dates below.

April/May: Submit summary statement outlining your philosophy, goals, progress, and plans related to teaching, research, and service. Submission due by May 15th.

Spring Dates

We look forward to seeing you.

Introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

Scholarship and Professional Growth, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Teaching and Learning

Cumming | 262
Dahlonega | HNS 147
Gainesville | Nesbitt 2214
Oconee | 501

Facilitated by Tom Cooper, Asst. Director of CTLL & Associate Professor of Mathematics

Learn about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) from faculty scholars across multiple disciplines as they discuss their own SoTL projects. This workshop will begin with an opening presentation examining diverse definintions of SoTL, of which the simplest may be “systematic reflection on teaching and learning made public.”

The introduction will be followed by presentations from UNG faculty on their own SoTL projects and a closing Q & A with the faculty panel.

Panel

Chemistry/Biochemistry: Jim Konzelman
Interdisciplinary: Jim Konzelman and Laura Ng
English: Laura Ng and Mary Carney
Mathematics: Tom Cooper
Physics: Sarah Formica
Psychological Science/Biology: Steven Lloyd and Ryan Shanks

Light refreshments will be provided.

“Adding Africa and Mesoamerica to World Lit 1: An Introduction to Sundiata and the Popol Vuh”: EPDS

English Brown Bag, Teaching and Learning, Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

Cumming | 262
Dahlonega | BH 315
Gainesville | Nesbitt 5105 (VTC launch site)
Oconee | 564

Facilitated by Steve Pearson

Although it is not difficult to create a truly global World Lit 1 course–China, Japan, India, and the Middle East have plenty of great texts–finding material for teaching early African and Mesoamerican literature can be more challenging. Two of the most widely anthologized texts for those areas, the Sundiata and the Popol Vuh, are both useful but can be daunting to newcomers. This presentation gives an overview of the two stories and provides ideas about how to connect them to other texts on your syllabus.

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Tag Archives: Teaching and Learning

DETI Workshop (GC): eLearning@UNG (D2L) Introduction & Overview

DETI Workshop (DC): eLearning@UNG (D2L) Introduction & Overview

DETI Workshop (GC): eLearning@UNG (D2L) Introduction & Overview

DETI Workshop: eLearning@UNG (D2L) Introduction & Overview

DETI Workshop (GC): eLearning@UNG (D2L) Introduction & Overview

DETI Workshop: eLearning@UNG (D2L) Introduction & Overview

“The Writing Center Tutors’ Panel” English Professional Development Series

Teaching Conversations/New Faculty Institute 2014-2015 – Gainesville Campus, Spring Meeting #3

Teaching Conversations/New Faculty Institute 2014-2015 – Dahlonega Campus, Spring Meeting #3

Teaching Conversations/New Faculty Institute 2014-2015 – Oconee Campus, Spring Meeting #3

FREE WORKSHOP: Transforming Your Textbooks: ALG Post-Conference Workshop at the USG Teaching & Learning Conference

Building Interactivity with Softchalk

Year of Engagement Speaker Series: Community Engagement Scholarship: Aligning to Institutional Mission and Partnering to Achieve Sustainable Change ~ Hiram Fitzgerald, Ph.D. Afternoon Session

Year of Engagement Speaker Series: Community Engagement Scholarship: Aligning to Institutional Mission and Partnering to Achieve Sustainable Change ~ Hiram Fitzgerald, Ph.D. Morning Session

Teaching Conversations/New Faculty Institute 2014-2015 – Dahlonega Campus, Spring Meeting #2

USG Webinar – Presenting Learning to the Public: Using Word Press as Assessment Tool

Teaching Conversations/New Faculty Institute 2014-2015 – Gainesville Campus, Spring Meeting #2

Teaching Conversations/New Faculty Institute 2014-2015 – Oconee Campus, Spring Meeting #2

Introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

“Adding Africa and Mesoamerica to World Lit 1: An Introduction to Sundiata and the Popol Vuh”: EPDS