Past Events

This session is designed for tenure-track or tenured faculty preparing third-year review or tenure and/or promotion portfolios for review in Fall 2014. Guidelines and suggestions for portfolio preparation will be presented and resources to assist faculty will be shared.
Only one session is required.
03/12/14, 02:00pm-03:30pm
04/18/14, 11:00am-12:30pm

Hutchings, Huber and Ciccone (2012) argue that engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) can improve teaching and learning, support faculty development, contribute to assessment initiatives, and provide evidence of teaching effectiveness. Participants will receive a copy of this book and will meet to discuss its implications for supporting SoTL at KSU.

In this session, each participant will prepare a 5-7 min. lesson on an introductory topic in his or her field.

Work smarter not harder by incorporating causes or issues that are your passion into your teaching through first-year learning communities. This session invites general education faculty interested in partnering with first-year faculty to design issues-based learning communities that link the first-year, community-engaged learning course, Be the Change, with their courses around themes that address community concerns.

This book club, focused on Carol Dweck’s book “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success,” will help you explore growth mindset in different aspects of your life. Be inspired to “flip your mindset” in this two-part book club.
All sessions are 9:30am-11:00am.
Limited to 15 participants. Each will receive a copy of the book.
03/18/14 - Session I
04/15/14 - Session II

*Postponed until May

Being intentional in designing a course, whether online, hybrid or face-to-face, benefits instructors as well as students. A systematic approach to course design will increase learning, engage students, and create an environment where learning objectives can easily be met. Topics that this workshop will focus on include: course design models, learning objectives, assessment, and alignment.

In any class students will have different levels and types of motivation, which influence their behavior in our courses. In this workshop, we will discuss the levers faculty have at their disposal to activate motivation and engage students more fully in learning.

In this session, we examine designing a course (e.g., backward design, integrated course design) and writing a syllabus (e.g., learning objectives, policies, the role of the syllabus in the classroom).

Communication in your course helps set the tone of the semester. Students sometimes want more feedback and interaction from their instructors because they feel isolated or disconnected. During this workshop, you will be exposed to examples using a few tools that you can utilize to personalize communication in your course. NOTE: This workshop will be delivered online. We will send the participants a link to the webinar prior to the start date.

If you think you’re “not creative” or creativity is just for the artsy types, then this set is designed for you. During these four sessions aspects of the creative process will be explored, expanded, and deconstructed to give you a chance to connect and discover the creative within. Each session will be geared to self-discovery, group interaction, and connection to theory.
Sessions may be skipped, taken individually, or as a series.
All sessions are 11:00am-12:30pm.

02/05/14 - Create/Destroy/Recreate
02/12/14 - 10 Ways to Increase Creativity
02/26/14 - Drawing 101: Step-by-Step
03/05/14 - Mandalas for Self-Discovery and Creativity

“The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One that Isn’t” and “Faculty Incivility: The Rise of the Academic Bully Culture and What to Do About It”
We all know what a bully looks like on a playground, but do you know what a bully looks like in the workplace? We will read these books and discuss how to make our workplace more civil.

Limited to 15 participants. Each will receive a copy of each book.

In this session, we examine reasons for problematic student behavior and preventing and dealing with problematic student behavior.

The reflective process can be transformative for students and instrumental in instigating deep learning. Reflection is also a key component of high-impact community-engaged learning experiences. This session examines innogaging (innovative and engaging) reflection options that go beyond the reflective paper including the use of video, music, art, and multimedia technologies that can more fully engage students and enhance the reflective process.

This workshop is the 3rd component of the Online Course Development workshop. You must register for the webinar (1st component on January 31) to participate in this face-to-face session.