Upcoming Events
New Faculty Teaching Institute Begins - August 15 and August 16
Date and Time
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Description
August 15th, 8:45am - 4:00pm
August 16th, 9am - 12pm
This Institute kicks-off in August with a 1.5 day hands-on workshop focusing on both face-to-face and online course strategies. Topics will include course and syllabus design, first days of class, active learning strategies, interactive videos and syllabi, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and key Blackboard functions. Day two will feature interactive workshops with current Pew FTLC Teaching Award Winners and Faculty Associates.
Continuing in fall semester, participants will further develop their teaching skills by participating in a Mid-semester Interview about Teaching (MIT) or peer classroom observation, and attending one group meeting. Upon completion of the semester, faculty will be asked to submit a brief written reflection/evaluation of their experience. The Institute is designed specifically for faculty who are relatively new to teaching and is limited to 30 participants. Continental breakfast and lunch provided.
Please register on our website by Thursday, August 10. For answers to your questions please contact the FTLC at 616-331-3498 or [email protected].
Did you attend the Institute and are you interested in earning a digital badge? Click here for details.
Overview
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15
111 Henry Hall (HRY)
8:45 - 9:00am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9 - 12:00pm
Welcome, Overview of FTLC Teaching Support
Christine Rener
Director, Robert and Mary Pew Faculty
Teaching & Learning Center
Vice Provost, Instructional
Development and Innovation
- Reflections on Teaching
- Getting Started: Course Design and Syllabus
Construction
- Creating Welcoming and Interactive Syllabi
Dana Munk
Inclusive Excellence Faculty Fellow, Robert and
Mary Pew Faculty Teaching & Learning Center
12 - 12:45pm
Luncheon
1 - 4pm
ESSENTIAL eLEARNING WORKSHOPS (111 and 113 HRY)
1 - 2:20pm
Essentials of Blackboard
(111 HRY)
This hands-on seminar is recommended for
faculty/staff who need to acquire the most commonly used features of Blackboard.
1 - 2:20pm
Blackboard Grade Center
(113 HRY)
This hands-on seminar will guide instructors on
how to organize their online Grade Center, record and post course
grades, as well as calculate totals. This seminar will also show
faculty how to create and collect online assignments and provide
online feedback.
2:30 - 4pm
Getting Started with Video Creation using Relay &
Ensemble Video
(111 HRY)
In this hands-on seminar, learn how to create
quick videos using Techsmith Relay that will help you personalize your
course and bring course content to life. Participants will get an
opportunity to explore how Techsmith Relay can be used to create a
self-introduction video, narrate a PowerPoint, or create a screencast
video recording of your Blackboard site.
2:30 - 4pm
Virtual Office Hours using Collaborate Ultra
(113 HRY)
In this hands-on seminar, instructors will learn
how to set-up Blackboard Collaborate Ultra for synchronous online
meetings. By allowing students to participate in office hours
virtually, you open up the opportunity to engage with more students
without having to tie yourself to your physical office. Students can
ask questions, discuss class material, go over assignments, and more,
whenever and wherever is most convenient for you.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16
111 Henry Hall (HRY)
8:45 - 9am
Continental Breakfast
9 - 9:30am
First Day: Creating a Welcoming Classroom
Maureen Wolverton, Liberal Studies
This session provides
participants with strategies for creating a welcoming classroom on the
first day of class. First day goals and hands-on activities lead to a
larger discussion about how to promote inclusive excellence.
9:30 -10am
Implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Principles
in the Classroom to Support All Learners
Amy Schelling, College of Education
Learners are as unique as
their fingerprints, displaying a wide variety of skills, needs, and
interests. UDL is a framework for guiding educational practice that
provides flexibility in the ways information is presented, in the ways
students demonstrate knowledge, and in the ways students are engaged
with the content. This session will outline the principles of UDL with
examples and include a discussion of how we might implement UDL in our
own courses.
10 - 10:30am
Intentional Teaching through the use of Protocols and
Thinking Routines
Catherine Meyer-Looze, College of Education
This session is
about facilitating deep learning through a constructivist approach to
teaching. Participants will learn to begin with the end in mind and
plan around the verbs and depth of knowledge (Webb’s or Bloom’s) with
which the instructor is wishing to engage students.
10:30 - 10:45am
Break
10:45 - 11:15am
Keeping Minds Engaged in the Classroom
Darren Walhof, Political Science
Learning depends on an
active mind. This session will focus on ways to help students learn in
the classroom by keeping their minds (and bodies) actively engaged.
11:15 - 11:45am
Introduction to Flipped Learning
Robert Talbert, Mathematics
Flipped learning, sometimes
referred to as "the flipped classroom," is an approach to
teaching in which students encounter new concepts in their pre-class
individual spaces rather than through in-class lectures, and the
resulting time and space in class is refocused on active learning. In
this session, we'll discuss the key elements of flipped learning and
strategies for developing flipped learning environments for use in
GVSU courses.