Professional Development Activities
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
In order to fulfill my professional responsibilities and to improve my knowledge in my field of studies, I attended the professional development activities, workshops, meetings, online forums and presentations.
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Here is a selected list:
Attended Webinars (Spring 2018- Present)
Attended. (June 4, 2016). Teacher Appreciation. Liberty Science Center, NJ.
Attended. (March 21, 2016). Science curriculum. Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ. Certificate.
Attended. (December 24-26, 2015). Yurt Dışındaki Türk Bilim İnsanları 3. Kurultayı. The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK). Presidential Invitee (with prime minister Davutoglu and his wife)
Attended. (Dec 1-4, 2015). Middle States Conference and Pre-workshop "Assessment and General Education: Empowering Stakeholders to Enhance the Management of Student Learning" by Dr. McKitrick. Washington, DC.
· Attended: (May 23-26, 2014). Professional Development Week. Kean University, NJ.
· Attended: (April 17 and 24, 2014). Microsoft Education Provider Program on www.piltrainer.com
· Attended. (2014, April 8). R Statistical Package workshop. ORSP, Kean University, NJ.
· Attended. (2014, March 27). Analytic Techniques SPSS workshop. ORSP, Kean University, NJ.
· Attended. (2014, January 29). Special invitation for Asian Studies Faculty. Chinese Art Connoisseur’s Day, Newark Museum, NJ.
· Attended. (2014, January 23). New Book Celebration “Death in Perspective” by Erika Hayasaski on Professor Norma Bowe's “Death in Perspective” course.
· Attended. (2014, January 13-17). Kean University.
· Yildiz, M. N. (2014, January 13-17). Assessment and Pedagogical Innovation and Technology Institute. Kean University, NJ.
· Attended. (2014, November 5). Organizational Meeting for Qualitative Researchers - by Dr. Pat Sherman, Social Work –Following Dr. Braithwaite's workshop Qualitative Research Design & Methods workshop. ORSP.
· Attended. (2014, October 29). NEH workshop, ORSP. Kean University.
· Attended. (2014, October 24). Dr. Christopher Bellitto, History and Dr. Constance Hassett-Walker, Criminal Justice. ORSP.
Attended and Presented. (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013). National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference.
Attended and presented. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference 2010, 20112012, 2013, 2014
Attended and presented. Northeastern Educational Research Conference (NERA) 2010, 2013
Attended and presented. Global Education Conference 2010, 11, 12, 13- Virtual- http://www.globaleducationconference.com/.
· Attended (May 2013), The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Database Training Seminar. Database Training Seminar Grant. Selected one of the twenty researchers to get trained on National Report Card.
· Attended and presented. (May 2013) Creative Mind Conference. Kean University.
· Attended. (2013, December 12). Writing Project. Hour of Code Extravaganza! Kean University, NJ.
· Attended. (2013, December 12). Qualtrics Advance Survey Creation workshop. ORSP. Kean University.
· Attended. (2013, November 19). Doctopus training. Professional Development. Kean University.
· Attended. (2013, November 14). Who are the Albanians? Besa, the Muslim religious belief of honor. Human Rights Institute. Kean University, NJ.
· Attended. (2013, October 9) Mobile Learning Explorations webinar. Global Efforts to Understand the Potential of Mobile Learning: UNESCO Shares Its Insight.
· Attended. (2013, September 17). KEANLIFT: How to Conduct a Crowdfunding Campaign. ORSP. Kean University
· Attended. (2013, June 4). NJFEA Middle School Conference. Kean University, NJ.
· Attended (2013, June 3). The Governer's Women Conference. Trenton, NJ.
Attended post graduate studies in Statistics, currently attending Statistics and Sustainability courses online at coursera.org
Attended (August 2012). Connected Educator Month Presentations. http://connectededucatorsmonth2012.sched.org/
Attended “EdCamp Common Core.” (August 9, 2012). Kean University.
Attended “General Education Workshop on Rubric and Assessment.” (August 8, 2012).
Attended, chaired a session (April 13, 2012). NJWGSC “Through a Gender-based Lens: Celebrating Student Scholarship conference in Rider University, NJ.
Attended. (January 31, 2012). Perspectives on Muslim Engagement in the 21st Century: Why Should the US Care? Kean University.
Attended (March 2012). Google Conference, Kean University.
Attended (2012-Present) various webinars on teaching, technology, research provided by EdWeb.
Attended (September 10, 2012). Webinar. Global Education. Kean University.
Attended post graduate studies in Statistics, Health, History, currently attending Statistics and Sustainability courses online (part of A massive open online course (MOOC) at coursera.org (2012-Present).
Attended (June 21, 2012). Learning Disabilities And Support For College Students. Kean University.
Attended (March 22, 2012). Supporting ELL Achievement of the Common Core State Standards. Kean University.
Attended (March 21, 2012). Conversations about Effective Practice. Learning Forward Annual Conference.
Attended Webinar by Edweek.org (Sep 15, 2011): The Power of Mobile Broadband to Enhance Teaching and Learning. www.edweek.org/go/webinar/mobile
Attended "How to Encourage Our Students to Think Critically: Close Reading in the Classroom" workshop. (June 1, 2011)
Attended, “Academic Plagiarism and Non-native English Speakers” workshop. (June 6, 2011).
Attended, “Classroom Assessment: Empowering Instructors and Students” workshop. (June 9, 2011).
Attended, “Teaching Undergraduate (and Graduate) Courses: Creating Active Learning Classrooms” workshop. (June 13, 2011).
· Attended New Jersey Women and Gender Studies Consortium (NJWGSC) retreat. Raritan Valley Community College, NJ. (June 3, 2011).
· Attended (April 26, 2011). Research Day Lecture- Dr. Jules Irving Schwartz.
· Attended (April 14, 2011). Film Viewing of Waiting for Superman. STEM Building.
· Attended (April 7-8). Where in the World? Department of History Symposium. Liberty Hall Campus.
Attended (April 7, 2011). Faculty Seminar- Public Intellectuals in the 21st Century.
Attended (Spring 2011). Writers Group led by Dr. Bellitto.
· Attended (December 8, 2011). Managing Your Academic Career. Kean University.
Attended Common Core Standards Webinar http://www.corestandards.org/ (June 2010)
Attended OppNet and the basic behavioral and social sciences research initiative at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Dec 9, 2010).
Attended US UK Education Symposium- Lesson Learned from Across the Pond (Dec 7, 2010).
Attended focus group discussion Teacher Work Sample EDUC 4900 course (Dec, 3 2010). Organized by Teacher Performance Center.
· Attended Professional Development Network presentation (Nov 12, 2010).
· Attended, presented and moderated Global Education Conference (Nov 15-19, 2010).
· Attended virtual training session (Nov 10, 2010). Global Education Pre-conference training.
· Attended Business and Business Education for the Common Good by Anders Aspling, Secretary General of Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative www.grli.org & www.emfd.org (Nov 8, 2010).
· Attended new faculty orientation and each of the bi-weekly professional development sessions for members on the following topics:
o Colleague/Datatel Student System Training
o Academic Integrity Policy/Process
o Office of Student Conduct Policy/Process
o Service
o Academic Advising
· Attended NSF workshop at Princeton University. (I am planning to write an International Collaboration grant as soon as our program approves). (Nov 3, 2010)
· Attended Stitches in Time Fashion Show, October 2010.
· Attended sessions by both ORSP and Center for Professional Development
o Qualtrics training
o Google Forms/ Surveys (my students in Research and Technology using google forms to conduct their research and collect data)
o IRB orientation (working on my IRB for RTR project)
o Grant writing workshop (I was the convener of the session)
· Attended and presented at Research Day 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. Kean University.
· Attended Classroom 2.0 technologies weekly virtual presentations.
· Attended College of Education Video conferencing at CAS organized by College of Education.
· Attended and volunteered. (March 2010). Creative Mind Conference. Kean University.
· Attended (Nov 9, 2010). Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency Program Webinar.
· 8th Northeast Media Literacy Conference 2010, University of Connecticut.
· Attended and presented. (2010). Oguzname Conference, Academy of Sciences, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
· Attended. Ed-Media International Conference 2010
· Attended. Global Learn: Asia Pacific 2010: Virtual
· Attended. International Society for Technology in Education 2010, 2011 Conferences.