Spring 2017 Program

April 28, 2017

9:00 - 9:30

Welcome and Coffee [LIB 352—coffee available all morning]

9:30 - 10:20

Long and Short Term Publication Strategies [LIB 216]

A facilitated conversation about writing and publication strategies during various states of one’s academic career. How does writing a publication support teaching, professional development, and faculty renewal?

Facilitators: Ed Battistella & Kylan de Vries

9:30 - 12:30

Eyes on Transparent Assignment Design [LIB 352]

(Pre-registration required for this event.)

What if you could improve student success in your course by simply reframing two assignments? Research shows that clarifying the purpose, task and criteria for success for just two assignments can lead to significant improvements in student learning and even student retention. (See Winkelmes, A Teaching Intervention that Increases Underserved College Students’ Success — copy this URL into a new browser tab to read the article: http://www.aacu.org/peerreview/2016/winter-spring/Winkelmes.)

Facilitators: Kristin Nagy Catz, Vicki Suter, & Hart Wilson

10:30 - 12:30

Integrating Active Learning Strategies in Large Classes [LIB 216]

What teaching strategies are effective for engaging students in classes with large enrollments? This workshop features an outstanding webinar recorded by B. Jean Mandernach followed by lively discussion. Research clearly shows that teaching strategies encouraging students to reflect, analyze, process and discuss course concepts lead to increased motivation, learning, critical thinking, and engagement. This workshop describes a range of scalable approaches that can be integrated into large enrollment courses to engage students including creating interactive lectures, utilizing in-class active learning strategies, engaging students via dynamic out-of-class assignments and the role of classroom assessment techniques for fostering active learning.

Facilitator: Bill Bateman

12:30 - 1:30

Lunch on your own

1:30 - 2:20

Lean Thinking & Curricular Problem-Solving [LIB 329]

Ever feel like you've wasted a lot of energy “perfecting” solutions to curricular problems, only to have the solution fail or even make the problem worse? Do you feel like the time you've invested creating new lessons and assignments actually produces value for your students, or do you sometimes feel like you’ve spent hours refining approaches only to see them fail? Lean thinking is an iterative approach to teaching innovation that seeks to minimize waste by testing prototypes of your ideas early and often. This conversation, which draws from The Lean Startup by entrepreneur Eric Reis, will help you validate or falsify curricular ideas with minimum effort.

Facilitator: Andrew Gay

1:30 - 3:30

Creating Dialogic Spaces in Your Classroom: Managing Difficult Conversations About Contemporary Topics [LIB 352]

This interactive, hands-on workshop will provide an opportunity to develop strategies for navigating difficult topics in these turbulent times. Many instructors design courses for students to participate actively in discussions and conversations about contemporary topics. However the more challenging the topic, the riskier it may be for a student to participate. In this workshop, we will explore what true dialogue is, how to facilitate a dialogic space, and what to do when things go awry.

Facilitators: Marjorie Trueblood-Gamble & Alma Rosa Alvarez

2:30-3:30

Teaching & Learning: International Students at SOU [LIB 329]

Find out more about SOU’s international student body and ways to support international students in and outside the classroom. Where do our international students come from and what brings them to SOU? Besides offering an overview of our international students, this session will offer strategies for lectures and discussions that support non-native English speakers.

Facilitators: Jessica Piekielek, Laurie Kurutz, & Tracey Culbertson