Forget New Year’s—most academics make resolutions at the start of the school year! This is a great time to brush up on the best practices of teaching. Join the new faculty for these open workshops, all in the UCET classroom in Northside 245. We suggest that you bring a mobile device and a draft syllabus since most of these workshops will be hands-on.
Designing Your Course
Monday, August 9 1:30 – 4:30
Join Carolyn Schult to learn why you should design your course backwards, starting with student learning objectives. Come with a particular course in mind! Then Amy Pawlosky and Chanika Mitchell will show you how to put Syllabus, Assignments, and Announcements into Canvas.
Assessing Student Learning
Tuesday, August 10 1:30 – 4:30
Jay VanderVeen will show you many different ways to assess student learning, and Carolyn will demonstrate how to develop and use rubrics to grade fairly and quickly. (Warning—cookies will be involved.) Then Chanika will show you how to use Canvas tools such as Rubrics, Speedgrader, and Gradebook.
Career Planning
Thursday, August 12 9-12
Erika Zynda and Josh Wells will talk about resources for research. Elaine Roth and Carolyn will talk about faculty expectations, evaluations, and how to document your teaching. Jay and Lisa Zwicker will discuss mentoring. We’ll end with Teaching in 2021 and Beyond, a discussion of how teaching will be different this fall.
Teaching Strategies
Thursday, August 12 1:30-4:30
Carolyn and Jay will show you how to use the first day of class to set a positive climate that will last the semester, and discuss a number of active learning strategies. Then Jason Sykes and Joel Langston will demonstrate classroom technology and give you a chance for hands-on practice