Workshop Topics and Past Events
PREPARE Workshops
Facilitating Cooperative Work: How to Assess Active Learning Experiences
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Formative Assessment: Gauging Students’ Conceptual Understanding While You Teach
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
How to Evaluate Critical Thinking and Research Skills in Scientific Writing
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Formative Assessment: Gauging Students’ Conceptual Understanding While You Teach
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
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Utilizing the Textbook in the Flipped STEM Classroom
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
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Diversity in the Classroom: Avoid Stereotypes, Reduce Bias in Grading, and Understand Student Accommodations
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
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Effective Grading: The Art of Providing Useful (and Used) Feedback
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Workshop slides (PDF)
Designing Multiple-Choice or Open-Ended Questions to Assess Student Learning
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
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Facilitating Cooperative Work: How to Assess Active Learning Experiences
Friday, October 10, 2014
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Visiting Speakers and Presentations
Guest Speakers
- Kristin Norris, Director of Assessment, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI), Office of Community Engagement, Using Evidence to Inform and Improve Teaching, August 24, 2015
- Maryellen Weimer, Professor Emeritus of Teaching and Learning, Penn State University, Active Learning – Participation, Discussion, Group Work, and Still Lots of Content to Cover, May 15, 2015
- George Kuh, Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus, Indiana University and Director, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, What Future Faculty Need to Know about High-Impact Educational Practices, August 25, 2014
- Sandra Connelly, Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, How I Flipped My Class (by Using Tools and Techniques that Transfer across Disciplines and Building a Strong Community of Practice), June 9, 2014
- Barbara Walvoord, Professor Emerita, University of Notre Dame, Assessment of Student Learning in a Flipped Classroom and Classroom Assessment – Keeping Student Evaluation Simple, May 21-22, 2014
- Robert Bogdan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Social Science and Education, Syracuse University, Watch Yourself: Qualitative Research and Teaching, May 16, 2014
- Thomas Angelo, Assistant Provost, Director of the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence, Queens University of Charlotte, Is the Lecture Dead? Lecturing for Deeper Learning and How Do I Know What My Students Are Learning?, January 13, 2014
Project Faculty/Staff Presentations
- Amy Godert, Center for Teaching Excellence, Essential Learning Outcomes – Teaching with the End in Mind, August 20, 2013 and August 25, 2014
- Kimberly Williams and Derina Samuel, Center for Teaching Excellence, Creating Learning Outcomes in Teams and What is ‘Teaching as Research’? August 20, 2013 and August 25, 2014
- Kimberly Williams, Center for Teaching Excellence, Assessing Learning and Teaching, October 7, 2013
- Colleen McLinn, CU-CIRTL, Using Rubrics to Assess Student Research Skills, April 2, 2014
- Theresa Pettit, Center for Teaching Excellence, and Colleen McLinn, CU-CIRTL, Designing Graduate Student SoTL Programs that Support Institutional Change Efforts, November 7, 2014
- Colleen McLinn and Barbara Knuth, Cornell University Graduate School, Building Assessment into Future Faculty Preparation Programs, December 4, 2014
Workshops & Symposia
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Practicum Workshop Topics
1. What is Teaching as Research?
2. Quantitative Methodology and Example Projects
3. Qualitative Methodology
4. Survey Design and Data Analysis
5. Data Analysis and Writing Up Your Findings
6. Peer Review and Poster Development
GET SET Workshop Topics on Assessment
- Creating Effective Questions for i-Clickers and Online Quizzes
- Creating and Implementing Assessment Techniques to Evaluate Student Learning
- Designing Learning Outcomes for Your Cours
- Designing Student Assessment to Evaluate Yourself as a Teacher
- Developing Rubrics for Efficient and Consistent Grading
- How Do I Know My Students are Learning Before the Semester Ends?
- How to Facilitate and Evaluate Group Work and Projects
- Reflective Course Development: Creating a Learning-Centered Syllabus
- Using Your Research Experience to Improve Your Teaching
- Utilizing Classroom Assessment Techniques to Evaluate Student Learning
- What Do I Want My Students to Learn? Identifying Learning Outcomes as the Basis for Instruction and Assessment
General Classroom Research and Teaching Symposium Schedule
Annually in Mid-May
8:30 AM – Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:15 AM – Teaching as Research (TAR) Workshop and Gallery Walk
10:30 AM -12:00 PM – Graduate Student TAR Poster Symposium
12:00-1:00 PM – Lunch and Discussion
1:00-3:00 PM – Plenary Presentation by Visiting Speaker
3:15-4:30 PM – Wine and Cheese Reception with Plenary Speaker