CENTER FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE

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Date/Time Location Spring 2016 Seminars Facilitator Series

Offered multiple days/locations always at 9:00-‐

9:45am

-‐ Thursday, 2/11 M24 Mezzanine Stocking Hall -‐ Friday, 2/26

703 Olin Library -‐ Tuesday, 3/8 G87 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall -‐ Thursday, 3/24 Location TBA -‐ Monday, 4/11 225 ILR CC -‐ Wednesday, 4/27 G08 Uris Hall

Getting Started with Designing Online and Blended Learning Courses: How can you convert your existing class to an online or blended course? Learn about this approach, explore the relevant research, discuss methods for redesigning your class as a blended or online course, and determine if you would like to be part of the Center's Redesign for Online Program.

CTE-‐Led Teaching with _Technology

Tuesday, 2/2 9:00-‐9:45pm

Taverna Banfi, Table 1

Finding Out What Students Already Know: Using Surveys to Understand Your Students: Students come in with varying levels of knowledge about course content. Survey tools (e.g. Qualtrics) are a valuable way to determine what they know. They can also be used to gauge student preparation, obtain feedback on what they are learning, and inform course revisions. Join us to determine how to use survey tools in your class.

Wednesday, 2/3

3:45-‐4:30pm Click for more infoONLINE ONLY

Quick and Easy Ways to Actively Engage Students in Your Classroom: Adding activities into your classroom doesn’t mean you have to change everything you do. There are a few quick and easy techniques that you can use to more actively engage students in your classroom, determine what their misconceptions are, and improve their learning. In this interactive presentation, we’ll discuss strategies and techniques to encourage more productive interaction in the classroom.

CTE-‐Led Teaching _Scholar

Tuesday, 2/9 3:45-‐4:45pm

225 ILR CC, King-Shaw Hall &

ONLINE Click for more info

Strategies to Flip Your Class: Are you considering flipping your class? Join Robert Hutchens, Professor in Labor Economics, for a discussion about classroom flipping and get first-‐hand insight into the process. This session will give you strategies to both engage students in class and to encourage their preparation outside of class.

Faculty-‐Led, Robert Hutchens, Professor in Labor

Economics

Teaching Scholar

Wednesday, 2/17

Student Participation: When and How to Evaluate it: Many courses have some portion of the final grade coming from participation, bringing up two questions: What does participation "look" like? and How do you evaluate it? Come to this interactive presentation to develop ideas for defining and evaluating student participation.

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Thursday, 2/18

3:55-‐5:30pm 100 Mann

Intercultural Learning Courses Before and After Study Abroad: Four Decades of Preparing Students for International Education Experiences: A webinar with Bruce La Brack, Ph.D., who played a key role in the creation of intercultural learning courses at the University of the Pacific, beginning in the 1970’s. These courses, which are required of all students in Pacific’s School of International Studies before and after studying abroad, frame the international experience with a focus on increasing students’ intercultural awareness and enhancing their skill to interact with people across cultural difference.

CTE-‐Led Webinar Presenter: Bruce La Brack, University of

the Pacific

Teaching Scholar

Tuesday, 3/1 9:00-‐9:45am

Increasing Interaction and Engagement with Technology in Your Classroom:

Student engagement can be one of the most important indicators for a successful class experience. Come explore theories and practices that foster student engagement, discuss barriers to engagement, examine the use of feedback, consider discussion techniques, and group involvement. You will learn about the best ways to address these challenges, and develop a plan to integrate teaching with technology into your course.

Wednesday, 3/2 3:45-‐4:45pm

Increase Your Success with Student Groups: Research generally shows that, with the appropriate support, working in groups increase students' ability to retain information, build knowledge, and understand diverse points of view. Join Poppy McLeod, Associate Professor in Communication, to discuss plans for forming and managing groups that will help students succeed in your class.

Faculty Led, Poppy McLeod, Associate Professor

in Communication

Teaching Scholar

Tuesday, 3/15 9:00-‐9:45am

Promoting Digital Citizenship and Academic Integrity in Technology Classrooms: Technology adds new layers to academic integrity concerns. Participants explore course design strategies and technologies such as Turnitin that can promote a proactive approach to addressing academic integrity issues.

Wednesday, 3/16

Supporting Increased Student Preparation for Class: This session will address ways faculty members can design out-‐of-‐class assignments and implement strategies that promote student preparation for class. In this interactive presentation, we'll share best practices and identify technologies that can be used to help prepare students for class.

CTE-‐Led

Teaching Scholar/ Teaching with

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Date/Time Location Spring 2016 Seminars Facilitator Series Thursday, 3/17

3:55-‐5:30pm 100 Mann

Developmental Learning for Intercultural Competence: A webinar with R.

Michael Paige, Ph.D., cofounder of the University of Minnesota’s

Comparative and International Development Education program and the Ed.D. program for International Education.

CTE-‐Led Webinar Presenter: Michael Paige, University of

Minnesota

Teaching Scholar

Friday, 3/18 12:15-‐2:15pm

Register Now

G08 Uris Hall

Developing Intercultural Competence: A working session over lunch:

Harness your own experience; explore models of intercultural competence and develop your own; and explore an activity you can use in your classroom to increase cultural self-‐awareness, communication, empathy, curiosity, and openness.

Tuesday, 4/5 9:00-‐9:45am

Alternative Social Media Tools for Teaching and Learning: Why There’s A Lot to Like: Social media is a quick and easy way to get students connected to their peers in their classes, you, and professionals in their chosen fields. Come explore ways to use these tools, both inside and outside of the classroom, to promote community building, discussions, meta-‐cognition and a variety of spontaneous learning activities.

Friday, 4/15 12:15-‐2:15pm

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G08 Uris Hall

Creating a Globally-‐minded Learning Community: A working session over lunch: Practice using storytelling and reflection to create an inclusive, globally-‐minded learning environment; and identify and draft global learning goals you care about.

Tuesday, 4/19 9:00-‐9:45am

Developing Student Technology Projects that Drive Deeper Learning:

Student technology projects, such as digital storytelling, can motivate students to become attentive to their own learning processes, develop awareness of the knowledge level of fellow students, and actively engage with the course material. Come develop a student driven digital project for your course.

Tuesday, 4/19

3:45-‐5:00pm Location TBA

Using Theater Techniques to Enhance Teaching: Theater techniques are a great tool to improve communication. In this workshop participants will learn techniques to improve their use of nonverbal communication in the classroom and strategies to improve how they project confidence through use of their voice.

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Thursday, 4/21 3:45-‐4:45pm

Creating Effective Online Modules for a Course: Using online modules in your teaching can both meaningfully engage active learning as well as allow in-‐class time to be richer and more active. Join Pedro David Pérez, Senior Lecturer in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, to discuss how he created his online module and how you can incorporate modules into your class.

Faculty Led, Pedro David Perez,

Senior Lecturer in the Dyson School

of Applied Economics and

Management

Teaching with Technology

Thursday, 4/21

3:55-‐5:30pm 100 Mann

Key Concepts for Overworked International Educators: Lessons Learned in Putting Theory Into Action: A webinar with Janet Bennett, Ph.D., who has researched, taught, and written about intercultural communication since the field developed. ICI offers the Summer Institute for Intercultural

Communication, the Winter Institute for Intercultural Communication, and the Qatar Institute for Intercultural Communication, as well as the Master of Arts degree in Intercultural Relations. She specializes in developing theory and training methods for individuals who teach, train and manage across cultures.

CTE-‐Led Webinar Presenter: Janet

Bennett, Intercultural Communication

Institute

Teaching Scholar

Friday, 4/22 11:30am-‐1:30pm

Register Now 101B Noyes Lodge

Meaningful International Encounters: Speaking Their Language: A working

session over lunch: Explore the place of foreign language study in preparing for international encounters, as well as ways students can become

sympathetic interlocutors in English. Through seeing videos of students' language learning histories and exploring your own, develop an idea of the range of learner abilities and varied routes to success. Understand the resources for language learning at Cornell and their effectiveness, and find the best fit for your program.

CTE & Language Resource

Center-‐Led

Teaching Scholar

Tuesday, 4/26 3:45-‐4:45pm

Capturing Student Learning with Electronic Portfolios: ePortfolios can be a useful tool for students and faculty, for the purpose of documenting, reflecting upon, integrating and assessing learning. Join David Pelletier, Associate Professor in Nutritional Sciences, to discuss strategies and challenges in implementing ePortfolios within individual courses and an overall program of study.

Faculty Led, David Pelletier, Associate Professor

in Nutritional Sciences

Teaching with Technology

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Date/Time Location Spring 2016 Seminars Facilitator Series Wednesday, 4/27

11:00am-‐1:00pm

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225 ILR CC, King-Shaw Hall

The Devil is in the Details: Best Practices and Practical Tips for Creating Short-‐term Study Abroad Programs: A working session over lunch: Align the content with your course with the context of your destination, map out your program itinerary, start your budget projections, match your target

audiences and recruitment strategies, think through timelines and student selection criteria; become aware of resources available to you.

CTE &

CU Abroad-‐Led Teaching Scholar

Tuesday, 5/3 9:00-‐9:45am

Large Class Redesign: Moving Student Presentations Online: Moving

presentations online in a large lecture class allows students to research course content, present their findings, and receive peer feedback, all outside of class time. Come discuss ways to move presentations online and develop a plan for your course.

Thursday, 5/12 9:30am-‐3:30pm

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225 ILR CC, King-Shaw Hall

Strategies to Maximize Learning and Inclusion in Globally-‐Focused Courses and Projects: A day-‐long working session: 1. Concept mapping for reflection, building community, and goal-‐setting 2. Plan your course/project creatively; and 3. Explore how to mentor intercultural competence.

Wednesday, 5/18 8:30am-‐5:00Pm

Register Now

G10 Biotechnology Building

The Globally-‐engaged Campus: Defining and Redefining Where We Are: This internationalization symposium will engage with the successes and challenges of a globally-‐engaged campus, with reflections on the international presence on campus, innovations in language learning, intercultural competence, and more. Poster session, breakout sessions, guest speakers, student and faculty panels: join the conversation.

Thursday, 5/19

3:00-‐4:30pm G08 Uris Hall

Making It Developmental: Building a Process for Student Development: A webinar with Tara Harvey, Ph.D., who will wrap up this webinar series by discussing the lessons learned through her own research and experience regarding the process of facilitating students’ intercultural learning abroad. Dr. Harvey wrote her dissertation on this topic and, as Academic Director of Intercultural Learning at CIEE, developed the signature course, ‘Intercultural Communication and Leadership’ and integrated intercultural learning frameworks into CIEE’s wide array of study abroad programs. In this webinar, she will discuss what educators need to focus on when building a process for student development.

CTE-‐Led Webinar Presenter: Tara Harvey, Council on

International Educational

Exchange

Teaching Scholar