Discussions on Teaching & Learning Series
The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning invites you to attend the following workshops and brown-bag discussion on topics related to teaching and learning.
If you are interested in being a workshop or discussion presenter at a future date, please look here.
Spring 2009 schedule
Using Grading Forms to Track Assessment of Learning Outcomes: As Easy as 1–2–3
Session date, time, and location: Tuesday, January 27 from Noon - 12:50 PM, IRC 104
Presenter: Maureen Heaphy, Assistant Professor, Management Department
Session description: As universities respond to calls for greater transparency and accountability, the assessment of learning outcomes has become increasing more important. There is a need to close the loop in the assessment practices which include confirmation or discovery and continual improvement of student learning. The improvements may be changes to instruction, course-design, curriculum, program, or even the assessment practices themselves.
Where are you in this journey? Perhaps you have developed learning outcomes for your program or course and now want to know whether and to what extent students have achieved them.
In this brown bag discussion, I will demonstrate how to use Grading Forms (a kind of rubric) in your course to make tracking student performance easier. With Grading Forms, you can more easily respond to calls for "show me the data" on students' learning.
Using Grading Forms (PPT 1,636 KB)
Using Grading Forms (PDF 1,123 KB)
Using Grading Forms APA Style (PDF 500 KB)
Previous Sessions
Fall 2008
Leveling the Playing Field: Teaching Students with Disabilities at Ferris State - Part 1
Session date, time, and location: Tuesday, September 23, 2008,
12-12:50 PM,
IRC 104 (a brown-bag discussion)
Presenter: Debra Cox, Department Head, Educational and Career Counseling and Dr. Jim Van Treese, Associate Professor, Social Sciences Department
Session description: We'll provide a brief description of Federal laws for individuals with disabilities. We'll discuss types of disabilities and the documentation requirements for physical, psychological, and sensory disabilities, as well as learning disabilities – the most common disability for which services are requested at Ferris. Finally, we will provide review of testing guidelines, diagnosis, and confidentiality.
Leveling the Playing Field: Teaching Students with Disabilities at Ferris State - Part 2
Session date, time, and location: Tuesday, October 7, 2008,
12-12:50 PM,
IRC 104 (a brown-bag discussion)
Presenter: Debra Cox, Department Head, Educational and Career Counseling and Dr. Jim Van Treese, Associate Professor, Social Sciences Department
Session description: We will resume our discussion beginning with appropriate classroom accommodations for students with disabilities. We will also review procedures for notifying faculty about disability students who are enrolled in a course, student and faculty rights, and syllabus statements. Last we will share ideas about how to work with students with disabilities.
Designing for Learning
Session date, time, and location: October 10, 2008, 11:00 to 12:30 in IRC 104 (a workshop)
Presenter: Roberta Teahen, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Session description: A common business maxim is that "when you fail to plan, you plan to fail." The same applies in the educational arena where successful learning is directly correlated with course design. This workshop will introduce participants to the steps in one learning design model. After being introduced to the components of the model and why design makes a difference, the workshop will emphasize the steps of writing measurable, high-level learning outcomes and linking these to appropriate assessment strategies.
Robbie's PowerPoint presentation (4KB) PDF (4KB)
Robbie's Analyzer Reports (Word doc 4KB) PDF (4KB)
Europe as a Global Player: An American Academic's Perspective on the European Union
Session date, time, and location: Tuesday, October 21, 2008,
12-12:50 PM,
IRC 104 (a brown-bag discussion)
Presenter: Susan K. Jones, Professor of Marketing
Session description:
In Summer 2008, I attended a two-week seminar in Germany, Belgium, and France titled, "Europe as a Global Player." The trip included tours and visits with officials of multiple EU facilities in Brussels, Frankfurt, Mainz, and Strasbourg. In this session, I would like to share my learning about both the facts and figures of the EU, and my observations about the character and culture of this diverse and dynamic set of countries. I also want to hear what my colleagues believe are the opportunities and challenges for the European Union in the years to come.
Susan's Presentation:
Europe as a Global Player (PDF 973KB)
Previous slides on EU Business:
Europe from a Businessperson's Persective (PDF 173KB)
The Sloan-C & Educause Panel
Session date, time, and location: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 -
11:00 - 12:00 PM,
IRC 104
The following people recently attended the Sloan-C and Educause Conferences and will share their findings on the topics indicated below during this lunch discussion:
Charles Bacon, Professor, Physics and Chemistry - Second Life
Cheryl Cluchey, Assistant Dean, College of Professional & Technical Studies (CPTS) - Student Services Aspects
Denise Grinnell, Manager of Business Application Systems, Information Services - Asynchronous Synchronicity: Lessons & Learning Outcomes for Online Learning
Bill Knapp, Coordinator of Instructional Technology, Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning - Using Mobile Technologies campus-wide to enhance courses
Roberta Teahen, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs - Strategies Offered by Katheryn Ley, Univ. of Houston, to Meet the Challenges of Online Teaching Time & Effort
Katheryn Ley's documents: Sloan PPT (531KB) Sloan Handouts (24KB) Used with permission
Rick Van Sant, Associate Professor, School of Education - Strategies for Reducing Online Workload
Spring 2008
Closing the Loop: How to Solicit and Integrate Student Feedback brown-bag discussion
Session date, time, and location: February 19, 2008, 12-12:50 PM, IRC 104 (a brown-bag discussion)
Presenter: Susan K. Jones, College of Business
Session description: One of the hallmarks of successful learner-centered teaching is the prudent sharing of power and responsibility with students. When students are invited to participate in setting course norms and implementing mid-course corrections, they feel valued by their instructor…and they tend to step up the maturity level with which they approach their coursework. This session will include:
- Icebreaker
- Short introductory lecture on the presenter's methods of soliciting and integrating student feedback and the results achieved
- Interactive discussion among participants about their methods of soliciting and integrating student feedback, and any concerns they may have about the process.
Susan's PowerPoint presentation (870KB)
She Learns, He Learns: What We Know about the Brain and How it Impacts E-Learning
Session date, time, and location: March 24, 2008, 12-12:50 PM, IRC 104 (a brown-bag discussion)
Presenter: Rick Van Sant, School of Education and the man whose hobbies are: living life out-loud, looking 'round the next corner, singing in the rain, and traveling to far-distant lands.
Session description: Brain-friendly learning has been a hot topic of investigation and implementation in the field of K-12 education for some time now, and new research findings have tremendous applicability to higher education. Despite this, there is scant evidence that fields outside of education -- and even many areas within education -- are utilizing this research when designing their corporate, institutional, and/or E-learning courses or training sessions. In this session, we will explore recent research in gender- specific, brain-friendly learning and what lessons we, as E-learning designers and teachers, might learn from that research. You will leave the session with some new knowledge and ideas that will help you to design courses or course content and teach in an online environment.
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