Best Practices in Teaching & Classroom Management
This series offers you opportunities to learn proven, highly effective teaching techniques and to share your experiences with other faculty. Each session is developed and conducted by a faculty member with extensive experience in a particular best practice. Many sessions are hands-on, with time devoted to how to implement the approach in participants' classrooms. 20 Minute Mentor Series
CAFE will be hosting a series of sessions based on the Magna
20 Minute Mentor Series. Each session
will include a 20 minute audio presentation on the selected topic, followed by
a facilitated discussion with fellow faculty members to share concerns and
ideas for new methods and techniques to improve your teaching. Click here for more information & to register.
Register below for the entire Fall Series or for individual seminars.
Please email Liisa in the CAFE office to request audio conferencing when available anlkm1@uaa.alaska.edu
Thursday, January 26, 2012
ePortfolio
Presentations by
Dr. Helen Barrett
Thursday,
January 26, 2012Balancing
the Two Faces of ePortfolios11:30 am –
1:00 pm, Lib 307 This brown-bag lunch
discussion will focus on the two different approaches to e-portfolio
development: workspace vs. showcase; process vs. product; as assessment for
learning and improvement vs. for accountability. Learning portfolios focus
on reflection and strategies to support metacognition: "capturing the
moment" with mobile devices, blogging/reflective journals for in-depth
reflection, and digital storytelling. The discussion will focus
on using electronic portfolios as part of a comprehensive assessment management
system supporting both paradigms of assessment for continuous improvement and
accountability.
Register Here
Web 2.0
as Personal Learning Environment and ePortfolio1:30 – 4:30
pm, Lib 309
Web 2.0 tools facilitate
self-expression, reflection, and online interaction and feedback. This
hands-on workshop will focus on Web 2.0 tools that can be used to construct
ePortfolios for a variety of purposes, and provide a broader look at using
these tools within the context of ePortfolios and Digital Identity: Blogs,
Social Networks, and Google Apps. See how e-portfolios can be developed with
existing systems.
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Presenter Bio
Dr. Helen Barrett (retired, UAA College of Education) has been researching strategies and technologies for electronic portfolios since 1991. Dr. Barrett has published a website (http://electronicportfolios.org) and numerous book chapters and articles on electronic portfolios. Dr. Barrett teaches educational technology for Seattle Pacific University, consults internationally on the integration of ePortfolios for Learning and Digital Storytelling in K-12 schools and higher education, and is an Apple Distinguished Educator and a George Lucas Educational Foundation Faculty Associate. In 2011, Dr. Barrett established the REAL(Reflection, Engagement, Assessment for Learning) ePortfolio Academy for K-12 teachers, providing online courses for individuals and assessment and planning support for K-12 institutions.
The presentations are co-sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs,
UAA Languages Department and CAFE.
Friday, February 10, 2012 Digital
Detours: Solutions for When Technology Fails
A Brainstorming Session
12:00 pm - 1:30 pmConducted via Eluminate Live! (E-Live)The Digital Detours Subgroup of the eLearning Working Group is developing proactive solutions for surviving technology outages in our eLearning courses. Want to brainstorm ideas for when the worst happens? Help us develop a list of "best practices" for how to survive technology outages. Come share your ideas and learn what others do when Blackboard, Elluminate Live!, or email goes down. To join session: https://elive.uaa.alaska.edu/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1258016905160If this is the first time you will be using Elluminate, you may be prompted to download some software which may take anywhere from 2 to 20 minutes depending upon your Internetconnection speed. You can pre-configure your system with the required software by goingto the support page located at: http://www.elluminate.com/support/Please make sure your computer has a microphone and speakers to be able to talk and hear while you are in the Elluminate session. The session is available for connection up to 60 minutes before the actual start time.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 BEST PRACTICES: iPad Apps for Educators
 9:00 am - 10:00 am LIB 214 (next to the Faculty Technology Center)
Learn to use your iPad to enhance your efficiency and organization. This session will show you how educators are using Blackboard Mobile, annotation apps for eBooks and PDFs, and note-taking apps that synchronize to other devices.
Register Here
Thursday, February 23, 2012 Creating A Climate for Learning in On-line Courses: Strategies That Work!
8:30 am - 10:00 am LIB 302
Led by Susan Garton, COE Educational Leadership; Susan
Heinz, COE Teaching and Learning; and Kendra Sticka, Culinary Arts &
Hospitality/ Dietetics & Nutrition
Come hear colleagues share strategies that improve teaching
and learning in online courses by creating an enhanced climate for
learning. Faculty presenters will describe experiences using specific
strategies in UAA undergraduate and graduate courses that create a sense of
cohesiveness amongst students, including: personalization and
differentiation; engagement of students with the content; interaction among
participants; and more. Innovative practices will be highlighted. Online
and hardcopy handouts available.
For information, contact: scgarton@uaa.alaska.edu
Register Here
REGISTRATION
Thursday, August 18, 2011
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Best Practices: Syllabus Building
(new faculty track, open to all)
9:00am - 11:00am LIB 306
This hands-on work session will build on the information
provided in Monday’s (August 15) workshop, Engaging all Students in the
Learning Process. Experienced faculty and staff will provide guidance and
assistance with respect to: the use of structured documents in designing and
developing syllabi; issues of academic integrity and FERPA; and situations
involving cell phones, laptops and social media in the classroom.
Participants are encouraged to contact their departments to locate
examples of syllabi to bring to the session, along with a copy of the textbook
that has been assigned for the course they are teaching.
An Introduction to BlackBoard (BB) session is scheduled for
Tuesday, August 23 to assist faculty in setting up their BB shells and
uploading their syllabi.
Click Here to Register
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Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday, August 22,23,24
Monday 8:30 - 10:00am
Tuesday 9:00 - 10:30am
Wednesday 9:00 - 10:30am
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Blackboard Training
(new faculty track)
Monday 8:30 - 10:00am
Tuesday 9:00 - 10:30am
Wednesday 9:00 - 10:30am
LIB 214
Register Here
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Wed., September 14, 2011/Thurs., September 15, 2011
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Best Practices: FERPA Training (choose either the Wed. or Thurs. session)
8:30 - 9:30 am Wed. 9/14 LIB 302
8:30 - 9:30 am Thurs. 9/15 GHH 105
UAA’s Interim Registrar, Shirlee Willis-Haslip will address some of the more common FERPA*-related questions asked by faculty:
• What information can be disclosed without a signed FERPA information release authorization?
• To whom can information be disclosed and under what circumstances?
• Should faculty advise students over the phone or via email?
• Can grades be discussed with students over the phone or via email?
• What information can be disclosed in recommendation letters
for students?
• How can assignments/papers be returned to students to preserve their privacy rights?
• May faculty retain student work to use as examples in future classes?
• Is there a standard UAA FERPA Release of Information Form? Who is responsible for maintaining these forms? What is the records retention policy regarding these forms? Is there a central UAA location for filing these forms that all faculty can access?
• Are all faculty required to complete the FERPA certification exam?*
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974, as amended, was designated to protect the privacy of education records, to establish the right of students to inspect and review their education records, and to provide guidelines for the correction of inaccurate or misleading data through informal and formal hearings
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Friday, September 23, 2011
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Best Practices: Evaluating Your Teaching:
Making Learning Visible9:00 - 10:00 am LIB 302
Do you want
to:
- advance your teaching?
- demonstrate and document your
effectiveness as an instructor in your promotion and tenure portfolio?
- more fully engage your
students?
- assess and understand what
classroom strategies are most likely to help students meet course
outcomes?
- meet like-minded peers who
provide great feedback and camaraderie on your teaching/scholarship
efforts
The Making Learning Visible Series is designed to help
faculty assess the efficacy of classroom strategies, document the effectiveness
of their teaching, share effective strategies with peers, and demonstrate
exemplary teaching in the promotion and tenure portfolio. Please join us
for an overview of the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning.
For new faculty, the Making Learning Visible Series is also a wonderful way to
meet others who are new to the University and to begin developing a network of
associates who can support you in your teaching and professional development.
Register Here
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Friday, September 30, 2011
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Best Practices: Dealing With Disruptive Students in the Classroom
(new faculty track, open to all)
10:30 - 11:30 am LIB 302
Techniques, strategies and systemic options for handling disruptive or disturbed students as well as information on how to respond to allegations of harrassment and /or discrimination in the classroom. Presenter: Michael Turner- Counseling Click Here to Register |
Friday, October 7, 2011
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Best Practices: IDEA Training9:00 - 10:00 am LIB 307
IDEA – What Does it
Really Mean When Your Results are Unreliable and Unrepresentative?
- How should you complete
your FIF's to provide useful feedback?
John Petraitis, Professor of
Psychology, will provide recommendations for completing the FIF's and help you
understand what the IDEA results mean and provide examples of how you can use
these results to document your efforts to continuously examine your effectiveness
as an educator.
Register Here
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
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Best Practices:
So you have an IPad2 - now what?
8:30 - 9:30 am LIB 302
Ryan Parnell from the School of Allied Health will hold a workshop for those just getting started with the iPad2. (The discussion will center around the iPad2 , but earlier iPad adopters are welcome.)
Topics will include:
*Functionality: Tips & Tricks
*Setting up email & calendars
*Connecting to peripheral devices (i.e. keyboard, projectors)
*Apps/tools for productivity
*Apps/tools to view and edit common document types
*Apps/tools for education
*Limitations
Bring your iPad and questions because this will be a hands-on workshop. Participation is limited to 15 people due to the "hands-on" nature of the session, so sign up early.
Register Here
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