OFD Newsletter: Week of January 27, 2020
Attend the 2020 Teaching and Learning Symposium
Registration remains open for the Office of Faculty Development’s annual signature event, the Teaching and Learning Symposium, which will be held on Friday, February 28, 2020 (9:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.) at the McKimmon Center. During this one-day event, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in interactive sessions led by NC State faculty, attend a keynote lecture, and meet and talk with NC State peers who are interested in teaching and learning.
Our 2020 keynote speaker will be Dr. Thomas J. Tobin, co-author of Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education, our Fall 2019 Reading Circle selection. Dr. Tobin is an internationally-recognized speaker and author on topics related to quality in distance education, especially copyright, evaluation of teaching practice, academic integrity, and accessibility/universal design for learning. Since the advent of online courses in higher education in the late 1990s, his work has focused on using technology to extend the reach of higher education beyond its traditional audience.
| Schedule of Events: | |
|---|---|
| 9:00-9:30 | Check-in |
| 9:30-9:55 | Welcome and Orientation to the Symposium |
| 10:00-10:55 | Concurrent Sessions: |
| Concurrent Session 1A: | Shrinking a Large STEM Class: Providing Small Class Benefits in a Large Class |
| Concurrent Session 1B: | Won’t You Be My Neighbor?: A Case Study of Social-Emotional Learning in Freshman Composition for International Students |
| 11:00-11:45 | Poster Session |
| 11:45-1:30 | Buffet Lunch, Award Ceremony, and Keynote Address |
| 1:30-2:15 | Poster Session (Continued) |
| 2:20-3:15 | Concurrent Sessions and Roundtables: |
| Concurrent Session 2: | Does the Inclusion of Short Mindfulness Practices in Class Help Students? |
| Roundtable 1: | Applying Practical Inquiry Model (PIM) to Discussion Board Questions to Increase Student Engagement with Peers and Course Content |
| Roundtable 2: | Tactile Teaching Tools to Increase Inclusivity in Science Learning |
| Roundtable 3: | Integrating Citizen Science in University Courses |
| Roundtable 4: | We Did It! How to Get Your SOTL Work Published |
The Symposium (including lunch) is free of charge. Registration is for the full day, but attendees may come and go as needed.
Upcoming Face to Face and Online Asynchronous Workshops from OFD
Space is available in some upcoming workshops from OFD. These sessions are part of our RED Core Teaching Certification, but are available to ALL NC State faculty on a one-off basis. This a great opportunity to increase your pedagogical skills in a specific area of interest or to sample the CTC if you are still unsure about committing to completing the entire Certification.
These modules are available Face to Face or Online (asynchronous). Please register for all sessions (Face to Face and Online Asynchronous) through REPORTER. Click the links below to register:
Beyond the Essay: Designing Authentic Summative Assessments
- 2/17 — 10:00-11:30
- 2/18 — 1:15-2:45
- Or Online via REPORTER
Test-Enhanced Learning: Improving Long-Term Memory through Practice Tests
- 2/19 — 10:00-11:30
- 2/20 — 1:15-2:45
- Or Online via REPORTER
Feedback for Continuous Learning
- 2/25 — 10:00-11:30
- 2/26 — 1:15-2:45
- Or Online via REPORTER
Citizen Science Symposium
Mark your calendars now for Saturday March 28 for a one-day Citizen Science Symposium at the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh.
You are invited to submit proposals for flash talks, posters, or workshops related to the general theme of the intersection of citizen science and institutions of higher education.
Explore questions such as:
- Can citizen science improve higher education?
- Can higher education improve citizen science?
- What roles can community colleges, private colleges, land-grant universities, historically black colleges and universities, and other institutions of higher education play in introducing students to citizen science?
- How can local communities partner with students and faculty in higher education in carrying out citizen science for environmental justice and actionable solutions?
- How can science centers, museums, and environmental educators partner with institutions of higher education for best practices in citizen science?
- How might K-12 teachers, government agencies, and industry partner with institutions of higher education for innovations in citizen science?
Everyone will be part of the networking lunch. We hope that practitioners, students, researchers, educators, organizers, and citizen science volunteers will take advantage of all the day has to offer.
The event, which includes snacks and lunch, requires registration and a small fee of $25 for faculty and $5 for anyone else (use the discount code CS5). If you need a full fee waiver or have questions, please contact CitizenScienceCampus@ncsu.edu.
This event is organized by Citizen Science Campus at NC State, an initiative of the Leadership in Public Science cluster, and sponsored by Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, the Citizen Science Association, SciStarter, and Duke Energy.
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