OFE Newsletter: March 7, 2022
In this Issue:
- Back to Basics: Assessing Learning in Flexible Course Experiences
- Teaching and Learning Symposium Posters
- Concerned about your students?
- Exercise of the Week: Cognitive Climbing
- Upcoming Events for Faculty
Back to Basics: Assessing Learning in Flexible Course Experiences
OFE’s Spring Back to Basics series continues tomorrow with Assessing Learning in Flexible Course Experiences (Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2:00-3:00 p.m. via Zoom). It’s important to use the same assessment strategies for everyone or to create equivalent assessment opportunities as necessary. We will focus on assessment strategies for students that choose different participation pathways.
The Back to Basics series is led by OFE’s Dr. Maria Gallardo-Williams (Senior Faculty Development Specialist) and Dr. Diane Chapman (Executive Director and Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development).
Teaching and Learning Symposium Posters
If you missed our Teaching and Learning Symposium on February 25, you can now see all the posters that were presented via our website, including our 2022 Outstanding Poster:
“Immersive Clinical Lactation Videos Improve Student Self-Efficacy” by Nicola Singletary (Assistant Teaching Professor, Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences), April Fogleman (Associate Professor Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences), Ellen Chetwynd (Contract Research Scientist), Dan Spencer (Research Scholar, DELTA), and Rebecca Sanchez (Lead Instructional Designer, DELTA).
Concerned about your students?
Let’s face it: the Wolfpack is facing tough times. Whether we’re monitoring student morale via check-ins, or just taking note of the increased number of challenges students are sharing anecdotally, it’s clear that the pandemic is wearing on us. As Academic Coordinator and DUP for Applied Ecology, Erin McKenney regularly offers one-on-one consults for course development and departmental workshops on teaching; but there are an increasing number of requests for advice on what to do when students “go missing” or exhibit concerning behaviors. On Faculty Forum she has outlined a “pipeline” for addressing student absence, disengagement, or other concerns.
Exercise of the Week: Cognitive Climbing
Our Exercise of the Week series continues on Faculty Forum with Cognitive Climbing. We are consistently engaged in cognition ourselves in the pursuit of improving our teaching. But what about the students? Are they accustomed to self-assessment in this same way? Are they viewing their outcomes and critiquing what worked well for them and what didn’t? Are they considering how to adapt and adjust their study habits? Are they involved in growing their cognition?
Upcoming Events for Faculty
Tuesday, Mar. 8
Monday, Mar. 14
- Mindful Mondays, 9:00-9:30 a.m.
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