OFE Newsletter: January 31, 2022
In this Issue:
- Back to Basics
- Teaching and Learning Symposium: Register to Attend
- COIL at NC State: Global Learning for Student Success
- Upcoming Events for Faculty
Back to Basics Series
Many faculty members have never had any formal training in education. For this reason, OFE is offering some simple introductory offerings to get faculty on track with their teaching.
In this three-part workshop series held via Zoom, faculty will have the opportunity to listen to the workshop presenters and other participants, share their experiences, receive insights and feedback from peers, engage in important, timely, and relevant conversations with other faculty who are interested in these topics. Faculty will build professional and social connections with other faculty.
Sessions will be 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).
Session Schedule
- Designing Flexible Course Experiences (Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2:00-3:00 p.m. via Zoom): We will focus on ways to design course experiences that are flexible enough to appeal to in-person, online, and hybrid learners while maintaining a high level of course quality.
- 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.
- Facilitating and Managing Engagement in Flexible Course Experiences (Tuesday, April 5, 2:00-3:00 p.m. via Zoom): Flexible course experiences can make it difficult for students to feel a sense of connection and belonging. Creating opportunities for student-student interaction and teacher-student interaction is critically important for student success.
Teaching and Learning Symposium: Register to Attend
The Office for Faculty Excellence is pleased to host their 2022 Teaching and Learning Symposium on Friday, February 25, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., virtually via Zoom. This year’s theme will be Creating Our New Normal. The Symposium will include a keynote lecture, concurrent sessions, and a poster session.
Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Susan D Blum. Dr. Blum is a professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, currently fixated on education and pedagogical praxis, after a previous incarnation as a China anthropologist. She is the author of “I Love Learning; I Hate School”: An Anthropology of College (Cornell, 2016) and My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture (Cornell, 2009), and the editor of the recent volume Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) (West Virginia University Press, 2020). With 5 co-authors, she has written “A Theory of Public Higher Education,” published in Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal in July 2021.
We invite faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and staff from all member institutions of the Cooperating Raleigh Colleges (NC State, Meredith College, Saint Augustine’s University, Shaw University, Wake Tech Community College, William Peace University) to attend. Registration is required by filling out the registration form.
COIL at NC State: Global Learning for Student Success
Join the NC State Office of Global Engagement on Feb. 18 (10:00-11:00 a.m.) to hear and learn from faculty and those who have coordinated Collaborative Online International Learning experiences about how COIL works in real-time on our campus. Learn more and register here.
Upcoming Events for Faculty
Tuesday, Feb. 1
- Facul-Tea – Using Team Contracts for Group Management in an Asynchronous Course, 9:00-9:30 a.m.
- Rubrics: Making Assignments Easier for You and Your Students, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 2
- Create Interactive Content in Moodle with H5P, 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 3
Monday, Feb. 7
- Mindful Mondays, 9:00-9:30 a.m.
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