LEARN Workshops: 2009-2010
Writing Matters: Using the New UW-W Writing Standards to Streamline Grading and Improve Student Writing
Date
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Time
12:30pm - 1:30pm (Lunch Provided)
Location
University Center Room 259B
Last summer, 36 faculty members from all four colleges met for five days to examine the state of writing skills and instruction at UW-Whitewater. This group read, ranked, and discussed samples of student essays with the goal of defining a set of core writing competencies that all UW-W students should be expected to achieve and developing a means of communicating those expectations to faculty and students alike. The final result is a document entitled “Writing Matters: A Guide to UW-W Writing Standards,” which defines specific standards for developing, competent, and accomplished student writers.
Come to this workshop to learn more about the Writing Matters rubric and hear from instructors who have begun to use it in their classrooms to improve their students’ writing and streamline the grading process. There will also be an opportunity to discuss other steps the university might take to improve our students’ writing across the curriculum.
To reserve a place, please contact the LEARN Center:
262-472-5242 or learn@uww.edu
Register online at: http://signup.uww.edu using your Net-ID
The workshop is listed under “LEARN Center.”
Deadline is Wednesday, November 18th
Facilitator:
The workshop will be facilitated by Marilyn Durham, an associate professor in the Department of Languages and Literatures and Coordinator of Freshman English and Liz Hachten, Assistant Dean in the College of Letters and Sciences and Coordinator of General Education.
Digital Storytelling
Date
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Time
12:30pm - 1:30pm (Lunch Provided)
Location
University Center Room 266
Digital Storytelling, a modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling, integrates personal narrative, voice, images, and music in ways that can be effectively used both in class and on the Internet. Faculty here at UW-Whitewater are beginning to utilize digital stories as student assignments, challenging students to reflect on their experiences, polish their writing, and be creative in their presentations.
On Tuesday, O ctober 13, 2009, faculty members who have created and are using digital stories will present their own stories and talk about the application in their classes.
There will also be information on an upcoming three-day workshop for faculty on digital storytelling, sponsored by the Learning Technology Center January 11-13, 2010. The workshop will be led by Jim Winship, Professor of Social Work. Dr. Winship is a professional storyteller and is certified as a facilitator by the Center for Digital Storytelling.
To reserve a place, please contact the LEARN Center:
262-472-5242 or learn@uww.edu
Register online at: http://signup.uww.edu using your Net-ID
The workshop is listed under “LEARN Center.”
Deadline is October 6th
Facilitator:
Jim Winship
UWW’s Learning Communities
Date
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Time
12:30pm - 1:30pm (Lunch Provided)
Location
University Center Room 259B
This is for anyone Who is wondering about the Learning Communities on Campus.
What it means to teach in one. Why we have them.
How they work and how to start one.
This year 1/4 of the freshman class is participating in the LCs.
All Colleges now sponsor LCs for their freshman. All faculty, staff,
department chairs are welcome!
To reserve a place, please contact the LEARN Center:
262-472-5242 or learn@uww.edu
Register online at: http://signup.uww.edu using your Net-ID
The workshop is listed under “LEARN Center.”
Deadline is September 27th
Facilitator
Diana Rogers-Adkinson, Director of the Learning Communities Program and Chair of the Department of Special Education
Google for Scholarly Research
Date
Thursday, August 27th 2009
Time
9:00am - 10:00am
Location
University Center Room 261
Google is ubiquitous, yet constantly evolving. Advances and improvements
in Google products offer opportunities to more effectively and efficiently
find information on the internet. This Googleology workshop features Google
Scholar, Books, and Reader, which offer vital contributions to scholarship. By
participating in this workshop, you’ll learn to:
- Personalize Google Scholar to hybridize Andersen Library resources and
the free internet: - Search with Google simplicity and find quality articles and books available through the Andersen Library.
- Interlibrary Loan materials not available in our library system.
- Use Google Books to find relevant books, book chapters and quotes.
- Use Google Reader to aggregate pertinent RSS feeds.
Facilitator
Martha Stephenson, Andersen Library
Successful Course Design: Online and Hybrid
Date
Thursday, August 27th 2009
Time
10:00am - 12:00pm
Location
University Center Room 264
What are the considerations when deciding whether to develop an online or hybrid course? How are these course formats structured differently? How is teaching transformed? What are the strengths and challenges? Answers to these questions and more will be discussed while learning how to develop successful fully online or hybrid (also known as blended) courses. Participants will learn and share strategies to organize online course content, build learner engagement and community, and align courses goals, activities, and assessments using the Quality Matters Rubric as an instructional design tool.
Facilitators
Karen Skibba, Instructional Design Specialist, UWW Learning
Technology Center
Steve Boldt, Instructional Design
Specialist, College of Letters & Sciences
Understanding and Dealing With Student Behavior in the College Classroom
Date
Thursday, August 27th 2009
Time
10:30am - 12:00pm
Location
University Center Room 266
Do you have students who disrupt your classes by talking incessantly? constantly arriving late? frequently making excuses? using cell phones & other technology? arguing or complaining? This workshop will explore how to better understand and deal with problem behaviors in the classroom. Both prevention and intervention will be explored.
Facilitator
Greg Valde, Associate Professor, Educational foundations, Director of the LEARN Center
Why Are We Here? The Purpose of a University Education
Date
Tuesday, August 25th 2009
Time
10:00am - 11:30am
Location
Timmerman Auditorium in the new Hyland Hall (Room 1000)
L. Lee Knefelkamp, professor of psychology and education, Teachers College, Columbia University, teaches in the programs of social-organizational psychology and higher education, and she has also held administrative posts as program coordinator and department chair. She also directed the student development graduate program at the University of Maryland, served as dean of the school of education at American University, and as academic dean of the faculty at Macalester College.
For thirty years, she has researched and written about student intellectual, ethical, identity and intercultural development; curriculum transformation; issues of race, ethnicity, and gender; campus climate assessment; and the psychology of organizational change and resistance to change.
She is a senior fellow with AAC&U and has been a national panel member for the American Commitments and Greater Expectations initiatives.
