12:30pm-1:30pm, University Center, South Commons
Grant writing continues to become increasingly significant in the professional development of faculty and academic instructional staff. Join three faculty members who have secured extramural grants as they discuss their experiences with:
Denise Ehlen from the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs will join the three panelists to answer questions and discuss the grant-writing process.
Rick Lombard, Professor of Special Education; Star Olderman, Associate Professor of Women's Studies; Meg Waraczynski, Associate Professor of Psychology.
12:30pm to 1:30pm, South Commons, University Center
All faculty and academic teaching staff who are interested in gaining hands-on experience with Primary Trait Analysis are invited to attend.
Barbara Walvoord has introduced our campus to the Primary Trait Analysis (PTA). PTA allows instructors to be explicit about what is expected when evaluating student work, and has the potential to help faculty assess the impact of classroom activities on student learning. This workshop will offer faculty the opportunity to score a piece of student work, using a set of pre-developed primary traits, to return their anonymous ratings for compilation and analysis, and to gather to as a group to discuss the ratings and the evaluation process in a safe environment.
To reserve a spot for the session, participants will evaluate a sample assignment using PTA, and return the evaluation to the LEARN Center Office (Roseman Building, Room 2031) by Wednesday, 17 February 1999. The data from the evaluations will be compiled and used to key discussion about the consistency of the ratings, and the benefits and limitations of PTA.
1:00pm-2:30pm, University Center, South Commons
This engaging and interactive workshop, designed for all faculty and academic teaching staff, will examine how one's implicit assumptions about education impacts teaching and student learning. After a brief discussion of the five "isms" of education, attendees will reflect on their own teaching philosophy and practices, sharing thoughts about how their values affects what they ask their students to do inside and outside of the classroom.
Greg Valde, Associate Professor of Educational Foundations, was the recipient of the 1997 Roseman Award Winner for Teaching Excellence, and is the UWW faculty representative to the University of Wisconsin System Teaching Improvement Council.
Noon to 4:00pm
This hands-on workshop is designed for faculty and academic teaching staff who want to quickly and simply launch their first web page. If you have never put anything on-line, but you use a word processor, this session is for you.
First, you need to contact the LEARN Center (X5242; learn@uww.edu) to reserve a spot. Please reserve a spot by Wednesday, 6 January 1999. Participants are asked to bring, on disc, materials that they would like included on their web site (e.g., personal information, vita items, course syllabus, course assignments, etc.).
The session will begin with a lunch in the South Commons and move to reserved portions of the Anderson Labs capable of supporting both PC and Mac users.
The session will be lead by Roger Yin and Dan Norris of TI&R, with support from student assistants.
Participants will leave having designed and launched their own web page. They will be capable of updating their page when necessary. More specifically, attendees will:
Hamilton Center: 9:00am to Noon; 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Designed for instructors of courses that require a significant amount of student writing. This session will focus on integration of an assignment-based syllabus and establishing benchmarks of writing quality.
This session is a follow-up to the popular Fall 1998 session. Participants should bring syllabi and assignments, as time will be spent drafting a primary trait scale and redesigning syllabi concordant with assignment-based principles.
Dr. Barbara Walvoord is an award-winning Professor of English and Director of the Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Notre Dame. Her work on course planning, student motivation, writing across disciplines, grading, and assessment has been widely published, and presented in highly interactive workshops at universities and faculty development forums around the United States.
3:45pm – 5:00pm, McGraw 120
You don't have to offer an on-line class to profit from the use of on-line discussions. The asynchronous, on-line discussion is a tool that provides a unique venue for student participation, preserves valuable contact time and provides instructors with a written chronicle of what students think and understand. Participants at this session will:
Dr. Ken Macur, Associate Professor in the Accounting Department, two-time winner of the Leon Hermsen College of Business & Economics Teaching Award.
3:45pm – 5:00pm, University Center, South Commons
A workshop for instructors who face sizable numbers of reticent students. The large class presents its own unique set of challenges for any professor. This session will:
Dr. Jim Winship, Associate Professor in the Social Work Department, Former Director of the UW-W Teaching Enhancement Center.
McGraw 125, 9:00am - 10:10am
Why don't students remember more of what we teach them? This popular U.T.I.C. workshop uses contemporary research on memory as a context for discussing why some teaching practices undermine, and others enhance student recall.
Greg Valde, 1997 Roseman Award Winner, Associate Professor of Educational Foundations
McGraw 122, 9:00am - 10:10am
This session—designed for department chairs and assessment committees—will provide a forum for departments to discuss assessment challenges and find out about how the LEARN Center can assist with assessment initiatives.
Steve Friedman, Acting Associate Dean of UW-W LEARN Center, Chair of UW-W University Assessment Committee
"Does Anyone Have a Response to That Question?": Making Class Discussions Work
Leading class discussions with an often reticent study body is no small chore. This useful session examines the dynamics of class discussions and tactics for making them work.
Jim Winship, Associate Professor of Social Work, Former Director of UW-W Teaching Enhancement Center
McGraw 120, 10:20am - 11:30am
Locating campus-based and external sources to pay for professional development initiatives is an ever-present challenge. This session will talk about UW-W and UW System funding opportunities, as well as introduce participants to effective SPIN searching.
Ken Macur, Chair of UW-W Faculty Development Committee, Associate Professor of Accounting; and Denise Ehlen, UW-W Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
North Commons, University Center, 8:30am-4:30pm
Evaluating student performance remains one of the most important and time-consuming tasks of university instructors. Some faculty estimate as much as 75% of their non-contact time is spent grading and responding to student work completed inside or outside of the classroom. This workshop will provide participants with a tool to assist in making the evaluation and feedback process more efficient, more objective, and more likely to result in student learning.
Workshop participants will engage in hands-on activities as they become familiar with:
Dr. Barbara Walvoord is an award-winning Professor of English and Director of the Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Notre Dame. Her work on course planning, student motivation, writing across disciplines, grading, and assessment has been widely published, and presented in highly interactive workshops at universities and faculty development forums around the United States.