The Center for Faculty Enrichment (CAFE) is continuing our Fridays @ CAFE this semester. The focus of these interactive sessions is on teaching and learning. Our goals are simple– to provide an opportunity for instructors to explore a variety teaching and learning practices and to share their ideas with colleagues. We will provide snacks and drinks.
FALL 2019
Teaching Speaking: The Basics of Teaching and Evaluating Speaking
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Friday, September 6, 3:00-4:30pm
Clark House Conference Room
Facilitators: Kris Paal, Asst. Professor, Communication Studies/CAFE Faculty Consultant, Ronda Scarrow, Asst. Professor, Theatre/CAFE Faculty Consultant
Are you feeling anxious about having to teach and evaluate speaking in your course? This workshop will cover basic concepts and topics for instructors who are introducing students to speaking at the undergraduate level.
Designing Courses with Open Education Resources
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Friday, September 13, 3:00-4:30pm
Clark House Conference Room
Facilitators: Mark Hamilton, Research & Digital Services Librarian, DEC and CAFE
Are you interested in using library or open education resources in your teaching? The increased accessibility of low or no cost options for your courses not only saves student money, but can help you to tailor resources to meet course objectives and outcomes. Come see how to use your course outcomes to find, adopt, and incorporate open and library resources into your courses.
Teaching Writing: Using Writing to Teach Course Content
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Friday, September 20, 3:15-4:45pm
Clark House Conference Room
Facilitator: Heather Lettner-Rust, Assoc. Professor, English/CAFE Faculty Consultant
If you are using writing to help students think about course content, you are teaching writing. This workshop will cover how to embed writing instruction in your course while engaging students in course content.
Teaching and Facilitating Diversity and Inclusion Topics
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Friday, September 27, 3:00-4:30pm
Clark House Conference Room
Facilitator: Quentin Alexander, Asst. Professor, Counselor Education/CAFE Faculty Consultant
This session is centered on different pedagogy for teaching and facilitating discussions on topics that can be sensitive and sometimes explosive in the classroom. We will engage in role-plays as well as problem-solve case studies about issues that may present themselves when discussing critical topics in class.
Diversity and Inclusion Toolbox of Activities for the College Classroom
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Friday, October 4, 3:00-4:30pm
Clark House Conference Room
Facilitator: Quentin Alexander, Asst. Professor, Counselor Education/CAFE Faculty Consultant
This interactive workshop will focus on various activities for teaching diversity and inclusion topics in the classroom. Presented from a developmental framework, we will engage in activities and discussions about taking students from the basic understanding of diversity and inclusion topics to complex analysis and self-reflection/examination work.
Collaborative Learning
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Friday, October 11, 3:00-4:30pm
Clark House Conference Room
Facilitator: Pam Tracy, Director, Center for Faculty Enrichment, Adam Franssen, Asst. Director, Center for Faculty Enrichment
Effective collaborative learning is possible when instructors design teaching and learning activities and assignments that are meaningful and tied to course learning outcomes. In this session, we will discuss different approaches to incorporating collaborative learning in your courses.
Teaching Speaking: Using Speaking to Teach Course Content
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Friday, October 18, 3:00-4:30pm
Clark House Conference Room
Facilitators: Kris Paal, Asst. Professor, Communication Studies/CAFE Faculty Consultant
If you are using speaking to help students think about course content, you are teaching speaking. This workshop will cover how to embed speaking instruction in your course while engaging students in course content.
Teaching Writing: Grading and Evaluating
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Friday, October 25, 3:00-4:30
Clark House Conference Room
Facilitator: Heather Lettner-Rust, Assoc. Professor, English/CAFE Faculty Consultant
You’ve assigned it, they turned it in. Now what? Bring your assignment, sample student work, or simply your concerns, and we will streamline your evaluation of student writing.
Teaching International Students: Communicating Expectations
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Friday, November 1, 3:00-4:30pm
Clark House Conference Room
Facilitators: Deborah Westin, Director, English Language Bridge Program, Center for Global Engagement
In this roundtable, we will converse about how to work with international students, how much time to spend and what to do in situations when expectations may not be clear. Unlike previous workshops on teaching international students, we will focus more on academic success and not so much on intercultural sensitivity. Please bring situations and together, we will talk about how to handle them.
Teaching Speaking: See It, Speak It, Critique It: Strengthening YOUR speaking skills
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Friday, November 8, 3:00-4:30pm
Clark House Conference Room
Facilitator: Ronda Scarrow, Asst. Professor, Theatre/CAFE Faculty Consultant
Join us for an informal afternoon where we will focus on strengthening your speaking skills for preparing and presenting oral presentations in a variety of situations.
Designing Courses with Open Education Resources
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Friday, November 15, 3:00-4:30pm
Clark House Conference Room
Facilitators: Mark Hamilton, Research & Digital Services Librarian, DEC and CAFÉ
Are you interested in using library or open education resources in your teaching? The increased accessibility of low or no cost options for your courses not only saves student money, but can help you to tailor resources to meet course objectives and outcomes. Come see how to use your course outcomes to find, adopt, and incorporate open and library resources into your courses.
Designing Courses for Face-to-Face & On-line Learning: Quality Matters and Backward Design
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Friday, December 6, 3:00-4:30pm
Clark House Conference Room
Facilitators: CAFE and DEC
Get a head start on designing your intersession or spring semester courses. In this session, we will use the principles and practices of backward design and Quality Matters to align student-learning outcomes with assignments with teaching and learning activities.
Designing Courses for Face-to-Face & On-line Learning: Quality Matters and Backward Design
To register, please click this link: register here
Friday, December 13, 3:00-4:30pm
Clark House Conference Room
Facilitators: CAFE and DEC
Get a head start on designing your intersession or spring semester courses. In this session, we will use the principles and practices of backward design and Quality Matters to align student-learning outcomes with assignments with teaching and learning activities.
