Conference Workshops
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The Teaching Professor Conference program is a combination of invited and selected presenters. Each year we invite top-ranked presenters from the previous year’s conference so that more conference attendees can learn from them. We also invite experts who possess recognized knowledge about a particular instructional area. Here are the invited presenters who will be leading workshops at the 2012 Teaching Professor Conference.
Show Descriptions
Invited Presenters
Four Fabulous Free Technology Tools for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
Presenters: Derek Weber and Melanie Morris, Raritan Valley Community College
Engage students while assessing their progress at every opportunity in any classroom. Motivate learning through the use of collaboration tools such as podcasting, screencasting, and collaborative wikis in face-to-face, online, and hybrid classrooms. Energize your lessons with interactivity and capture student performance through real-time assessment. The four free tools featured in this session combine to create a virtual learning environment that both enhances and transcends the classroom.
Keywords: collaboration, wikis, podcasting, screencasting
Keywords: collaboration, wikis, podcasting, screencasting
Active Learning: Seeing Your Classroom from a Student Perspective
Presenter: Ken Alford, Brigham Young University
During this presentation we’ll use video clips from student interviews (representing several academic years and numerous majors) to “turn the tables” and give students an opportunity to share their views regarding what they think works and (perhaps more importantly what) doesn’t work when it comes to using active learning experiences in the classroom. Along the way we’ll discuss and model some easy-to-use teaching ideas that are adaptable to nearly all college disciplines and classrooms.
Keywords: teaching ideas, student feedback, active learning, classroom tools, interactive learning
Keywords: teaching ideas, student feedback, active learning, classroom tools, interactive learning
AIR Model of Ethical Awareness
Presenter: Donna Qualters, Tufts University
The Awareness, Investigation, and Response (AIR) model of reflective ethical inquiry is an educational tool for helping students and faculty think creatively about cultivating ethical inquiry. It prepares students with interdisciplinary skills, resources and confidence to make more caring, compassionate choices in the ethical situations they encounter as a student and in their field of study. AIR provides a bridge for students to increasingly become more sophisticated in their ethical inquiry processes.
Keywords: ethics, ethical inquiry, curriculum integration
Keywords: ethics, ethical inquiry, curriculum integration
Jump Around, Jump Up and Get Down
Presenter: Sean J. Glassberg, Horry Georgetown Technical College
Following a review of research-based benefits of active learning, this session will highlight the following teaching strategies: Guess the Fib, Stand & Share, Toss a Question and Brainstorming 101. These exercises are Active learning mechanisms that can increase the energy level in the classroom. The purpose of sharing these strategies with fellow instructors is to show what they can do to lecture less and allow for a more student-centered approach to learning.
Keywords: active learning, collaborative learning, student-centered learning
Keywords: active learning, collaborative learning, student-centered learning
Joy Ride
Presenter: Patty H. Phelps, University of Central Arkansas
Without a doubt, the journey of teaching involves numerous bumps along the way but there are also many joys. This session reminds faculty of the sources of joy as well as provides strategies to seize more joy while helping faculty to recognize robbers of joy. The presenter will share her “joy ride” experience and encourage participants to join the journey.
Keywords: faculty renewal, faculty development, burnout avoidance
Keywords: faculty renewal, faculty development, burnout avoidance
The Lively Discussion: Discussion Protocols that Improve Student Learning
Presenter: Dakin Burdick, Endicott College
Getting students to talk can be one of the most frustrating things an instructor can encounter, even a well-intentioned instructor who supports active learning. This session will discuss how one gets students to prepare for and engage in discussion. Participants will receive handouts with 16 different discussion protocols and a description of how to adapt them for use with online classes. Participants will practice four discussion protocols (Value Line, Affinity Map, Jigsaw, and Brainstorming).
Keywords: discussion protocols, active learning
Keywords: discussion protocols, active learning
