Past CTLT Workshops and Events
2007-2008 CTLT Activities
May 2008 Faculty Workshop Series
Registration
May 8, 2008
May 13-14-15, 2008 |
Thursday May 8, 2008 |
8:30
Dowell 100 |
Registration
Coffee, Juice, Rolls, Fruit |
9:00
Dowell 100 |
Graduation Planner Training
William Dana & Kasi Williamson, UMTC Registrar’s Office |
10:00
(repeat 9:00 session)
Dowell 100 |
Graduation Planner Training
William Dana & Kasi Williamson, UMTC Registrar’s Office |
1:30 to 2:30
Dowell 100 |
Grad Planner “Train the Trainer”
William Dana & Kasi Williamson, UMTC Registrar’s Office |
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Tuesday May 13, 2008 |
8:15
Bede Ballroom |
Registration
Coffee, Juice, Rolls, Fruit |
8:45
Bede Ballroom |
Developing Learning Outcomes for Students
Jane O’Brien, UMTC Center for Teaching and Learning
What do we want students to be able to do when they complete our courses? How can we connect these outcomes to our course design and classroom activities? In this workshop, participants will compare several frameworks for developing learning outcomes, and discuss how to map these objectives within a specific course and across an academic program. |
10:15 |
Break |
10:30
Bede Ballroom |
The Power of the Syllabus
Connie Tzenis, UMTC Center for Teaching and Learning
Your syllabus is one of the most important documents you create for your class, serving as an agreement between you and your students. It conveys a first and lasting impression of you and the course you've designed while it shares your beliefs about teaching. Most importantly, it can help students succeed in your class! In this interactive workshop you will be exploring ways to maximize the power of the syllabus as a tool for increasing student success. BRING TWO COPIES OF A SYLLABUS FROM ONE OF YOUR COURSES!! |
12:00
Bede Ballroom |
Lunch
Provided by UMC Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology |
1:00
Bede Ballroom |
Integrating Critical Thinking into the Curriculum
Velma Lashbrook, Augsburg College
Traditional approaches to college teaching, particularly in lower-level undergraduate classes, foster surface rather than deep learning. Research demonstrates that surface learning is short-lived and often results in negative attitudes toward a discipline. Deep learning is lasting and encourages students’ desire to learn more. Integrating critical thinking and dialogue into the curriculum is essential for fostering deep learning. This workshop explores how to apply these strategies to improve individual classes and departmental programs in order to produce lasting learning. It focuses on helping students learn to think like a professional in a discipline. Participants will design natural learning experiences to foster critical thinking and dialogue. |
2:30 |
Break |
2:45
Bede Ballroom |
Integrating Critical Thinking into the Curriculum
continued |
4:00 |
Wrap-up |
Wednesday
May 14, 2008 |
8:30
Bede Ballroom |
Registration
Coffee, Juice, Rolls, Fruit |
9:00
Bede Ballroom |
Integrating Online Learning into the Curriculum
Velma Lashbrook, Augsburg College
Note: Participants should bring their laptops for the session.
Online learning is, in one sense, merely another tool in the learning toolkit. In another way, however, it dramatically alters the time and place where learning occurs. This workshop focuses on designing courses that make the best use of classroom and online methodologies to offer meaningful and varied experiences and facilitate effective student learning. Participants will compare and contrast classroom, online, and integrated learning designs and apply a learning design model to a specific class. They will also consider where to substitute online learning for current classroom activities to deepen learning. Participants are asked to bring a syllabus for a course they currently teach. They will leave the workshop with concrete plans for incorporating online strategies into this course and resources to support the development of learning activities. |
10:30 |
Break |
10:45
Bede Ballroom |
Integrating Online Learning into the Curriculum continued |
12:00 |
Wrap-Up |
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Thursday May 15, 2008 |
1:00 to 3:00
Dowell 212-220
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Faculty Working Session for
Developing Discipline Course Learner Outcomes
Assessment Committee:
Paul Aakre, Phil Baird, Eric Burgess, Brian Dingmann, Marilyn Grave
Faculty within a discipline will form working groups to review and develop course learning outcomes. Please bring your laptops and syllabi. |
Spring Break 2008
Faculty / Staff Workshop Schedule
Monday, March 17, 2008
9:30 to 10:30
Windows Vista and Office 2007
Kiehle 141
Steve Hannah
This hands-on workshop introduces the Windows Vista operating system and Office 2007. Office 2007 represents the most significant change since Office 95. We will have approximately 15 computers set up so you can try out the features yourself. If you are already using Vista and Office 2007, feel free to bring your own laptop.
11:00 to 12:00
Bridging the language gap: Improving educational opportunities for our International students.
Minnesota Room
Kimberly Gillette
The recent influx of students from other countries present faculty with both opportunity and challenge. International students are dedicated and driven but also face many obstacles. Do we as faculty understand their challenges? How do we bridge the language gap? What processes and assistance can the campus offer to improve the educational opportunities for our International students? Please join Kimberly Gillette, Director or International Programs, for a roundtable discussion.
1:00 to 2:00
Repeat: Windows Vista and Office 2007
Kiehle 141
Steve Hannah
Tuesday March 18, 2008
9:30 to 10:30
Common Tasks in Excel 2007
Kiehle 141
Steve Hannah |
- Navigate the “Ribbon”
- Use the Microsoft Interactive Command Reference Tool
- Tabs – Contextual Tabs
- Understand file interchangeability
- Exchange data between Office applications
- Explore new formatting capabilities
- Preview the new graphic libraries
- Interchange data between Office 2007 applications
- More…
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11:00 to 12:00
Common Tasks in Word 2007
Kiehle 141
Steve Hannah |
1:00 to 2:00
Common Tasks in PowerPoint 2007
Kiehle 141
Steve Hannah |
Wednesday March 19, 2008
9:30 to 10:30
Common Tasks in Adobe Photoshop
Kiehle 141
Steve Hannah |
- Understand graphic formats
- Learn what pixels are
- Optimize photos for web delivery
- Crop, rotate, layer photos
- More…
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11:00 to 12:00
Common Tasks in Adobe Acrobat Kiehle 141
Steve Hannah |
- Combine multiple documents and document types into a single PDF
- Save PowerPoint as a PDF
- Touch up existing PDF documents
- Comment PDF documents
- More…
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Transistioning to Office 2007 - Interactive Reference Guides
Microsoft had created an interactive tool for each Office application that makes it easy to find where Office 2003 menu items are found in Office 2007.
Word 2003 to Word 2007 Reference Guide
Excel 2003 to Excel 2007 Reference Guide
PowerPoint 2003 to PowerPoint 2007 Reference Guide
Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007 Reference Guide
Access 2003 to Access 2007 Reference Guide
Faculty In-Service Day
October 12, 2007
Session I.
A New Student Rating of Teaching Form on the Twin Cities Campus: Overview, Steps, and Current Status
Presented by:
Dr. David Langley, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
A university-wide committee was charged with addressing the efficacy of the current SET form on the Twin Cities campus in light of current research on teaching and learning. The committee produced a report that offered a new set of core statements, a conceptual framework for structuring the core statements and an associated question bank, and numerous other adaptations to improve the focus and intent of the form. This presentation outlines the current status of this work and provides materials for augmenting the current form at UM-Crookston.
Session II.
Active Learning: Matching Teaching to Learning Goals
Presented by: Jeff Lindgren, Assistant Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
A number of active learning techniques will be presented and demonstrated in relation to possible learning outcomes. Participants will be invited to reflect on the relevance of the active learning techniques for their own instructional context and purposes. Resources on active learning techniques and learning outcomes will be provided.
Session III.
Advising Workshop
Presented by Noel Levitz and facilititated by UMC faculty Sharon Stewart, Kevin Thompson, Kim Cousins.
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