Deb Lawrence and Tina Mancuso August 2013 The Center for
Teaching and Learning (CTL) Slide 2 5-Minute Faculty Development
Workshop Think of one thing that you would like students to leave
with on the first day in one of your courses, and why. Write it
down. Pairing with someone near you, talk about what that one thing
is, and why its important. Brainstorm for your partner: What are
some things one could do to help bring that first-day wish to
reality? Groups? Slide 3 Mission of the CTL Raise the prestige of
teaching by seeing teaching as part of a cycle of inquiry and
rooted in a deep literature on learning. Build on campus a
community of scholars devoted to advancing teaching in their
disciplines and in interdisciplinary and general education courses.
Support innovation and risk taking among faculty. Slide 4 Where is
the CTL? Troy basement of the Shea Learning Center Open Office
Hours: Thursdays 1:00 2:00pm Albany 2 nd floor of Froman Hall in
Room 206 Open Office Hours: Wednesday 12:00 1:30 Please feel free
to email for a meeting at other times Come browse the CTL
collection or set a time to talk to us about something you are
interested in. Slide 5 Kinds of Programming Pedagogical lunches
with faculty presenting and sharing their work Support for
scholarship on teaching and learning Outside speakers and
demonstrations Faculty Learning Communities Workshops on new ideas
and approaches Link assessment data with teaching improvement Make
new research available to faculty Individual Consultation Slide 6
Faculty Learning Communities New Faculty begins Wednesday September
4 from 8:30 10:00 am first meeting will be in Troy at the Shea
Learning Center meets every third Wednesday from that date -
alternating campuses focus is on what faculty need/want to know to
have a successful first year Active Learning Strategies based on
results from faculty survey conducted over the summer begins Monday
September 9 from 2:30 4:00 pm first meeting will be in Troy at the
Shea Learning Center meets every third Monday from that date -
alternating campuses Slide 7 Student Assessment Need for early and
frequent assessment of student learning Can be formative; does not
need to be summative What the literature says: In a comprehensive
review of 87 meta-analyses of studies of what makes a difference to
student achievement, Hattie (1987) reports that the most powerful
single influence is feedback. Similarly, Black & Wiliams (1998)
comprehensive review of formative assessment emphasizes the
extraordinarily large and consistent positive effects that feedback
has on learning compared with other aspects of teaching. (Learning
and Teaching in Higher Education, Issue 1, 2004-05, G. Gibbs, C.
Simpson, Conditions Under Which Assessment Supports Students
Learning, p. 9+) Slide 8 Benefits of Early and Frequent Assessment
Six-week warnings and midterm grades Importance of everyone
participating so we can see patterns Does not need to count toward
the course grade Just something to give you a sense of how the
student is doing Slide 9 Quick Assessment Exercise Use Poll
Everywhere to get a quick sense of what your students are thinking.
www.polleverywhere.comwww.polleverywhere.com free for up to 40
responses Slide 10 How To Vote via Texting 1.Standard texting rates
only (worst case US $0.20) 2.We have no access to your phone number
3.Capitalization doesnt matter, but spaces and spelling do TIPS
EXAMPLE Slide 11 How To Vote via PollEv.com Capitalization doesnt
matter, but spaces and spelling do TIP EXAMPLE Slide 12 Dont
forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and
move or resize the poll. Poll: For most of my courses, I have at
least... Slide 13 Dont forget: You can copy-paste this slide into
other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: I am
familiar with minute papers. Slide 14 Dont forget: You can
copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize
the poll. Poll: I have used minute papers in my own cour... Slide
15 Dont forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other
presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: I am familiar
with the Muddiest Point te... Slide 16 Dont forget: You can
copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize
the poll. Poll: I have used the Muddiest Point technique... Slide
17 Dont forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other
presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: I am familiar
with concept maps. Slide 18 Dont forget: You can copy-paste this
slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll:
I have used concept maps in my own cours... Slide 19 Dont forget:
You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or
resize the poll. Poll: I am eager to learn more about how I cou...
Slide 20 Index Cards What was the title theme of President
Scrimshaws opening remarks? Slide 21 Resources Subscription to
Teaching Professor Newsletter (link at FDC page, via Library)
Teaching ProfessorTeaching Professor Can sign up for free Faculty
Focus Newsletter (www.facultyfocus.com)www.facultyfocus.com Magna
Commons (campus subscription to videos with accompanying
powerpoints, handouts, etc.)
http://www.magnapubs.com/magna-commons/
http://www.magnapubs.com/magna-commons/ Magna Online Seminars
(per-seminar fee basis) Chronicle of Higher Education On Hiring
Feature - http://chronicle.com/blogs/onhiring/teaching-the-
program/40655?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
http://chronicle.com/blogs/onhiring/teaching-the-
program/40655?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en Slide 22
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