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29 th University-Wide Teaching Conference

INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE: Teaching and Learning in an Increasingly Interconnected World

MAY 23, 2016 8:30am-4:30pm

Tufts University Medford Campus

ThefirstdayoftheconferencewasdevelopedbytheUCTFD,CELT,andETS.Theseconddayisco-sponsoredbyTuftsandtheNEFDC.Thiseventismadepossible,inpart,byagenerousgrantfromtheDavisEducationalFoundation.

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29thTuftsAnnualUniversity-wideTeachingConferenceAgendaforDay1May23,2016

InclusiveExcellence:TeachingandLearninginanIncreasinglyInterconnectedWorld

"Thelessonsweteachourstudents-whetherovertlyandintentionallyormindlesslyandinadvertently-arewhatwillshapetheworld…Ourgoalcannotbetomirrortheinjusticeandinequitiesofthebroadersociety(andtheworld)butrathertoprovidestudentswiththeskills,attitudes,andconfidencetheyneedinordertoactivelytransformtheworld."MaraSapon-Shevin

Day1Overview8:00am ContinentalBreakfastandRegistration,DistlerAuditoriuminthePerryandMarty GranoffMusicCenter8:30am Welcome:BorisHasselblatt,AssociateProvost,Tufts OpeningRemarks:MarkBrimhallVargas,ChiefDiversityOfficer,Tufts9:00am ReframingExcellence GildaBarabino,PhD,ProfessorandDeanofEngineering,CityCollegeofNewYork10:30am Break10:45am TeachinginStereo:PerspectivesonLearner-CenteredInstruction DerekBruff,PhD,Director,CenterforTeaching,MathematicsProfessor, VanderbiltUniversity12:00pm Lunch,574BostonAvenue1:00-4:00pm AfternoonTeachingWorkshops–seedetailedagendabelow4:00pm TeachingwithTechnologyAwards,DessertReception,andiPadminiraffleThefirstdayofthisconferencewasdevelopedasacollaborativeeffortbetweenTheUniversity-wideCommitteeonTeachingandFacultyDevelopment(UCTFD),TheCenterfortheEnhancementofLearningandTeaching(CELT),andEducationalTechnologyServices(ETS).Theseconddayisco-sponsoredbyTuftsandTheNewEnglandFacultyDevelopmentConsortium(NEFDC).Thiseventismadepossible,inpart,byagenerousgrantfromtheDavisEducationalFoundation,establishedbyStantonandEmilyDavisafterMr.Davis’retirementaschairmanofShaw’sSupermarket,Inc.http://www.davisfoundations.org/def

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DetailedAgenda8:00–8:30am BreakfastandRegistration

DistlerAuditoriumintheMartyandPerryGranoffMusicBuilding20TalbotAvenue,Medford,MA02155

8:30–9:00am WelcomeandOpeningRemarks

BorisHasselblatt,AssociateProvostMarkBrimhall-Vargas,ChiefDiversityOfficer

9:00–10:30am ReframingExcellence

GildaBarabino,PhD,BergEndowedProfessorandDeanofTheGroveSchoolofEngineering,TheCityCollegeofNewYorkAsfacultyandadministrators,weoftenseetheworldthroughaverynarrowlens.Weareoftennotsufficientlyawareofthesocialdynamicsandforcesaroundusthatinfluencehowweinteractwitheachotherandourstudents.Weneedtoexpandourawarenessofthetypesofenvironmentswecreatethatmayormaynotbesupportiveoflearnersfromdifferentbackgrounds.Dr.Barabinowillexamineinclusiveexcellenceinthecontextofmultipletheories,socialfactorsanddynamicsthatinfluencewaysofknowinganddoingintoday’sincreasinglyinterconnectedworld.

10:30–10:45am BREAK10:45–12:00pm TeachinginStereo:PerspectivesonLearner-CenteredInstruction

DerekBruff,PhD,Director,CenterforTeaching/SeniorLecturer,Mathematics,VanderbiltUniversityOurstudentsbringaricharrayofknowledge,skills,experiences,andperspectivestoourcourses.Weoftenrecognizethevalueofleveragingdiversityinsolvingresearchproblems,intechnologicalinnovation,andinparticipatorydemocracy.However,leveragingstudentdiversityintheclassroomcanbedifficult,evenwhendoingsoisvalued.Inthissessionwewillexplorequestionssuchas:Howcaninstructorsturnthischallengeintoanopportunity?Andhowcanwecreateclassroomenvironmentsinwhicheverystudentiswelcometofullyparticipateinlearning?Wewillexplorethosequestionsandconsiderteachingpracticesthatcaninvolvemoreofourstudentsactivelyintheconstructionofknowledge.

12:00–1:00pm LUNCH

Transitionto574BostonAvenue(forthfloor)forlunchandafternoonsessions

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FacultyLearningCommunities,2014-2016

DifficultDialoguesJenniferAllen PublicHealth&

CommunityMedicine

JulieDobrow EPChildStudy&HumanDevelopment

DeborahDonahue-Keegan

Education

BarbaraParmenter Urban&EnvironmentPolicy&Planning

CynthiaRobinson EducationDeborahSchildkraut PoliticalScience

STEMFrancieChew BiologyJulietFuhrman BiologyBenjaminHescott ComputerScienceJonathanKenny ChemistryMitchMcVey BiologySamuelThomas ChemistryDarrylWilliams Engineering:

Recruitment,Retention,andCommunityEngagement

OnlineEthanDanahy ComputerScience

MishaEliasziw PublicHealth&CommunityMedicine

DanielHannon MechanicalEngineering

DianeMcKay FriedmanSchoolofNutrition

FeliciaSullivan TischCollege

LearningSpaces SashaFleary EPChildStudy&

HumanDevelopment

MitchMcVey Biology

DaniloMarchesini Physics&AstronomyMargaret(Peggy)Morris

OccupationalTherapy

InclusiveAssessmentLearningCommunityAnneCantu RomanceLanguages

JonathanGarlick OralPathology

SoniaOrtiz-Miranda

BiomedicalSciences

PattiSmith RomanceLanguages

SumeetaSrinivasan UEP

InclusiveExcellenceSergiyKryatov Chemistry

KeithMaddox Psychology

DanielMcCusker Drama&Dance

DavidProctor History

SusanSetnik Classics

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AfternoonWorkshopsataGlanceAttendeeswillhavetheopportunitytoattendeithertwoshortworkshopsduringtheafternoonsessionoroneoftwolongerworkshops.Seedescriptionsforeachworkshopbelow.1–2:25pm,room402ExploringTechnologiesforInclusiveTeachingFacilitators:TuftsEducationalTechnologyServices(ETS)team

1–2:25pm,room401AllSkate:UsingTechnologytoTransformLarge-EnrollmentCoursesFacilitator:DerekBruff,VanderbiltUniversity

1–4pm,room310CulturallySustainingPedagogy:UnderstandingandValuingStudents’CulturalandLinguisticBackgroundsFacilitator:CarmenVeloria,SuffolkUniversity

1–4pm,room201OurCreativeObligation:HelpingStudentstoListentoUnderstandFacilitator:L.LeeKnefelkamp,ColumbiaUniversity

2:35–4pm,room402ExploringTechnologiesforInclusiveTeachingFacilitators:TuftsEducationalTechnologyServices(ETS)

2:35–4pm,room401StrategiesforIncorporatingUniversalDesignintoYourCourseFacilitator:KirstenBehling,SuffolkUniversity

4:00pmDessertReception,TuftsTeachingwithTechnologyAwards,andRaffle(forthfloor)

WorkshopDescriptionsLongerworkshops(Choose1ofthese,ORtwooftheshortersessionsbelow)1:00–4:00pm CulturallySustainingPedagogy:UnderstandingandValuingStudents’ CulturalandLinguisticBackgrounds,room310

Facilitator:CarmenVeloria,SuffolkUniversityHowdoinstructorshelpsustainstudents’culturalandlinguisticcompetencewhilesimultaneouslyhelpingthemgainaccesstodominantculturalcompetence(coursecontent)?Inthisinteractiveworkshopwewillexplorehowyoucanenrichcoursecontent,developreflectiveclassroompractices,facilitatecriticaldialogueandcriticalthinkingskills,anddevelopinclusiveassessmentofstudentwork.Additionally,wewillbrainstormopportunitiesforconstructinginclusiveclassrooms.

1:00–4:00pm OurCreativeObligation:HelpingStudentstoListentoUnderstand,room201

Facilitator:L.LeeKnefelkamp,ColumbiaUniversity

Acentralpurposeofhighereducationistohelpstudentsengageinmultipleperspectivesofevidence-basedanalysis,andthoughtfulrationalesfordevelopingpositionsoncomplexissues.Yetourclassroomsoftenaresitesofeitheruncivildialogueorsilence.Thisworkshopexploresourknowledgeofthreecriticalareasofstudentdevelopment:intellectualdevelopment/criticalthinking;interculturaldevelopmentandsensitivity;andselfawarenessandefficacy.Wewillexplorethreemodelsofstudentdevelopmentinthethreeareas,reviewstudentdata,andexploreeffectivewaystohelpstudentsbothencounterandnegotiatewhatseemtobeintractabledifferencesinmultipleareas.

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L.LeeKnefelkamp,PhDProfessorofPsychologyandEducation,TeachersCollege,ColumbiaUniversitySeniorFellow,OfficeofIntegrativeLiberalLearning&theGlobalCommonsAAC&UFor30years,Dr.Knefelkamphasresearchedandwrittenaboutstudentintellectual,ethical,identityandinterculturaldevelopment.Shealsostudiescurriculumtransformation,issuesofrace,ethnicity,andgender;campusclimateassessment;the

psychologyoforganizationalchange;andresistancetochange.ShehasbeenDeanoftheSchoolofEducationatTheAmericanUniversityinWashington,DC;AcademicDeanoftheFacultyatMacalesterCollege;andisaSeniorFellowwiththeAmericanAssociationforHigherEducation.Dr.Knefelkampteachesawiderangeofcoursesinbothinterculturalcommunicationandinprofessionalethics.Sheisparticularlyknowledgeableinthestudyofethicalissuesininterculturalandglobalcontextsandhowtheethicalstancesofindividuals,groups,andorganizationsareformedinaninterculturalcontext.Sheisparticularlyinterestedinthedifferencesbetweenanaiveearlystageofintellectualthoughtinwhichtheindividualoftenthinksdichotomously(dualistically)andtheperniciousformofdichotomousthoughtwhichproducesauthoritarianismandbigotedthoughtandaction.

CarmenVeloria,EdDAssociateProfessor/Director,EducationStudiesDepartmentofSociology,SuffolkUniversityCarmenVeloriahasbeenanurbaneducatorintheP-16systemasaclassroomteacher,collegeaccessprogramadministrator,andcurrentlyasanAssociateProfessor.Shefocusesonsystemicissuesthatnegativelyimpacttheeducationaltrajectoryofstudentsofcolor,andbringsthislenstoherrestorativejusticework.Carmenteaches

restorativejusticeatthecollegelevelandisalsointerestedincollegeaccessinitiativesforunder-representedstudentsaswellaspersistenceandretentioneffortsinhighereducation.Herresearchinterestsincludeurbansociology/education;theintersectionofrace,class,ethnicity,andgender;juvenilejustice;andlanguageusageandculture.EducationalTechnologyServices(ETS)TuftsUniversityTuftsTechnologyServices(TTS)EducationalTechnologyServicesisauniversity-wideservicegroup.Ourteamsofferfacultydevelopmentprogramsyear-round.WealsoconsultdirectlywithTuftsfacultytosupportteaching,learning,andscholarlycollaborationwithtechnologyandwedesign,develop,andintegrateacademictechnologyapplications.Additionally,weoffernewsystemstoenableteaching,learning,scholarlycollaboration,andco-curricularendeavorsacrossdiversecontextsatTuftsUniversity.

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ShorterWorkshops(Choose2oftheseor1ofthelongersessions)1:00–2:25pm AllSkate:UsingTechnologytoTransformLarge-EnrollmentCourses,room401

Facilitator:DerekBruff,VanderbiltUniversityHowcanyouengagethedozensorhundredsofstudentsinyourcourseinactivelearningduringclass?JustasTwitterhaschangedwatchingtheSuperBowlortheOscarsintoamassivesocialexperienceandWikipediahasleveragedthewisdomofthecrowdtoreinventtheencyclopedia,technologycanturnyourlarge-enrollmentcourseintoanactiveandengaginglearningenvironment.Inthisworkshop,wewillexplorelearningprinciples,classstructures,anddigitaltechnologiesyoucanusetoconvertyourlargeclasssizefromalimitationtoastrength.Bringyourlaptoportablet,andbereadytotransformyourclassroom.

1:00–2:25pmand2:35–4:00pm ExploringTechnologyforInclusiveTeaching,room402

Facilitators:TuftsEducationalTechnologyServicesTeamTuftsoffersavarietyoftechnologiesthatpromoteinclusiveteachingandstudentengagement.Thisworkshopwillintroducethreeofthesetechnologiesandprovideanopportunityforyoutoexplorehowyoucanemploytheminsupportofinclusiveteachingpractices:Voicethread,aneasy-to-useplatformwhereyouandyourstudentscandevelopandcollaborativelyannotateaudio,video,documents,andimages;Piazza,whichallowsyoutocreateinteractiveonlineforumsthatconnectandengageanentireclassthroughtheexchangeofideasaroundkeyideasandconcepts;andWebEx,avideoconferencingsystemusedtoconnectwithstudentsduringclasstimeandbeyond.Tofullyparticipate,pleasebringalaptop.

2:35–4:00pm StrategiesforIncorporatingUniversalDesignintoYourCourse,room401

Facilitator:KirstenBehling,SuffolkUniversityHaveyoueverwonderedhowyoucanreachmoreofyourstudents?Doyoustrugglewithhowtoteachtoadiversegroupoflearners?Thissessionwillexplorehowuniversaldesignineducationbenefitsalllearners.Wewilldiscusshowtheincorporationofuniversaldesignstrategiescanenhancetheexperienceofcollegecourseswhileimprovingaccessforthediverselearner.Participantswillhavetheopportunitytoreflectontheirowncourses,andwalkawaywithuniversaldesignstrategiesthattheycanimmediatelyimplementintheircourses.

4:00pm TuftsTeachingwithTechnologyAwards,RaffleandDessertBar(forthfloor)

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SpeakerandWorkshopFacilitatorBios

GildaBarabino,PhDBergProfessorandDeanofTheGroveSchoolofEngineeringCityCollegeofNewYorkDr.BarabinohasappointmentsinBiomedicalEngineering,ChemicalEngineeringandtheSophieDavisSchoolofBiomedicalEducation/CUNYSchoolofMedicine.SheservedatGeorgiaTechastheinauguralViceProvostforAcademicDiversity.PriortoherappointmentsatGeorgiaTechandEmory,sherosetotherankofFullProfessorof

ChemicalEngineeringandservedasViceProvostforUndergraduateEducationatNortheasternUniversity.Sheisanotedinvestigatorintheareasofsicklecelldisease,cellularandtissueengineering,andrace/ethnicityandgenderinscienceandengineering.SheconsultsnationallyandinternationallyonSTEMeducationandresearch,diversityinhighereducation,policy,workforcedevelopmentandfacultydevelopment.Dr.BarabinohasoveradecadeofexperienceinleadingNSFinitiativesforwomenandminorityfacultyandisthefounderandExecutiveDirectoroftheNationalInstituteforFacultyEquity.FormoreaboutDr.Barabinosee:https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/engineering/message

DerekBruff,PhDDirectoroftheCenterforTeachingVanderbiltUniversityDerekBruffisDirectoroftheVanderbiltUniversityCenterforTeachingandaseniorlecturerintheVanderbiltDepartmentofMathematics.Hisresearchinterestsincludeeducationaltechnology,visualthinking,andsocialpedagogies.Heteachescoursesoncryptography,linearalgebra,andstatistics.Hespeaksinternationallyaboutactiveand

engagedlearning,creativeusesoftechnologyforlearning,hasdevelopedaMOOConteachinginSTEMaspartofanNSFgrantthroughCIRTL,haspublishedabookonTeachingwithClassroomResponseSystems:CreatingActiveLearningEnvironments(2009),andisanactivebloggeronteachingandlearning.Visithisblog:http://derekbruff.org/

KirstenBehlingDirectoroftheOfficeofDisabilityServices,SuffolkUniversityAdjunctProfessor,NEAGSchoolofEducationattheUniversityofConnecticutInherroleatSuffolkUniversity,KirstenBehlingworkstoensurethatstudentsareaccommodatedandtheuniversityisproactiveindisabilityadvocacy.Shehelpedtodevelop

theGraduateCertificatePrograminPostsecondaryDisabilityServicesattheUniversityofConnecticut.KirstenisalsoheavilyinvolvedinNewEnglandAHEAD,aregionalaffiliateofAHEAD.Herresearchinterestsinclude,accessinonlinelearning,teachingthediverselearner,andeducatingcurrentandfuturedisabilityserviceprofessionals.