Monday, April 30, 2012

Center for Faculty Development at the University of Colorado Denver Weekly Digest for April 30, 2012


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8th Annual NEEAN Academic Assessment Institute

by judithcoe
From my POD listserv: 8th Annual NEEAN Academic Assessment Institute Keene State College, New Hampshire June 7, Thurs 10:00am through June 8, Fri 2:30pm, 2012 Keynote Speaker Steven E. Weisler, Ph.D. Hampshire College Research Fellow for The New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability Purpose The NEEAN Annual Academic Assessment Institute supports college and university [...]
judithcoe | April 24, 2012 at 3:45 pm | Tags: 8th Annual Neean Academic Assessment Institute, accreditation expectations, curriculum delivery, curriculum design, curriculum improvement, enhancing faculty development, improving the assessment reporting process, institutionalizing assessment to improve student learning, Keene State College, New Hampshire, strengthening assessment efforts and linking campus assessment processes, tools and methods to assess and improve student learning | Categories: assessment, conferences, higher education | URL: http://wp.me/p1FvxT-5b
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Teaching 21st Century Students Conference

by judithcoe
From my POD listserv: Registration for the Teaching 21st Century Students Conference is now open and the program for the conference is posted on the conference website. The conference is being held June 8-10, on the Monterey Peninsula. Please consider attending and share the information with your colleagues. Book by May 10 to get the [...]
judithcoe | April 24, 2012 at 3:34 pm | Tags: Teaching 21st Century Students Conference | Categories: conferences, faculty development, higher education | URL: http://wp.me/p1FvxT-59
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Call for Proposals is Now Open – The 13th Annual Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching

by judithcoe
  From my POD listserv: Please consider submitting your scholarly work on enhancing student learning. The 13th Annual Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching – will be held in Traverse City, Michigan at the Park Place Hotel, September 20 – 23. Proposal submission will close June 3, 2012. The overall conference theme is Evidence [...]
judithcoe | April 24, 2012 at 3:11 pm | Tags: Creating Communities of Learners, E-Learning, Engaged Learning, Evidence Based Teaching and Learning, Promoting Social Responsibility, scholarly work on enhancing student learning, The 13th Annual Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching | Categories: boyer, conferences, curriculum development, higher education, integration, pedagogy, student learning | URL: http://wp.me/p1FvxT-57
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John Dewey Lives

by judithcoe
  From my AERA-C: Learning and Instruction Forum listserv: Conservative commentator Glenn Beck has denounced John Dewey as the originator of an educational philosophy in which teachers help students through a “touchy-feely period of self-discovery” rather than actually teaching them anything. How might the late great philosopher and advocate of progressive education have responded? An [...]
judithcoe | April 24, 2012 at 3:03 pm | Tags: AERA-C: Learning and Instruction Forum listserv:, educational publications, John Dewey, Progressive Education Network, promote the scholarship and career growth of school educators, Schools: Studies in Education, William C. Ayers, William H. Schubert | Categories: boyer, curriculum development, faculty development, higher education, integration, pedagogy, student learning | URL: http://wp.me/p1FvxT-55
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Journal on Excellence in College Teaching

by judithcoe
  From my POD listserv: The new issue of the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching is now available in print and online. Volume 22, number 4 (2011) focuses on: Why Do Students Do What They Do? (and How Do We Get Them to Do What We Think They Should?). The issue¹s articles offer evidence-based [...]
judithcoe | April 24, 2012 at 2:46 pm | Tags: communication among faculty about their classroom experiences, Ernest Boyer's (1990) call for a forum to present the scholarship of teaching and learning, evidence-based practices for increasing student participation and engagement in classes, increase student learning through effective teaching, innovative pedagogies, inspirational insights about teaching, interest in and enthusiasm for the profession of teaching, Journal on Excellence in College Teaching | Categories: higher education, pedagogy, student learning | URL: http://wp.me/p1FvxT-53
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Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Conference

by judithcoe
From my POD listserv: Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Conference University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA 4-5 October 2012 This conference will address contemporary food challenges from interdisciplinary perspectives by exploring new possibilities for sustainable food production and human nutrition. The aim is to consider the dimensions of a 'new green revolution' that will meet [...]
judithcoe | April 24, 2012 at 2:38 pm | Tags: agricultural and environmental food sciences, contemporary food challenges, exploring new possibilities for sustainable food production and human nutrition, farm-to-table, food industries and markets, food sciences, global food sociologies, interdisciplinary perspectives, social dynamics of food, The Food Studies Conference, Urban Food Hub, Urbana-Champaign | Categories: conferences, integration | URL: http://wp.me/p1FvxT-51
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Making Academic Change Happen – STEM Workshop

by judithcoe
This summer, faculty at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology are offering a new, 4-day workshop for faculty, staff, administrators, and graduate students interested in improving STEM education. Making Academic Change Happen – impacting your classrooms, colleagues, and campus. Wednesday, May 30 – Saturday, June 2, 2012 The application deadline has passed, but if you are interested [...]
judithcoe | April 24, 2012 at 2:28 pm | Tags: STEM education, workshop | Categories: faculty development, higher education, pedagogy, student learning | URL: http://wp.me/p1FvxT-4Z
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Professor Dancealot

by judithcoe
In a recent POD listserv discussion focused on increasing understanding of the core purposes of assessment (assessing learning, and adjusting teaching-learning practice), the YouTube video Professor Dancealot was put forth as ‘one simple task’ which might be used with a group of faculty – in an effort to begin to move an entire campus forward [...]
judithcoe | April 24, 2012 at 2:20 pm | Tags: adjusting teaching-learning practice, assessing learning, authoritarian instructor, authority and approval of authority, student passivity, student-centered teaching and learning aesthetics and practices | Categories: assessment, pedagogy, student learning | URL: http://wp.me/p1FvxT-4X
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