| Workshops 2005-2007 |
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| Date |
Subject |
5/4/07 noon-1:30 p.m. Faculty Lounge, 3rd floor Armitage Hall |
Workshop on Assessment Practices, conducted by Dr. Brigitte Valesey, Assistant Provost for Assessment of Student Learning, at Widener University. Lunch will be served. |
2/16/07 12:15 p.m. library classrom |
"Managing the Stack: Effective, Efficient Commenting on Student Papers" -- Bill FitzGerald, Assistant Professor of English. |
10/27/06 12:15 p.m. ARM 121 |
"PowerPoint in Pedagogy: Educational Building Block or Just Another Brick in the Wall?" -- a discussion of uses of PowerPoint in teaching. Bob Wood and Emily Corse will serve as Point People. |
| May 12, 2006 12:00 p.m. Room 121, Armitage Hall |
"Technology Lessons" Faculty who have used some of the emergent technologies such as tablet PCs (Georgia Arbuckle-Keil, Department of Chemistry) and Lucy Ford (School of Business) and podcasting (Allen Woll, Director of the Honors College and Department of History) and Robert Emmons (Asssistant Director of the Honors College) will discuss their experiences. Lunch will be served. |
| spring 2006 12:15 p.m. Faculty Lounge, Armitage Hall |
"Teaching an International Studies Course" -- reprise This workshop will feature faculty members who have previously taught an international studies course who will discuss strategies and issues related to such courses. The panel includes Marie Cornelia, Joe Martin, Tim Martin, Joe Schiavo, and Gabor Toth. (This workshop is being repeated, since the December session was impacted by bad weather. It will also feature some faculty recently returned from spring break trips abroad.) Lunch will be served. |
| February 17, 2006 12:15 p.m. Faculty Lounge, Armitage Hall |
"Serving as Mentors for Undergraduate Research" This workshop, conducted in cooperation with the Committee on Undergraduate Research, will feature faculty members who have experience guiding undergraduate student researchers. They will discuss various aspects of the mentoring process for students involved in research and creative activities. Scheduled participants include Alex Roche (chemistry), Luis Garcia (psychology), and Allan Espiritu (Fine Arts). Lunch will be served. |
| 12/9/2005 12:15 p.m. Faculty Lounge Armitage Hall |
"Teaching an International Studies Course" This workshop will feature faculty members who have previously taught an international studies course who will discuss strategies and issues related to such courses. The panel includes Marie Cornelia, Joe Martin, Tim Martin, Joe Schiavo, and Gabor Toth. |
| 11/4/2005 12:15 p.m. Faculty Lounge Armitage Hall |
"Workshop for New Faculty -- Lessons from Experienced Faculty" This workshop, conducted as part of the orientation series for new faculty members, will draw on the collective wisdom of experienced faculty members, including Georgia Arbuckle, Marie Cornelia, Bob Ryan, and Bill Whitlow. Although primarily intended for recent hires, the workshop is open to all Arts and Sciences faculty members. |
| 10/7/2005 12:15 p.m. Faculty Lounge Armitage Hall |
"Students with
Special Needs" This workshop will be led by Patricia Grove--Director of the New Brunswick Learning Resource Center, Tom Pignone, Learning Specialist--Camden Learning Resource Center, and Mike Greenup--Assistant Dean (Student Affairs). |
| Workshops 2004-2005 |
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| Date |
Subject |
| 11/8/2004, 12:15 p.m., Electronic Classroom Robeson Library | "How to Respond Effectively to Students' Writing," conducted by Holly Blackford, Assistant Professor of English and Director of the Writing Program |
| 2/7/05, 12:15
p.m. Faculty Lounge Armitage Hall |
"Incorporating
Diversity in Class" - a workshop led by
Bildner Fellows to discuss ways to incorporate cultural diversity
issues in
classes; the Bildner Fellows have done a variety of projects pertaining
to the
topic. Light refreshments will be available. |
| 3/4/05, 12:15 p.m. Robeson 205 |
"Teaching Small Seminars" - a workshop led by Allen Woll, Stuart Charme, Tim Martin, and Joe Barbarese to consider issues involved in freshman seminars, honors seminars, and other small classes. Light refreshments will be available. |
| 4/4/05, 12:15 p.m. Armitage 121 |
"Teaching Large
Sections" -- this workshop will involve discussion about large
class teaching issues by a panel of faculty with experience in this
topic; the lineup tentaively includes Bob Evans, Luis Garcia, Robert
Lopez, Tim Martin, and Joe Barbarese. Light refreshments will be available. |