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February
1 - Planning Your First Class & Textbooks
Topics for this first lesson include: check list for first day,
class expectations, making a good first impression, engaging
students the first day, first day activities, key student motivators,
problem posting, and presentation of the textbook.
February
15 - Syllabus Maker
Learn how to post your interactive course syllabus on the
web using the powerful and easy to use syllabus maker. You
will actually post one of your current syllabi with interactive
web links by the end of the two hour class. In addition you
will learn valuable tools for building course goals and objectives
with measurable outcomes. Task analysis of goals and assignments
that measure the cognitive levels is built into the syllabus
maker. You will also learn how easy it is to print all or
parts of your syllabus.
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February
22 - Classroom Assessment Techniques
Study various means of assessing student learning and student
profiles. The lesson will be structured around student profiles
and challenges and based on seven basic assumptions of classroom
assessment. You will identify excellent web resources for students
and faculty on test preparation so that they may be linked from
syllabi or easily copied for distribution to students. Five
basic CAT's techniques will be defined. Learn how to use a Student
Profile Sheet and the SASSI inventory so that you will be aware
of the challenges of individual students. Faculty will also
be introduced to the Student Success Advisors and this new program
to assist students outside of the classroom.
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March
1 - Lesson Planning & Creative Activities
Margaret Prothero, English Skills, presents the basic elements
of an effective lesson plan that includes a well defined goal,
objectives (cognitive, affective and social), materials, motivation/activity,
lesson elements, closure, assessment, and follow-up review.
See how a creative game board can become a fun and yet powerful
learning activity that appeals to all learning styles. A special
feature for those who attend is an individual consultation with
Margaret on your specific lesson plan (available to those faculty
who attend the entire seminar).
March
8 - Cooperative Learning
Laura Welby, our resident faculty trainer for collaborative
learning, presents a workshop on the benefits of cooperative
learning activities, how to design a cooperative learning
activity, and presentation of a cooperative learning activity.
The lesson includes a typical faculty statement to students
on the benefit of cooperative learning, modeling behavior,
team building, topic/core of activity, establishing objectives,
purpose and design, how to establish groups and team roles,
and designing team folders, cards, graphic organizers, activities
and group and activity evaluation tools. Participants in this
lesson will be eligible for a follow up meeting to share cooperative
learning lessons designed and used by faculty participants.
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March
15 - Strategies for Improving Written Work in Classes
Kathy Molloy, Bonnie Bran, and Melanie Eckford-Prossor, English,
discuss various prewriting activities such as freewriting, listing,
clustering, incorporating the visual, and questioning. They
will also present an effective model for research paper projects
which includes a proposal template for student submittal of
topics, a suggested series of steps that the student researcher
should use and sample outline and revision plan. The session
will include a cooperative activity for participants, as well
as provide an excellent model of how to structure a term research
paper for any discipline.
March
22 - Critical Thinking
Barbara Lindemann, history and Joseph White, philosophy present
a session devoted to the basic elements of critical thinking.
The lesson begins with a review of the basic beginnings of
logic, continues with a taxonomy of cognitive levels which
includes outcome-illustrating verbs or activities, and finishes
with an activity which applies the concepts of the lesson.
A special feature of the lesson will be a sample listing of
questions that develop student's critical thinking skills.
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