In the mornings the August Teaching Workshop will offer interactive sessions designed to help you identify and articulate learning outcomes, design effective assignments, and develop assessment rubrics for new or existing assignments. Afternoon sessions will revisit the General Education goals, with an eye toward integrating them into your Gen Ed course; explore some tried and true strategies for becoming a “street-smart” teacher; and offer suggestions for ways to keep students talking in class through the use of effective classroom discussion strategies.
The August Teaching Workshop is open to all ISU faculty, staff and graduate students. No pre-registration is necessary so come stop by for any of the sessions. Those participating in three or more sessions will receive certificates of completion. All workshops are held in the ITDC Building (301 S. Main St.).
| Monday, August 13 |
Tuesday, August 14 |
Wednesday, August 15 |
Thursday, August 16 |
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| 10 am-12 pm | New Faculty Orientation (8am-4pm) | Learning Outcomes that Produce Learning | Assignments that Matter | Rubrics That Work |
| 1-3pm | When the Catalog Says “Gen Ed” | Street Smart Teaching | Discussion Strategies for Your Course |
This day-long series of events is designed to introduce new faculty to the culture of Illinois State University and get them off on the right foot as they begin their teaching careers in Normal. More information for 2007 NFO will be available on June 22.
Whether you're just starting to think about your course or you've been working on it since May and would like to get some feedback, the Course Design Workshop Series is for you. In Tuesday's session, you'll have a chance to explore the elements of successful learning outcomes, write new ones for your course, or “tweak” the outcomes you've already written. Remember, well designed learning outcomes are the backbone of any successful course.
Note: if you’ve already drafted your learning outcome, bring them with you!
Dr. Sally Parry, Director of General Education, and Dr. Mardell Wilson, Director of the University Assessment Office, will report on the results of a recent General Education syllabus audit and provide some pointers for any faculty member assigned to teach a General Education course.
Whether you're just starting to think about your course or you've been working on it since May and would like to get some feedback, the Course Design Workshop Series is for you. In Wednesday's session, you'll have a chance to explore the elements of challenging and engaging assignments, design new assignments for your course, or “tweak” the assignments you've already designed. Well designed assignments help students meet the learning outcomes for the course.
Note: If you’ve already designed your course assignments, bring them with you!
“Street smart” teaching means thinking ahead about everything from the first day of class to the final exam. New and semi-new faculty are invited to join two graduates of the “school of hard knocks” for some timely advice on making the most of your new career without re-inventing the wheel.
Whether you're just starting to think about your course or you've been working on it since May and would like to get some feedback, the Course Design Workshop Series is for you. In Thursday's session, you'll have a chance to think seriously about the rubrics you use to assess student work, design new ones for your course, or “tweak” the ones you've already designed. Well designed rubrics help students understand the extent to which they are achieving the learning outcomes for the course.
Note: IF you’ve already designed your assessment rubric(s), bring them with you!
Have you ever noticed that students have a lot to say–right up until the moment you ask them a question intended to promote a lively class discussion of the course content? Come experiment with some strategies designed to stimulate productive in-class discussions.
