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Faculty Development Workshops Schedule



Monday, September 1, 2008
Labor Day - HOLIDAY

Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Time
 Title
 Location
8:00 - 11:00am
 First Year Experience
This First-Year Experience Program workshop will be divided into three parts. First, we'll look over and talk about an FYEP-sponsored proposal for general education. Second, we will examine the complicated, time-consuming, and labor-intensive work of responding to student writing. Writing 101 faculty undoubtedly put more time and energy into responding to student writing at various stages than they do into any other component of the course, working to help students see their writing and make it better. Faculty who teach a 190 also have responsibilities to student writing, as literacy is one of the stated themes of the Inquiry Seminars. We'll spend the bulk of our workshop looking at student writing and hearing from experienced 101 and 190 faculty about the complicated pedagogical issues involved in responding to student writing. How do we respond in ways that students can hear? How do we respond differently to different stages of writing? What are the different modes in which we can respond? How do we ensure that students have read, have considered, and have tried to apply our feedback to subsequent writing acts? Do we respond differently to student writing in a 190 than we do in a 101? Do we have different responsibilities in a 190 than we do in a 101? If so, are the differences quantitative or qualitative? Finally, we'll take some time to workshop our syllabi, getting us reading for the first day of class. Please, then, bring a copy of your 101 or 190 syllabus and/or assignment draft. Coffee, breakfast snacks, and lunch will be provided. All faculty are invited to attend. All faculty teaching a FYEP course are particularly encouraged to attend.

Conveners: Rona Kaufman and Stephen Woolworth
Morken 103
8:30am - 1:30pm
International Honors Program

Convener:
Faculty House
12:30 - 2:00pm
Advising Nuts and Bolts

Conveners:
TBD
2:00pm - 4:00pm
 Academic Program Leaders
Invitation only - For Academic Deans, Chairs and Program Directors.
Convener:  Patricia O'Connell Killen
UC- Chris Knutzen East

Wednesday September 3 and Thursday, September 4, 2008
University and Fall Conference

Schedule

Registration - Faculty


Friday, September 5, 2008
Time
 Title
 Location
8:30 - 9:30am
 What's New in Sakai 2.5?
Sakai 2.5 includes a number of improvements, including tighter integration of email communication and more new tools.  Get an overview of what's new in Sakai 2.5 and how you might use these new features.

Conveners: Digital Media Center Staff
 Morken 124
10:00am - 12:00pm
Getting Started with Sakai

Use the Sakai learning management system to set up a course web site quickly.  Hands-on activities will include developing a syllabus, adding announcements, communicating via email tool, creating forums, posting Office documents, and exploring other functions.

Conveners: Digital Media Center Staff
 Morken 124
11:15 - 11:45am
First Year Advising


Conveners: Digital Media Center Staff
 TBD
1:30 - 3:00pm
Introduction to Academic Dashboard

Learn first-hand about a new data reporting tool developed especially for department chairs and deans that yield student, course, load, and other data faster and more effectively than ever before.

Conveners: Lennie Sutton, Senior Systems Analyst/Administrative Computing; Marie Wutzke, Institutional Research Analyst; Ardys Curtis, Programmer Analyst/Administrative Computing
 Morken 124