The Center for Instructional Advancement and Technology (CIAT) is proud to offer professional development workshops for all full- and part-time faculty. These mostly faculty-led sessions include many aspects of instructional design, teaching topics and using technology in teaching.
Questions? Please contact Audrey Cutler at {acutler@towson.edu} or x4-5082.
To register and for more information, please look for these titles at {http://fusion.towson.edu/www/ciat/workshops}.
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
Faculty Professional Development: Developing an Effective Lesson or Module
Monday, August 15, 2011, 8:30 ? 10:00 a.m., Cook 404B
Join us to review lesson planning steps using a template and apply this process to create a lesson outline. This template fits face-to-face, hybrid and online courses.
Elements of this template include:
? Developing the objectives
? Identifying content (yours & others?)
? Presenting and distributing content
? Assessing content
? Developing interactive content
? Choosing appropriate technology
Faculty Professional Development: Read My Syllabus, Please!
Monday, August 15, 2011, 10:30 a.m. ? 12:30 p.m., Cook 404B
Don?t wait until class starts to get feedback on your syllabus! In this working session, we will briefly review guidelines for writing effective syllabi and then break into small groups for feedback on our syllabi drafts. Bring your syllabi, schedules and assignment grading guidelines (or rubrics).
Faculty Professional Development: Digital Native, but Research Foreign
Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 8 a.m. ? Noon, Cook 507 (The Towson Room)
Continental breakfast provided.
Digital native, but research foreign. Information Literacy, a set of skills defined as knowing how to find, evaluate and effectively use information, is a major outcome of higher education. The goals and outcomes of the Towson Seminar embrace and support the development of these skills. Join library faculty for a half-day program to learn about Information Literacy and how your library faculty will support you in preparing your Towson Seminar students for academic research. Presented by Towson?s Library Faculty.
Faculty Professional Development: Teach to Reach Every Student Using the UDL Framework
Wednesday, Aug 17, 2011, 8:30 a.m. ? Noon, Cook 404B
Universal Design for Learning is a framework for curriculum development that gives all individuals equal opportunities to learn. UDL provides educators a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone–not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs. Participants attending this session will:
? Examine the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework and its application to educational practice in institutes of higher learning.
? Identify tools and resources to assist in design or redesign of curriculum to meet the needs of ALL learners.
Presenter Liz Berquist is currently a faculty member in the Department of Special Education where she works with pre-service and in-service educators.
TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY
Faculty Professional Development: Hear Your Students’ Comments Online via VoiceThread
Thursday, August 11, 2011, 8:30 ? Noon, Cook 404B
In this hands-on workshop, we will explore an alternative to the typical written discussions commonly found in online learning. Using VoiceThread, an instructor can create a MyVoice page,or a common area, where students can make verbal comments on a course topic using their cell phones, or they can upload documents or images and comment on each other?s work, all in one shared space. Voice comments provide a means for students to connect and build community in online courses; and can provide a creative extension of class discussion or activities in face-to-face courses. To get you started, presenter Carrie McFadden will share her ideas for creating effective (and fun) course assignments using this media and will provide sample assignments, rubrics and student work from her Nutrition Health 204 course. In the hands-on portion of the workshop, she will walk you through the process of creating your own MyVoice page for immediate use in your online or face-to-face class.
CLA Classroom Technology Orientation
Monday, August 15, 2011, 2:30 ? 4 p.m., LA 2110
Thursday, August 18, 2011, 1? 2:30 p.m., LA 2118
This workshop is a hands-on introduction to some of the technologies found in smart classrooms in the new College of Liberal Arts building. It is designed specifically for faculty who will be teaching in the new building.
Faculty Professional Development: Using the iPad for Teaching and Learning
Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 10 a.m. ? Noon, Cook 404B
This workshop will explore how to best position the iPad as a training aid for the classroom. After the demonstration, each participant will be able to explore the apps in a hands-on environment, and have individual questions about apps and the future of the iPad in the classroom answered.
Faculty Professional Development: Using Pocket Camcorders for Class Projects
Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 1 ? 3:30 p.m., Cook 404B
Are you interested in using video to incorporate multimedia projects into your courses, provide alternative methods of assessment, embed technology into lectures, record lesson activities or student projects? Join Bob Cave (Student Computing Services) and La Tonya Dyer (CIAT) for a hands-on session introducing a project guide that will cover designing, planning, managing, storing and assessing a video project using pocket camcorders. During the session, participants will have an opportunity to apply the video project guide to an in-class project. Participants will design their project, record footage, edit video in Windows MovieMaker, and upload recordings.
Faculty Professional Development: Creating Instructional Games
Thursday, August 18, 2011, 8:30 ? 10 a.m., Cook 404B
The use of electronic games creates new opportunities to engage today?s students and provide evidence of learning. During this hands-on workshop faculty will be introduced to several electronic games and game resources; develop an instructional game using a game template and learn how to implement games into their curriculum.
Faculty Professional Development: Using Pecha Kucha
Thursday, August 18, 2011, 3 ? 4 p.m., Cook 404B
Learn to use Pecha Kucha and Prezi to Sharpen Research, Writing, and Presentation Skills. Pecha Kucha is a PowerPoint (or Prezi) presentation format which helps learners hone research skills, analyze information, and present in a professional, concise manner. The 6-minute, 40-second limit (20 slides X 20 seconds each) imposed on this form of PowerPoint encourages learners to present only the most essential and relevant information. Attendees will have a chance to discuss implementation procedures (and will even learn how to pronounce the name!) and grading criteria will also be shared and explained. Allan Starkey has served as the school system K-12 language arts coordinator for two Maryland school districts: Anne Arundel County and Howard County. Before that he taught high school English in Baltimore County for 14 years and is now beginning his eleventh year in the Department of Secondary Education here at Towson.
Faculty Professional Development: Presentation Techniques
Friday, August 19, 2011, 10 a.m. ? Noon, Cook 404B
Effective presentation skills transcend the use of PowerPoint. Presenters must engage the audience, create interest and provide a clear message. This hands-on workshop focuses on using technology effectively to support your instructional message and student learning. Your use of PowerPoint will be expanded as you learn best practices for planning your message; designing slides that effectively balance images and text; and selecting appropriate fonts and colors to set the tone for your presentation. Your presentation skills can also be enhanced by understanding how effective use of vocal technique and mannerisms affect communication and perception of your message.
TEACHING AND LEARNING ONLINE
Faculty Professional Development: WebEx Demo
Tuesday, August 9, 2011, 10 ? 11:30 a.m., Cook 404B
Join us for an on-campus demonstration of WebEx, a web-based collaborative tool which allows users to communicate with each other using voice, video and chat, as well as share resources (documents, desktops, etc.) from the comfort of their home/office.
Faculty Professional Development: Teaching with WebEx (Synchronous Web Conferencing)
Friday, August 19, 2011, 8:30 a.m. ? Noon, Cook 404B
Presenter Linda Macaulay will share her recommendations for using WebEx synchronous web conferencing software in your course. Participants will explore the Webex interface from the perspective of both an instructor and student, discuss the benefits of using Webex in hybrid courses, and explore best practices using Webex to encourage collaboration and interaction. Troubleshooting and basic classroom management ideas will also be shared Linda Macaulay is a lecturer in the Department of Educational Technology and Literacy. She has been teaching with Webex for three years.
** This session will provide best practices for instructors. For a basic introduction to WebEx software, please register for the WebEx Demo on August 9, Cook 404B, from 10 – 11:30 am.
Blackboard Fundamentals
Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 2 ? 3 p.m., Cook 3
Monday, August 8, 2011, 8 -9 a.m., Cook 404B
Friday, August 19, 2011, 8:30- 9:30 a.m., Cook 404B
The Blackboard Fundamentals training will cover the overall layout of Blackboard Learn 9.1, as well as an overview of:
? Creating Course Links
? Adding and managing items (files)
? Creating and managing assignments
? The Control Panel menu
? Making the course available
? Changing the color scheme
? Communication Tools
Sloan-C Online Workshops: Various Topics on Teaching with Technology and Teaching Online
Ongoing, Online
OTS sponsors Towson?s membership to Sloan-C. With this membership, a limited number of Towson faculty members can attend one or more online workshops for free. Normally, these workshops cost $350 to $500 each. All courses are offered in a fully online format and require a time commitment over one or more weeks. For workshop descriptions, go to {http://www.sloanconsortium.org/workshops/upcoming}. To register for the Sloan-C online workshops, contact Audrey Cutler, CIAT, at 410-704-5082 or {acutler@towson.edu}.
