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Focus on Faculty

Focus on Faculty: 2008

Focus on Faculty

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Presented by the PSU Center for Academic Excellence
303 Cramer Hall

Join faculty and staff in a morning filled with ideas and examples for enhancing student learning and enriching faculty life. Short sessions feature information for both new and seasoned faculty.

The center is a source of support, recognition, leadership, and innovation for PSU’s communities. CAE is dedicated to excellence in multi-modal teaching, learning, assessment, collaborative research and community-university partnerships. For more information contact the Center at (503) 725-5642.

Advanced Schedule
8:00 am Continental Breakfast (in Cramer Hall 303 library and center hallway)
8:30 am Welcome by Provost Roy Koch (in Cramer Hall 53)
8:45 am
Maryellen Weimer Keynote: Maryellen Weimer:
Teaching that Promotes Learning
Dr. Weimer has over 25 years of experience in college teaching. She is a well-known writer, speaker, and proponent of effective teaching practices and has written many books on the subject, including Learning Centered Teaching. Ms. Weimer is a professor of Speech Communications at Berks Lehigh Valley College of Pennsylvania State and editor of the “Teaching Professor” newsletter. Cramer Hall 53
“Quick Hits”:

 

 

 

 
10:00 to 10:45 am Library Services at PSU: Finding Who and What You Need
Robert Schroeder and Graham Howard		 Connecting Community-based Learning and Research: An Award Winning Approach
Barry Messer and Vivek Shandas		 Podcasts and Video Applications
Susan Lindsay
Jim and Mary Andrews
Doug McCartney 		Teaching About Privilege: How and Where to Begin
Martha Balshem
11:00 to 11:45 am Designing & Improving Your Syllabus
Lynn Santelmann

 

 Responsibility to Diverse Learning Styles: Connecting Student Learning with Teaching Strategies
Christine Cress		 A Showcase of PSU Quality Online Instruction
Wayne Wakeland, Dan Johnson, and Gabriela Martorell		 Copyright Sampler Platter
Sharon Blanton, Dana Bostrom, David Reese, and Nora Stevens
12:00 to 12:45 pm Campus-wide Learning Outcomes: Path to Improving Student Learning & Assuring Student Success
Dannelle Stevens,
Cheryl Ramette, and Serap Emil
International Students in the Classroom & Beyond
Christina Luther, Laura Shier, and John Wanjala
…and it’s FREE!
(free software)
Alexandra Cesar		 Engaging Large Lecture Courses: What Makes Them Click?
Mitch Cruzan

 
   
3:00 to 5:00 pm Don’t miss the Carnegie Conversation featuring Maryellen Weimer in PSU’s Hoffmann Hall