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WORKSHOPS
Fall 2008
New
Faculty Program (Closed
Enrollment)
Monday, August 11, 2008
Ken Bain, Vice Provost for
Instruction, Professor, History, Director, RAUL
Where:
Sprague
Library, Classroom 31 (downstairs)
A day-long discussion about teaching at
Montclair presented by the Research Academy. Dr. Ken Bain, Vice Provost
for Instruction, Professor of History, and Director, Research Academy
for University Learning and Dr. James Zimmerman, Associate Director,
Research Academy will focus on such issues as (1) what it means to
learn, (2) how best to cultivate that learning, (3) how teachers and
students can best understand the progress of that learning, and (4) how
teachers can measure their contributions to that learning. It will be
an opportunity to share experiences (both positive and negative) and to
explore some of the implications of the research and theoretical
literature on university learning. Tentatively, they are planning to
explore cutting edge ideas about how to structure a syllabus, how to
think about deep versus surface learning, and how to create a natural
critical learning environment, but they also want to include other
issues that are important to all educators.
Closed enrollment.
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Teaching
Fellows Program Mixer (Closed
Enrollment)
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Ken Bain, Vice Provost for
Instruction, Professor, History, Director, RAUL
Where:
Sprague
Library, Classroom 31 (downstairs)
As promised last spring, we are holding
an informal reception on Tuesday, September 2, 2008 (Opening Day) at
4:15 PM for Fellows and Mentors from both last year and the new Fellows
and Mentors in the Teaching Fellows Program (2008-09). It will be in
the Library (same place where we held the final dinner last April) and
will be catered with a selection of hors d'oeuvres and non-alcoholic
beverages. We will introduce the new Fellows and Mentors to the
program. We have also invited some of the new faculty members at MSU.
Closed enrollment.
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Teaching
Fellows Seminar (Closed Enrollment)
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Ken Bain, Vice Provost for
Instruction, Professor, History, Director, RAUL
Where:
Sprague
Library, Classroom 31 (downstairs)
The program allows a select group of
tenure-track but not yet tenured faculty members and an equal number of
tenured mentors to attend a series of dinner seminars and a mid-year
retreat in which they will explore some of the cutting-edge ideas and
research about college teaching and learning. The program will
emphasize practical and specific ways to engage students and to improve
their learning, methods that have been used successfully at MSU and
elsewhere. It will help participants explore ways to create better
learning environments for their own students and to become campus and
national leaders in the scholarship of teaching and learning movement.
Closed enrollment.
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How
to Promote Deep Learning (OPEN
Enrollment)
Thursday, October 2, 2008
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Ken Bain, Vice Provost for
Instruction, Professor, History, Director, RAUL
Where:
Sprague
Library, Classroom 31 (downstairs)
Do your students take a surface or a
deep approach to their learning? That is, do they simply try to
remember information, or do they think about arguments and evidence,
about ideas and concepts, about implications and applications? Research
over the last thirty years has found that even many extremely bright
and capable students will develop the "learning style" of taking a
surface approach to their learning. That same research has found that
many of our best students will simply become strategic learners. That
is, they will take a surface approach if that's all the course
requires, and take a deep approach only if the course demands it. Above
all, they want to get a good grade. As a result, their education often
has little sustained and substantial influence on the way in which they
will subsequently think, act, and feel. Research has found, for
example, that many "A" students never realize the problems they face in
believing whatever they may believe, and many of them never adjust or
even question their fundamental concepts.
How can we foster deep learning and avoid both surface and strategic
approaches among students at Montclair? How can we do so for a student
body with such diverse backgrounds and abilities? In this highly
interactive workshop, we will explore and use some of the research on
deep and surface learning to create deep learning environments for all
of our students.
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What
Are Students Learning When They Are
Learning to Write? (Closed
Enrollment)
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Ken Bain, Professor, History, and James
Zimmerman,
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Where:
Sprague Library, Classroom 31
(downstairs)
How do we help students develop
abilities to judge their own work. This highly interactive
seminar will demonstrate and explore a classroom exercise that many
students have described as the "best fifty minutes I spent in College
learning to think and write."
Closed Enrollment.
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Teaching
Fellows Seminar (Closed
Enrollment)
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Ken Bain, Vice Provost for
Instruction, Professor, History, Director, RAUL
Where:
Sprague
Library, Classroom 31 (downstairs)
The program allows a select group of
tenure-track but not yet tenured faculty members and an equal number of
tenured mentors to attend a series of dinner seminars and a mid-year
retreat in which they will explore some of the cutting-edge ideas and
research about college teaching and learning. The program will
emphasize practical and specific ways to engage students and to improve
their learning, methods that have been used successfully at MSU and
elsewhere. It will help participants explore ways to create better
learning environments for their own students and to become campus and
national leaders in the scholarship of teaching and learning movement.
Closed enrollment.
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CSAM
Hybrid/Online Learning Workshop (Closed
Enrollment)
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Ken Bain, Vice
Provost for
Instruction, Professor, History, Director, RAUL , and
James
Zimmerman,
Associate Director, RAUL, and Associate Professor, Chemistry
Where: Sokol Room,
Science Hall
Details: coming soon.
Closed Enrollment.
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CSAM
Hybrid/Online Learning Workshop Part II (Closed Enrollment)
Friday,
October 17, 2008
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Ken Bain, Vice Provost for
Instruction, Professor, History, Director, RAUL and James Zimmerman Associate Director, RAUL, and
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Where: Sokol Room,
Science Hall
Details: coming soon.
Closed Enrollment.
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Best Practices for New Student Seminar (CLOSED
Enrollment)
Monday, November 10, 2008
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Ken Bain, Vice Provost for
Instruction, Professor, History, Director, RAUL
Where:
Sprague
Library, Classroom 31 (downstairs)
Closed Enrollment.
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Teaching
Fellows Seminar (Closed
Enrollment)
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Ken Bain, Vice Provost for
Instruction, Professor, History, Director, RAUL
Where:
Sprague
Library, Classroom 31 (downstairs)
The program allows a select group of
tenure-track but not yet tenured faculty members and an equal number of
tenured mentors to attend a series of dinner seminars and a mid-year
retreat in which they will explore some of the cutting-edge ideas and
research about college teaching and learning. The program will
emphasize practical and specific ways to engage students and to improve
their learning, methods that have been used successfully at MSU and
elsewhere. It will help participants explore ways to create better
learning environments for their own students and to become campus and
national leaders in the scholarship of teaching and learning movement.
Closed enrollment.
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Exams as
a Tool for Deep Learning (OPEN
Enrollment)
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Yasemin Besen-Cassino, Assistant
Professor, Sociology
Where:
Sprague
Library, Classroom 31 (downstairs)
How can we integrate exams into the
class? How could exams be central tools of deep learning? Traditional
approaches see exams solely as a form of evaluation. Instead of seeing
exams as separate from the learning activity, this talk focuses on the
role of exams as a tool for deep learning and explores the ways in
which we accomplish that.
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New Faculty Roundtable (Closed
Enrollment)
Monday, October 20, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Ken Bain, Vice Provost for
Instruction, Professor, History, Director, RAUL
Where:
University Hall
Closed enrollment.
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Teaching
Fellows Seminar (Closed
Enrollment)
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Ken Bain, Vice Provost for
Instruction, Professor, History, Director, RAUL
Where:
Sprague
Library, Classroom 31 (downstairs)
The program allows a select group of
tenure-track but not yet tenured faculty members and an equal number of
tenured mentors to attend a series of dinner seminars and a mid-year
retreat in which they will explore some of the cutting-edge ideas and
research about college teaching and learning. The program will
emphasize practical and specific ways to engage students and to improve
their learning, methods that have been used successfully at MSU and
elsewhere. It will help participants explore ways to create better
learning environments for their own students and to become campus and
national leaders in the scholarship of teaching and learning movement.
Closed enrollment.
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WORKSHOPS
Spring 2009
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Teaching
Fellows Overnight Retreat
January 15 & 16, 2009
Ken Bain, Vice Provost for
Instruction, Professor, History, Director, RAUL
Where:
Sprague
Library, Classroom 31 (downstairs)
The program allows a select group of
tenure-track but not yet tenured faculty members and an equal number of
tenured mentors to attend a series of dinner seminars and a mid-year
retreat in which they will explore some of the cutting-edge ideas and
research about college teaching and learning. The program will
emphasize practical and specific ways to engage students and to improve
their learning, methods that have been used successfully at MSU and
elsewhere. It will help participants explore ways to create better
learning environments for their own students and to become campus and
national leaders in the scholarship of teaching and learning movement.
Closed enrollment.
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Teaching
Fellows Seminar (Closed Enrollment)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Ken Bain, Vice Provost for
Instruction, Professor, History, Director, RAUL
Where:
Sprague
Library, Classroom 31 (downstairs)
The program allows a select group of
tenure-track but not yet tenured faculty members and an equal number of
tenured mentors to attend a series of dinner seminars and a mid-year
retreat in which they will explore some of the cutting-edge ideas and
research about college teaching and learning. The program will
emphasize practical and specific ways to engage students and to improve
their learning, methods that have been used successfully at MSU and
elsewhere. It will help participants explore ways to create better
learning environments for their own students and to become campus and
national leaders in the scholarship of teaching and learning movement.
Closed enrollment.
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Playing Games to Learn: The Reacting to History Model (OPEN
Enrollment)
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Leslie Wilson, Associate Professor, History
Where:
Sprague Library, Classroom 31 (downstairs)
Details and registration information coming soon.
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Case Method Teaching: What is it and how do I do it?(OPEN
Enrollment)
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Ada Beth Cutler, Dean, College of Education and Human Services
Where:
Sprague Library, Classroom 31 (downstairs)
Case method teaching presents a real-life situation of professional practice dilemma or problem and enables students to describe, analyze and unpack what happened in the situation and how they might act and react in the situation and why. Case discussions allow participants to freeze time and in collaborative discussion apply theory, research, and personal perspectives to a problem of practice. In this workshop, after a brief introduction to case method teaching, I will lead a case discussion about a new professor’s teaching dilemmas.
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Teaching
Fellows Seminar (Closed Enrollment)
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Ken Bain, Vice Provost for
Instruction, Professor, History, Director, RAUL
Where:
Sprague
Library, Classroom 31 (downstairs)
The program allows a select group of
tenure-track but not yet tenured faculty members and an equal number of
tenured mentors to attend a series of dinner seminars and a mid-year
retreat in which they will explore some of the cutting-edge ideas and
research about college teaching and learning. The program will
emphasize practical and specific ways to engage students and to improve
their learning, methods that have been used successfully at MSU and
elsewhere. It will help participants explore ways to create better
learning environments for their own students and to become campus and
national leaders in the scholarship of teaching and learning movement.
Closed enrollment.
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Active Learning as Formative Assessment(OPEN
Enrollment)
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Ken Bain, Vice Provost for
Instruction, Professor, History, Director, RAUL
Where:
Sprague Library, Classroom 31 (downstairs)
Do you want to know more about how your students are learning so you can help them learn more deeply? Do you want to create more active learning environments in your classes? We know that people are most likely to take a deep approach to their learning if they have plenty of opportunity to try, come up short, and try again. We also know that active involvement in learning is more likely to promote deep approaches to learning than is passive learning.
In this highly interactive workshop, we will explore ways to engage students actively and use those active learning exercises to provide students with formative feedback. That formative feedback then becomes part of the student motivation for deep learning. Bring your ideas and experiences and help us build a community of ideas about how to do this most effectively.
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Teaching
Fellows Seminar (Closed Enrollment)
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Ken Bain, Vice Provost for
Instruction, Professor, History, Director, RAUL
Where:
Sprague
Library, Classroom 31 (downstairs)
The program allows a select group of
tenure-track but not yet tenured faculty members and an equal number of
tenured mentors to attend a series of dinner seminars and a mid-year
retreat in which they will explore some of the cutting-edge ideas and
research about college teaching and learning. The program will
emphasize practical and specific ways to engage students and to improve
their learning, methods that have been used successfully at MSU and
elsewhere. It will help participants explore ways to create better
learning environments for their own students and to become campus and
national leaders in the scholarship of teaching and learning movement.
Closed enrollment.
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Additional Information on Spring Workshops Coming Soon
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Other Events
- CHSS Teaching Research
Discussion Group - Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 2:30pm - 3:30pm
(open to all), Dickson Hall Room 436
- CHSS Teaching Research
Discussion Group - Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
(open to all), Dickson Hall Rom 436
- CHSS Teaching Research
Discussion Group - Monday, December 8, 2008 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
(open to all), Dickson Hall Room 436
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