EndNote Workshop

Wednesday, February 22 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Learn about this popular bibliography and citation software, which is available free to UVM faculty, staff and students. Registration is not required.

Event details:

• Contact: Laurie Kutner, Laurie.Kutner@uvm.edu, 802/656-2213; 802/734-0190
• Facilitated By: Daisy Benson, Bailey Howe-Info & Instruction
  
• Location: 123 Bailey/Howe Library

Canceled: Blackboard and Face-to-face Teaching

Wednesday, February 22 @ 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Canceled
In this workshop we will consider some Blackboard and non-Blackboard tools for student writing that might best fit your teaching practice, connect with your course objectives or expand your classroom teaching in new ways. We will discuss:

• Blogs for communicating and sharing (Bb blog and the UVM blog)
• Journals for private writing
• Wikis for collaborative projects (Bb wiki and PBWorks wiki)
• Discussion Board for conversations
• Assignment tool for uploading assignments

Event details:

• Contact: Hope Greenberg, Hope.Greenberg@uvm.edu, 802/656-1176
• Facilitated By: Hope Greenberg, Computer Science; Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Supercharge Your Research

Tuesday, February 21 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

The Vermont Advanced Computing Core (VACC) welcomes faculty and graduate students to walk-in hours available to explore existing or potential advanced computational needs of your research. Discuss with VACC staff how Research Computing Services@ UVM can enhance existing work or add value to an upcoming proposal. We will help develop solutions for your computation needs. If you cannot make the walk-in hours, VACC also supports individual consultations.

Facilitated By: Bob Devins, VT Advanced Computing Core.

Registration is not required.

Event details:

• Contact: Andrea Elledge, Andrea.Elledge@uvm.edu, 802/656-8867
• Facilitated By: N/A , N/A
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Sound (Teaching) Bites: Saving Time While Grading

Tuesday, February 21 @ 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Is it possible to grade and respond to student papers effectively and efficiently? This Sound (Teaching) Bite will offer a few core strategies for maximizing the effect of the time spent grading and focusing feedback to students.
Facilitated by Susanmarie Harrington, English/Writing in the Disciplines

Each Sound (Teaching) Bite will start at noon and open with a 15 minute presentation highlighting best practices or research findings. Participants are welcome to stay for a brownbag lunch and follow-up conversation.

Event details:

• Contact: Susan Harrington, Susan.Harrington@uvm.edu
• Facilitated By: Susan Harrington, English; Writing in the Disciplines
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Canceled - New Date: Teaching In Higher Education

Friday, February 17 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

This workshop will help you reflect on your teaching practice and help create a peer network of graduate students interested in teaching. We will discuss the development of your teaching philosophy and we will share current research on teaching practices: High Impact and Universal Design for Learning. (This workshop is a requirement of the Graduate Teaching Program)

Event details:

• Contact: Holly Buckland; Buckland Parker; Parker, Holly.Parker@uvm.edu, 802/656-1124
• Facilitated By: Holly Buckland; Buckland Parker; Parker, Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

What Students Do With Sources: Plagiarism and Teaching

Friday, February 17 @ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Visiting scholar Sandra Jamieson, Professor of English at Drew University and co-PI of the Citation Project, a multi-institution study of students' practices when writing with sources, will present an interactive workshop on teaching and plagiarism.

Event details:

• Contact: Susan Harrington, Susan.Harrington@uvm.edu
• Facilitated By: Susan Harrington, English; Writing in the Disciplines
  
• Location: Fulwiler Rm, 302 Bailey/Howe Library

Sound (Teaching) Bites: Using the Rubric Tool in Blackboard

Thursday, February 16 @ 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

With the recent Blackboard update, the Rubric Tool became more useful and can now be shown to students as well as utilized for grading. This Sound (Teaching) Bite will show you how the tool works, help you set up a rubric you can use to help your students better understand your expectations on assignments, and help you grade.
Facilitated by J. Dickinson Anthropology/the Center for Teaching and Learning and Hope Greenberg, the Center for Teaching and Learning

Each Sound (Teaching) Bite will start at noon and open with a 15 minute presentation highlighting best practices or research findings. Participants are welcome to stay for a brownbag lunch and follow-up conversation.

Event details:

• Contact: Jennifer Dickinson, Jennifer.Dickinson@uvm.edu, 802/656-0837
• Facilitated By: Jennifer Dickinson, Anthropology; Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

POSTPONED: Film & Discussion Series: Across the Drafts

Wednesday, February 15 @ 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Across the Drafts: The Role of Feedback in the Writing Process

Join us for a short film in which students and faculty talk candidly about the role that feedback plays in the writing process. This film, a production from Harvard's longitudinal study of student writing, should inspire good discussion afterwards. We'll provide drinks and dessert.

This is the first in a series of films about writing to be shown this semester.

Event details:

• Contact: Susan Harrington, Susan.Harrington@uvm.edu
• Facilitated By: Susan Harrington, English; Writing in the Disciplines
  
• Location: Fulwiler Rm., 302 Bailey/Howe Library

Introduction to Zotero

Wednesday, February 15 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Come and learn how to keep track of research materials, organize note taking, and format citations and bibliographies using this easy to master open source solution. No registration is required for this event.

Event details:

• Contact: Daisy Benson, Daisy.Benson@uvm.edu, 802/656-0636
• Facilitated By: Daisy Benson, Bailey Howe-Info & Instruction
  
• Location: 123 Bailey/Howe Library

EndNote Workshop

Tuesday, February 14 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Learn about this popular bibliography and citation software, which is available free to UVM faculty, staff and students. Registration is not required.

Event details:

• Contact: Laurie Kutner, Laurie.Kutner@uvm.edu, 802/656-2213; 802/734-0190
• Facilitated By: Daisy Benson, Bailey Howe-Info & Instruction
  
• Location: 123 Bailey-Howe Library

iPads for Scholars

Monday, February 13 @ 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

If you have an iPad or are simply curious about it, attend this roundtable to explore the iPad’s potential as a tool for scholarship and education. Topics and Questions: * iPad apps that are useful for scholars: PDF readers, ebooks, annotation tools, ePub creators * Sharing useful iPad tips and applications * What are the iPads strengths and weaknesses? * What apps would you recommend to your colleagues?

Event details:

• Contact: Hope Greenberg, Hope.Greenberg@uvm.edu, 802/656-1176
• Facilitated By: Hope Greenberg, Computer Science; Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Student Research Conference Abstract Writing Workshop

Thursday, February 09 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Co-sponsored by the Writing in the Disciplines Program, Bailey/Howe Library and the Center for Teaching and Learning

UVM hosts an annual Student Research Conference to showcase the research and scholarly activity of undergraduate, graduate and medical students across campus. In order to present at the conference you are required to submit an abstract or brief proposal of your research or creative project. This workshop will:

• help you learn more about the April conference and how you can participate
• show you how to write a brief, yet compelling and comprehensive, proposal
• provide hands-on help from Writing Center staff to help you get started

Pizza will be served. Please register so we know how many to order. Visit the Student Research Conference page for additional information about the conference.

Event details:

• Contact: Hope Greenberg, Hope.Greenberg@uvm.edu, 802/656-1176
• Facilitated By: Holly Buckland; Buckland Parker; Parker, Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  Susan Dinitz, English; Writing in the Disciplines
  Susan Harrington, English; Writing in the Disciplines
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

EndNote Workshop

Thursday, February 09 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Learn about this popular bibliography and citation software, which is available free to UVM faculty, staff and students. Registration is not required.

Event details:

• Contact: Laurie Kutner, Laurie.Kutner@uvm.edu, 802/656-2213; 802/734-0190
• Facilitated By: Daisy Benson, Bailey Howe-Info & Instruction
  
• Location: 123 Bailey-Howe Library

Student Research Conference Abstract Writing Workshop

Wednesday, February 08 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Co-sponsored by the Writing in the Disciplines Program, Bailey/Howe Library and the Center for Teaching and Learning

UVM hosts an annual Student Research Conference to showcase the research and scholarly activity of undergraduate, graduate and medical students across campus. In order to present at the conference you are required to submit an abstract or brief proposal of your research or creative project. This workshop will:

• help you learn more about the April conference and how you can participate
• show you how to write a brief, yet compelling and comprehensive, proposal
• provide hands-on help from Writing Center staff to help you get started

Pizza will be served. Please register so we know how many to order. Visit the Student Research Conference page for additional information about the conference.

Event details:

• Contact: Hope Greenberg, Hope.Greenberg@uvm.edu, 802/656-1176
• Facilitated By: Holly Buckland; Buckland Parker; Parker, Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  Susan Dinitz, English; Writing in the Disciplines
  Susan Harrington, English; Writing in the Disciplines
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Sound (Teaching) Bites: Managing the Ups and Downs of Group Projects

Tuesday, February 07 @ 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Do you find yourself disappointed at students' performance in group projects? Do you wonder why some excel and some just can't seem to make it work? Are you looking for tools, tips, and suggestions - little things that might make group work more successful? This sound (teaching) bite will offer a brief glimpse into the realities of group projects, and point you toward further resources to find a few "quick wins" for group projects in your classes.
Facilitated by Carrie Williams-Howe, the Community-University Partnerships & Service Learning

Each Sound (Teaching) Bite will start at noon and open with a 15 minute presentation highlighting best practices or research findings. Participants are welcome to stay for a brownbag lunch and follow-up conversation.

Event details:

• Contact: Carrie Williams Howe, Carol.Williams@uvm.edu, 802/656-0095
• Facilitated By: Carrie Williams Howe, CUPS
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Designing Assignments

Thursday, February 02 @ 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

This session explores formal writing assignments, looking at strategies for crafting assignments that connect to key course goals or professional priorities, and strategies for supporting students' work on sequenced assignments with class activities or homework.

Event details:

• Contact: Susan Harrington, Susan.Harrington@uvm.edu
• Facilitated By: Susan Harrington, English; Writing in the Disciplines
  
• Location: Fulwiler Rm., 302 Bailey/Howe Library

EndNote Workshop

Wednesday, February 01 @ 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Learn about this popular bibliography and citation software, which is available free to UVM faculty, staff and students. Registration is not required.

Event details:

• Contact: Laurie Kutner, Laurie.Kutner@uvm.edu, 802/656-2213; 802/734-0190
• Facilitated By: Daisy Benson, Bailey Howe-Info & Instruction
  
• Location: 123 Bailey-Howe Library

Blackboard Grade Center: Basic and Intermediate

Wednesday, February 01 @ 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM

This hands-on workshop demonstrates how to use Blackboard Grade Center to record student scores, calculate total grades and weighted grades, and provide student feedback. The workshop is divided into two parts. Attend either one or attend both.

Part 1: Basics (3:00-4:00)

• Your view of the Grade Center and your students’ view of MyGrades.
• Add, modify, and remove grade columns, and enter grades.
• Schemas, Total columns and Weighted columns.
• Export the Grade Center to keep a backup copy.
  

Part 2: Intermediate (4:15-5:30)

• Organize your Grade Center
• Hide columns from students
• Using Smart Views and Color Coding to better track student progress

  Event details:

  • Contact: Hope Greenberg, Hope.Greenberg@uvm.edu, 802/656-1176
  • Facilitated By: Hope Greenberg, Computer Science; Ctr for Teaching & Learning
    
  • Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library
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Excellence in Teaching: A Discussion with the Kroepsch-Maurice Award Recipients

Tuesday, January 31 @ 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Recipients of the 2011 in KM Teaching Award (Gagan Mirchandani, School of Engineering; Chyi-Lyi Kathleen Liang, Com Dev & Applied Economics; Sayamwong Hammack, Psychology; Cuong Mai, Religion) will discuss their teaching philosophies, “eureka” moments in their teaching careers, challenging issues in teaching and how they approached these issues. The discussion will be facilitated by KM Committee Chairperson and 1999 KM Recipient, Joan Rosebush.

Event details:

• Contact: Nina Wu, Nina.Wu@uvm.edu, N/A
• Facilitated By: Joan Rosebush, Mathematics & Statistics; CEM Dean's Ofc
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Introduction to Zotero

Thursday, January 26 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Come and learn how to keep track of research materials, organize note taking, and format citations and bibliographies using this easy to master open source solution. No registration is required for this event.

Event details:

• Contact: Daisy Benson, Daisy.Benson@uvm.edu, 802/656-0636
• Facilitated By: Daisy Benson, Bailey Howe-Info & Instruction
  
• Location: 123 Bailey/Howe Library

Blackboard: Getting Started

Wednesday, January 25 @ 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Blackboard is an online space where you can place materials for your students, an organizing system where you can post student grades, and a suite of tools for student communication, interaction, and assignments. Every course offered by UVM is given a space on Blackboard. In this workshop we will explore how Blackboard works, what features might be useful for your course, and what tools are available to help you manage your course. There will be an opportunity to add content to your own course space and to try out many of Blackboard’s features.

Event details:

• Contact: Ines Berrizbeitia, Ines.Berrizbeitia@uvm.edu, 802/656-0310
• Facilitated By: Ines Berrizbeitia, Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Supercharge Your Research

Tuesday, January 24 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

The Vermont Advanced Computing Core (VACC) welcomes faculty and graduate students to walk-in hours available to explore existing or potential advanced computational needs of your research. Discuss with VACC staff how Research Computing Services@ UVM can enhance existing work or add value to an upcoming proposal. We will help develop solutions for your computation needs. If you cannot make the walk-in hours, VACC also supports individual consultations.

Facilitated By: Bob Devins, VT Advanced Computing Core.

Registration is not required.

Event details:

• Contact: Andrea Elledge, Andrea.Elledge@uvm.edu, 802/656-8867
• Facilitated By: N/A , N/A
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Blackboard: Getting Started

Friday, January 20 @ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Blackboardtt is an online space where you can place materials for your students, an organizing system where you can post student grades, and a suite of tools for student communication, interaction, and assignments. Every course offered by UVM is given a space on Blackboard. In this workshop we will explore how Blackboard works, what features might be useful for your course, and what tools are available to help you manage your course. There will be an opportunity to add content to your own course space and to try out many of Blackboard’s features.

Event details:

• Contact: Wendy Berenback, Wendy.Verrei-Berenback@uvm.edu, 802/656-7992
• Facilitated By: Wendy Berenback, Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Syllabus Bootcamp: Course Objectives that Work

Thursday, January 12 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

What are course objectives, and how can you draft objectives that provide structure and focus to your syllabus and course design? This session will introduce you to course objectives that provide a roadmap to your course for both you and your students, keeping the central outcomes of the course in focus throughout the semester. A 15 minute presentation will start our workshop, followed by discussion and an opportunity to draft Spring semester course objectives. Co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning and Writing in the Disciplines

This workshop is being offered as part of the Spring Syllabus Bootcamp. Two workshops will be offered in the morning, followed by open consultation and work time in the afternoon.

Event details:

• Contact: Jennifer Dickinson, Jennifer.Dickinson@uvm.edu, 802/656-0837
• Facilitated By: Jennifer Dickinson, Anthropology; Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  Susan Harrington, English; Writing in the Disciplines
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Syllabus Bootcamp: Designing Assignments to promote Information Literacy

Thursday, January 12 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

This workshop invites participants to think about how they design writing assignments requiring information literacy. Our emphasis will be on the use of quick in-class exercises and short writing assignments that will help students practice critical information literacy skills. Whether you're looking for small activities to add to a course, or guidelines on developing semester-long projects involving research skills, this results-focused session will help you design assignments that develop student skills in Spring 2012. Co-sponsored by Bailey/Howe Library, the Center for Teaching and Learning and Writing in the Disciplines

This workshop is being offered as part of the Spring Syllabus Bootcamp. Two workshops will be offered in the morning, followed by open consultation and work time in the afternoon.

Event details:

• Contact: Daisy Benson, Daisy.Benson@uvm.edu, 802/656-0636
• Facilitated By: Daisy Benson, Bailey Howe-Info & Instruction
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Syllabus Clinic

Thursday, January 12 @ 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Whether you're just starting work on your Spring syllabi or putting in those finishing touches, stop in to our "Syllabus Bootcamp" for last-minute advice, assistance or simply a collegial place to work. We will have worksheets, information and ideas on constructing assignments, formulating course objectives, and syllabus formats, as well as some staff on hand to discuss course design and help with Blackboard or other instructional technology issues. Coffee, tea and light snacks will be available throughout the day.

Event details:

• Contact: Jennifer Dickinson, Jennifer.Dickinson@uvm.edu, 802/656-0837
• Facilitated By: Jennifer Dickinson, Anthropology; Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

CANCELLED: Blackboard: Getting Started

Wednesday, January 11 @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Blackboard is an online space where you can place materials for your students, an organizing system where you can post student grades, and a suite of tools for student communication, interaction, and assignments. Every course offered by UVM is given a space on Blackboard. In this workshop we will explore how Blackboard works, what features might be useful for your course, and what tools are available to help you manage your course. There will be an opportunity to add content to your own course space and to try out many of Blackboard’s features.

Event details:

• Contact: Hope Greenberg, Hope.Greenberg@uvm.edu, 802/656-1176
• Facilitated By: Hope Greenberg, Computer Science; Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Blackboard: Getting Started

Monday, January 09 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Blackboard is an online space where you can place materials for your students, an organizing system where you can post student grades, and a suite of tools for student communication, interaction, and assignments. Every course offered by UVM is given a space on Blackboard. In this workshop we will explore how Blackboard works, what features might be useful for your course, and what tools are available to help you manage your course. There will be an opportunity to add content to your own course space and to try out many of Blackboard’s features.

Event details:

• Contact: Holly Buckland; Buckland Parker; Parker, Holly.Parker@uvm.edu, 802/656-1124
• Facilitated By: Holly Buckland; Buckland Parker; Parker, Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Blackboard: Getting Started

Thursday, January 05 @ 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Blackboard is an online space where you can place materials for your students, an organizing system where you can post student grades, and a suite of tools for student communication, interaction, and assignments. Every course offered by UVM is given a space on Blackboard. In this workshop we will explore how Blackboard works, what features might be useful for your course, and what tools are available to help you manage your course. There will be an opportunity to add content to your own course space and to try out many of Blackboard’s features.

Event details:

• Contact: Wendy Berenback, Wendy.Verrei-Berenback@uvm.edu, 802/656-7992
• Facilitated By: Wendy Berenback, Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Grading Cafe

Thursday, December 15 @ 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Gearing up for grading? Please join us for our open "Grading Cafe." Free tea and coffee, snacks, and a chance to break out of your office for a couple of hours!

Event details:

• Contact: Jennifer Dickinson, Jennifer.Dickinson@uvm.edu, 802/656-0837
• Facilitated By: Jennifer Dickinson, Anthropology; Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Grading Cafe

Friday, December 09 @ 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Gearing up for grading? Please join us for our open "Grading Cafe." Free tea and coffee, snacks, and a chance to break out of your office for a couple of hours!

Event details:

• Contact: Jennifer Dickinson, Jennifer.Dickinson@uvm.edu, 802/656-0837
• Facilitated By: Jennifer Dickinson, Anthropology; Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Supercharge Your Research

Friday, December 02 @ 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

The Vermont Advanced Computing Center (VACC) welcomes faculty and graduate students to walk-in hours available to explore existing or potential advanced computational needs of your research. Discuss with VACC staff how Research Computing Services@ UVM can enhance existing work or add value to an upcoming proposal. We will help develop solutions for your computation needs. If you cannot make the walk-in hours, VACC also supports individual consultations.

Facilitated By: Bob Devins, VT Advanced Computing Ctr

Registration is not required.

Event details:

• Contact: Andrea Elledge, Andrea.Elledge@uvm.edu, 802/656-8867
• Facilitated By: N/A , N/A
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Designing Writing Assignments that Work for Everyone

Thursday, November 10 @ 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

This workshop addresses principles of universal design, looking at ways assignments can be created to address all learners in a class—with some attention to the ways assignments can be created to address faculty concerns about time spent grading. Drinks and light snacks will be available.

Event details:

• Contact: Susan Harrington, Susan.Harrington@uvm.edu
• Facilitated By: Susan Harrington, English; Writing in the Disciplines
  
• Location: Fulwiler Rm., 302 Bailey/Howe Library

Sound (Teaching) Bites: Using the Fleming Museum's Resources

Wednesday, November 09 @ 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

The Fleming's director will share examples of ways that faculty members have used art and artifacts from the Museum's diverse collections and exhibitions to enhance teaching in a wide range of disciplines, and how you and your students can access the Fleming's resources.

The Sound (Teaching) Bites series is collaboration among different faculty development offices on campus. Designed to offer you practical ideas in a short time frame, each "Sound Bite" involves a 15 minute presentation, after which you are welcome to stay for questions and discussion. Each "sound bite" is repeated on Tuesday and Wednesday of the same week.

Event details:

• Contact: Janie Cohen, janie.cohen@uvm.edu, 802/656-0750
• Facilitated By: Janie Cohen
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Sound (Teaching) Bites: Using the Fleming Museum's Resources

Tuesday, November 08 @ 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

The Fleming's director will share examples of ways that faculty members have used art and artifacts from the Museum's diverse collections and exhibitions to enhance teaching in a wide range of disciplines, and how you and your students can access the Fleming's resources.

The Sound (Teaching) Bites series is collaboration among different faculty development offices on campus. Designed to offer you practical ideas in a short time frame, each "Sound Bite" involves a 15 minute presentation, after which you are welcome to stay for questions and discussion. Each "sound bite" is repeated on Tuesday and Wednesday of the same week.

Event details:

• Contact: Janie Cohen, janie.cohen@uvm.edu, 802/656-0750
• Facilitated By: Janie Cohen
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Supercharge Your Research

Friday, November 04 @ 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

The Vermont Advanced Computing Center (VACC) welcomes faculty and graduate students to walk-in hours available to explore existing or potential advanced computational needs of your research. Discuss with VACC staff how Research Computing Services@ UVM can enhance existing work or add value to an upcoming proposal. We will help develop solutions for your computation needs. If you cannot make the walk-in hours, VACC also supports individual consultations.

Facilitated By: Bob Devins, VT Advanced Computing Ctr

Registration is not required.

Event details:

• Contact: Andrea Elledge, Andrea.Elledge@uvm.edu, 802/656-8867
• Facilitated By: N/A , N/A
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Sound (Teaching) Bites: Course Objectives that Work

Wednesday, November 02 @ 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

What are course objectives, and how can you draft objectives that provide structure and focus to your syllabus and course design? This session will introduce you to course objectives that provide a roadmap to your course for both you and your students, keeping the central outcomes of the course in focus throughout the semester.

The Sound (Teaching) Bites series is collaboration among different faculty development offices on campus. Designed to offer you practical ideas in a short time frame, each "Sound Bite" involves a 15 minute presentation, after which you are welcome to stay for questions and discussion. Each "sound bite" is repeated on Tuesday and Wednesday of the same week.

Event details:

• Contact: Jennifer Dickinson, Jennifer.Dickinson@uvm.edu, 802/656-0837
• Facilitated By: Jennifer Dickinson, Anthropology; Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Sound (Teaching) Bites: Course Objectives that Work

Tuesday, November 01 @ 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

What are course objectives, and how can you draft objectives that provide structure and focus to your syllabus and course design? This session will introduce you to course objectives that provide a roadmap to your course for both you and your students, keeping the central outcomes of the course in focus throughout the semester.

The Sound (Teaching) Bites series is collaboration among different faculty development offices on campus. Designed to offer you practical ideas in a short time frame, each "Sound Bite" involves a 15 minute presentation, after which you are welcome to stay for questions and discussion. Each "sound bite" is repeated on Tuesday and Wednesday of the same week.

Event details:

• Contact: Jennifer Dickinson, Jennifer.Dickinson@uvm.edu, 802/656-0837
• Facilitated By: Jennifer Dickinson, Anthropology; Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Disability Awareness Month: ACCESS Office Open House

Friday, October 28 @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

ACCESS will host an open house (drop-in) for faculty and staff. The Director, Specialists and other ACCESS Support Staff will be available to have sit down, individualized meetings or informal chats about our topics such as services, instructional implementation and accommodations, the Americans with Disabilities Act and Higher Education, and working with Students with Disabilities.

Light refreshments will be available. For more information call 656-7753.

Event details:

• Contact: N/A , CTL@uvm.edu, (802)656-1155
• Facilitated By: N/A , N/A
  
• Location: A-170 Living Learning Center

Canceled - Information Session: One-credit career advising courses for majors (and minors)

Thursday, October 27 @ 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

This information session focuses on how faculty can develop a one-credit online winter session course that provides important career advising for their majors and minors and help answer the question "What can I do with a major in your field?" Intended for chairs and for faculty interested in developing a one-credit online career advising course for majors in their department or program, this session will present a basic course structure that you can modify for your department, program or subfield, as well as advice on choosing readings, types of assignments, and working with Career Services. Depending on their level of experience with online courses, faculty may be able to prepare a course for this coming Winter session, next year's winter session or for Summer 2012.

Event details:

• Contact: Jennifer Dickinson, Jennifer.Dickinson@uvm.edu, 802/656-0837
• Facilitated By: Jennifer Dickinson, Anthropology; Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  Pamela Gardner, International Educational Svcs
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Sound (Teaching) Bites: Faculty Involvement in Residential Learning Communities

Wednesday, October 26 @ 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

UVM offers a variety of residentially based learning communities for students, and there are a number of ways that faculty can become involved with these communities. During this session we’ll give participants an overview of these communities, talk about ways that faculty have been involved, and answer any questions you may have.

The Sound (Teaching) Bites series is collaboration among different faculty development offices on campus. Designed to offer you practical ideas in a short time frame, each "Sound Bite" involves a 15 minute presentation, after which you are welcome to stay for questions and discussion. Each "sound bite" is repeated on Tuesday and Wednesday of the same week.

Event details:

• Contact: John Sama, John.Sama@uvm.edu, 802/656-4200
• Facilitated By: Daisy Benson, Bailey Howe-Info & Instruction
  Wendy Berenback, Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  John Sama, Living & Learning Center
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Sound (Teaching) Bites: Faculty Involvement in Residential Learning Communities

Tuesday, October 25 @ 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

UVM offers a variety of residentially based learning communities for students, and there are a number of ways that faculty can become involved with these communities. During this session we’ll give participants an overview of these communities, talk about ways that faculty have been involved, and answer any questions you may have.

The Sound (Teaching) Bites series is collaboration among different faculty development offices on campus. Designed to offer you practical ideas in a short time frame, each "Sound Bite" involves a 15 minute presentation, after which you are welcome to stay for questions and discussion. Each "sound bite" is repeated on Tuesday and Wednesday of the same week.

Event details:

• Contact: John Sama, John.Sama@uvm.edu, 802/656-4200
• Facilitated By: John Sama, Living & Learning Center
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Teaching In Higher Education

Monday, October 24 @ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

This workshop will help you reflect on your teaching practice and help create a peer network of graduate students interested in teaching. We will discuss the development of your teaching philosophy and we will share current research on teaching practices: High Impact and Universal Design for Learning. (This workshop is a requirement of the Graduate Teaching Program)

Event details:

• Contact: Holly Buckland; Buckland Parker; Parker, Holly.Parker@uvm.edu, 802/656-1124
• Facilitated By: Holly Buckland; Buckland Parker; Parker, Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  Susan Harrington, English; Writing in the Disciplines
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Teaching Critical Thinking with Burack Lecturer Dr. Stephen Brookfield

Wednesday, October 19 @ 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

New registrations will be added to the waitlist.
Many faculty members care deeply about helping students to become thoughtful, critical thinkers who are able to apply what they have learned in new situations. But what are the strategies and approaches that actually help to instill these skills? In the Spring of 2012, Dr. Stephen Brookfield will be publishing a new book on teaching critical thinking skills; in this engaging workshop, Brookfield will give us an advanced glimpse into his findings and theories, offering faculty members concrete tools to improve students' critical thinking through classroom experience. For more information on Brookfield's visit to UVM, including his keynote address on Tuesday, October 18th, please visit: www.uvm.edu/partnerships/burack2011.

Event details:

• Contact: Carrie Williams Howe, Carol.Williams@uvm.edu, 802/656-0095
• Facilitated By: N/A , N/A
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Distressed and Disruptive Students: Strategies for a Successful Classroom Climate

Wednesday, October 19 @ 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

This session will provide faculty with information on how to address common issues facing our students today as it relates to classroom behavior and mental health. With a contextual overview of mental health at UVM and interactive scenarios, a panel of presenters will offer strategies to employ both in the classroom and during one on one interactions to best address students' needs and concerns. Panelists will include Dr. Annie Stevens, Associate VP for Student and Campus Life; Nick Negrete, Assistant Dean of Students; Patty Corcoran, Assistant Dean for Arts and Sciences; Lucy Singer, Legal Counsel; and Todd Weinman, Director of Counseling and Psychiatry Services.

Event details:

• Contact: Holly Buckland; Buckland Parker; Parker, Holly.Parker@uvm.edu, 802/656-1124
• Facilitated By: Holly Buckland; Buckland Parker; Parker, Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Student Multimedia Projects and Assessment

Monday, October 17 @ 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

The goal of this workshop is to familiarize attendees with a variety of techniques for utilizing multimedia projects with students in and out of the classroom. We’ll explore how to develop, implement and assess student media projects by using the backward design approach to designing curriculum. By setting goals before determining activities or content we can ensure that content is well-organized and promotes a better understanding for students. In this workshop we will begin by setting a goal, then determining assessment and finally the lesson plan. For the purpose of this workshop we will examine successful examples of backward design learning units that utilize a multimedia project outcome for assessment. We will also explore a variety of tools that can be used in projects of this nature as well as what sort of student support is in place at UVM to help facilitate projects of this nature.

Event details:

• Contact: Charles Webb, Charles.Webb@uvm.edu, 802/656-1218
• Facilitated By: Charles Webb, Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Writing to Learn

Thursday, October 13 @ 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

This workshop invites participants to create ways to use small writing assignments–in and out of class–to engage students in quantitative reasoning. We'll look at principles of writing-to-learn, examining how short, informal, and often ungraded writing can support students as they learn. We will explore connections between low-stakes writing and critical thinking, and the connections between low-stakes writing and disciplinary subject matter. Drinks and light snacks will be available.

Event details:

• Contact: Susan Harrington, Susan.Harrington@uvm.edu
• Facilitated By: Susan Harrington, English; Writing in the Disciplines
  
• Location: Fulwiler Rm., 302 Bailey/Howe Library

Sound (Teaching) Bites: Beyond the Library Class Session: Working with Your Liaison Librarian

Wednesday, October 12 @ 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Daisy Benson will present on how your liaison librarian can support many aspects of your research, course design, and assignment preparation, as well as promote general and discipline-specific information literacy goals.

The Sound (Teaching) Bites series is collaboration among different faculty development offices on campus. Designed to offer you practical ideas in a short time frame, each "Sound Bite" involves a 15 minute presentation, after which you are welcome to stay for questions and discussion. Each "sound bite" is repeated on Tuesday and Wednesday of the same week.

Event details:

• Contact: Daisy Benson, Daisy.Benson@uvm.edu, 802/656-0636
• Facilitated By: Daisy Benson, Bailey Howe-Info & Instruction
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

Sound (Teaching) Bites: Beyond the Library Class Session: Working with Your Liaison Librarian

Tuesday, October 11 @ 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Daisy Benson will present on how your liaison librarian can support many aspects of your research, course design, and assignment preparation, as well as promote general and discipline-specific information literacy goals.

The Sound (Teaching) Bites series is collaboration among different faculty development offices on campus. Designed to offer you practical ideas in a short time frame, each "Sound Bite" involves a 15 minute presentation, after which you are welcome to stay for questions and discussion. Each "sound bite" is repeated on Tuesday and Wednesday of the same week.

Event details:

• Contact: Daisy Benson, Daisy.Benson@uvm.edu, 802/656-0636
• Facilitated By: Daisy Benson, Bailey Howe-Info & Instruction
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library

CANCELLED: Google Tools for Scholarship

Friday, October 07 @ 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Old way: go to Google and do a search.

New way: have Google send you an alert when new items are posted with your research topic keywords, subscribe to the best blogs in your field, create and collaboratively edit documents online, and send articles found in Google scholar directly to a bibliographic management program. Learning and using Google tools is also a good way to increase your digital fluency, making it easier to use other web tools.

In this demo session we’ll take a look at the many applications Google now offers that faculty may find useful for academic work. We'll even check out the new Google+ social networking site.

Event details:

• Contact: Hope Greenberg, Hope.Greenberg@uvm.edu, 802/656-1176
• Facilitated By: Hope Greenberg, Computer Science; Ctr for Teaching & Learning
  
• Location: CTL Commons, 303 Bailey/Howe Library