Tbers,
I¹ve got no money to support you attending this, but thought you might be
interested anyway...
Mr. James B. Greenberg
Director Teaching, Learning and Technology Center
Milne Library
SUNY College at Oneonta
Oneonta, New York 13820
blog: The 32nd Square at http://aristotle.oneonta.edu/37_the_32nd_square
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phone: 607-436-2701
fax: 607-436-3081
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"Ignorance is curable, stupidity lasts forever"
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Conversation: SUNY CPD: Teaching Well and Course Design
Subject: [facdev-l] SUNY CPD: Teaching Well and Course Design
THE SUNY CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT presents the 6TH Annual
Teaching & Learning Event
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Annual Teaching & Learning Day: Teaching Well and Course Design
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Date: March 7, 2008 - Friday
Time: 9:00AM - 4:00PM
Place: University at Buffalo, Center for Tomorrow, Amherst, NY
Registration Deadline: March 3rd
=========REGISTER ON-LINE=============
http://www.cpd.suny.edu <http://www.cpd.suny.edu/>
$ 80 SUNY CPD Member
$ 100 Non-CPD Member
CPD Members may use their points as a method of payment
========= FEATURED SPEAKER =============
Dr. DEE FINK, National Project Director, Teaching & Curriculum Assessment
Project
Dr. Fink currently works as a national and international consultant in
higher education. During the last two years, he has led over 80 workshops
nationally and internationally for faculty and administrators about what can
be done to promote better teaching and learning. He is frequently invited
to be a conference speaker on the subject of ³Creating Significant Learning
Experiences.²
In 2004-2005 he was president of the POD [Professional & Organizational
Development] Network in Higher Education, the largest faculty development
organization in the world. In 2003 he published a book on ³Creating
Significant Learning Experiences² (Jossey-Bass). From 1979 to 2005 he
served as the founding director of the instructional Development Program at
the University of Oklahoma. He received his doctorate from the University
of Chicago in 1976.
=============PROGRAM=================
8:30 am - 9:00 am Sign-In and Welcome A continental breakfast will be
provided
9:00 am - 10:30 am
The Joy & Responsibility of Teaching Well
Dr. Dee Fink, National Project Director, Teaching & Curriculum Assessment
Project
When we teach, our actions as teachers have the potential not only to
fulfill our responsibility to students and society but also to give us the
deep joy that comes when we do something important and do it well.
There is growing evidence that although college-level teaching is extremely
important in today¹s world, we are not doing a very good job of educating
our students. In this presentation I examine our traditional responses to
four central issues of teaching: WHAT we teach, HOW we teach, How we GEAR UP
as teachers, and WHO we are as educators.
If we can re-think and revise our responses to these four issues in ways
that will improve student learning, then we can experience the deep Joy that
comes with doing something very important and doing it very WELL!
10:30 am - 10:45 am - Break
10:45 am - Noon
Broccoli, Headhunting, and the Mayan Universe: Is there a Connection?
Kimberly Davies Hoffman, Reference/Instruction Librarian, SUNY Geneseo
Thomas Cardot, Senior Student in Anthropology, SUNY Geneseo
To complement Dr. Fink¹s Joy and Responsibility of Teaching presentation,
Hoffman and Cardot will provide a unique example of ³formulating a powerful
learning strategy² in the realms of cultural and physical anthropology.
Several years ago, Dr. Kintz¹ voiced her frustrations with students¹ poor
reading and research skills and lack of enthusiasm for course content to
librarians at Milne Library. Thus began a successful collaborative
experiment where professor and librarian restructured course objectives,
semester schedules, learning activities, and assessment tools. The main
goal was to train students in sophisticated research and critical thinking
skills that would then equip students to perform outside research on current
course topics. In turn, students would bring this knowledge to the
classroom and become more active and informed participants in group
discussions. A collaborative triangular model between professor, librarian,
and student slowly became our vision where every course participant was both
teacher and student and continuous feedback amongst all three stakeholders
informed further improvements in course design. Constant exchange of ideas
and activities from all three perspectives have helped move the typical
course lecture to a dynamic, creative, and highly successful curriculum.
Noon - 1:00 pm Lunch provided
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Workshop
Want Your Students to Learn More? Designing Your Courses for More
Significant Learning
Dr. Dee Fink, National Project Director, Teaching & Curriculum Assessment
Project
Most college teachers would like their courses to be an experience in which
their students achieve some kind of significant learning that lasts. But we
feel frustrated and uncertain about how to get that to happen for more
students, more of the time.
In this workshop, we will:
· Examine the place of instructional design in the ³big picture² of
teaching,
· Take a close look at what each of us really wants our students to
learn,
· Systematically work through a new model of instructional design
that will enable us to ³design high quality learning into our courses,² and
· Conclude by looking at two case studies that address the question
of whether this more intensive way of designing courses is worth the time it
takes.
The reaction of most teachers to this new model, Integrated Course Design,
is quite enthusiastic, for two reasons. It shows them why much of what they
are currently doing is good, but it also identifies what they could add to
their teaching that would make it even more powerful.
=================== QUESTIONS? =======================
Contact: THE SUNY CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Phone: 315-233-3052 ext. 111
Fax: 315-437-0835
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A printable flyer (Fink flyer.pdf) is attached to this message. Please
print and distribute to those on your campus who may be interested.
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