If anyone is interested let me know, I have some funds to support a limited number of people attending.
Mr. James B. Greenberg
Director Teaching, Learning and Technology Center
Milne Library
SUNY College at Oneonta
Oneonta, New York 13820
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Subject: [coa-l] SUNY TC: Teaching Matters: Spring Conference on Teaching & Learni ng - Buffalo, NY
THE SUNY TRAINING CENTER AND UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO'S CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCES PRESENTS:
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Teaching Matters: Spring Conference on Teaching & Learning (a one-day conference)
Featuring Ronald Berk, John Hopkins University - Author of Humor as an Instructional Defibrillator
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Date: February 25, 2005
Time: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Place: Center for Tomorrow, University at Buffalo - Buffalo, NY
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http://www.tc.suny.edu <http://www.tc.suny.edu>
Category: "Academic Programs"
$110 SUNY Training Center Member
$140 Non-SUNY Training Center Member
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For up to date information
http://www.tc.suny.edu/tlconf0205/welcome0205.html <http://www.tc.suny.edu/tlconf0205/welcome0205.html>
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Phone: 315-464-4078 Fax: 315-464-7303 Email: [log in to unmask]
=========KEYNOTE SPEAKER=============
RONALD A. BERK, PhD, CNN, BBC, DNA, is Professor of Biostatistics and Measurement at the School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University. He served as Assistant Dean for Teaching from 1997-2003. He received the University's Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award in 1993 and Caroline Pennington Award for Teaching Excellence in 1997 and was inducted as a Fellow in the Oxford Society of Scholars in 1998. Since that date, he has been in the Federal Witness Protection Program living in Maryland under the name Britney Spears. He has served 29 years of a life term at Johns Hopkins, 11 years in the Division of Education and 18 years in the School of Nursing, where he has mentored numerous faculty and hundreds of students, all of whom unfortunately are in prison now. He has written a monthly humor column, "Ask Mister Humor Person," for health professionals in the newsletter MedWorldNEWS. He has published 8 books, including 2 on humor: Professors Are from Mars, Students Are from Snickers (Stylus, 2003) and Humor as an Instructional Defibrillator (Stylus, 2002). The quality of those books and his more than 250 journal publications and presentations reflects his life-long commitment to mediocrity and his professional motto: "Go for the Bronze!"
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8:30 - 9:00 am : Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:00 - 9:10 am : Welcome
9:10 - 10:45 am : Keynote : Humor as an Instructional Defibrillator - Ronald Berk, Johns Hopkins University
Grab those paddles. Charge 300. Clear! "Ouch!" Now how do you feel? Great!
Humor used as a systematic teaching tool in your classroom can bring students and deadly, boring course content to life. Since some students have the attention span of goat cheese, we need to find creative techniques to hook them, engage their emotions, and focus their minds and eyeballs on learning. This session presents 10 evidence-based, "low-risk" humor methods that can be integrated into handouts, examples, case studies, discussion questions, homework problems, project outlines, tests, wedding invitations, and parking tickets. Examples include quotations, cartoons, multiple-choice items, top 10 lists, anecdotes, skits/dramatizations with music, and "Jeopardy!" type reviews. The techniques are applicable to any course level, discipline, content area, or ice-cold beverage. This session "boldly goes where no academician has gone before," maybe!
10:45 - 11:00 am : Break
11:00 - Noon : Motivating the Millennials: Getting to know the new generation of college learners - Stewart Brower, MLIS Coordinator of Library Instruction, Health Sciences Library, University at Buffalo
The Millennial generation of college-age learners has been called the "most numerous, affluent, and ethnically diverse generation in American history." They can also be one of the most demanding generations to teach, with a strong sense of self-identity and entitlement that can impede more traditional teaching modalities. Technology-savvy, goal-oriented Millennials place a premium on their college experiences, and college professors and other academic leaders are beginning to discover new ways of motivating these students. This session will provide a generational look back at the social and historical factors that influenced this generation's development and give participants an opportunity to share their personal knowledge with others. By sharing our collective experiences about the Millennials, we will discover better ways to motivate them, and, ultimately, to teach them.
Noon - 1:00 pm : Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 pm : How To Write A Case Study Dr. Kipp Herreid, Distinguished Teaching Professor Academic Director, University Honors Program, Director, National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo
Case study teaching is one of the fastest growing alternatives to the lecture method. Over 90% of the faculty that attend workshops on case study teaching say that students like it better and perform better on tests. Attendance improves dramatically when cases are used, because students learn in a context. In this workshop we will focus on showing you how to write a case for your own class. You should walk away from this with a great start on a case that you can use right away. Fame and fortune await!
2:30 - 2:45 pm : Break
2:45 - 4:15 pm : Test Wars: The Evil Empire Wants to Vaporize Multiple-Choice Tests - Ronald Berk
This is the intergalactic event of the 2005 winter in Buffalo. After 75 years of research and experience with tests in this galaxy, why are there still so many complaints by students about their quality and the conditions under which they're administered? This presentation will answer your most throbbing questions about classroom assessment. It will address the following prickly topics based on evidenced-based practice:
* How you can make the best use of assessment methods without resorting to medications
* A "Consumer's Guide" to shopping at THE ASSESSMENT DEPOT to get a "Best Buy" on appropriate methods
* Top 15 complaints by students about taking tests and strategies to resolve them
* Top 10 flaws in multiple-choice test items that can clue testwise students
* Alternative assessment methods to measure problem-solving and higher-order thinking skills, such as the student portfolio
* How to survive classroom assessment without getting voted out by your class
These topics will be illustrated with semi-amusing items, music, and demonstrations. May the "FORCE" compel you to attend this session.
4:15 - 4:30 pm : Evaluations and Wrap-Ups
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