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Spring 2009 Faculty, Teaching Academic Staff and Teaching Assistant Programs
Select and register for your spring programs and explore how you can refresh, refuel and energize your teaching by connecting with others and considering new perspectives and ideas that can enhance student learning. Each session is described in further detail below. Contact Connie Schroeder, connies@uwm.edu or 229-5764 for more information. Registration is required for seating and handout counts. Space is limited and sessions usually fill early, so please register right away!
To register, click on the name of the workshop you wish to attend.
Spring 2009 CIPD Workshops |
Engaging Students: Why is it so hard?
Engaging students in learning might be a "buzz phrase" that we hear tossed about, but many instructors admit students seem less and less interested in actually learning and in putting forth the effort to wrestle with ideas and get beyond retrieving and repeating information. Students have access to information 24/7, but do they know how to read, think and engage? We will explore concrete ways to nail down engagement from day one of your class, to plan for it intentionally and to weave it throughout your course plan and design.
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Friday, February 27
12:30-2:30,
Library W301 (Roosevelt Room) |
Three Key Aspects of Learner-Centered Teaching Guaranteed to Change Your Course
Two assistant professors will share their knowledge and life experiences of their journeys to become successful researchers. Steve Atkinson will also discuss what the Graduate School can do to help you on the road to success. This is an informal brown bag discussion with handouts to help you on your way. |
Friday, March 27
12:30-2:30
Union 340 |
Reinventing your Course
Those new to teaching, those who are creating a new course or significantly revamping a course, or those who have inherited courses they wish to make their own are encouraged to attend. Learn how to unpack the key defining elements of a course. Which pieces do you want to change? What should you keep and how do you make it all fit back together coherently? Consider time efficient ways to reinvent the pieces to reflect your intention and have students accomplish your aims. Bring your course ideas or an existing syllabus as a starting point. |
Friday, April 24
12:30-2:30
Library W301 (Roosevelt Room) |
| Cooperative Programs with other Campus Departments |
Course Learning Assessment: Smart and Simple
Assessing student learning in your course is essential, but it works when it is elegantly simple and integrated into the course. Course assessment that cleanly tells you what, if and/or how students are learning should be simple, not a time consuming add-on. Much of what instructors are already doing accomplishes the key elements of assessment, but often the dots are not connected among the course parts. This workshop will help participants identify their main concerns about assessment, develop and apply an assessment plan to their course, and possibly debunk a few myths about assessment. Bring a course syllabus with you work on!
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Friday, February 20
12:30-2:30
Union 340 |
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