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CETL Lessons from the Center for Excellence in Teaching in Learning

Inspiring Teaching Workshop Series --

Proactive Assistance for
Struggling Students:
Simple Steps Instructors Can Take

Thursday, February 19
10:30 - 12:00
Room to Be Announced.

Facilitator:
Tracy Slagter, Interim Director, University Studies Program

Presenters:
Sylvia Carey-Butler, Office of the Academic Support of Inclusive Excellence
Quin Chrobak, Psychology Department
Crystal Mueller, Director of the Writing Center
Eric Brunsell, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Are you looking for ways to help struggling students?

This workshop will give tips on how to assess student learning early in the semester, use inclusive pedagogy, connect students to resources on campus, and follow-up with students after they have received  an Early Alert. This workshop will consist of four high energy presentations focusing on ideas that faculty and staff can apply right away. Ample time will be made for discussion between our panel of presenters and audience members.

Please create your reservation here.

Inspiring Teaching Workshop Series --

Engaging Students Through Difficult Dialogues

Wednesday, April 8
12:00 - 1:30

Room to Be Announced.

Facilitator: Jordan Landry, Interim Director of CETL

Presenters:
Sarah DeArmond, Department of Management and Human Resources (COB)
Don Hones, Department of Curriculum and Instruction (COEHS)
Susan Rensing, Departments of History and Women's and Gender Studies (COLS)

How do we teach students to engage in complex conversations about charged topics?

What pedagogical strategies are effective in addressing students' fears about engaging with such topics?

What classroom activities and assignments might encourage students to think about their thinking, be comfortable with discomfort and understand multiple perspectives?
 

In this interactive workshop, instructors from across the University will discuss the joys and challenges of engaging students on controversial subjects. Topics that will be covered include race, reproductive rights and abortion, and fairness and legal issues in organizations.

Please make your reservation here.

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI)
Annual Meeting 2015

Virtual Conference
February 9 - 11
Live streaming in Sage 2210

Please click HERE for virtual conference agenda.  

The ELI Annual Meeting will feature speakers and presentations surrounding current trends and issues within higher education teaching and learning. This virtual conference will be available for campus participation February 9-11 in Sage Hall 2210.  Please click HERE for virtual conference agenda and session descriptions.  

Topics Include:

  • Investigating the Next Generation Digital Learning Environment
  • Digital Assessment as a Quality Booster for Education
  • Learning Spaces for Digital Discovery
  • Faculty Development Models
  • Gamify! Play! Learn! Leveraging Existing Campus Resources to Create Exciting Learning Experiences
Spring 2015
One-Session Wonders

Located in Pollock House

Capstone Assessment:
Is your program rethinking how your students can finish the major with a meaningful culminating experience?
Explore possible designs for the capstone experience in the major.
Identify how to create a meaningful, culminating experience for your majors.

Programs are encouraged to put together a faculty team who will meet together to examine current and alternative capstone designs. The sessions will end with a proposal for redesign and enhanced program assessment.
Choose one, two or all three sessions, depending on your program needs.

Facilitator: Carleen Vande Zande,
Associate Vice Chancellor, Curricular Affairs and
Student Academic Achievement

  • Internships, Clinicals, Practica, or Field-Based Experiences: Summarizing Student Learning   
    Monday, February 23, 8-9:00 a.m.

  • Portfolio-Based Assessment: Helping Students Showcase Their Learning
    Monday, March 2, 3-4:00 p.m.

  • Papers, Projects, and Performances: Creating Culminating Learning Experiences
    Wednesday, March 11, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Register Here.
Individual registration is required as enrollment is limited to allow for personal attention.

Best Practice Certificate –
Global Citizenship at the Upper Division Level
Mondays: March 2, 9 & 16
9:10 - 10:10 am
Pollock House
This workshop is particularly designed for faculty and staff who have existing Non-Western upper division courses they would like revise to achieve a Global Citizenship designation at the 300-level. The workshop focuses on understanding Global Learning and Citizenship goals at the upper division level, revising or creating course specific Global Citizenship Student Learning Outcomes, and developing appropriate major and course specific assessment activities. 

Enrollment is limited to 10 participants to allow for personal attention and dialog / $200 Stipend

Please register here.
Register by February 23.

UW System Spring 2015 OPID Conference
Contemplative Pedagogy: A Confluence of
Teaching and Learning

April 16-17 • Green Lake
Sponsored by the Office of Professional and Instructional Development (OPID)

The 2015 OPID Spring Conference will bring together over 200 faculty and staff across many disciplines to demonstrate the UW System’s commitment to excellence in teaching and student learning. The conference will provide a forum to recognize, acknowledge, and share the expertise of faculty and academic staff who excel at teaching, value learning, and are committed to sharing their experience, knowledge, practice, and scholarship with others. The intentional relationships among teaching, learning, and making excellence inclusive will be a foundation of this event.
For more information, please visit: https://www.wisconsin.edu/opid/


Register for all CETL events at: uwosh.edu/cetl

 

Key Initiatives:

  • Inclusive Excellence
  • Global Connections
  • Sustainability
  • Assessment
  • Undergraduate Student Research
  • Essential Learning Outcomes
  • Instructional Technology
  • First-Year Experience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Questions or Comments?
Contact Jordan Landry, Interim Director of CETL, at cetl@uwosh.edu.

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University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
765 Algoma Boulevard, Oshkosh, WI 54901.