2012 Opening Workshop for New STEM Educators

Inclusive Teaching Methods

Tundra Lodge, Green Bay

Sponsored by the UW System Women & Science Program

Thursday, September 27

11:00 – 12:00 Registration,  introduction to workshop

Jennifer Mihalick, Women & Science Program Director

12:00 – 12:50 Lunch

1:00 – 1:50 Reducing Stereotype Threat

Gail Coover, Wisconsin Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation

2:00 – 3:00 Teaching with Case Studies

Colleen McDermott, Biology & Microbiology, UW Oshkosh

3:00 – 3:20 refreshments

3:20 – 4:10 Clicker Case Studies

Kim Baker, Biology, UW Green Bay

4:20 – 5:10 Out-of-Class Screencasts to Enhance In-Class Learning

Philip Parker, CIvil & Environmental Engineering, UW Platteville

5:10 – 6:00 break: room check-in

6:00 – 7:00 Dinner

7:00 ­– 7:30 Increasing Minority Participation in STEM Fields

Gail Coover, WiscAMP

7:30 – 8:30 meet in disciplinary groups

Friday, September 30

7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast

8:00 – 9:10 Inclusive Design: How It Can Happen

Jo Hopp, Physics and Kara James, Disability Services, UW Stout

9:20 – 10:00 Composing a Course from an Array of Teaching Methods

Jennifer Mihalick, Chemistry, UW Oshkosh

10:00 – 10:40 refreshments and check-out from hotel

10:40 – 11:50 Finding Best Practices in the Literature

Robin Tanke and Jason D'Acchioli, Chemistry, UW Stevens Point

12:00-12:50 Lunch 

 1:00 – 1:50 Mid-semester Active Learning Intervention in a Large Lecture

Heather Schenck, Chemistry, UW La Crosse

2:00 – 2:50 Learning Objectives Based Assessment: Focusing Students on Content Mastery

Todd Zimmerman, Physics, UW Stout

2:50 – 3:00 Closing:  grant information, workshop evaluations