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The CTL is proud to host the 2024 Friday Morning Forum on August 30, 2024.
The CTL is proud to host the 2024 Friday Morning Forum on August 30, 2024.
SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE
The conference will be held in the Hemlock wing classrooms on the first floor, near the Library.
8:00 - 9:00
9:00 - 9:50
9:50 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:50
10:50 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:50
Breakfast Connection in the main lobby (provided by the Provost's Office)
Session One [Pick one of three concurrent Hyflex sessions]
Break (coffee, chips and cookies provided)
Session Two [Pick one of three concurrent Hyflex sessions]
Break (coffee, chips and cookies provided)
Session Three [Pick one of three concurrent Hyflex sessions]
Breakfast Connection
8:00 - 9:00
Breakfast Connection
8:00 - 9:00
First Floor Lobby
Meet up with long-time friends and make new friends! Bring them along to the Friday Morning Forum.
Session One
9:00 - 9:50
Session One
9:00 - 9:50
Enhancing Classroom Engagement with Social Annotation: A Panel Discussion
Enhancing Classroom Engagement with Social Annotation: A Panel Discussion
Curt Nehring-Bliss, Meg Gillio, Milton Johnson
Join us for a panel discussion on integrating Hypothesis, a social annotation tool, into our classrooms, including Creative Writing, Communications, Literature, and First Year Seminar courses. We'll explore how Hypothesis can be effectively used in online, face-to-face, and hybrid classes to foster collaborative learning, enhance student engagement, and deepen understanding of course materials through interactive annotations and discussions. We will share our experiences, best practices, and tips for using Hypothesis to enrich the educational experience across various teaching modalities.
'Bright' Ideas: How do Students Experience Brightspace?
'Bright' Ideas: How do Students Experience Brightspace?
Jeff Dugan and Brooke Napoleon
Are you curious about how students really navigate and experience Brightspace? Join us for an engaging panel discussion featuring a diverse group of your own students! They'll share their candid insights on what works well, what presents challenges, and how you can optimize Brightspace to foster deeper learning and engagement. Topics covered:
Student perspectives on key Brightspace features: Strengths and weaknesses of Brightspace features like modules, quizzes, discussions, and communication tools.
Strategies for enhancing student engagement: Get ideas from students themselves on how to make your class design more effective
Bridging the gap between faculty and student expectations Q&A: Come prepared to ask questions and engage in lively conversation with the student panel. This open forum provides a valuable opportunity for faculty to understand student needs and preferences related to online learning tools like Brightspace.
Bridging the gap between faculty and student expectations Q&A: Come prepared to ask questions and engage in lively conversation with the student panel. This open forum provides a valuable opportunity for faculty to understand student needs and preferences related to online learning tools like Brightspace.
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The Other Side of the Desk
The Other Side of the Desk
Jackie Tiermini, Sean Maley, Patty Rockwell, Sim Covington, Trista Merrill
In this panel discussion, your fellow educators will share their unique experiences in returning to the classroom as students. They will discuss what it's like to be on "the other side of the desk" and reflect on how these experiences have influenced their teaching practices. Join us for an insightful conversation about the challenges, surprises, and lessons learned from navigating the dual roles of teacher and student.
Key perspectives include discussion around:
· Empathy and Understanding
· Pedagogical Innovation
· Professional Growth
· Community and Collaboration Building
· Challenges
The goal is for participants to leave the session with a renewed enthusiasm for the power of a student-centered approach to teaching and learning for both the student and the teacher.
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BREAK
9:50 - 10:00
BREAK
9:50 - 10:00
Enjoy refreshments outside room 1450. Catch up with your colleagues while drinking coffee and eating those delicious potato chips and cookies from our friends at AVI.
Session Two
10:00 - 10:50
Session Two
10:00 - 10:50
Enhancing Your Assessments Using AI
Enhancing Your Assessments Using AI
Trevor Johnson-Steigelman
One of the challenges of teaching is coming up with varied ways to assess your students. Generative AI like ChatGPT, Gemini, and other tools can help you augment and diversify your current assessments and give you ideas for new ones.
We’ll investigate ways to create questions, rubrics, and examples of good or bad responses. Finally, we’ll discuss the pros, cons, and pitfalls of using AI for creating assessments.
Image CC by Dave Ghidiu
The Potential Rewards and Challenges of Incorporating Podcasts into Your Instruction
The Potential Rewards and Challenges of Incorporating Podcasts into Your Instruction
Dave Canose and Kellie Gauvin
Ever since "Serial" debuted 10 years ago, podcasts have become increasingly popular. There are all kinds of podcasts, and you can quickly encounter the good, the bad, and, unfortunately, the ugly. If instructors steer toward the "good," podcasts can significantly enrich the classroom experience for students. The existence of the "bad" and the "ugly," however, necessitate thoughtful consideration of how to best incorporate podcasts into courses. This session will explore podcast-related possibilities for instruction, and Kellie will share her experience of having students create their own podcast. Join us for a lively discussion!
Ever since "Serial" debuted 10 years ago, podcasts have become increasingly popular. There are all kinds of podcasts, and you can quickly encounter the good, the bad, and, unfortunately, the ugly. If instructors steer toward the "good," podcasts can significantly enrich the classroom experience for students. The existence of the "bad" and the "ugly," however, necessitate thoughtful consideration of how to best incorporate podcasts into courses. This session will explore podcast-related possibilities for instruction, and Kellie will share her experience of having students create their own podcast. Join us for a lively discussion!
Image by The Gender Spectrum Collection from Vice
Building a HyFlex Community of Practice
Building a HyFlex Community of Practice
Jeff Dugan
The Hyflex Community of Practice was brought together to fostering collaboration and share insights from Faculty, Online Learning and IT. In this session we'll talk about the necessary tools to deliver engaging and effective Hyflex courses. The discussion will focus on key aspects of Hyflex teaching, including course design, technology integration, student engagement strategies, and professional development opportunities.
We will discuss the relaunch this Community of Practice where faculty can share best practices, seek assistance, and collaborate with colleagues. Through this collaborative effort, we'll ensure that Hyflex courses at FLCC are of the highest quality, providing students with a valuable and enriching learning experience.
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BREAK
10:50 - 11:00
BREAK
10:50 - 11:00
Enjoy refreshments outside room 1450. Catch up with your colleagues while drinking coffee and eating those delicious potato chips and cookies from our friends at AVI.
Session Three
11:00 - 11:50
Session Three
11:00 - 11:50
Brightspace Show and Tell (and a primer for Aaron's Custom Tool - ACT)
Brightspace Show and Tell (and a primer for Aaron's Custom Tool - ACT)
Dave Ghidiu
This session has two objectives:
We will gather and share cool tips, tricks, and techniques we are using in Brightspace! Maybe you have a bunch of pro-tips you want to share or perhaps you just want to see what other people are doing - come join the conversation!
We will also have a tour of the ACT - Aaron's Custom Tool. Aaron Sullivan developed a really slick way to make content in Brightspace pop! We'll take a tour of the tool and explore ways it is used in courses. This is a teaser for a session the CTL will be offering later on (drilling deep into ACT!).
Quick Wins: Easy Tactics for Enhancing Student Engagement
Quick Wins: Easy Tactics for Enhancing Student Engagement
Sarah Heidebrink-Bruno
Are you interested in discovering some low effort/ high reward teaching practices that you can start using immediately to increase student engagement? This workshop will equip you with practical tools and techniques that can be easily implemented to create a more interactive and dynamic learning environment, regardless of discipline. We will have time to share ideas and build a "toolbox" of activities together that you can use this semester to increase engagement.
The Value of Interdisciplinary Approaches in the Classroom: History and Social Psychology as a Case Study
The Value of Interdisciplinary Approaches in the Classroom: History and Social Psychology as a Case Study
Dave Canose & Eric Duchess
In this presentation, Eric Duchess (History) will explain how a simple tenure team observation of his colleague, David Canose (Psychology), inspired him to directly incorporate concepts from Social Psychology into American History courses to give students a way to understand the past in a new and different perspective. Together, David will explain a few concepts from Social Psychology and Eric will show how they can be applied in the study of American History. Participants will be asked to brainstorm ideas about what disciplines they could introduce into their own courses and/or share their existing interdisciplinary experiences with the group.
Thank you for coming!
Thank you for coming!
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