Register for events by selecting the check boxes next to the workshops that you would like to attend. You may check more than one. Fill out the form at the bottom of the page and then click Submit. If you don't see the workshop you are looking for, please feel free to forward your suggested workshop topic to OAI@towson.edu.
New Faculty Workshop Assessment: Using Course Assessments for Effective Instruction
Date: Friday,
October 18, 2013
Location: Minnegan Room at Unitas Stadium
Time: 12 - 3
p.m. Presenter: Dr. Alison McCartney, Department of Political Science
Dr. Amy Trauth-Nare, Department of Biological Sciences
This workshop for new faculty will concentrate on the purpose of classroom assessment and faculty's role in the process. The workshop will include 1. an overview of different types of classroom assessments matched with appropriate goals and outcomes; and 2. hands-on time for faculty to recast some of their approaches to classroom assessment by bringing samples of their assessments to the meeting for critique and sharing.
What is UDL? Workshop
Date: Friday, October 25, 2013
Location: CK
507
Time: 9 -11:30
a.m. Presenter: Dr. Elizabeth Berquist, Department of Special Education
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a set of priniciples for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn. UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs (CAST, 2012).
At this workshop you will:
Learn about the philosophy and purpose of UDL.
Gain knowledge about the Principles and Guidelines of UDL.
Develop ideas for how you can apply UDL priniciples to your courses and programs.
Learn about the Office of Academic Innovation's plans for developing Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) focused on the UDL approach.
Learn how you can become a PLC facilitator on our campus.
Dr. Berquist is an expert about UDL and its applications in both P-12 education and higher/adult education. She has worked on numerous UDL projects in collaboration with her colleagues at the Center for Applied Special Technology at Harvard University (CAST).
Faculty Chat Series: I Am a Faculty member, which Means_____???
Date: Wednesday,
October 30, 2013
Location: University Union, Room 306
Time: 11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Dr.
Alison McCartney, Department of Political Science
October Chat Description: Commentators regularly proclaim the dawn of a new era in higher education. Between the arrival of online education, an expanding student body, and rising demands for assessment, faculty often feel sidelined in the discussion of how to effectively manage new educational challenges. As the ones who are actually handling the daily implications of changing expectations, how can we best confront these challenges, communicate how, why, and when certain teaching practices work (or not!), and maintain a realistic workload balance that preserves the intellectual mission of the university?
Facilitator Bio: Dr. Alison McCartney is an Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science. Currently in her 13th year at Towson, she has served as Director of the International Studies Program, chair of the Faculty Committee on Service-Learning, and co-founder of the TU-Baltimore County Public Schools Model United Nationas program, in addition to numerous other committee responsibilities. In 2007, Dr. McCartney won the University of Maryland Regents Award for Mentoring. Her publications include works on civic engagement education and contemporary German foreign policy.
Past Events
Past events have included: Campus Technology Open House, WebEx and Blackboard Teaching Circles, and workshops on topics such as Responding to Writing Effectively, Flipped Classrooms, Capturing Voice & Screens with Ease Using Screencast-O-Matic, Making Online Classes More Interactive, Creating High Impact Grading Guidelines, Preparing Your Course for Online Delivery, and
Blackboard 101.
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