Workshops 2008

This workshop will discuss, in a general way, the "do's and don'ts" of promotion and tenure portfolios. We will discuss the "more work/less work" rule, as well as the value of finding a tenure mentor.

We will explore how meditation and mindfulness can be useful in teaching and learning.

This half-day event will focus on electronic resources available at UCF, campus offices, and policies.

Assessment is generally considered a very controlled (validity and reliability of testing), left-brained, sequential and rational process. If students must develop creativity to be successful in their careers, should we not provide assessment experiences that foster that creativity? Share your ideas and discover new ones.

Join the discussion of how to deal with the current Student Perception of Instruction process and look ahead to the proposed new process.

A Theme for Your Course: The Environment--Ideas and Resources

We will discuss several ways to thematize any course with case studies and activities related to the environment and global warming.

Together we will walk through a grade book template and customize it to your syllabus. Please bring your syllabus with a breakdown of your scoring policy.

Learn about clickers and how to integrate classroom sessions with your Webcourses grade book.

We will share some interactive strategies that encourage student involvement in class and facilitate active learning.

Participants will experience creative classroom techniques that might be used in any size class. By being actively involved, faculty will be able to determine the value of the methods from the student and faculty perspective.

International Teaching Assistants: Tips for Successful Teaching

To assist international graduate teaching assistants, this workshop will provide teaching methods for effective communication, tips on teaching to student diversity, and useful phrases for classroom communication.

Intro to myUCF Grades: An Online Grade Reporting Tool

This pagelet in myUCF will automatically synchronize with your official class rosters and allow you to manually input grades, import from Microsoft Excel, or report grades uploaded directly from Test Scoring Services (without the intermediate step of burning results to a disc). Learn how to use this electronic grade posting tool and do away with posting grades outside classrooms and offices!

Learn all about clickers in the classroom. Bring a digital version of your syllabus and a PowerPoint presentation. You will receive an instructor kit, create your CPS account and courses, order clickers for your students, complete your syllabus and build your first presentation.

Come sign up for a Turnitin account, learn how and when to use it, and engage in a discussion about its effectiveness in preventing plagiarism and promoting academic integrity.

Rubrics set expectations and allow us to provide efficient, specific feedback on student performance. We will analyze several rubrics currently used at other universities. In addition we will review your current rubrics or assist you with creating a new one.

How do you structure an online test, and why do it that way? Come for a roundtable discussion of various assessment practices, permutations, and possibilities when you teach online.

When is group work most effective? How do we organize the groups and the activity to make the most of the group interaction? What do you do when students do not want to work in teams? How do we grade a group assignment? Share your ideas and experiences and take away new ones you can use immediately.

Technology at UCF: How Do We Teach Effectively Online?

We will focus on online learning and WebCT/Webcourses, with an emphasis on pedagogy, course design, and teaching choices. The transition from WebCT CE4 to Webcourses@UCF will be discussed. We'll also review the many technologies at UCF that can enhance online teaching and learning, such as library databases, student clickers, eCommunity, blogs, and wikis.

Tips and Tricks to Save Time Grading Essays - Even Large Classes Can Assign Writing!

Learn best practices for grading student writing so that you can assign writing in EVERY discipline, regardless of class size. We'll discuss over 50 practical suggestions to make your life easier when you grade. Co-hosted by the Faculty Center and the Director of Writing Programs at UCF.

Find out about rosters, grade books, syllabi, course websites, and using any software or campus resources that make your life easier as a UCF instructor.

Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts, Facebook, and RSS: Communicate in New Ways With Your Students

We’ll provide an introduction and overview of emerging technologies that offer new ways to communicate and interact electronically with your students. Learn what blogs, wikis, podcasts, and RSS feeds are, and learn how to use them for your classes.

Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts, Facebook, RSS, YouTube and More

We’ll provide an introduction and overview of emerging technologies that offer new ways to communicate and interact electronically with your students. Learn what blogs, wikis, podcasts, and RSS feeds are, and learn how to use them for your classes. We'll also explore ways to use YouTube, Facebook, digg, del.icio.us, Google Alerts, AuthorPoint, Camtasia, and a myriad of other online tools.

We will discuss curricular and instructional techniques that add an international dimension to your teaching and student learning.

These workshops are designed for GTAs to gain valuable knowledge and perspectives in advance of their classroom experiences.

Come and explore how social bookmaking tool "Del.icio.us" can help you on your research, classroom, and knowledge sharing with your students. The presenters will give an overview of social bookmarking in libraries and will discuss the UCF Libraries project and its outcomes in-depth.

Rubrics set expectations and allow us to provide efficient, specific feedback on student performance. We will analyze several rubrics currently used at other universities. In addition we will review your current rubrics or assist you with creating a new one.

Did you miss this great discussion last year? We will look into Dan Pink's six senses and how to employ them in your classes.

Starting Spring 2008, faculty can record end-of-term final grades online through myUCF, in the form of an "online bubble form" (an Excel file upload capability will be available in future semesters). This workshop provides step by step guidance in the process. Those cannot make our workshop may wish to consult our online tutorial about the process: http://www.fctl.ucf.edu/TeachingAndLearningResources/

Participants will discuss the themes in Ron Rash's novel, Saints by the River. Join us and share your insights.

We will discuss the main components of rubrics and provide individual consultation time for your specific needs. Bring an assignment; leave with a rubric.

Social Networking Tools and Scholarly Communication

This workshop will focus on the effect that social networking tools and open source publishing are having on scholarly communication. Scholars no longer need to rely on academic publishers to reach an audience and share their ideas - blogs, wikis, RSS aggregators, and other social networking tools now make it possible for scholars to exchange ideas in an environment that promotes openness, collaboration and sharing in a way that occurs more quickly than in more traditional venues such as academic journals and conferences. Of particular interest to our discussion will be the impact these trends will have on traditional academic publishing, the peer review process, and issues related to promotion and tenure. Will scholars be forced to conform to the old standards or will publishers and university administrations need to find new ways of evaluating scholarship? While these issues are still emerging, there is no doubt that the future of scholarly communication will be quite different than it is today. During this workshop, we hope to open the discussion and make some initial assessments about where we are and what we should look for as these changes continue to unfold.

Come sign up for a Turnitin account, learn how and when to use it, and engage in a discussion about its effectiveness in preventing plagiarism and promoting academic integrity.
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