Spring Faculty Teaching and Learning Showcase
The Spring Faculty Showcase is a new event for UTC faculty to share their best practices, lessons learned, and technology enhancements for teaching. The Walker Center for Teaching and Learning is partnering with the UTC Faculty Senate's Classroom Technology Committee to bring you examples from across campus.
January 29, 2016, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UTC Library, 4th floor
LIB Southern Writers Room Moderator: Aisha McGriff, WCTL |
LIB 433 (WCTL Office) |
LIB 435 Moderator: Emily Thompson, Library |
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1:00 - 1:25 pm
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John Trussel, Accounting/Scott Seagle, WCTL Your Course Awakens: Enhancing Online Courses With Quality Matters Video Meetings with Zoom |
Welcome Area Snacks Networking |
Nur Sisworahardjo, Electrical Engineering Sharing Content With Students Using a Tablet and OneNote in Class Using Scratch Off Cards for In-Class Group Quizzes |
2:00 – 2:25 pm
2:30 - 2:55 pm |
Dawn Ford, WCTL How to Award Digital Badges to Students in UTC Learn Team-based Learning as a Tool to Improve Student Learning |
Welcome Area Snacks Networking |
Kevin Ford, Music Ideas for Using Smart Phones to Create Audio Files With Your Students A Demonstration and Discussion of Active Learning Activities |
3:00– 3:25 pm
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Deborah Arfken, Political Science and Public Service Best Practices for Online Course Design |
Welcome Area Snacks Networking |
Jose Barbosa, Biology, Geology, Environmental Science Testing for Prerequisite Knowledge Using UTC Learn Tools |
Presentations by UTC Faculty Members
During the spring and summer of 2015, the Walker Center staff worked with UTC Faculty to identify and redesign courses across many disciplines. While the approach of each group was different, all were following the National Center for Academic Transformation's process for redesign. This showcase will allow some of the departments a chance to share what they found to be successful and what challenges may remain for these courses.
In addition to these presenters, we will have faculty from several disciplines sharing their best practices for technology in the classroom. Come see what your colleagues are doing to engage our students!
Opportunity to Learn About "Quality Matters"
The QM rubric is helpful in clarifying what a course needs in order to be successful, no matter the subject matter. Some of the areas covered include:
- clarity in the way the course begins and how to work through each of its parts
- ways the faculty member can engage the students with both the content and each other
- assessing student learning throughout the semester