Wednesday, September 10, noon, LIB 378
How College Works: What Matters for
Student Success
Did your summer end before you read all
the books listed on the Chronicle of Higher
Education’s spring list of “top ten books on
teaching?” Here’s a quick way to catch up
with one of them: How College Works by
Daniel Chambliss and Christopher Takacs
(Harvard University Press, 2014). Want to
know why some college majors are more
desirable than others? Want to know what
you can do to enhance student success?
Brief excerpts from the book can be found
on the calendar description for this event
on the CETL website. Take a look if you
have time (but don’t worry if you don’t have
time!), and come join the conversation with
Martha Reineke (Philosophy and World
Religions) and Susan Hill (CETL).
Tuesday, September 16,
3:30 pm, LIB 378 Fall Faculty Workshop Follow-Up:
Creating
a
LearnerCentered Classroom
This year’s Fall Faculty
Workshop focused on learner-centered teaching. This
session is for those of you
who want to dig deeper into
ideas raised at the workshop, and for those who
couldn’t make it to the
workshop. We’ll start out by
focusing on how to get students to do “the hard and
messy work of learning,”
and move on from there.
Bring your ideas for creating
a learner-centered classroom, and we’ll brainstorm
others. Facilitated by Susan
Hill (CETL)
Monday, September 22,
3:00, LIB 378
Midterm
Course
Evaluations
or
SGIDs (Small Group Instructional
Diagnosis):
What’s a SGID? Why
would I do one?
This session will explain the
whys and hows of SGIDs,
including a summary of the
research that shows how a
midterm course evaluation
can enhance teaching effectiveness. We will also
discuss how you can
become SGID facilitator,
how to talk to your class
after a midterm evaluation,
as well as other ways to do
midterm evaluations.
Facilitators: Susan Hill
(CETL) and Craig VanSandt
(Management)
September 2014
Reading Series: Re-Visiting the Classics on Diversity and Inclusion
Tuesday, September 23, 12:30-1:45, LIB 378: The first in a CETL/NCBI sponsored series on diversity and inclusion, facilitator Stephanie Logan (COE) will lead this
discussion on Derald Weng Sue’s “Racial Microaggressions in Everyday Life:
Implications for Clinical Practice”. The term “microaggressions” first appeared in
psychological literature in the 1970s, and research on microaggressions has continued
to grow. Although this article’s title is technical, and is addressed to clinicians, it
includes clear definitions and examples easily understood by the non-psychologist. The
article is available for download on the CETL website by clicking on the calendar event
for this session. NO registration required.
Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology Out of Your College Classroom Will Improve Student Learning by José Antonio Bowen
Winner of the American Colleges & University’s 2014 Ness Award, which is given to a
“book that best illuminates the goals and practices of a contemporary liberal education,”
Teaching Naked explores how higher education can most effectively use technology.
Facilitator: Joel Haack (CHAS)
Meeting times: Mondays at 2:00 pm on 10/6, 10/20, 11/3, 11/17 in LIB 378
Registration Deadline: Monday, September 22