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Faculty Illustrated
Blackboard Drop-In
Support &
30-Minute Workouts
Need help with
Blackboard?
Bb Drop-In Support
Visit CTE Educational
Technologists Sue Crabtree
and Cory Anderson
on Tuesdays
in the Science Hall, Room
118 from 2-4 PM;
Thursdays
in the Tilley Center
from 2-4 PM; and Fridays
in the CTE from 8:3010:30 AM.
Bb Workouts
New, 30-minute
workshops called
“Blackboard workouts”.
Tuesdays at the Science
Hall, Room 118 at 4 PM;
Thursdays at the Tilley
Center at 4 PM; and
Fridays at in the CTE at 4
PM.
For complete schedule,
visit
www.Liberty.edu/CTE.
Dr. Katherine Morehouse, Chair of MultiEthnic Music Studies and Associate
Professor of Ethnomusicology, is
passionate about blending music and
outreach. As she teaches and mentors her
students, she seeks for them to learn how
to use their combination of gifts and
passions for engaging other people and
showing the love of God through their
careers.
Dr. Morehouse attended Lee University,
completing her Bachelor’s degree in
International Studies and began to prepare
to go into the world for global outreach.
One of her professors suggested that she
look into the use of music on the field. Dr.
Morehouse discovered a small group of
people who were using ethnomusicology,
a secular discipline, and applying it to the
church context around the world. She was
fascinated, and joined the Master’s
program at Bethel University, which had
an emphasis in applying this to the
Christian context. Dr. Morehouse decided
to complete more research and received a
Ph.D. at the University of Maryland in
Ethnomusicology. “I focused on music and
religion around the world – how those are
informed by culture and how they go back
and inform culture themselves.”
Dr. Morehouse joined the online faculty of
Liberty University in Fall 2008 just as the
ethnomusicology program was being
instituted. In Fall 2014, Dr. Morehouse
moved to Lynchburg to serve as program
Director and Chair of the Multi-Ethnic
Music Studies Department. “In this
program, we have majors across the
university who are taking our classes. Our
vision for this program is that it equips
students across all academic fields to use
music and the arts in the context of where
they are hoping to work. We want to blend
students’ passion of music along with their
chosen career.”
The goal of Liberty’s Ethnomusicology
program is to train and equip musicians to
engage cross-culturally and to have the tools
and skills they need to do that. “What’s
challenging and neat about this degree is
that you have students who want to go all
over the world – and you have to train
students to be flexible in those different
contexts. Students are being equipped as
amazing musicians, but they are also being
equipped as flexible musicians.” Flexibility
and the emphasis on outreach and social
engagement here at Liberty, along with the
intentionality that our music and art is
supposed to do something is what Dr.
Morehouse believes sets Liberty apart.
Dr. Morehouse has completed field work in
West Africa and South India, studying
music at different religious festivals and
working with the people there encouraging
them to compose and record songs in their
own language. Wherever she goes, Dr.
Morehouse believes the relationships that
she builds are really focusing on where they
are in their faith and looking at how she can
engage them where they are. “What I really
love about the program at Liberty is that it
forces us as teachers to be really personal
with our approach to mentorship because
each of these students has a unique
combination of skills, gifts, interests, and
passions. Our responsibility is to take that
and pray with them as they go through their
college experiences and figure out what God
is going to do with that particular mashup of
beauty He has created for His glory.”
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Vol 6 Issue 1 Fall 2015
LUO Professional
Development Videos and
Quizzes Now Available
January Professional Development Kickoff: Maryellen Weimer
Liberty welcomes Maryellen Weimer,
acclaimed national author, researcher and
speaker, to our January 13 all-faculty
professional development day. Dr.
Weimer, retired Professor Emeritus of
Teaching and Learning at Penn State and
recipient of the Milton S. Eisenhower
Award for Distinguished Teaching, edits
the popular Teaching Professor monthly
newsletter and pens a blog with 125,000
subscribers at www.facultyfocus.com. A
former Associate Director of the National
Center on Postsecondary Teaching,
Learning and Assessment and senior
research associate at the Center for the
Study of Higher Education at Penn State,
Dr. Weimer has a Ph.D. in Speech
Communication from Penn State where
she
directed
their
Instructional
Development Program.
The six required 2015-16
LUO Professional
Development videos and
quizzes are now available in
the Faculty Portfolio tool.
With
experience
in
teaching
communication courses, first year
seminars, and other courses for
business students, Dr. Weimer has
numerous
publications
including
articles in refereed journals, book
chapters, book reviews, and service on
the editorial boards of journals. She has
consulted with over 600 colleges and
universities on instructional issues. Dr.
Weimer regularly keynotes national
meetings and regional conferences.
1. LUO: Teaching in a
Post-Modern World
Author of the popular Learner-Centered
Teaching: Five Key Changes to
Practice (CTE’s 2nd book study),
Enhancing Scholarly Work on
Teaching and Learning and Inspired
College Teaching: A Career-Long
Resource for Professional Growth, Dr.
Weimer will be conducting two
workshops for Liberty faculty separated
by a keynote address with lunch. Be on
the lookout for further details!
6. LUO: Microsoft Office
365 Ecosystem
2. LUO: Special Topics
3. LUO: Reading
Strategies and Resources
to Assist Online Learners
4. LUO: Collaborative
Communication
Technologies
5. LUO: A.W.E. Academic
Writing Enhancement
In addition, LUO Faculty
are invited to attend the
many workshops presented
on campus and/or view
workshop recordings in the
FCC_CTE in Blackboard.
Flipping Classes
Flipping classes is a hot topic in education, but finding the right tools can
be a stumbling block. Teachers interested in narrating their PowerPoints,
should try Office Mix. The free plug-in allows users to record their voice
over their slides, then export the presentation as a movie file to embed in
Blackboard. Additionally, the CTE classroom now features a
Telepresence system. This system allows lecture and screen capture.
When the video is complete, students will see both the presenter and their
presentation. The video can be embedded into Blackboard. Faculty
interested in reserving the CTE classroom (DH 3032) for recording a
lecture, should contact Lisa Thomas (lmthomas5@liberty.edu). Faculty
interested in training in Mix software or the Telepresence system, should
contact Cory Anderson (cdanderson1@liberty.edu).
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Vol 6 Issue 1 Fall 2015
Bring an International Scholar to Your
Department through the Fulbright
Outreach Lecturing Fund
From Accounting to Zoology the Fulbright program,
under the direction of the US Department of State
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs-Council for
the International Exchange of Scholars, welcomes
hundreds of International Fulbright Scholars, in all
disciplines, to conduct research and teach on higher
education campuses across the US. These visiting
scholars are eligible to accept guest lecturing invitations
from departments at Liberty University where they may:
 give department or campus-wide lectures to
students and/or faculty
 hold lectures in classrooms where the scholar can
make a contribution to the discipline or
country/regional understanding
 meet with faculty to allow for an exchange of ideas
 have informal gatherings with students and faculty
 meet with community organizations, professional,
cultural or religious groups, K-12 schools and
school districts that have a special interest in
international relations.
Fulbright funds round-trip travel for the scholar, with
Liberty being responsible for local transportation,
lodging and meals. The typical length of stay is 2-3 days.
The process of nominating and pursuing a visiting
international scholar is both top-down and bottom-up.
Deans can indicate their desire to pursue a particular visiting
scholar and/or indicate a need in a department. Faculty
members can also lobby their deans to pursue a particular
scholar and/or indicate a need in their department. Internal
criteria should include scholar fit with the university,
department, strategic goals, and alignment to the mission of
Liberty. After a visiting scholar is identified, Liberty may
contact the scholar directly via the faculty associate and host
institution department information on the list. To view a
complied list of scholars and their disciplines see the
Fulbright Scholar Directory under the US Department of
State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
CTE is available to assist with the required paperwork to
apply for a visiting Scholar. Please contact Sharon Wheeler
for details and see http://www.cies.org/program/outreachlecturing-fund for a complete overview of the Outreach
Lecturing Fund and the Fulbright Scholar (with their
disciplines) Directory.
For wisdom will enter your heart and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
-Proverbs 2:10
Semester-Long Book Studies Focus on Leadership
This semester’s book study was led by Teaching Consultant Shawn Bielicki
and met monthly in the CTE to examine the book, Amplified Leadership: 5
Practices to Establish Influence, Build People, and Impact Others for a
Lifetime by Dan Reiland. The widely acclaimed book provided a process to
develop new leaders from a Biblical perspective. Faculty participants
investigated the common challenges of leaders and established a framework
and academic premise into the practices of: (a) establishing relationships; (b)
engaging followers; (c) embracing team members; (d) coaching apprentices;
and (e) mentoring new leaders. At the conclusion of the study, participants
received a certificate of completion.
The second semester book study at the CTE plans to further the inquiry into leadership with Drive: The Surprising Truth
About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink. It will be led by CTE director Sharon Wheeler and will meet on select Mondays
at 3:15 p.m. (Jan. 25, Feb. 29, Mar. 21, and Apr. 25). Participants will receive a complimentary copy of the book. Faculty
interested in signing up should email Sharon at swheeler@liberty.edu to reserve their spot. Seating is limited to 12.
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LUO Faculty Workshops Offered
Live and via WebEx
In addition to the six required
professional development workshops
for LUO faculty, this semester the
CTE offered an optional series both
live and via WebEx. The series took
place on select Wednesdays, earning
the
nickname,
“Wednesday
Webinars”.
Online faculty within driving distance
had the option of attending the
sessions in the CTE, while those at a
distance joined the webinar. The
series included:
 Introduction to LUO’s 24/7
Online Tutoring with Tutor.com,
Lauren Lobdell and Tamela
Crickenberger
 LUO: Blackboard Time-Saving
Tips & Tricks, Kathy Calvert and
Sue Crabtree
 Using Technology to Add a
Human Element to Your Online
Course, Aaron Traphagen and
Brad Burgess
Tutor.com’s Director of Client
Services, Lauren Lobdell, led the
Introduction to LUO’s 24/7 Online
Tutoring with Tutor.com webinar.
Through a partnership with Liberty
University Online, the service offers
free one-on-one personalized tutoring
in a plethora of subjects. For more
information, faculty can log onto
http://www.liberty.edu/online/freeonline-tutoring/.
Faculty who missed the webinars may
view the recordings in Blackboard in
the FCC_CTE by clicking on
“Resources” and opening “WebEx
Recordings”.
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Requests for Teaching Analysis Polls Surge
CTE has experienced continued growth in requests for
their mid-semester “Teaching Analysis Polls” (TAPs).
The service was first offered to faculty in the Fall
semester of 2014 as a way to gauge the mid-semester
pulse of student learning in a given class. The number
of TAPs have since doubled, making it a busy and
exciting couple of weeks.
TAPs typically take just 30 minutes of class time and feature a CTE faculty member
querying the students on two main questions:
1. What is helping you learn in this class?
2. What is hindering your learning and what are possible solutions?
After individual students ponder and answer the questions, small groups are used to
build consensus on the top three responses to each of the two questions. Later the
faculty member is invited for a quick confidential debriefing of the findings.
One advantage to conducting TAPs in the middle of the semester is that it allows
faculty time to implement positive change before the end of the year (and before
student surveys). Satisfaction response data from past faculty participants indicated
that TAPs made a “favorable” to “very favorable” impact on student learning.
Additionally, majority of faculty participants self-reported that they made positive
change as a direct result of the student input from the TAP(s). TAPs upcoming dates
for the Spring 2016 semester are February 29-March 11. Interested faculty should
email CTE@Liberty.edu to reserve their date/time.
CTE Launches Leadership Symposia
One of the prominent focuses of
professional
development
this
semester was to provide faculty and
staff the opportunity and training to
become effective leaders. In fulfilling
that goal, CTE launched its first-ever
Leadership Symposia – a series of
faculty workshops centered on the
topic of developing leaders. The
symposia met monthly over lunch.
Each presenter provided an overview
of their topic followed by participant
commentary and Q & A. The sessions
were well received and the presenters
received much praise for their
contributions.
Sessions were not
filmed, but interested faculty who
were unable to attend the live
workshops are welcome to contact the
individual presenters for a brief recap
and main takeaways.
Sessions included:
• Needed: Professor Leaders for the 21st
Century, Roger Mackey
• Implementing a Vision, Harold L.
Willmington
• Leaders Lead, Managers Manage.
Which are You? Barry Moore
• The Army Learning Model and the Need
for Leadership Education, Maj. Bret M.
Hamilton
• We Need to Talk: Successfully
Navigating Relationship Conflict,
Linda Mintle (Note-Dec. 1,11:15 am)
Dr. Barry Moore presents at the
Leadership Symposia
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Faith Learning Integration Brown Bag Lunch
Series – 2015
CTE continued its popular Faith Learning Integration
(FLI) Brown Bag Lunch Series with a diverse slate of
workshops designed to explore relevant issues that
Christian educators face, as well as stimulate scholarly
and interdisciplinary discussions. The series took place
on select Tuesdays during lunch. Facilitators introduced
each subject and provided the necessary background,
Christian principles, and possible implications for
educators who teach from a Biblical worldview. This
semester’s faculty workshops included:
 Understanding the Same-Sex Marriage Decision
and Its Implications, Rena Lindevaldsen, J.D.
 The Art of Christian Existentialism, Thomas
Provenzola
 How Christian is Our Integration, Chad Thornhill
 Jesus, Suffering, and the Problem of Evil, Edward
Martin
 Goodbye Post-Modernism; Hello Neo-Modernism,
Andrew Fabich
During the first workshop, Rena Lindevaldsen took
faculty on a journey of legal findings that led to the
Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage and
outlined the implications for Christian educators. She
posed, “without even realizing it, many students who
identify as Christians reject the authoritativeness of
scripture in their lives, particularly on ‘hot-button’
moral topics that are raging in the culture around us.
How do we engage our students on topics like samesex marriage… or whether government can punish
Christian businesses that refuse to cater a same-sex
wedding? How do we articulate a biblical response to
them?” Lindevaldsen retorted that we, as Christian
educators, need to know the law and the scriptures,
teach from a Biblical worldview, and not be silent. In
addition to the series, CTE offers a number of FLI
workshops each semester. Faculty are encouraged to
visit the CTE website, www.Liberty.edu/CTE, to learn
more about upcoming opportunities.
Save the Dates
January 13 - January Professional Development Day
February 2-4 - Publishers’ Week at CTE
February 14 - President’s Awards Nominations Due
February 29-March 11 - Teaching Analysis Polls (TAPs)
March 15 - ILLUMINATE Application Deadline
April 15 - TWT Boot Camp Applications Due
Faculty Trained on Emotional Intelligence
Dr. Sylvia Frejd presents 7 Steps to Raise Your EQ
Many experts now believe that a person’s emotional
intelligence, or EQ, may be more important than their IQ.
EQ is linked to effective decision-making, connecting with
others, finding and following purpose — and leading a
more whole-hearted life. Studies have shown a positive
correlation to EQ as a better predictor of success, quality of
relationships, and overall happiness. To that avail, the CTE
welcomed Sylvia Frejd to present a three-part faculty
workshop series on raising your EQ entitled, “7 Steps to
Raise Your EQ.” The workshops met monthly and were
well attended. Sessions included:
 Know Yourself – What am I feeling? Learn to become
more self-aware, increase your emotional literacy which is the ability to notice, name, and understand
feelings. Acknowledge frequently recurring
reactions and behaviors that have become patterns in
your life.
 Choose Yourself – What options do I have? Learn
how to apply consequential thinking to navigate your
emotions and engage intrinsic motivation, and learn
how to exercise optimism.
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 Give Yourself
– What do I truly want? Learn how to
increase empathy, and to connect your daily choices
with your overarching sense of purpose and goal.
Rena Lindevaldsen leads a FLI Luncheon
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New Faculty Mentoring Underway
Recommended Reading
The recommended reading section suggests
several excellent texts that are now available
for faculty to borrow from either the CTE
Lending Library or the Jerry Falwell
Library. Faculty members are welcome to
reserve these books from their respective
locations.
Teaching Consultant Shawn Bielicki
addresses Koinonia participants
KOINONIA (koy-nohn-ee´-ah)
n. fellowship, meaning to share or to
partner, to invest in
CTE welcomed ten new faculty into its
Koinonia Mentoring program. The term
"koinonia" originates from Greek and is
found in the New Testament to mean
communion by intimate participation.
The program is designed to help new
faculty better assimilate into our unique
Liberty University culture, provide
effective training and guidance, and
create an environment that results in
collegial interest and peer investment.
Interested faculty opted-in, requesting an
interdepartmental mentor for one year.
Mentors and mentees meet monthly to
share, fellowship, and navigate the
academic challenges of being a new
faculty member.
A critical part of the program involves
matching mentors and mentees based on
backgrounds, experience, and interests.
This year’s mentors include Andrea
Beam, Bruce K. Bell, Donna Donald,
Melanie Hicks, Gary Isaacs, Troy
Matthews, Ramona Myers, Nancy
Richardson, Beth Sites, and John Vadnal.
The mentor and mentee relationship is a
nurturing one. In essence, the mentor
assumes the roles of a guide, role model,
and cheerleader; the mentee assumes the
roles of a listener, learner, and colleague.
Since Koinonia’s inception, both
mentors and mentees have found the
program extremely beneficial.
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CTE Lending Library
 Bergmann, J., & Sams, A. (2012). Flip
your classroom: Reach every student in
every class every day. Arlington: ISTE.
 Hooks, B. (2010). Teaching critical
thinking: Practical wisdom. New York:
Taylor & Francis.
 Kaufman, T., & Dolci Grimm, E.
(2013). The transparent teacher: Taking
charge of your instruction with peercollected
classroom
data.
San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
 Ritchart, R., Chruch, M., & Morrison,
K. (2011). Making thinking visible: How
to promote engagement, understanding,
and independence for all learners. San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
 Schoenback, R., Greenleaf, C., &
Murphy, L. (2012). Reading for
understanding. San Francisco: JosseyBass.
Jerry Falwell Library
 Blumberg, P. (2013). Assessing and
improving your teaching: Strategies and
rubrics for faculty growth and student
learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
 Broemmel, A.D., Jordan, J., & Whitsett,
B.M. (2015). Learning to be teacher
leaders: A framework for assessment,
planning, and instruction. New York:
Routledge.
 Kaplan, M. (2013). Using reflection and
metacognition to improve student
learning: Across the disciplines, across
the academy. Sterling, VA: Stylus.
 Samuels, D. (2014). The culturally
inclusive educator: Preparing for a
multicultural world.
New York:
Teachers College Press.
 Weimer, M. E. (2002) Learner-centered
teaching: Five key elements to practice.
San Francisco: Wiley.
Center for Teaching
Excellence
Empowering Effective
Educators
DeMoss Hall, Room 3032
Phone: 582-3032
Fax: 582-3873
Email: CTE@liberty.edu
www.Liberty.edu/CTE
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Twitter.com/LibertyUCTE
Sharon Wheeler
Director
Shawn Bielicki
Teaching Consultant
Susan Crabtree
Educational Technologist
Cory Anderson
Educational Technologist
Tom Doss
Administrative Assistant
Lisa Thomas
Receptionist
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