Academic Year 2008-2009
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Fall Convocation 2008
January Workshop 2009
Book Talks 2008-2009
CTL MnSCU mini-conference
Writers Circle
CETL Co-hosted Events:
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Slovenian Authors – Majda Koren & Spela Brecelji
Eyewitness to Global Warming by Polar Explorer Will Steger
A Keynote Address by David Treuer
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Fall Convocation Workshop 2008
Tuesday, August 19
8:30 – 9:00
Continental Breakfast for Faculty and Staff
Ritsche Auditorium Lobby, Stewart Hall
9:00 – 10:00
Fall Semester Opening Program and President’s Address
Ritsche Auditorium, Stewart Hall
Greetings from presidents/representatives of Student Government, Faculty
Association, AFSCME- Council 5, MSUAASF, MAPE and MMA
Opening Address: President Earl H. Potter III
10:00 – 10:15
Break
10:00 – 1:00
CETL Café Atwood Ballroom
Need a place to rest, have a cup of coffee or chat with fellow colleagues about the
day’s events? Well look no further. The CETL Café offers a quiet place amongst the
hustle and bustle to relax and collect your thoughts. See you there!
10:00 – 1:00
Technology Safari Atwood Ballroom
Come and discover new technologies in a unique, hands-on learning adventure.
SCSU faculty, staff and student technology naturalists will bravely guide you
through an exploration of new and emerging technologies being used in their
natural, academic habitat. This safari will lead you through ferocious mashups, give
you a bird’s-eye-view of the virtual lab, swing through iTunes U and tour the everypopular social networking exhibit. During feeding time, you might even catch a
glimpse of the Del.icio.us application, or use Adobe Connect to track activities in
far-away lands. Throughout the tour, you will have the opportunity to observe, ask
questions and try out any of the technologies at the zoo.
10:00 – 1:00
Campus Information Fair Atwood Ballroom
What support services does St. Cloud State have to offer you? Come find out at the
campus information fair! Check out what your students will be up to this year at the
UPB & CSOLD booth, figure out where you can park at the Public Safety table or
learn how you can get involved with Volunteer Connections. All of these resources
and many more will be available for your questions.
10:15 – 11:30
Integrating Career & Life Planning within the Classroom
Voyageurs Room, Atwood Center
Learn about the developmental tasks students are facing, the university resources
available, and some practical ways faculty can tie their coursework into the career
planning needs of their students. In addition, we will give an introduction to the
NEW Career Planner section of the LINK and how it can be best utilized with
students.
Facilitators: Addie Turkowski & Michelle Schmitz Indicates New
Faculty Encouraged to Attend
10:15 – 11:30
Sexual Violence: How It Affects the Classroom
Granite Room, Atwood Center
Sexual assault affects one in four college women and some college men. This
workshop will discuss how this issue affects the classroom and some significant
policy changes to address it. It will answer questions like: What if I’m the first
person the student has told about a sexual assault? How can I be supportive, and
what are my limits as a faculty? Do I have any legal requirements I need to follow?
What guidelines does the St. Cloud State University Sexual Assault Policy provide?
The federal Cleary Act has very specific requirements for “campus security
authorities,” and if you are an advisor to a recognized student organization, you fall
into this category. Come to find out what you are required to do, and discuss with
your colleagues what you can do to be part of reducing sexual violence that occurs
to members of our university community.
Facilitator: Lee LaDue
12:00 – 1:00
President’s Luncheon with New Faculty & Administrators
Cascade Room, Atwood Center
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch on Your Own
Vendors available: Caribou Coffee, Einstein Bagels, Pizza
Hut, Subway, and Garvey Commons
12:45 – 2:00
Academic Dishonesty and the Way to Combat It
Glacier North, Atwood Center
What is academic dishonesty comprised of? Is it culturally or generationally bound?
How does a student know that they are committing an act of academic dishonesty?
How does an instructor decide that there is an act of academic dishonesty? What is
a better way to combat academic dishonesty: a) prevention or b) detection.
Facilitators: Plamen Miltenoff & Olivia Olivares
12:45 – 2:00
Teaching Study Strategies for Specific Disciplines
Granite Room, Atwood Center
During the 2008 Spring Semester, Deborah Biorn, Academic Learning Center, and
Dr. Carol Theisen, Math Skills Center, collaborated on teaching study strategies to
developmental math students. We would like to convene a round table discussion to
glean ideas about how to make such collaboration more effective and to encourage
those in other disciplines to consider similar collaborations.
Facilitators: Deborah Biorn & Carol Theisen
12:45 – 2:00
Engaged Learning in the Sciences
Mississippi Room, Atwood Center
Jamie Heiman will present his approach to writing instruction about science and
critical thinking in the context of FYE English 191. He will make an opening
presentation, identify key issues and questions, and then facilitate a discussion.
Possible spin-off topics would include implications for UDWR and linking English 332
(“Writing in the Professions”) with professors in CSE.
Facilitator: James Heiman
12:45 – 2:00
Classroom Disruptions and Incivility: Definitions,
Strategies, and Campus Resources
Oak Room, Atwood Center
Whether cell phone use, portable gaming, side conversations, or threats, classroom
incivility and disruptions affect the learning environment. This session features local
research findings about classroom incivility, outline strategies for preventing
disruption and handling it when it happens, and provide campus resources for
faculty members concerned about students.
Facilitators: Mike Gillilan & Diana Rehling
1:15 – 2:45
Human Resources Orientation for New Faculty & Staff
North & South Voyageur Rooms, Atwood Center
Facilitator: Jeanne Duininck
3:00 - 5:00
Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL) and
IFO Orientations for all New Faculty
North & South Voyageurs Room, Atwood Center
Facilitators: John Palmer & Dan Wildeson
2:15 – 3:30
Growing & Sustaining Graduate Education at SCSU
Glacier North, Atwood Center
This session will highlight recommendations from the graduate school on growing
and sustaining graduate education at SCSU. Several topics will be presented in
brief, and roundtable discussions will be facilitated to gather feedback and
recommendations on the direction and future of graduate education. All those
interested in graduate education at SCSU are encouraged to attend.
Facilitators: Melanie Guentzel, Dennis Nunes, Annette Day, &
Phyllis Greenberg
2:15 – 3:30
Fostering Multilingual Literacy using MS Word
Centennial Hall 351
Multilingual skills are becoming more and move valued these days. There are many
professional reasons for using multiple scripts (even if one is not a fluent speaker),
but currently no one on campus is looking into ways to enable students to learn
such skills. We could easily do a lot more, given the great linguistic diversity on our
campus, but no one knows where to access these scripts. A basic introduction to
how these scripts are accessed and used professionally can be very helpful for all.
Facilitators: Gael Fonken, Darlene St Clair & Kyoko Kishimoto
2:15 – 3:30
Infant Mental Health Professional Learning Community
Mississippi Room, Atwood Center
This session will present experiences from faculty and community practitioners in
coming together as part of a Professional Learning Community to focus on Infant
Mental Health as a multi-disciplinary field. Faculty from six departments across four
colleges, and faculty from SCTC are exploring the field of IMH and how to best
prepare students for working with young children and their families. A panel of PLC
members will discuss the process and benefits of this project.
Facilitator: Glen Palm
2:15 – 3:30
Stalking: How to Respond to Students in Need
Oak Room, Atwood Center
Stalking on college campuses is a growing concern. Many staff and faculty are
aware of the issue and are interested in learning how to help students. This session
will cover information on how to identify stalking, common behaviors of stalkers,
how to best respond, and resources available to help victims. It will also include
information on cyberstalking and online harassment.
Facilitator: Dani Lindner
3:30 – 4:45
Vehicle Use Policy
Oak Room, Atwood Center
This session will present information about changes in MnSCU-SCSU Vehicle Use
Policy. Those who frequently use government vehicles and those who use them for
field work are especially encouraged to attend.
Facilitator: James Williams
3:30 – 4:45
Resources and Support Services to Help Your Program
Assess Student Learning
Mississippi Room, Atwood Center
What resources and services are available at SCSU for programs that would like to
improve their assessment practices or use assessment data more effectively to
improve student learning? This session will review the available resources and
services and connect these to the needs and interests of those attending.
Facilitators: Jim Sherohman, Patricia Aceves, Wendy Bjorklund
& Joe Melcher
3:30 - 4:45
Service Learning Outcomes
Granite Room, Atwood Center
This presentation will highlight the results of a large-scale research project on
Service Learning outcomes conducted at SCSU during Spring 2007. Changes in
important student attitudes toward service-related variables were examined,
comparing students enrolled in a service learning class with those not enrolled over
the course of a semester.
Facilitators: Paula Weber & Jim Weber
5:00 - 6:30
Provost’s Reception for New Faculty
Kiehle Art Gallery
Wednesday, August 20
9:00 – 10:15
New Library Resources for all Faculty
Miller Center 218
Last May, the library launched a new web site that provides a variety of information
and resources at your fingertips. At this session, faculty librarians will offer an
overview of the new site, an update on new databases, and a refresher on
continuing services available for faculty research and teaching needs. Librarians will
also share tips for requesting books, arranging for the delivery of equipment and
media to classrooms, placing materials on reserve, assigning video projects for
their students, consultations on assignments, personal assistance for research, and
introductions to departmental liaisons. Join us and start the fall off in the driver’s
seat!
Facilitators: Melissa Prescott, Robin Ewing & Cindy Gruwell
9:00 – 10:15
Veterans Panel
Voyageurs South, Atwood Center
The SCSU Veterans panel is an opportunity to have current students share their
experiences of reintegrating from service member to student. Students who are
veterans face a number of issues as they return to the university following
deployment. Some of those include but are not limited to: age and maturity gap
from the majority of students on campus, alienation, financial issues, priority
changes, lack of knowledge about how the system works, and the loss of their
support system. In this session you will hear more about the issues they face as
they return to life at SCSU and what we as campus can do to help.
Facilitators: James McAuley & Jayne Lokken
9:00 - 10:15
Grants and Contracts at SCSU – Resources Offered
Through the Office of Sponsored Programs
Voyageurs North Room, Atwood Center
Learn about available internal grants: faculty improvement grants, university
researcher funds, Hellervic and Saigo awards, and student research funds. A brief
overview provided of resources available through Sponsored Programs when
pursuing external grants including search databases, website resources for proposal
development and the new post-award position to assist with grant management.
Facilitators: Jodi Kuznia, Linda Donnay & Dennis Nunes
10:30 – 11:45
Student Health: Factors Affecting Academic Success
Oak Room, Atwood Center
A review of the results of the Spring 2008 National College Health Assessment
Survey. The presentation will focus on health issues SCSU students reported as
affecting their individual academic performance as well as resources available on
campus to assist students to be healthy and academically successful.
Facilitators: Brent Nielsen & Corita Beckermann
10:30 – 11:45
What’s Hot with Student Technology
Miller Center 218
Come and learn about the new trends in student technology and Web 2.0
applications. In this presentation, we will discuss a variety of the current
technologies revolutionizing our society and bringing individuals from around the
world together. We will cover new tools for use in social networking, collaboration
and information sharing.
Facilitators: Rich Josephson, Casey Wagner & Brad Grabham
10:30 – 11:45
Professional Development Grant Opportunities
Granite Room, Atwood Center
Faculty has access to several types of competitively selected, internal grants that
are awarded by committee decision: short-term, long-term, and research. This
session will provide information about these grant opportunities, the application and
evaluation criteria for each, and suggestions for writing a successful application.
Panel members will also answer questions from the audience.
Facilitators: Phil Grossman, Matt Julius, Jiping Zuo, Annette
Schoenberger, Elaine Ackerman, Chris Inkster,
Marla Kanengieter-Wildeson, & Debra Japp
11:45 – 12:45
Break
1:00 – 3:00
College Meetings
3:30 – 4:00
Faculty/Staff Service Awards and President’s Reception
Atwood Ballroom
Thursday, August 21
8:30 – 9:00
9:00 – 9:15
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Breakfast
Atwood Ballroom
Presentation of Miller Scholar Awards
Atwood Ballroom
9:15 – 10:15
CETL Keynote Address by David Treuer, Ph.D., Author
and Associate Professor of English
Atwood Ballroom
Biography: David Treuer is an Ojibwe Indian from Leech Lake Reservation in
northern Minnesota. He is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Canada, a
Pushcart Prize, the 1996 Minnesota Book Award and was a finalist for the Penn
West prize in 1999. Treuer has completed his third novel, The Translation of Dr.
Apelles. He divides his time between his home on the Leech Lake Reservation and
Minneapolis. The son of Robert Treuer, an Austrian Jew and holocaust survivor and
Margaret Seelye Treuer, a tribal court judge, David Treuer grew up on Leech Lake
Reservation. After graduating from high school he attended Princeton University
where he wrote two senior theses—one in anthropology and one in creative
writing— where he worked with Toni Morrison, Paul Muldoon, and Joanna Scott.
Treuer graduated in 1992 and published his first novel, Little, in 1995. He received
his PhD in anthropology and published his second novel, The Hiawatha, in 1999. His
novels have been translated into Norwegian, Finnish, French, and Greek.
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:45
Developing a Departmental Budget
Granite Room, Atwood Center
One result of last year’s academic action planning is a new process for developing
the University budget, starting with departments/divisions proposing operating
budgets based on academic plans. This workshop provides faculty/staff necessary
tools to develop annual departmental/divisional budgets, including several
strategies allowing for maximum flexibility of departments/divisions.
Facilitators: Daniel Gregory, John Palmer, Debra Japp, Judith
Kilborn, Ralph Carr, Stephen Jenkins, Eungmin
Kang, Susantha Herath, Michael Connaughton &
Stephen Hornstein
10:30 – 11:45
DARS 101(Degree Audit Reporting System)
Oak Room, Atwood Center
DARS is an online tool which helps students and advisors understand what
requirements a student has fulfilled and what requirements a student still needs to
complete in order to graduate. Representatives from the Office of Records and
Registration and the Advising Center will review a DARS report, how to interpret
credits in transfer and discuss the benefits of using DARS for course selection.
Facilitators: Sue Bayerl, Brenda Zamlen, Rita Moore & Michael
Sharp
10:30 – 11:45
Dealing with Grant and Contract Administration Issues
Glacier North, Atwood Center
This session will provide an opportunity for faculty and staff to learn how to address
some of the unique situations that occur when administering a grant or contract.
Session includes time & effort reporting, implementing technical professional
contracts, and international collaborations.
Facilitated by: Sponsored Programs
10:30 – 11:45
D2L Quickstart
Miller Center 218
This session is an orientation to Desire2Learn (D2L), MnSCU’s online course
management system. Workshop participants will need to request and have in place
a D2L course prior to the workshop. If you bring a course syllabus to the workshop,
you will be able to upload it to D2L. Organizational strategies for setting up courses
in D2L will also be discussed.
Facilitator: Tom Hergert, Karen Thoms & Plamen Miltenoff
10:30 – 11:45
Your Retirement Options, an IFO Perspective
Voyageurs South, Atwood Center
Facilitator: Russ Stanton
10:30 – 12:00
CETL Keynote Workshop with David Treuer
Cascade Room, Atwood Center
This workshop session will have an open format conducive to an interactive
discussion of Dr. Treuer's work and ideas
12:00 – 1:00
Break
1:00 – 3:00
Departmental Meetings
Friday, August 22
22 8:30 – 10:15 Campus Conversation: Teaching at the People’s
“Comprehensive University”
Cascade Room, Atwood Center
This session is a campus- wide book talk about the meaning of our institution and
its mission. There will be opening remarks followed by small group- table
discussions, and end with a general facilitated discussion.
Facilitator: Dan Wildeson, Director; The Center for Excellence
in Teaching and Learning
10:30 - 11:45
Academic Action Plan Update
Mississippi Room, Atwood Center
Facilitator: Lisa Foss
10:30 - 11:45
Improving Assessment and Student Learning at the
Program Level: Results of Projects Funded by 2007-08
Assessment Grants
Oak Room, Atwood Center
Recipients of 2007-08 assessment grants will describe how the grants have led to
program improvements or improvements in the assessment of student learning.
The panelists will focus especially on what they think will be of interest or value to
other departments. There will be time for questions and discussion.
Facilitators: Jim Sherohman, Amos Olagunju, Kenneth Miller,
Susan Herm, Joyce Simones, Keith Agre, Janis
Cimperman & Theresa Estrem
10:30 - 11:45
D2L Summer Upgrades
Miller Center 206
Come see the new features of the D2L implemented this summer, and how you can
utilize the increased level of control and functions now available to you in D2L.
Facilitator: Tom Hergert, Karen Thoms & Plamen Miltenoff
10:30 – 11:45
Keys to Your Husky Bookstore
Glacier North, Atwood Center
Facilitator: Diana Burlison
10:30 - 11:45
Summary of Instructional Technologies available at SCSU
for all Faculty
Miller Center 207
This session is designed to introduce faculty to campus technologies and services.
Included in the session will be an introduction to classroom technologies available
as well as the range of technologies students have access to for class work (e-mail,
Web space, Desire2Learn, electronic reserves, wireless networks, etc.). Faculty will
also learn where and how to borrow equipment, and about the range of research
support available.
Facilitator: Rich Josephson
10:30 – 11:45
Benefits of Grants for New Faculty
Granite Room, Atwood Center
Facilitator: Sponsored Programs
12:00 – 1:00 Break
1:00 - 2:15
Tech. Changes – What’s happened over the summer?
Miller Center 218
Come and learn about the technologies on campus that are available to you at St.
Cloud State. We will discuss the new Anti-Spam solution, your access to online
services, Computer Store purchasing deals, and more.
Facilitator: Casey Wagner & Mark Kotcho
1:00 – 2:15
Human Resources Data Security Training
Centennial Hall 351
2:25 – 2:30
Break
2:30 – 3:45
Summary of Library Resources available at SCSU
for Faculty
Miller Center 218
This session is designed to introduce new faculty to library resources. Included in
this session will be an introduction to electronic databases, reference services,
research support, library instruction, and techniques for integrating library activities
into your class assignments.
Facilitators: LR&TS Faculty
Saturday August 23
Freshmen and Transfer Student Move In Day
Sunday August 24
Returning Student Move In Day
Monday August 25
First Day of Fall Classes
January Workshop
Tuesday, January 6
9:00 - 10:15
CONCURRENT SESSIONS A
A-1
Responding to Campus Emergencies
Voyageurs North
While SCSU has been consistently engaged in safety planning, we are incorporating
lessons learned from recent crises elsewhere in our communications, security
procedures, programming, services, and planning. This session will be an
opportunity to review and discuss existing and developing procedures, including the
Star Alert emergency text messaging program.
Facilitators: Mike Gillilan, Loren Boone, Michael Gilbert and Miles
Heckendorn III
A-2
Linking Course-Level Assessment of
Student Learning to Program Assessment
Voyageurs South
College teachers devote considerable effort to evaluating student work in their
courses. This rich source of information about student learning often is insufficiently
utilized for program-level assessment. This workshop will help participants design
course materials that can be used to assess student learning at both the course and
program levels.
Facilitators: Joseph Melcher, Elaine Ackerman & G.N. Rangamani
A-3
Enriching D2L Discussions
Miller Center 218
This presentation will explore options in using online discussions in the contexts of
hybrid and fully online courses. We will look at structures, strategies, and
techniques to build, use, and assess whole-class and small group discussions.
Specific attributes of the D2L Discussion tools will be used to illustrate ideas and
practices.
Facilitators: Tom Hergert, Rich Josephson & Brad Busse
10:15 - 10:30
Break
10:30 - 11:45
CONCURRENT SESSIONS B
B-1
These Are Your/Our Students
Glacier North
Each year we enroll several hundred new freshmen – this year we have 461 – who
show potential for success despite their low academic or class standing. Success
cannot occur without full committed support from ALL departments, colleges, and
faculty. Join with us, the Division of General Studies, to make this happen.
Facilitators: Geoffrey Tabakin & Adam Klepetar
B-2
Leadership Opportunities & Issues for Faculty
Thinking about Changing Career Direction from
Teacher Roles
Glacier South
This session will be a discussion of the needs, challenges, and strategies for faculty
who are interested in moving into academic leadership roles other than teaching.
Topics may include leadership philosophies, traits and styles, opportunities,
evaluation, compensation, support-networking, ethics, conflict management,
supervisory responsibilities, hiring, etc. We encourage those who have such
interests as well as those who have experience to participate in this conversation.
Some of the perspectives we will discuss are department chair, directors of
programs and centers, committee chairs, and deans. The idea behind this session is
to discover what preparations (experience and training) faculty need in order to
move in one of these directions. Thus, we welcome written contributions before and
after the session to shape plans for leadership development at SCSU.
Facilitator: Harv Busta, Dan Wildeson, Diana Lawson, TBA
B-3
Respondus for D2L
Miller Center 207
Introduce faculty to a new authoring addition: a tool for importing, creating and
managing exams for D2L. Explore the possibilities and limitations to streamline
quizzes into your D2L exams.
Facilitator: Plamen Miltenoff
11:30 - 1:00
Assessment Luncheon
Cascade Room, Atwood Center
11:45 - 12:45
Lunch on your own
Vendors available: Garvey Commons,
Einstein Bagels, and Subway in Atwood
12:30 - 4:30
TRAINING SESSION
T-1
Building Your Online Course Using the Quality
Matters™ Rubric: Training I
Miller Center 207
This training is for faculty and staff who are new to online teaching and learning.
Participants will explore the nationally-known Quality Matters rubric and will provide
a framework that will allow you to build a quality online course. Participants in this
hands-on workshop will use the Quality Matters rubric to design their online course
and to develop a course development plan. This session will be of interest to faculty
and staff who are in the process of building an online course. Training is limited
to 20 participants. Interested participants must pre-register by contacting
Patricia Aceves at paceves@stcloudstate.edu
Facilitator: Patricia Aceves
1:00 - 2:15
CONCURRENT SESSIONS C
C-1
Helping Distressed, Troubled and At-Risk Students
Voyageurs North
Some of us experience students who act out oddly. We also find ourselves
concerned for students who are experiencing severe emotional crises. This session
will help faculty members to identify students in need, engage them in a caring,
productive, consult and make effective referrals, and become familiar with campus
resources.
Facilitators: Mike Gillilan & John Eggers
C-2
Improving Assessment and Student Learning at the
Program Level: Results of Projects Funded by 07-08
Assessment Grants
Voyageurs South
Recipients of 2007-08 assessment grants will describe how the grants have led to
program improvements or improvements in the assessment of student learning.
The panelists will focus especially on what they think will be of interest or value to
other departments. There will be time for questions and discussion.
Facilitators: Jim Sherohman, Kathy Johnson, Wendy Bjorklund, Joanna
Pucel, James Robinson, Christine Inkster, Marcia Thompson,
Mert Thompson, Jim Knutson-Kolodzne & Stuart Umberger
2:15 - 2:30
BREAK
2:30 - 3:45
CONCURRENT SESSIONS D
D-1
CLA in the Classroom: A Flexible Tool for Assessing
Student Learning
Glacier North
The Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) uses problem solving tasks that simulate
life situations. CLA in the Classroom trains faculty members to adapt retired CLA
instruments and scoring rubrics for classroom use. CLA will offer the training in St.
Cloud this spring. Those trained will be certified to train others. Come to this
session to learn more about this exciting new resource.
Facilitators: Lisa Foss, Carol Gaumnitz & Jim Sherohman
D-2
Foundations of Excellence Winter Check-up:
Reconvening the Task Force
Cascade Room
This is the second in a series of events for the entire Foundations of Excellence selfstudy Task Force, comprised of approximately 90 faculty, staff, and students from
programs and units campus-wide. The purpose of the meeting is to reconvene the
Task Force at the half-way mark in the project and at the same time offer an
opportunity for informal conversations with other interested faculty, student
leaders, deans, chairs, and senior administratiors.
Facilitators: Mike Gilbert & David Warn
Wednesday, January 7
8:00 - 12:00
TRAINING SESSION
T-2
Redesigning and Improving Your Online Course
Using the Quality Matters Rubric: Training II
Miller Center 207
Participants in this hands-on workshop will use the Quality Matters™ rubric to
review their online course and develop their own course redesign plan. This session
will be of interest to faculty and staff who have already developed an online course.
As the basis for their work in this training session, participants should select one of
their previously-developed online courses and plan to work on it during this
training. Training is limited to 20 participants. Interested participants must
pre-register by contacting Patricia Aceves at paceves@stcloudstate.edu
Facilitator: Patricia Aceves
9:00 - 10:15
CONCURRENT SESSIONS A
A-1
CAREing for Our Students: Race “In & Out”
of the Classroom
Glacier North
The Community Anti-Racism Education Initiative Workshop and the Racial Issues
courses provide an analysis of institutional racism for students as well as faculty,
staff, administrators and community members. What happens when students return
to the classroom with the analysis? How do students share their responses? How do
we as faculty respond when student reactions are positive, negative or when there
is no response? This roundtable discussion assumes all faculties are teachers and
learners and invites each to share their stories for the purpose of teaching and
learning from each other how to address issues related to race both inside and out
of the classroom.
Facilitators: Debra Leigh, Mark Jaede, Jeanne Lacourt & Mary Clifford
A-2
Team Green: An Applied Sustainability Project
Glacier South
Doctoral students in HIED 803 - Community Building - designed and developed a
sustainability plan for the College of Education under the direction of their
professor, Christine Imbra, and the Dean of the College of Education, Kate Steffens.
Dean Steffens took the students’ report and formed Sustainability Group in the COE
comprised of faculty, staff, students, and administrators.
Facilitators: Christine Imbra, Angela Olson, Gabriela Silvestre and Kate
Steffens
A-3
Oral Communication Needs of SCSU Faculty,
Staff, Administrators
Voyageurs North
This session will provide an overview of a proposed Communication Center at
SCSU.
Participants will receive the results of a campus-wide online survey
regarding oral communication needs at SCSU distributed Fall 2008. The session will
close with a discussion about campus and community oral communication needs
and how to fulfill them.
Facilitators: Marge Pryately, Joanna Pucel
10:15 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:45
BREAK
CONCURRENT SESSIONS B
B-1
Challenges faced by Military Members/Veterans
in College
Voyageurs North
SCSU has over 400 students who identify as veterans or military members. A panel
of them will speak about the unique challenges they face in their college careers.
We will also be showing a video of a mother who talks about what her experience
as a deployed military member.
Facilitators: Jayne Lokken & James McAuley
B-2
Intro to RefWorks
Miller Center 218
RefWorks is a Web-based bibliographic management program, available to all SCSU
faculty, staff, and students, that allows individuals to download citations and to
create and store personal databases of research. Through RefWorks, one can
manage and edit references, format papers, and create bibliographies in over 250
citation styles. This session will cover creating a RefWorks account, importing data
from library catalogs and databases, manually entering references, organizing
references with folders, editing references, and sharing RefWorks accounts to
enhance collaboration.
Facilitator: Michael Gorman
11:45 -
1:00
1:00 - 5:00
LUNCH on Your Own
College or Department Meetings
Thursday, January 8 (TECHDAY ’09)
8:00 - 8:30
Technology Day Breakfast
Atwood Ballroom
8:30 - 8:50
Keynote Address by Dr. Chuck Dziuban
Part 1: Introduction “The Net Generation and
Learning Styles”
Atwood Ballroom
Biography: Charles Dziuban, Professor Emeritus, joined the College of Education at
UCF in 1970 and has served as director of the Research Initiative for Teaching
Effectiveness since 1999. In 2000, Dziuban was named UCF’s first Pegasus
Professor, the university’s highest honor given to a faculty member who has made
an extraordinary contribution to UCF and excelled in teaching, research and service.
An expert in distributed learning, Dziuban has served as the principal investigator
examining the characteristics and perceptions of students enrolled in UCF’s highly
successful online courses and faculty teaching those courses. He has won the
Outstanding Professor and Research Professor Awards, the Excellence in Research
Award and Excellence in Graduate Teaching awards.
9:00 - 11:00
Parlor Sessions
- A day in the life of a student
- Social networking
- Students as creators of content
- Open content
11:05 - 12:00
Keynote Address by Dr. Chuck Dziuban
Part II: “Technology-Enhanced Education:
Opportunities and Challenges”
Atwood Ballroom
12:00 - 1:00
CETL Luncheon
Atwood Ballroom
1:00 - 4:00
Round tables/ focus groups/ demonstrations
Friday, January 9
9:00 - 10:00
President’s Address followed by President’s
Reception
Ritsche Auditorium and Lobby, Stewart Hall
10:15 - 11:30
CONCURRENT SESSIONS A
A-1
Web 2.0 What Faculty Need to Know
Miller Center 218
Investigate a “traditionally techy” topic (Web 2.0) from the right side of the brain.
Attempt to bring order in a puzzle consisting of Web 2.0 types of tools and concepts
and draw a map of the Web 2.0 domain, so selecting a tool for teaching can
become rather an eas[ier] task. The presentation aims to instigate a healthy
discussion where are we at SCSU with the adoption of Web 2.0 tools and how [or
should we] excel such adoption.
Facilitator: Plamen Miltenoff
A-2
Web-Based System to Deepen Learning and Critical
Thinking through Peer Reviewed Writing
Assignments
Miller Center 207
You will learn how about, and begin using, Calibrated Peer Review, a web-based
system for creating writing assignments in which students assess each other and
themselves. It can be used with classes of any size, but is particularly suitable for
larger classes. If you have a writing assignment that you might like to use, bring it
along and you can start setting it up for use. In order to set up accounts before the
session, please e-mail your name and an ID number (6-12 digits) to
jmmelcher@stclodustate.edu.
Facilitator: Joe Melcher
A-3
MnSCU Code of Conduct Training
Centennial Hall 351
If you are a SCSU Faculty or Staff member, you will need to complete mandatory
Code of Conduct training by March 2009. This training is required for all Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities employees. The Code of Conduct training is webbased and located within Desire2Learn. The workshop will give you an opportunity
to complete the 2 online courses which comprise the training while we discuss best
practices for your everyday use.
Facilitators: Brad Grabham and and TBA
11:30 - 12:45
Lunch on your own
1:00 - 2:15
CONCURRENT SESSIONS B
B-1
Encouraging Quality Academic Online Discussions
Miller Center B17
The Academic Learning Center utilizes online discussions in its online and traditional
classes to build community and give reticent students an additional outlet for
expression. The presenters will provide examples of online discussion assignments
that promote meaningful student participation and describe successful assessment
strategies.
Facilitators: Victoria Williams & Cari Kenner
B-2
Learning Spaces: Information Age Out,
Integration Age In
Miller Center B18
One tenet of education: learning is social. Feedback is required between students
and between faculty and students. Well-designed learning spaces accommodate
today’s students and their learning styles. What does a well-designed learning
space look like? We’ll dispel some learning spaces myths and see pictures of
physical learning spaces.
Facilitator: Karen Thoms
B-3
Web 2.0 – What Works with Students
Miller Center 218
Contrary to the perception that undergraduates are expert users of Web 2.0 tools,
LR&TS faculty have discovered that many students are unaware of Web 2.0 tools
besides Facebook, Wikipedia, and YouTube. Drawing from classroom experiences,
the presenters will describe techniques for incorporating Web 2.0 tools and
evaluation into class assignments.
Facilitators: Melissa Prescott & Robin Ewing
B-4
Outlook Email Management and One Note
Centennial Hall 351
In this workshop, we will discuss the best practices for using Microsoft Office
Outlook and OneNote 2007 in an academic setting. We will demonstrate how to set
up Outlook rules and alerts, find and sort, and discuss ideas on how to manage
your space allocation. Included in this workshop will be a testimonial and
demonstration of the daily use of Microsoft One Note 2007 with Outlook integration
for
documentation,
meeting
notes,
and
task
management.
Facilitator: Brad Grabham
2:15 - 2:30
BREAK
2:30 - 3:45
CONCURRENT SESSIONS C
C-1
“Ubiquitous Computing”
Miller Center 206
Unconventional computing devices for your classroom or how to find a niche for
your handheld in the “ubiquitous computing” era. In the same fashion as the
workshop above, rather than trying to sway faculty into using this (clickers?) or
that (PDAs, tablets?) devices, look at the big picture. What does “ubiquitous
computing” in education mean? How did we end up not with a desktop, but with a
bunch of other electronic gadgets? Now what do we do with them? I would like to
do the impossible task of covering all that in half session time and leave the other
half in brainstorming with the whole group on how do we REALLY (and can we
REALLY)
enhance
teaching
and
learning
with
these
technologies.
Facilitator: Plamen Miltenoff
C-2
Novel and Interesting Uses of D2L
Miller Center 207
SCSU D2L users will share some of the strategies, tactics, and techniques that they
have used with their D2L courses. Instructors from across campus will demonstrate
elements that make their courses unique and enhance their students’ learning.
Time permitting, longer demos will be available.
Facilitators: Deborah Biorn & Tom Hergert
C-3
Adobe Connect – Meetings, Multimedia, Classroom,
Collaboration, and More!
Centennial Hall 351
St. Cloud State University is using Adobe Connect to extend the classroom,
meetings, offices, the web and the University with this exciting software. Learn
about what we’ve done with Connect and some of the things we intend to do. See
how it works for us and learn how it might work for you, too!
Facilitator: Brad Grabham & Greg Jorgenson
CETL Book Talks
November
Tuesday, November 18,
114/115
12:00 – 1:00
MC
Engaging the Online Learner by Rita-Marie Conrad & Ana Donaldson
Facilitators: Victoria Williams and Cari Kenner
February
Thursday, February 12
8:30 – 2:45
Cascade Room
The Learning Paradigm College by John Tagg
Facilitators: N/a
April
Monday, April 20
12:00 – 1:00
MC 114/115
Universal Design in Higher Education: From Principals to Practice edited by Sheryl
E. Burgstahler and Rebecca C. Cory
Facilitators: Karen Thoms and Gretchen Starks-Martin
CTL MnSCU mini-conference
Best Practices and Overcoming Obstacles in the First Year Experience
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Keynote Speaker: Roberta Matthews
Writers Circle
Members: Judith Dorn, Elizabeth Talbot and Paul Greider
CETL Co-hosted Events
Slovenian Authors – Majda Koren & Spela Brecelji
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Miller Center Auditorium
Eyewitness to Global Warming by Polar Explorer Will Steger
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Atwood Memorial Center
A Keynote Address by David Treuer
August 22, 2008
Ritsche Auditorium, Stewart Hall
CETL Keynote Address Fall Convocation 2008
David Treuer is an Ojibwe Indian from Leech Lake Reservation in northern
Minnesota. He is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Canada, a Pushcart
Prize, the 1996 Minnesota Book Award and was a finalist for the Penn West
prize in 1999. Treuer has completed his third novel, The Translation of Dr.
Apelles. He divides his time between his home on the Leech Lake
Reservation and Minneapolis. The son of Robert Treuer, an Austrian Jew and
holocaust survivor and Margaret Seelye Treuer, a tribal court judge, David
Treuer grew up on Leech Lake Reservation. After graduating from high
school he attended Princeton University where he wrote two senior theses—
one in anthropology and one in creative writing— where he worked with Toni
Morrison, Paul Muldoon, and Joanna Scott. Treuer graduated in 1992 and
published his first novel, Little, in 1995. He received his PhD in anthropology
and published his second novel, The Hiawatha, in 1999. His novels have
been translated into Norwegian, Finnish, French, and Greek.
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