Spring 2016 CELT Events
The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching offers various workshops and seminars. Spring semester workshops include:
Reading group: Chapters 1 and 2 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology
Date: Monday, February 8
Time: 1:50 - 2:45
Organizers: John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare
Location: 123 Penfield
Participants in this reading group will meet to discuss reactions to Chapters 1 and 2 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (2014) by Michelle Miller. These first two chapters address the questions: "Is Online Learning Here to Stay?" and "Does Online Learning Work?"
Particular attention will be focused on actions that can be taken in our classes to enhance student motivation, attention, and learning.
Three meeting times have been specified each week to accommodate diverse schedules. Participants in the reading group (and anyone else interested) may attend at any of these times. Remote participation via a Google hangout is encouraged for anyone who can not be physically present. (Join Google hangout). 
Reading group: Chapters 1 and 2 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology
Date: Wednesday, February 10
Time: 1:50 - 2:45
Organizers: John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare
Location: 123 Penfield
Participants in this reading group will meet to discuss reactions to Chapters 1 and 2 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (2014) by Michelle Miller. These first two chapters address the questions: "Is Online Learning Here to Stay?" and "Does Online Learning Work?"
Particular attention will be focused on actions that can be taken in our classes to enhance student motivation, attention, and learning.
Three meeting times have been specified each week to accommodate diverse schedules. Participants in the reading group (and anyone else interested) may attend at any of these times. Remote participation via a Google hangout is encouraged for anyone who can not be physically present. (Join Google hangout).
Reading group: Chapters 1 and 2 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology
Date: Thursday, February 18
Time: 11:10 - 12:05
Organizers: John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare
Location: 123 Penfield
Participants in this reading group will meet to discuss reactions to Chapters 1 and 2 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (2014) by Michelle Miller. These first two chapters address the questions: "Is Online Learning Here to Stay?" and "Does Online Learning Work?"
Particular attention will be focused on actions that can be taken in our classes to enhance student motivation, attention, and learning.
Three meeting times have been specified each week to accommodate diverse schedules. Participants in the reading group (and anyone else interested) may attend at any of these times. Remote participation via a Google hangout is encouraged for anyone who can not be physically present. (Join Google hangout).
Reading group: Chapters 3 and 4 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology
Date: Monday, February 29
Time: 1:50 - 2:45
Organizers: John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare
Location: 123 Penfield
Participants in this reading group will meet to discuss reactions to Chapters 3 and 4 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (2014) by Michelle Miller. These chapters address the psychology of computing and the role of attention in learning.
Particular attention will be focused on actions that can be taken in our classes to enhance student motivation, attention, and learning.
Three meeting times have been specified each week to accommodate diverse schedules. Participants in the reading group (and anyone else interested) may attend at any of these times. Remote participation via a Google hangout is encouraged for anyone who can not be physically present. (Join Google hangout). .
Reading group: Chapters 3 and 4 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology
Date: Wednesday, March 2
Time: 1:50 - 2:45
Organizers: John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare
Location: 123 Penfield
Participants in this reading group will meet to discuss reactions to Chapters 3 and 4 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (2014) by Michelle Miller. These chapters address the psychology of computing and the role of attention in learning.
Particular attention will be focused on actions that can be taken in our classes to enhance student motivation, attention, and learning.
Three meeting times have been specified each week to accommodate diverse schedules. Participants in the reading group (and anyone else interested) may attend at any of these times. Remote participation via a Google hangout is encouraged for anyone who can not be physically present. (Join Google hangout).
Reading group: Chapters 3 and 4 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology
Date: Thursday, March 3
Time: 11:10 - 12:05
Organizers: John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare
Location: 123 Penfield
Participants in this reading group will meet to discuss reactions to Chapters 3 and 4 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (2014) by Michelle Miller. These chapters address the psychology of computing and the role of attention in learning.
Particular attention will be focused on actions that can be taken in our classes to enhance student motivation, attention, and learning.
Three meeting times have been specified each week to accommodate diverse schedules. Participants in the reading group (and anyone else interested) may attend at any of these times. Remote participation via a Google hangout is encouraged for anyone who can not be physically present. (Join Google hangout).
Reading group: Chapters 5 and 6 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology
Date: Monday, March 14
Time: 1:50 - 2:45
Organizers: John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare
Location: 123 Penfield
Participants in this reading group will meet to discuss reactions to Chapters 5 and 6 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (2014) by Michelle Miller. These chapters are focused on memory and thinking.
Particular attention will be focused on actions that can be taken in our classes to enhance student motivation, attention, and learning.
Three meeting times have been specified each week to accommodate diverse schedules. Participants in the reading group (and anyone else interested) may attend at any of these times. Remote participation via a Google hangout is encouraged for anyone who can not be physically present. (Join Google hangout).
Writing Fellows Workshop Series: Developing One Voice: Collaborative Writing
Date: Wednesday, March 16
Time: 12:40 - 1:35
Organizers: writing fellows
Location: Marano 205
According to Richardson (2002), collaboration is this decade's hottest skill." Often, today's employers expect their workforce to write together. Many student-writers, however, struggle with producing a unified document with a single voice. Workshop participants will join in activities that may be adjusted for different academic disciplines. These writing exercises are meant to help develop a single voice while writing within a group.
Reading group: Chapters 5 and 6 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology
Date: Wednesday, March 16
Time: 1:50 - 2:45
Organizers: John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare
Location: 123 Penfield
Participants in this reading group will meet to discuss reactions to Chapters 5 and 6 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (2014) by Michelle Miller. These chapters are focused on memory and thinking.
Particular attention will be focused on actions that can be taken in our classes to enhance student motivation, attention, and learning.
Three meeting times have been specified each week to accommodate diverse schedules. Participants in the reading group (and anyone else interested) may attend at any of these times. Remote participation via a Google hangout is encouraged for anyone who can not be physically present. (Join Google hangout).
Reading group: Chapters 5 and 6 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology
Date: Thursday, March 17
Time: 11:10 - 12:05
Organizers: John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare
Location: 123 Penfield
Participants in this reading group will meet to discuss reactions to Chapters 5 and 6 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (2014) by Michelle Miller. These chapters are focused on memory and thinking.
Particular attention will be focused on actions that can be taken in our classes to enhance student motivation, attention, and learning.
Three meeting times have been specified each week to accommodate diverse schedules. Participants in the reading group (and anyone else interested) may attend at any of these times. Remote participation via a Google hangout is encouraged for anyone who can not be physically present.(Join Google hangout).
Disruptive student behavior: roundtable discussion
Date: Thursday, March 17
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Presenters: Katherine Wolfe-Lyga, Jerri Drummond, Michelle May, and Kathleen Evans
Location: 123 Penfield
The College Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) is hosting a roundtable session to promote dialogue and ideas for responding to challenging student behaviors (e.g. disruptive classroom behavior). Several BIT members will be available to answer questions about the BIT process and considerations that influence the team recommendations.
Reading group: Chapters 7 and 8 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology
Date: Monday, April 4
Time: 1:50 - 2:45
Organizers: John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare
Location: 123 Penfield
Participants in this reading group will meet to discuss reactions to Chapters 7 and 8 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (2014) by Michelle Miller. These chapters are focused on instructional use of multimedia and student motivation.
Particular attention will be focused on actions that can be taken in our classes to enhance student motivation, attention, and learning.
Three meeting times have been specified each week to accommodate diverse schedules. Participants in the reading group (and anyone else interested) may attend at any of these times. Remote participation via a Google hangout is encouraged for anyone who can not be physically present. (Join Google hangout).
Writing Fellows Workshop Series: Resources for Student Writers
Date: Wednesday, April 6
Time: 12:40 - 1:35
Organizers: writing fellows
Location: Marano 205
Reading group: Chapters 7 and 8 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology
Date: Wednesday, April 6
Time: 1:50 - 2:45
Organizers: John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare
Location: 123 Penfield
Participants in this reading group will meet to discuss reactions to Chapters 7 and 8 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (2014) by Michelle Miller. These chapters are focused on instructional use of multimedia and student motivation.
Particular attention will be focused on actions that can be taken in our classes to enhance student motivation, attention, and learning.
Three meeting times have been specified each week to accommodate diverse schedules. Participants in the reading group (and anyone else interested) may attend at any of these times. Remote participation via a Google hangout is encouraged for anyone who can not be physically present. (Join Google hangout).
Reading group: Chapters 7 and 8 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology
Date: Thursday, April 7
Time: 11:10 - 12:05
Organizers: John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare
Location: 123 Penfield
Participants in this reading group will meet to discuss reactions to Chapters 7 and 8 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (2014) by Michelle Miller. These chapters are focused on instructional use of multimedia and student motivation.
Particular attention will be focused on actions that can be taken in our classes to enhance student motivation, attention, and learning.
Three meeting times have been specified each week to accommodate diverse schedules. Participants in the reading group (and anyone else interested) may attend at any of these times. Remote participation via a Google hangout is encouraged for anyone who can not be physically present. (Join Google hangout).
Writing Fellows Workshop Series: WAC or WID? Creating Discipline-Specific Writing Assignments
Date: Wednesday, April 20
Time: 12:40 - 1:35
Organizers: writing fellows
Location: Marano 205
Faculty Success Program: Improving productivity and work/life balance
Date: Friday, April 22
Time: 2:00 - 2:50
Presenter: Barbara Streets
Location: 123 Penfield
Dr. Barbara Faye Streets will share information about the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, founded by Kerry Ann Rockquemore, and speak specifically about The Faculty Success Program (FSP), an intense 12-week program designed to improve research productivity and work-life balance. She will share her personal results from the FSP boot camp and elaborate on the network of support embedded in the program.
Reading group: Chapter 9 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology
Date: Wednesday, April 27
Time: 1:50 - 2:45
Organizers: John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare
Location: 123 Penfield
Participants in this reading group will meet to discuss reactions to Chapter 9 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (2014) by Michelle Miller. This chapter examines how the concepts discussed in earlier chapters may be implemented in the classroom.
Particular attention will be focused on actions that can be taken in our classes to enhance student motivation, attention, and learning.
Three meeting times have been specified each week to accommodate diverse schedules. Participants in the reading group (and anyone else interested) may attend at any of these times. Remote participation via a Google hangout is encouraged for anyone who can not be physically present. Join Google hangout).
Reading group: Chapter 9 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology
Date: Thursday, April 28
Time: 11:10 - 12:05
Organizers: John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare
Location: 123 Penfield
Participants in this reading group will meet to discuss reactions to Chapter 9 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (2014) by Michelle Miller. This chapter examines how the concepts discussed in earlier chapters may be implemented in the classroom.
Particular attention will be focused on actions that can be taken in our classes to enhance student motivation, attention, and learning.
Three meeting times have been specified each week to accommodate diverse schedules. Participants in the reading group (and anyone else interested) may attend at any of these times. Remote participation via a Google hangout is encouraged for anyone who can not be physically present. (Join Google hangout).
Reading group: Chapter 9 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology
Date: Monday, May 2
Time: 1:50 - 2:45
Organizers: John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare
Location: 123 Penfield
Participants in this reading group will meet to discuss reactions to Chapter 9 of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (2014) by Michelle Miller. This chapter examines how the concepts discussed in earlier chapters may be implemented in the classroom.
Particular attention will be focused on actions that can be taken in our classes to enhance student motivation, attention, and learning.
Three meeting times have been specified each week to accommodate diverse schedules. Participants in the reading group (and anyone else interested) may attend at any of these times. Remote participation via a Google hangout is encouraged for anyone who can not be physically present. (Join Google hangout).