33rd Showcase on Teaching and Learning
Save the Date – August 15, 2018
Keynote Speaker: Christy Price, EdD
Dr. Price is a professor of psychology at Dalton State College, part of the University System of Georgia. She teaches in both the School of Liberal Arts and the School of Health Professions. She was the founding director of the Center for Academic Excellence at Dalton State College. Christy is a nationally recognized authority on innovative teaching techniques to engage millennial learners. She was chosen by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as the Outstanding U.S. Professor for 2012 for Baccalaureate Colleges. She regularly presents as a keynote speaker and has led faculty development workshops and retreats at over one hundred institutions across the United States and abroad. Dr. Price has completed post-doctoral work in educational psychology from Georgia State University. She holds a doctorate in community health from the University of Tennessee, a master’s degree in counseling psychology from the University of Nebraska-Kearney, and a bachelor’s degree in social services from Northern Illinois University.
Registration available soon!
International Faculty and Staff Focus Groups
International Faculty and Staff Mentoring Discussion
Date: Tuesday, April 24
Time: 3:30–5:00 p.m.
Location: Meyer Library, 204
Please join us for an informal mentoring discussion among peers. We will be conversing in small groups and as a community about how to stay connected with our culture, the university and the Springfield community. We will also talk about how to carry mentoring forward into the next academic year, what do we want it to look like, etc.
Cookies and coffee will be provided.
Improving Cultural Awareness in the Classroom
Date: Wednesday, May 2
Time: 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Location: Meyer Library, 204
Please join us for a conversation on how to improve cultural awareness in the classroom. A light lunch will be provided and participants will share their ideas and experiences. We will also talk about how to best share these ideas with the university community.
Please register for both of these events through MyLearning Connection. Email the Faculty Center for Teaching Learning for more information.
Diversity Lunch and Learn Events for Faculty and Staff
Attend an open forum on specific topics related to the university setting. Share ideas and also learn from other faculty and staff. Feel free to come and go based on your schedule. Co-hosted by Adena Young-Jones and Lyle Foster.
Topic 3: Belonging
Friday, April 20, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., MRC Annex-Lobby 035
Topic 4: Mentorship
Friday, May 11, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., LIBR 204
Summer Accessibility Institute
Dates: Monday–Thursday, June 25–28
Times: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
The Accessible Learning Institute is an intensive four-day program designed to help participants identify and resolve accessibility concerns in their courses. In creating an awareness around physical and cognitive disabilities and the learning barriers often experienced by those students, the program hopes to increase the adoption of proactive approaches to course design that will reduce the need for students to request certain types of academic accommodations that could delay student access to information.
Faculty Writing Retreats
Time: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Location: Meyer Library, 204
The Faculty Write Program Writing Retreats include a light lunch, opportunities to develop a strong network of peer support and accountability, and voluntary feedback sessions. Dr. Mandy Benedict-Chambers will facilitate the sessions. Please register through MyLearning Connection.
- April 26
- May 21–22
Diversity Mini-Workshops
Location for all sessions: Meyer Library 204
Registration: Please register through My Learning Connection. For more information, contact the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning at 836-3059.
Event flyer: Download event flyer
Workshop Session 4
“Critical Perspectives: The University and Social Justice”
Building on previous workshop discussions, contemplate your call to action for implementing socially just practices at the university. This session will prompt critical conversations regarding steps for progress. Opportunities for immediate application(s) will be discussed in an interactive forum.
Wednesday, May 2 8:00–9:30 a.m.
Thursday, May 3 3:30–5:00 p.m.
These workshops are sponsored by the Division for Diversity and Inclusion and the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning.
Online Course Development Boot Camp
Online Course Development Boot Camp is an immersive-style workshop which will provide faculty with hands-on training and work time to develop an online course. At the end of the boot camp, you will have developed a significant part of your course and earn a badge which applies toward an online course certification.
The next Online Boot Camp, May 21–25, 2018, is FULL! Sessions are also scheduled for August 6–10, 2018 and January 7–11, 2019. Email the FCTL to reserve your spot.
Not available to attend any of those sessions? Contact the FCTL to schedule an appointment with one of our instructional designers. You can work with them in a self-paced model around your schedule, and in most cases, complete your course by the end of the semester.
For more information, visit the FCTL website.
Summer Writing Retreat
Dates: Monday–Friday, July 16–20
Time: 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Location: Meyer Alumni Center, Hospitality Room
The summer 2018 interdisciplinary faculty writing retreat is designed to:
- Create a motivated and positive environment that fosters excellent work
- Encourage productivity through accountability and camaraderie
- Help you accomplish a writing project this summer
The retreat includes five days of committed writing time, mini-sessions on addressing productivity challenges and fostering good writing habits, discussions on writing style, grammar, and more. The retreat is open to anyone working on a scholarly writing project. The goal is for each participant to arrive with a work in progress and leave with a manuscript prepared for submission.
Writing retreat session agenda:
8:30–9:00 a.m. Continental breakfast and goal setting
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Writing Time
12:00–1:00 p.m. Lunch and group discussion about writing habits and strategies
1:00–4:00 p.m. Writing Time
FREE for all MSU faculty and staff; a light breakfast and lunch will be provided each day.
Email Dr. Mandy Benedict-Chambers if you have any questions.
Introduction to Social Network Analysis
Date: Monday–Thursday, May 21–24
Time: 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Location: Library, Room 10-B
This Social Network Analysis seminar will enable participants to develop a theoretical and practical understanding of social networks and give participants hands-on practice using R software to visualize and model cross-sectional and longitudinal social network data. Participants in this workshop will learn how to…
- Develop research questions appropriate for social network analysis
- Collect social network data
- Transform traditional data structures into social networks
- Use social network statistics in traditional linear modeling
- Perform cross-sectional social network analysis