Foundations In Teaching And Learning - A Series For Educators
WHAT:
A 6-part series for faculty new to teaching*, providing opportunities for learning, networking, and mentoring.
*Participation from faculty with less than five years of experience is highly encouraged, and the series is open to any educator interested in improving their teaching skills.
LOCATION:
Basic Science Building, Room 202
TIME:
12:00 – 1:00 PM
DATES/TOPICS:
Session 1: February 14 – Getting Ready to Teach
Session 2: March 6 – Instructional Design
Session 3: March 25 – Teaching Methods
Session 4: April 16 – Assessment, Part I
Session 5: May 6 – Assessment, Part II
Session 6: June 5 – Assembling Your Teaching Portfolio
General Resources
To receive a certificate of completion:
- Attend 4 of the 6 sessions and complete online evaluations of each session attended
- Find a mentor, observe them teaching, and complete an observation form
- Review an article of your choice related to teaching or learning
- Write a paragraph about a change you will make to an existing course or how you plan to integrate something learned during the series
- Begin development of a teaching portfolio** including a statement of teaching, evaluations by peer review or students, and your curriculum vitae
- Complete post-test
Completion Due Date: July 8, 2013
**Portfolio - Please note that these are the required components of a teaching portfolio participants may submit as part of the MUSC Apple Tree sponsored New Faculty Teaching Series. These components may not be required, or there may be additional components to consider, when compiling a teaching portfolio for other purposes, such as for promotion within one's academic unit or for membership to other teaching academies or teaching-related organizations. When compiling a teaching portfolio for other purposes, participants should be sure to clarify what components may be required for those purposes.
Session 1: "Getting Ready To Teach"
Presenters:
Jennie Ariail PhD
Lindsey Hamil, PhD
Joe Vuthiganon, DMD
Date: February 14, 2013; 12pm - 1pm
Location: Basic Science Building Room 202
Objectives:
- Define the characteristics of the Millennial generation
- Describe the differences between pedagogy and adragogy
- Become cognizant of several theories of learning
- Create an activity based on Bloom's Taxonomy
Session Materials:
- Handout
- Andragogy vs Pedadogy Bibliography
- "Brain Rules," by John Medina
- Session Videos
- Rice University - Characteristics of the Millenial Generation
- Faculty Focus - The Five R's of Engaging Millenial Students
- Kansas State University - A Vision of Students Today
- Students’ Perceptions of Effective Classroom and Clinical Teaching in Dental and Dental Hygiene Education
J Dent Educ 2006 70:624-635
Link For Session Evaluation:
Attendees will receive a personalized REDCap survey invitation via email.
Session 2: "Instructional Design"
Presenters: Dr. Maralynne Mitcham and Dr. Ruth Patterson
Date: March 6, 2013; 12pm - 1pm
Location: Basic Science Building Room 202
Intended Learning Outcomes:
- Appreciate the importance of instructional design as the foundation for effective instruction
- Identify the sequential phases of instructional design and their component parts
- Use Bloom's taxonomy as a guide for developing intended learning outcomes
- Ultimately, formulate a personal approach to instructional design within your teaching-learning context
Session Materials:
Link to Tegrity recording: https://tegr.it/y/117q6
Link for evaluation: Attendees will receive a personalized REDCap survey invitation via email.
Presenters: Dr. Ed Soltis, Ms. Ragan Dubose-Morris, Dr. Dusti Annan-Coultas, Dr. Mary Mauldin
Date: March 25, 2013; 12pm - 1pm
Location: Basic Science Building Room 202
Objectives:
- List and describe three components of delivering an effective lecture in a large classroom setting.
- Utilizing the three components, develop an approach to effectively deliver content from your own material.
- Describe the concept of a flipped classroom.
- Identify components of your curriculum that can be flipped.
- Identify an opportunity for using case scenarios as a teaching method.
- Identify or reconsider a teaching method to use for a “hard to teach” concept
Session Materials:
Additional Resources:
Interactive lectures: http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/interactive/index.html
Texts
- How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching
- Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty
- Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms
- Team Based Learning: A Transformative Use of Small Groups in College Teaching
Link For Session Evaluation:
A link to the evaluation will be emailed to session participants.
Session 4: "Assessment, Part I"
Presenters: Dr. Michael Kern, Dept. of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology and Dr. Suzanne Thomas, Director of Institutional Effectiveness
Date: April 16, 2013; 12pm - 1pm
Location: Basic Science Building Room 202
Tegrity recording: https://tegr.it/y/15svy
Session 5: "Assessment, Part II - Writing Effective Questions"
Presenters: Dr. Gabriel Virella, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine
Date: May 6, 2013; 12pm - 1pm
Location: Basic Science Building Room 202
Resources: PowerPoint presentation
Session 6: "Assembling Your Teaching Portfolio"
Presenters:
Date: June 5, 2013; 12pm - 1pm
Location: Basic Science Building Room 202
Objectives:
Session Materials:
Link For Session Evaluation:
- Change Magazine - Why Not Try a Scientific Approach to Science Education?
- Examples of Questions at Each Level of Bloom's Taxonomy/Hierarchy
- Faculty Focus
- Farnam Street - Brain Rules: 12 Things We Know About How The Brain Works
- Farnam Street - How People Learn