Tuesday, Jan. 24 | 1-2 p.m. | FDC Conference Room (LI 124) What’s wrong with exams today? Too often the focus is on attaining grades rather than achieving deeper learning. This online seminar—presented by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D., editor of The Teaching Professor newsletter—is designed to help teaching faculty see exams from a new perspective. We’ll look at simple strategies faculty […]
The Office of Academic Affairs and the Faculty Development Committee are sponsoring a Professional Development Day on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The workshop is designed to provide opportunities to learn about campus initiatives, increase responsiveness to students, to continue the conversation on Dr. Maryellen Weimer’s August presentation, and network with peers on a variety of topics. Click the headline to read more.
As a follow up to Maryellen Weimer’s August Faculty Development kick-off event presentation, three faculty members will share their thinking about ideas contained in her Jossey-Bass publication, “Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice” on Monday, Sept. 28 from 11:30 am-12:30 pm in CMU 203. Presenters Mary Dosch, School for Teaching and Learning; Kyja Kristjansson- Nelson, Film Studies; and Steve Bolduc, Economics, have been trying her ideas in their classrooms and will report on their findings. Click link to read more.
Maryellen Weimer, our 2009 faculty development kickoff event speaker, provided the following list of resources for our review. Please print off at your convenience. http://www.mnstate.edu/faculty/Bibofsourcespublishedsince2002.pdf
The first Faculty Development event of 2009-2010 will be held on August 18 from 10-11:30 a.m. in Science Lab 104. Dr. Maryellen Weimer will present on “Teaching that Promotes Learning.”