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Upcoming & Recent Events
Mark your calendars!
Fall I Workshop: Creating a Midterm Survey
Instructor Workshop Series
Presented by Erica Jansen
September 9th (Monday) from 7:30-8:30pm, CST
Offsite = https://parkuniversity.zoom.us/j/943474736
It’s hard to believe, but we’re already nearing the halfway point of Fall I! How is your course going? How are your students responding?
To help optimize your Fall I class, the Faculty Center of Innovation is offering an hour long workshop to create a midterm survey in your Canvas course. A midterm survey is an informal way to gather student feedback during the semester. Whether you teach face-to-face, blended, Pirate Patch, or online, midterm surveys can help you to improve student learning and engage students in the learning process.
During this hands-on workshop, we will discuss the goals of your midterm survey, develop questions to achieve those goals, set up an anonymous survey within your course, and discuss feedback evaluation and implementation.
This workshop is part of a year-long series to bring practical, pedagogical information and an opportunity to collaborate to our adjunct faculty. To make this series as helpful as possible, we want to hear from YOU! So, our next workshop (October 7th @ 7:30pm CST) will serve as a forum to share ideas and suggestions for our first Virtual Academic Conference, coming in March. What topics and activities would most help you in your teaching? We want to know!
Immersive Learning (Augmented & Virtual Realities)
Special Interest Group
Presented by Stephen Fant
September 10th (Tuesday) from 1:00-2:00pm, CST
Offsite = https://park.zoom.us/j/634240484
This SIG will explore VR and AR and how universities are utilizing the technology. We will provide tools that traditional (brick and mortar) and online instructors can incorporate into their classrooms to enhance learning, and also research emerging trends in AR/VR.
Deconstructing Diversity: Strategies for Creating Inclusive Classrooms
Special Interest Group
Presented by Allison Rand
September 12th (Thursday) from 1:00-2:00pm, CST
Onsite = Norrington Learning Lab
Offsite = https://park.zoom.us/j/747466804
Putting diversity, equity, inclusion into measurable action is
critical to long term success. So this session will create a space for
conversations about how race, gender, class, and other factors
affect student learning, and will provide strategies for how to
address those factors in the classroom.Facilitating a Community of Inquiry
Special Interest Group
Presented by Josh Mugg
September 17th (Tuesday) from 1:00-2:00pm, CST
Onsite = Gibson (3rd floor Thompson Commons)
Offsite = https://park.zoom.us/j/643231848
Want to improve your in-class discussions? This SIG will introduce you to ‘Community of Inquiry’—a flipped-classroom approach to discussion that helps students learn how to have meaningful, respectful, rational discussion. Since we learn by doing, each session will consist, in part, of a Community of Inquiry session.
Annual Faculty Performance Review, Tenure and Promotion
New Faculty Reconvene
September 18th (Wednesday) from 1:00-2:00pm, CST
Onsite = Norrington Learning Lab or Zoom
Offsite = https://zoom.us/j/594275756
There's an App for That!
Special Interest Group
Presented by Eugene Matthews
September 23rd (Monday) from 2:00-3:00pm, CST
Onsite = Meetin' House
Offsite = https://park.zoom.us/j/494693973
Are you ready to take your teaching skills up a notch? Are you
interested in reclaiming time invested in grading and assessing student assignments? Join me in my Special Interest Group because "There's an app for that!"(Note. For those planning to participate in person and actively engage these sessions, please bring your mobile device to each “There’s an app for that!” SIG you attend.)
Student Perspective Series
Special Interest Group
Presented by Indra Ganbat
September 26th (Thursday) from 1:00-2:00pm, CST
Onsite = Norrington Learning Lab
Offsite = https://zoom.us/j/373937104
This SIG will explore various student perspectives on what
constitutes great teaching at Park University. These student led,
student-panel discussions will explore advice and student
experiences for instructors to consider in their practice. Each
session will highlight a specific student population perspective.Facilitating a Community of Inquiry
Special Interest Group
Presented by Josh Mugg
September 30th (Monday) from 2:00-3:00pm, CST
Offsite = https://park.zoom.us/j/643231848
Want to improve your in-class discussions? This SIG will introduce you to ‘Community of Inquiry’—a flipped-classroom approach to discussion that helps students learn how to have meaningful, respectful, rational discussion. Since we learn by doing, each session will consist, in part, of a Community of Inquiry session.
Organizational Culture
Special Interest Group
Presented by Adrian James
October 1st (Tuesday) from 10:00-11:00am, CST
Onsite = Meetin' House
Offsite = https://park.zoom.us/j/129698731
In these discussions, we will explore our ideal organizational culture and how to best build that culture. We’ll cover strategies on working smarter not harder, valuing others, increasing positivity, and topics the participants choose. Those attending will be engaged in active learning strategies to reinforce their learning.
Deconstructing Diversity: Strategies for Creating Inclusive Classrooms
Innovation Exchange
Presented by Allison Rand
October 3rd (Thursday) from 10:00-10:30am, CST
Onsite = Norrington Learning Lab
Offsite = https://zoom.us/j/890254447
Putting diversity, equity, inclusion into measurable action is
critical to long term success. So this session will create a space for
conversations about how race, gender, class, and other factors
affect student learning, and will provide strategies for how to
address those factors in the classroom.There's an App for That!
Special Interest Group
Presented by Eugene Matthews
October 8th (Tuesday) from 10:00-11:00am, CST
Onsite = Meetin' House
Offsite = https://park.zoom.us/j/494693973
Are you ready to take your teaching skills up a notch? Are you
interested in reclaiming time invested in grading and assessing student assignments? Join me in my Special Interest Group because "There's an app for that!"(Note. For those planning to participate in person and actively engage these sessions, please bring your mobile device to each “There’s an app for that!” SIG you attend.)
Curriculum and Course Development: Forms, Reports and Approval Processes
New Faculty Reconvene
October 23rd (Wednesday) from 1:00-2:00pm, CST
Onsite = Norrington Learning Lab or Zoom
Offsite = https://zoom.us/j/594275756
Facilitating a Community of Inquiry
Special Interest Group
Presented by Josh Mugg
October 24th (Thursday) from 2:00-3:00pm, CST
Onsite = Gibson (3rd floor Thompson Commons)
Offsite = https://park.zoom.us/j/643231848
Want to improve your in-class discussions? This SIG will introduce you to ‘Community of Inquiry’—a flipped-classroom approach to discussion that helps students learn how to have meaningful, respectful, rational discussion. Since we learn by doing, each session will consist, in part, of a Community of Inquiry session.
Student Perspective Series
Special Interest Group
Presented by Indra Ganbat
October 29th (Tuesday) from 11:00am-12:00pm, CST
Onsite = Norrington Learning Lab
Offsite = https://zoom.us/j/373937104
This SIG will explore various student perspectives on what
constitutes great teaching at Park University. These student led,
student-panel discussions will explore advice and student
experiences for instructors to consider in their practice. Each
session will highlight a specific student population perspective.Faculty Learning Community
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