Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

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.)

Zoom link: https://park.zoom.us/j/494693973

• Monday, September 23rd @ 2:00pm CST - Meetin' House
• Tuesday, October 8th @ 10:00am CST - Norrington Learning Lab
• Tuesday, January 7th @ 10:00am CST - Norrington Learning Lab
• Tuesday, February 25th @ 10:00am CST - Norrington Learning Lab
• Tuesday, March 31st @ 10:00am CST - (online only)

• September 23rd presentation
• September 23rd quiz
• January 7th presentation
• February 24th presentation
• Flipgrid in Higher Education handout
• March 31st presentation
• Unsplash - free photos website
• March 31st SIG recording

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.

Zoom link: https://park.zoom.us/j/129698731

• Thursday, August 29st @ 10:00am CST - Meetin' House
• Thursday, August 29st @ 1:00pm CST - Meetin' House
• Tuesday, November 12th @ 10:00am CST - Meetin' House
• Tuesday, November 12th @ 1:00pm CST - (online only)
• Thursday, January 23rd @ 10:00am CST - Meetin' House
• Thursday, January 23rd @ 1:00pm CST - (online only)
• Thursday, February 20th @ 10:00am CST - Meetin' House
• Thursday, February 20th @ 2:00pm CST - (online only)
• Tuesday, March 24th @ 1:00pm CST - (online only)

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.

Zoom Link: https://park.zoom.us/j/634240484​

• Tuesday, September 10th (1:00 pm CST)
• Tuesday, November 19th (10:00 am CST)
• Wednesday, January 22nd (1:00 pm CST)
• Wednesday, April 8th (10:00 am CST)

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.

Onsite Location: Norrington Learning Lab
Zoom Link: https://park.zoom.us/j/747466804​

• Thursday, September 12th @ 1:00pm CST
• Wednesday, November 13th @ 10:00am CST
• Tuesday, January 28th @ 1:00pm CST
• Thursday, March 5th @ 11:00am CST

• Google Drive folder link

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.

Onsite Location: Gibson (3rd floor Thompson Commons)
Zoom Link: https://park.zoom.us/j/643231848​

• Tuesday, September 17th @ 1:00pm CST
• Monday, September 30th @ 2:00pm CST (online only)
• Thursday, October 24th @ 2:00pm CST
• Tuesday, January 14th @ 2:00pm CST
• Wednesday, February 12th @ 10:00am CST

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.

Onsite Location: Norrington Learning Lab
Zoom Link: https://park.zoom.us/j/690744016

• Thursday, September 26th @ 1:00pm CST
• Tuesday, October 29th @ 11:00am CST
• Thursday, February 6th @ 1:00pm CST