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Center for Teaching Excellence

CTE INFORMATION

 

Schedule of Events - Spring 2008

CTE Director Dan BernsteinNOTE:
The Fall 2008 New GTA Conference is scheduled for Thursday, August 14.
The annual Teaching Summit will be held Tuesday, August 19.

 

Event

Date

Time

Location & registration

New GTA Conference: About Teaching

Monday,
Jan. 14

8 AM -
12:45 PM

Registration at northwest entrance of Budig.

Lunch and Conversation: Best Responses to Difficult Classroom Situations. There are many ways that a class can be disrupted; Sally Cornelison, history of art, and Catherine Weaver, political science, will suggest how to respond effectively.

Friday,
Feb. 1

12 - 1 PM

CTE - 135 Budig. Brownbag.
No registration.

TEAM: Advisory board meeting

Friday,
Feb. 1

1 - 2:30 PM

CTE - 135 Budig. As scheduled.

New Faculty Lunch: Creating Assignments That Maximize Learning. With Ben Eggleston, philosophy, and Andrea Greenhoot, psychology.

Tuesday,
Feb. 5

12:30 - 1:30 PM

CTE - 135 Budig. By invitation.

Ambassador Meetings

Feb. 11, 12, 13, and 14

12 - 1 PM

CTE - 135 Budig. As scheduled.

Lunch and Conversation: Using Laptops in the Classroom. Ideas for establishing policies and procedures that ensure best uses of computers during a class. With Doug Golick, IDS, and Catherine Weaver, political science. Co-sponsored with IDS.

Friday,
Feb. 15

12 - 1 PM

CTE - 135 Budig. Brownbag.
No registration.

New Faculty Lunch: Aligning Assignments to Help Students Meet Course Goals. With Holly Storkel, speech-language-hearing.

Monday,
Feb. 18

12 - 1 PM

CTE - 135 Budig. By invitation.

Teaching Tea: Designing and Implementing Mid-semester Student Evaluations with Shannon O'Lear, geography/environmental studies. Various ways to get and use midterm feedback from students.

Tuesday, Feb. 19

3- 4 PM

CTE - 135 Budig. No registration.

Teaching Large Classes Colloquium. Developing, sustaining, and evaluating effective online discussion groups. Thursday, Feb. 21 12 - 1 PM CTE - 135 Budig. Lunch provided. RSVP to cte@ku.edu.

Lunch and Conversation: How Do We Know They're Learning?: Frameworks for Evaluating Student Work. How to develop grading criteria, communicate it to students and use it to assess learning. With Caroline Bennett, CEA engineering; Sonya Lancaster, English; and Yajaira Padilla, Spanish and Portuguese.

Monday,
Feb. 25

12 - 1 PM

CTE - 135 Budig. Brownbag.
No registration.

Teaching Tea: Feedback on Teaching Using Small Groups with Byron Caminero-Santangelo, English. A model for obtaining student feedback on teaching via small discussion groups.

Monday,
Mar. 3

3 - 4 PM

CTE - 135 Budig. No registration.

Lunch and Conversation: Faculty Funding Options Through CTE. CTE advisory board members will discuss the Center’s funding programs, with a Q&A on the application processes. With Richard Hale, aerospace engineering, and Shannon O’Lear, geography/environmental studies. Tuesday, Mar. 4 12 - 1 PM CTE - 135 Budig. No registration.

New Faculty Lunch: Documenting Teaching: Making Learning Visible for Your Reviews with Susan Williams, chemical and petroleum engineering, and Dan Bernstein, CTE/psychology.

Thursday,
Mar. 6

12 - 1 PM

CTE - 135 Budig. By invitation.

TEAM: Advisory board meeting

Friday,
Mar. 7

1 - 2:30 PM

CTE - 135 Budig. As scheduled.

Lunch and Conversation: Directing Theses and Dissertations with Marsha Haufler, history of art, and Mary Lee Hummert, Provost's Office/communication studies. How to help students meet the challenges of writing a thesis or dissertation. Monday, Mar. 10 12 - 1 PM CTE - 135 Budig. No registration.
Teaching Tea: Student Evaluation of Teaching at KU. A discussion of issues surrounding student evaluations, as well as information about the new form being used at KU. With Dan Bernstein, CTE/psychology. Monday, Mar. 24 3 - 4 PM CTE - 135 Budig. No registration.
Lunch and Conversation: Advising and Mentoring Graduate Students. How to guide graduate students, from their first day to their final defense. With Joane Nagel, sociology, and Linda Stone-Ferrier, history of art. Tuesday, Mar. 25 12 - 1 PM CTE - 135 Budig. No registration.
Teaching Large Classes Colloquium. Sustainable, meaningful assignments: How do you get students to do something useful, then do something useful with what they give you? Thursday, Apr. 3 12 - 1 PM CTE - 135 Budig. Lunch provided. RSVP to cte@ku.edu.

TEAM: Advisory board meeting

Friday,
Apr. 4

1 - 2:30 PM

CTE - 135 Budig. As scheduled.

Ambassador Meetings

Apr. 7, 8, 9, and 10

12 - 1 PM

CTE - 135 Budig. As scheduled.

Workshop: Difficult Dialogues: Transforming Controversy into Teachable Moments. Presented by MU's Interactive Theatre Troupe. Co-sponsored with Office of the Vice Provost for Student Success, Department of Theatre and Film, Hall Center for Humanities, and Lied Center Creative Campus. Friday,
Apr. 11
1 - 2:30 PM Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center Classroom. Register by April 9 with CTE at cte@ku.edu.

TEAM: Advisory board meeting

Friday,
May 2

1 - 2:30 PM

CTE - 135 Budig. As scheduled.

Best Practices Institute May 21 and 22   CTE - 135 Budig. As scheduled.