The Institute for Teaching & Learning has seats available in the following workshops:
Veterans in the Classroom Lynne Rogers and Evan Mitchell
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
With more and more veterans arriving on our campus, the classroom can become an ideal setting to help the veterans transition from a military to a civilian culture. How can faculty facilitate this transition while still addressing the traditional student? Join Lynne Rogers and student intern, Evan Mitchell to discuss recent research findings on the vet in the classroom and survey responses from our on graduating veterans.
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Digital Authorship: Writing for the web with your undergraduate student
Steven Park, CETL-ITL-Digital Learning Center
Monday, March 24, 2014
My students have been writing thesis papers for years; I would grade them, and then recycle the paper on which they were written. A few years back I thought, “Why not have students write for the web?” Assignments had always focused on evidence gathering, argument, and thesis formation. How would academic writing on the web be different? If readers approach the web differently from print, how should students write differently? This workshop will explore this topic in an open forum looking at research and engaging participants in discussion.
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International Student and Scholar Services
Robert Chudy, International Student and Scholar Services
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
This presentation will cover the various adjustment issues that international students face when studying in a different culture.
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The Many Flavors of Service Learning: Three examples from Geography at UCONN – Newly Added
John-Andrew Jolly-Ballantine, Anji Seth and Carol Atkinson-Palumbo, Geography Department
Monday, March 31, 2014
There are several ways in which service learning exercise can be use to support the objectives of a class, create links to the community, and provide students with an enriching and interactive experience. The experiences of three service learning faculty fellows from Geography illustrate several ways in which service learning can be applied in different classes. Students in Dr. Anji Seth’s (GEOG 4300/5390 Advanced Physical Geography) class designed and implemented a community survey on knowledge of climate change science and then presented their results, along with climate science information at a community forum in Tolland. Dr. Andy Jolly-Ballantine used service learning to have a group of students from Introduction to Environmental Studies perform research and hands-on work to find solutions to several problems at the WAIM Community Garden in Willimantic. Dr. Carol Atkinson-Palombo’s class (GEOG/URBN3200, Urban Geography) is in the process of working with community partners to map population trends in Hartford neighborhoods and evaluate the impacts on local tax base; research and map changes in housing vacancies across Hartford neighborhoods over time; assess the potential in a variety of neighborhoods in Hartford for historic preservation to revitalize communities; and evaluate the potential that Union Station in Hartford has as a major transit center. Findings will be shared with community partners at iforums.. While these are just three approaches to creating service learning activities for classes, the speakers will present information on the diverse challenges and successes of these projects that will help those currently using, or who are considering using, service learning in their own courses.
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How Do Students with Disabilities Navigate Online and Blended Courses? – Newly Added
Cathy Healy, & Eileen Stuyniski, CETL – eCampus and Kim McKeown, Center for Students with Disabilities
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Have you ever considered how a student with a disability might view your online course or the online component of your course? View online/blended course content from the perspective of students with disabilities, including students with visual and hearing impairments, Learning Disabilities and other cognitive disabilities. This session will provide insights as to how students with various disabilities access content in online and blended classes, and how faculty can plan their courses to enable students to access content. The presentation will also include a discussion about how planning for the different learning needs of students with disabilities while designing an online or blended course benefits all students.
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For more information,please visit our website - http://itl.uconn.edu/seminars/
For more information, contact: Stacey Valliere at stacey.valliere@uconn.edu