Spring 2017 Faculty Learning Community Meet-up
Dates & Details
Session #4: Balancing Depth vs Coverage
Group A: Monday, 4/17, 11:30a-12:30p in 104 Design Bldg. (you’re welcome to bring your lunch!)
Group B: Tuesday, 4/18, 1:00-2:00p in 104 Design Bldg.
Reference Resources
- What is a flipped classroom?
- What is just-in-time teaching?
- Just-in-Time Teaching as Interactive Pedagogy
- Peer Instruction and JITT at University College Roosevelt
- Three Evolving Thoughts about Flipped Learning
Potential Discussion Questions
- How do you find the balance between coverage versus depth of learning?
- Are you using blended learning, just-in-time teaching or flipped classroom techniques? What has worked? What, for you, needs further refining to be viable?
- In addition to pre-taped lectures and video content, what are some other ways you utilize flipped and/or JITT approaches?
Session #3: Connecting your research interests and teaching
Group A: Monday, 3/20, 11:30a-12:30p in 104 Design Bldg. (You’re welcome to bring
your lunch!)
Group B: Tuesday, 3/21, 1:00-2:00p in 104 Design Bldg.
Reference Resources
- Teaching While Learning: What I learned when I asked my students to make video essays
- Teaching to Enhance Research
- Linking Teaching & Research
Potential Discussion Questions
- Where does (or can) your interests, research, and teaching overlap in the C-I classroom?
- How do you balance your teaching, research, and service load?
- How might you turn your C-I classroom into a research project to advance teaching scholarship within your discipline?
Session #2: Managing the feedback loop/Applying Formative Assessment
Group A: Monday, 2/20/17, 11:30a-12:30p in 104 Design Bldg. (you’re welcome to bring
your lunch!)
Group B: Tuesday, 2/21/17, 1:00-2:00p in 104 Design Bldg.
Reference Resources
- Online Discussion Forums as Assessment Tools
- Four Strategies for Effective Assessment in a Flipped Learning Environment
- Scaling Up Courses
- Characteristics of High-Quality Formative Assessments
- Teaching Students How to Manage Feedback
Potential Discussion Questions
- How do (or wish) you would manage the C-I feedback loop?
- Are you leveraging feedback as a true student learning tool?
- What are your time management strategies?
- Are there specific tech tools or skills you use or wish you had?
Session #1: Maximizing the first and last five minutes of class
Group A: Monday, 2/6/17 11:30a-12:30p in 104 Design Bldg. (you’re welcome to bring
your lunch!)
Group B: Tuesday, 2/7/17, 1:00-2:00p in 104 Design Bldg.
Reference Resources
- Three Focusing Activities to Engage Students in the First Five Minutes of Class
- Small Changes in Teaching: The Last 5 Minutes of Class
- The Flipped Classroom Unplugged: Three Tech-Free Strategies for Engaging Students
- Inside Higher Ed: Small Teaching with James Lang
Potential Discussion Questions
- How do you use the first and last 5 minutes of class?
- What role does/could reflection play in your course?
- What 5-minute break activities do you use throughout class to check-in with your students
and
their understanding? What concerns do you have about making such activities work?