The Office of Faculty Development is currently facilitating many workshops and webinars in addition to reading circles, the Assistant Professors’ Learning Community, and the Board of Governors Lecture. For information about each specific type of programming, click on the links above. Have an idea for a program or want a workshop on a topic we didn’t cover this semester? Please contact Ashley Grantham or Erin Robinson. We’d love to hear from you!
Resources for Community Engagement
Panelists: Audrey Jaeger (Faculty), Mary Tschirhart (Institute for Non Profits), Jose Picart (Special Assistant to the Provost for Outreach and Engagement), Carol Cutler-White (Associate Director, Raleigh Colleges and Community Collaborative), Katherine Williams (Wake County Social Services), Angie Welsh (United Way of the Greater Triangle)
OFD Conference Room (4th floor, Clark Hall)
Friday April 13th, 12-1:30
This session is about resources available for NC State regarding community engagement in the triangle area. If you want to see what is available to you, talk with experts in the area or get some ideas, then this is the session for you!
Course Design for University Classes
David McConnell, Professor of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences and Director, OFD
OFD Conference Room (4th floor, Clark Hall)
Monday, 4/16/12 at 1:30 pm and Thursday, 4/19/12 at 1:30pm
This workshop will describe the three major steps in designing an effective learning environment: 1) specific, student-friendly learning goals, 2) opportunities for feedback and assessment, and 3) targeted teaching and learning activities. Participants will leave the workshop with sample learning goals for one of their classes, examples of formative and summative assessment tasks linked to the learning goals, and sample activities that will engage students as active participants in class rather than passive observers.
Critical Thinking: Designing Strategies to Promote Critical Thought: A 3-part workshop with Dr. Enoch Hale, Fellow at the Center for Critical Thinking (http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/center-for-critical-thinking/401)
• April 3 –What is critical thinking? How do we learn to think critically? How would teaching it change the way we teach?
• April 10 – How do we teach critical thinking? What questions do we ask?
• May 1 – What instructional strategies can we use?
All sessions will begin at 3 pm and end at 4:30pm and will be viewed in Park Shops, Room 130. You may register for each session separately. Note that after the workshop series is over, the videos will be accessible for one year through the Office of Faculty Development web site.