Seminars for Excellence in Teaching
Fall 09 Seminars:
ATL Director Dr. Gardner Campbell on "Introduction to Web 2.0 in Teaching and Learning," September 17, Jones Library 206, 4-5 p.m.
Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, Wikipedia, blogs, and more: the World Wide Web and our online lives have undergone massive changes in just the last few years. Many experts believe these changes add up to a new "version" of the Web itself: hence "Web 2.0." This session will introduce the underlying concepts of Web 2.0 and explore the significance of Web 2.0 for teaching and learning. Click here to register
EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Online Seminar on "Flattening the Classroom: Building Collaborative Learning Environments," September 23-24, Moody Study Commons East.
Net Gen students are active and prolific participants in flat-world phenomena in their personal lives: posting updates to Facebook friends scattered around the globe, playing online games with teams crossing international time zones, and collaborating on digital works bearing the imprint of multiple contributors. At the same time, the global economy demands students who can think creatively, build collectively, and adapt willingly to change. Are we fostering those skills in the classroom?
Sep 23: 11:00-4:30 Click here for schedule and to register
Sep 24: 11:00-4:00 Click here for schedule and to register
You may come and go as you wish.
ATL Graduate Fellow Hillary Blakeley on "The Neuroscience of Learning," September 30, BSB E234, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (pizza lunch provided)
How do learning and memory operate inside the brain? What are some common "neuromyths" in education? This seminar examines some of the neural underpinnings of how people learn-and it's for everyone interested in teaching and learning, not for scientists only! We'll discuss basic neuroscientific principles of learning, take a look at recent developments in brain research, and think together about how we can begin to integrate some of this exciting new information into teaching, testing, and studying. Click here to register
New Media Consortium Symposium: "The Future is What We Make It," October 27-29, location TBA.
The 2009 NMC Symposium for the Future, the fourteenth in the NMC's Series of Virtual Symposia, will explore actual and potential applications of technology that could impact issues of global importance over the next five years and beyond. Click here to register
ATL Graduate Fellow Ashley Palmer-Boyes on "The Effect of Affect: Teaching and Learning through the Sociology of Emotion," November 12, Creekmore conference room (Jones Library), 12:30-1:30 p.m. (pizza lunch provided)
Although our ability to feel is made possible through our biology, what we feel and when we feel it has social and cultural underpinnings. Through the sociology of emotions, we gain insight into how the latter factors shape our motivations. This seminar will use the sociology of emotions as a framework for understanding teaching and learning. Subtopics will include the role of emotion in instruction; classroom interaction and the motivation to learn; and emotional regulation in intellectual work. Click here to register
Core I and Core II, November 14, Jones Library 206, 9:30 a.m - 2:30 p.m. (lunch provided)
This class is required for most new Teachers of Record; check with your department to see if required. Others are welcome as well to discuss many aspects of teaching. Email Melissa_Bilbro@baylor.edu to register.
Dr. Darin Davis on "Flourishing with Talents: Happiness and Vocation in Teaching and Learning," November 18, Creekmore conference room (Jones library 2nd floor), 12-1 p.m. (pizza lunch provided)
How might Christ's parable of the talents inform our own understanding of the calling of teachers and scholars? And how might this richer conception of vocation invite us to pursue, along with our co-laborers in the university, true happiness? Click here to register
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