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Workshops & Presentations
To inquire about or request a workshop or presentation,
please call or e-mail at (520)990-3864, or kgabriel@u.arizona.edu or kfgabriel@csuchico.edu
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Teaching Unprepared Students: Strategies for Success and Retention in Higher Education
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Use this table of contents
by clicking on a topic (below) for additional information
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simply scroll down the page for workshop titles and descriptions
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Diversity
& Inclusion
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Workshop #1:
"Encourage,
Enrich, Empower"
The
Three E's for Classroom Diversity
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This workshop explores techniques for creating a positive classroom
environment which embraces diversity and promotes inclusion and respect
for all. We will discuss various methods that professors and GTA's
can use to help students appreciate the benefits of diversity in our
society. Time permitting, we will also have a problem-solving activity
where various scenarios involving diversity issues are presented and
possible solutions or ways to handle the situation will be examined.
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Cooperative
Learning
& Team Based Learning
Class
Discussions
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Workshop #1:
Cooperative
and Team Based Learning
Keys
to Developing
Effective Group Activities and Assignments
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Workshop
#2:
"Let's Give Them Something To
Talk About. . ."
Improve
Class Discussions
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Workshop
#1 explores ways to improve cooperative learning activities, and
will also introduce Team Based Learning activities. Workshop #2
explores ways to improve class discussions by stimulating meaningful
participation, and ways to evaluate such participation.
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Workshop
#1:
Teaching Unprepared Students:
Strategies for Success and Retention in Higher Education
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This workshop covers several aspects
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Creating
a Course Syllabus
for
Learner-Centered
Teaching
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Seven
Steps
for
a Clear, Functional, and Effective
Course
Syllabus
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In
this workshop, we will begin with an overview of the process for
creating a learner-centered syllabus; next, we will go through a
syllabus "checklist" and step-by-step activities for creating
a new syllabus or revamping an old one. We will also examine teaching
goals, learning outcomes, basic elements, and ways instructors can
use the syllabus for basic communication with their students and
to promote learner-centered teaching.
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Assessment
& Grades
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Workshop #1:
"Know
the Ropes"
The
Gambit of Grading Student Performance
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Workshop
#2:
"Where
the Rubber Meets the Road"
Grading
with Rubrics
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Workshop
#3:
"Alacazam"
The
Magic of Assessment
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Enhance
your instruction by interweaving instruction with assessment.
In addition, these workshops cover a variety of issues related
to grading student performance. Each includes different techniques
to grade and communicate expectations and criteria. Workshop #1
will also cover university grading policies and standards.
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Learning
Styles
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Workshop
#1:
"Do
you Wanna Boogie?"
Learning
Styles of the Academic Dance
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The
Learning Styles workshop covers several different types of learning
style models and considers different self-assessment tests designed
for discovering one's own "preferred" style. We also explore
ways to help students become aware of how to use information about
their learning style to enhance their academic performance. Finally,
various learning styles will be compared recent research on the science
of learning.
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Lectures
&
Using
Power Points
(for
large and small classes)
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Workshop #1:
"Mission
Impossible" or "Mission Accomplished"
Learner-Centered
Teaching for Large Classes
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Workshop
#2:
"The
Good, The Bad and The Ugly"
of
Power Points
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Workshop #1 will focus
on techniques and methods for engaging students before, during and
after a lecture. Making lectures an active learning process is a
challenge, but it can be done, even with large classes. The goal
of Workshop #1 is to provide professors and instructors with resources
for improving their lecture format with interactive activities that
will engage students.
Workshop
#2 will investigate the best and the worst techniques for effective
power points presentations.
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Troubleshooting:
1)
Plagiarism & Cheating
2)
Civil Behavior
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Workshop
#1:
"Play
by the Rules"
Encouraging
Integrity and Honesty; Discouraging Cheating
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Workshop #2:
"Pardon
the Interruption"
Civility
and Cooperation in the College Classroom
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Are Academic Codes of Integrity
enough for today's Internet-high-tech society? Workshop #1 tackles
the troubling issue of academic dishonesty with techniques and methods
for prevention and detection.
"Cell
Phones going off." "Students coming in late in a loud
or rude manner." "Side chatting conversations." These
are just some of the behaviors that can disrupt the educational
process in the classroom. Workshop #2 deals with creating an atmosphere
for promoting appropriate behavior. Techniques for handling inappropriate
behavior will also be discussed.
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