August+2016+-+24th

The sessions listed below occur on Wednesday August 24, 2016

Next day Previous day ** Mini Conference ** August 24 || 9:00-11:00 || HS110 || Chris Helfrich (x4682) Kelly McMillan (x4783) Amy Chase Martin (x4848) || **Group Work - Assign/Activate/Assess**   **// Index # 3105 //**   Challenges with assigning Group Work to maximize student learning often leads to avoiding it as part of course design. This workshop provides participants with an opportunity to practice, review and develop research-based approaches to group work and includes ideas for assigning and assessing the group process to enhance student success. Additionally, hear from faculty members who are using technology in the Health Sciences classrooms to facilitate student groups and collaboration. ||  || August 24 || 9:00-11:00 || DH118 || Elizabeth Kocevar-Weidinger Amelia Yongue, Elisa Roberson || **Interaction Opportunities for Hybrid & Online Students** **// Index #3168 //** Meet with faculty and staff who teach online and hybrid classes regularly to learn how they use virtual tools to create face-to-face teaching and learning opportunities. These interactions are intended to create meaningful, measurable conferencing opportunities between faculty, staff, and students.​ ||   || This hands-on training session is designed for novice users who want a simple overview of the Canvas learning management system. Topics include navigation, user profile and settings, inbox, content import/copy, creation of announcements and syllabus. ||  || August 24 || 10:00- 11:00 || HS112 || Tamara Jones (x4136) || **Strategies for Success: How to Help ESL Students in Your Classroom** //** DIVERSITY ONLY **// **// Index #3382 //**  Back by popular demand! Students whose first language is not English face unique challenges in our college classrooms. In this session, the speakers describe several common scenarios, facilitate participant discussion of best practices to ensure student success, and propose some practical strategies for instructors in all disciplines. //Instructors from all Divisions welcome// ||  || Student research and student-mentor interactions can differ significantly from what students are accustomed to from regular classes. What should students bring when they meet with their advisor to discuss research? When should they take notes? How much time do you expect your students to devote to research each week? How much time do you expect to devote to research each week? A successful research project requires clear expectations that are established early and revisited regularly. This session will explore a variety of questions related to expectations and will introduce Research Learning Contracts as one method of establishing and communicating expectations for both students and faculty. ||  || August 24 || 11:30-1:30 ||  N228  || Kelly Scible Angel Burba Kathy Lilly Amy Chase Martin (x4848) || **Top Tech Tools** **// Index #3108 //** A follow-up to TPCK (Integrating Technology Into Instruction) workshop. Learn specific software and hardware tools for classroom assessment, student collaboration and assignment creation. Featuring faculty-led instruction of Kahoot, Lecture Capture, Quizlet, Explain Everything and Socrative. ||  || August 24 || 1:00-2:00 || DH208 || Cindy Nicodemus **RSVP x4144** || **The Experience of Non-Traditional Females Enrolled at HCC** Come and hear my doctoral qualitative research on the experiences of female non-traditional learners at HCC. Data analysis and results will be shared and then there will be a period of open discussion. ||  || August 24 || 1:00-3:00 || CL123 || Eric Belt (x4836) || **Canvas Basics II** **// Index #3337 //** Ideal for novice users who want to expand their knowledge of Canvas! Learn to create pages; manage files; conduct online discussions; create assignments; and support online collaboration. || August 24 || 2:00-4:00 || N206 || Chris Helfrich (x4682) Claudia Dugan (x3416) || **How do you Know What They Know? Classroom Assessment Strategies** **// Index # 3109 //** If learning is motivated by creative classroom assessment techniques, how can we enhance //when// and //how// we use assessment? This workshop provides faculty with an opportunity to maximize on-going assessment by learning a variety of strategies designed to improve student success and teacher effectiveness. **//Participants will leave with research-based approaches appropriate for specific discipline learning demands.//** ||   || August 24 || 3:00-4:30 || DH123 || Cliff Galloway (x4080) || **Teach from Anywhere** **// Index # 3451 //** Faculty may record their lectures from home, in their office or in the classroom! Appear on camera or simply provide the voice-over for a recorded presentation. Anything you see on your computer screen will be captured and recorded. This may include PowerPoint slides, documents, images, webpages, etc. This is a hands-on session so please bring a PowerPoint with you, if you choose. ||  ||
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 * Wednesday August 24 || 9:00-11:00 || CL123 || Eric Belt (x4836) || **Canvas Basics I** **// Index #3336 //**
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 * Wednesday August 24 || 10:00-11:30 || CL138 || Alex Barr (x3404) || **Mentoring Student Research: Establishing Expectations** **// Index #3175 //**
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