This workshop, part of the 2023 Provost Conference on: Faculty Thriving and Student Learning, is only for FSem instructors. In order to provide guidance on our relatively new roles as primarily mentors in Winter and Spring Quarters, our Winter Quarter professional development will be a mentorship panel.. Please RSVP here. Lunch will be served, and those who attend […]
2023 Provost Conference On ramping Events Facilitated by Kayoung Kim, Director of Scholarship of Teaching & Learning and Faculty Learning Communities Reference text: Amplifying the Purposes, Audiences, and Products of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning by Nancy L. Chick Effective classroom learning is multidirectional, with students as actively engaged partners in the learning process. What can we learn from our […]
The Heart of Higher Education is an opportunity to gather as a DU community to share the challenges and opportunities of transcending the institutional, professional and personal choices that tend to separate core identity/integrity from day to day actions. The meetings are open to all faculty (of any rank) and staff (of any title). The […]
Faciltated by Laura Sponsler, Clinical Associate Professor of Higher Education & Leslie Alvarez, Director of the Office of Teaching and Learning Reading: Chapter One in "Visions of the Possible" Peter Felten and Leo Lambert, Relationship Rich Education https://du.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UODE_INST/1uqj623/cdi_proquest_ebookcentral_EBC6371405 Part of the 2023 Provost Confernece
In this interactive workshop, we welcome back Dr. Noah Finkelstein and panel guests from around the country to explore the role of student voice in the evaluation of teaching. Students are uniquely positioned to provide data and feedback on teaching effectiveness; however, our current systems are fraught with problems ranging from bias to non-actionable feedback. […]
Dr. Sheena C. Howard is a Full Professor of Communication and Founder of Power Your Research, an academic branding company. Power Your Research is a 9-step system to increase visibility, authority, and income (without the expense of a publicist) for academics. During this talk, Dr. Howard will walk educators and academics through the Power Your […]
Drawing on the "Transparency in Learning and Teaching" https://tilthighered.com/ framework, this workshop walks participants through a concrete approach to designing assignments that are transparent and welcoming to all students. This is a simple, but research-based practice for closing equity gaps. Along with assignment design, this session will offer suggestions for in-class activities to do with students to […]
The last three years have been challenging, to say the very least, and the ongoing trauma of the pandemic and shake-ups on our campuses have impacted both faculty and students. Many faculty were on the edge of burnout before 2020, and the swings between in-person to remote and back again have tested the coping skills […]
Latina, Latino, and Latinx (Latinx/a/o) leaders have unique knowledge, skills, strengths, and experiences to contribute to higher education, but the academy was built with systemic inequities that can undermine advancement and success. According to the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, “Hispanic enrollment in higher education is expected to exceed 4.1 million students by 2026, […]
The changing nature of higher education includes shifts in team membership due to turnover and re organization, leadership transitions, and evolving institutional priorities. Leaders need to understand that trust is the foundation of a productive team, especially during times of transition. To foster and maintain trust, you must first understand why it is important, recognize […]
The last three years have been challenging, to say the least, and the ongoing trauma of the pandemic has impacted both faculty and students. Many faculty were already on the edge of burnout in 2020. Campus shakeups, the challenges of new modalities, and the swings between in-person and remote learning have tested the coping […]