Faculty Commons Events – Spring Quarter 2008

• April
• May
• June

April
Library Workshop: Orientation on Faculty Commons Resources
Friday, April 11, 2008
1:00 - 2:00 PM | 301U Faculty Commons
Facilitated by Faculty Commons Directors and Staff
This one hour workshop will provide information about faculty development programs and resources available through the four Centers within the Faculty Commons, including collaborative faculty development initiatives. (co-sponsored with Alden Library’s workshop series)
www.library.ohiou.edu/fc • 740.597.1777 • facultycommons@ohio.edu

Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Podcasts (CAT)
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 | 11:15 AM - 12:00 N
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | 4:00 - 4:45 PM
301U Faculty Commons
Facilitated by Kate Anderson, Media Production, and Paul O’Donnell, CAT
Podcasts allow teachers and students to create and share knowledge via voice recordings, sound effects, photos, and movies. This workshop offers an introduction to podcasting: what it is, how to use it to enhance teaching and learning, and how to create and deliver podcasts with easy-to-use audio recording and editing software such as Audacity and iMovie.
www.citl.ohiou.edu • 740.593.2280 • andersk8@ohio.edu

The Faculty Commons & Alden Library Lunchbag Series Exploring the Research Process: From first draft to production, the making of Knock Me A Kiss
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | 12:00 N
Friends of the Libraries Room
Presenter: Charles Smith, Professor of Playwriting Program, School of Theater
A new monthly series co-sponsored with Alden Library. Experience the ways in which OU faculty creatively use library resources, while they share their most recent discoveries. www.library.ohiou.edu/workshops/ • 740.597.1238 • wochna@ohio.edu

Appalachian Learning Community (SLC)
Honorable Soldiers Too: An historical case study of post-reconstruction African-American female teachers of the upper Ohio valley
Thursday, April 17, 2008
6:30 PM | 301U Faculty Commons
Presenter: Carole Wylie Hancock, Professor, Washington State Community College
A fascinating and rich study documenting the experiences of six women who lived in Athens, Parkersburg, and Monongahela City, PA. Come enjoy the history you don’t know about Appalachia - black schools and teachers. Lots of photos. Open to the public.
http://appalachia.citl.ohiou.edu/index.html • 740.593.2546 • graybill@ohio.edu

Workshop Series (CAT / CWE / CTL): Getting Ready for Learning Outcomes in Tier 1 Courses
Thursday and Friday, April 17 & 18, May 1 & 2, May 22 & 23
1:00 - 3:00 PM | 301U Faculty Commons
Facilitated by Laurie Hatch, Director of CTL and Professor of Sociology
This three-part workshop series will provide informational materials, collegial sharing of ideas, and hands-on assistance for faculty and instructional staff who are incorporating learning outcomes in their Tier 1 courses. For the three workshops in this series, please RSVP for either the Thursday or Friday meeting days. (The same workshop topic will be addressed during that week. Up to 10 participants can be accommodated in the Thursday workshops and up to 10 in the Friday workshops. A stipend will be offered to participants; see reverse for details.)
Please RSVP to facultycommons@ohio.edu www.ohiou.edu/ctl • 740.593.2681 • ctl@ohio.edu

Teaching Portfolios for Future Faculty (CTL)
Tuesday, April 22; May 6; & May 20
10:00 AM - 12:00 N | 301U Faculty Commons 2008
Facilitated by Tim Vickers, Associate Director of CTL
A three-part workshop series for graduate students on the professional teaching portfolio and the critical role it can play in securing a faculty position and achieving success in the professoriate.
www.ohiou.edu/ctl • 740.593.2681 • ctl@ohio.edu

Turning Science Students into Science Writers (CWE)
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
1:00 - 5:00 PM | 301U Faculty Commons
Facilitated by Sarah Wyatt, Associate Professor of Environmental and Plant Biology, and Sherrie Gradin, Director of CWE and Professor of English
Refreshments will be served.
This seminar focuses on strategies to help students better understand and implement scientific writing conventions. The conversation will include ideas for integrating aspects of science writing into daily assignments, class discussions, and exam questions. Strategies for perfecting formal science writing assignments such as lab reports and literature reviews (“research papers”) will also be discussed.
www.ohiou.edu/writing • 740.597.1869 • wac@ohio.edu

Creating E-Portfolios with Wordpress (CAT)
Thursday, April 24, 2008
1:00 - 3:00 PM | 301U Faculty Commons
Instructor Paul O’Donnell, CAT Electronic portfolios showcase your academic accomplishments. This hands-on workshop will help you register a Wordpress account, create and edit pages, add multimedia, and customize your portfolio’s appearance. Bring only a flash drive or disk containing your digital artifacts and, if you have one, a laptop.
www.citl.ohiou.edu • 740.597.2706 • odonnelp@ohio.edu

Tips for Faculty Research and Publishing (CTL)
Friday, April 25, 2008
12:00 N - 1:00 PM | Southern Campus
Facilitated by Laurie Hatch, Director of CTL and Professor of Sociology
This session will feature a mini-presentation and discussion of faculty research and publishing tips, focusing particularly on the scholarship of teaching and learning.
www.ohiou.edu/ctl • 740.593.2681 • ctl@ohio.edu

Using Clickers to Promote Student Engagement (CAT)
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
1:00 - 3:00 PM | 301U Faculty Commons
Instructor Mike Roy, CAT
Clickers are hand-held devices that allow all students--not just a vocal minority-- to answer the instructor’s questions. Attend this workshop to learn how you can use clickers to gauge student comprehension, respond to misconceptions, address ambiguities, generate dialogue, open new avenues of discussion, and otherwise engage the class.
www.citl.ohiou.edu/clickers • 740.597.2705 • roy@ohio.edu

Blackboard 7.3 is coming to Ohio University! The Center for Academic Technology will begin piloting Blackboard 7.3 during winter term. Product enhancements include improved discussion forum tools, retention assistance tools, a plagiarism detection tool, and a suite of social learning applications – social bookmarking, wikis, blogs, and podcasts. For more information, contact Project Manager, Andy Kranyik, at kranyikt@ohio.edu or 597.1464.

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Would you like to join a Scholarly Learning Community sponsored by the Faculty Commons or start a new one?
Current Learning Communities include Appalachia, Clickers (Student Response Systems), and Second Life.

To join one of these groups, contact:
• Appalachian Learning Community, Merle Graybill, 593.2546 or graybill@ohio.edu
• Clickers Learning Community, Mike Roy, 597.2705 or roy@ohio.edu
• Second Life Learning Community, Marjorie DeWert, 597.2703 or dewert@ohio.edu

If you would like to start a new Scholarly Learning Community, please send an email to facultycommons@ohio.edu for additional information and the application form.