Monday, August 15, 2011
FLITE Library
8:15-8:30 Continental Breakfast FLITE 442
8:30-9:30 Welcoming Remarks and Introductions FLITE 442
David Eisler, President
9:30-9:45 Introductions and an Overview of the Week FLITE 438
Todd Stanislav, Director, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning
9:45-10:00 Break FLITE 442
10-11:45 New Employee Orientation FLITE 438
Michelle Balliet, Facilitator, Human Resources FLITE 438
11:45-12:45 Lunch and conversation with College Deans *
* Please contact your department for details
12:45-2:00 New Employee Orientation FLITE 438
2-2:15 Break FLITE 442
2:15-4:45 New Employee Orientation FLITE 438
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Interdisciplinary Resource Center (IRC) & Arts & Sciences (ASC)
8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast IRC Connector
9:00-9:30 Community Building IRC 109
9:30-10:30 The Students in My Classes:
A Demographic Profile of the Ferris Student Population, Part I IRC 109
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 The Students in My Classes:
A Demographic Profile of the Ferris Student Population, Part II IRC 109
12:00-1:30 Lunch and Conversations with Department Colleagues
Please contact department for details.
1:30-3:00 Student Academic Support Services and Opportunities ASC 1017
3:00-3:30 Overview of Academic Service Learning (ASL) and Political Engagement Project (PEP)Reflections on Today and A Glimpse of Tomorrow IRC 109
3:30-4:15 Tying up Loose Ends and Seeking Answers to Questions IRC 109
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
FLITE Library
8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast – FLITE Reading Room FLITE 240
9:00-9:30 Overview of the Day and Community Building – FLITE Reading Room FLITE 240
9:30-10:30
The Ends to Which I Teach: Writing Student Learning Outcomes FLITE 438
10:30-10:45 Break FLITE 442
10:45-11:45
The Learner-Centered Syllabus FLITE 438
11:45-12:30 Working Lunch: The 20,000 Foot View of Instructional Technologies at Ferris State University FLITE 112
12:30-2:30 Working Session FLITE 112
2:30-2:45 Refreshment Break FLITE 442
2:45-3:45
Creating a Truly Diverse University FLITE 438
3:45-4:00 Reflections on Today and A Glimpse of Tomorrow FLITE 438
4:00-4:30 Tying up Loose Ends and Seeking Answers to Questions FLITE 438
5:30-7:00 Dinner at
The Rock The Rock
Thursday, August 18, 2011
IRC & FLITE Library
8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast IRC Hallway
9:00-10:30
Conversation with Provost Fritz Erickson
IRC 109
10:30-10:45 Break IRC Hallway
10:45-11:30 Creating and Using Rubrics to Inform and Assess IRC 109
11:35-12:15 An Introduction to Blackboard Learn 9.1, our Course Management System IRC 107
12:15-1:15 Lunch IRC 104, 107, 109
1:15-2:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Designing and Assessing Teams (or Groups) and Team (Group) Projects IRC 109
Building Community In An Ever-Changing & Diverse Classroom IRC 104
2:30-2:45 Refreshment Break IRC Hallway
2:45-3:45 Tour of
FLITE and
Media Production FLITE 110/438/442
3:45-4:00 Reflections on Today and A Glimpse of Tomorrow FLITE 438
Tying up Loose Ends and Seeking Answers to Questions FLITE 438
Friday, August 19, 2011
FLITE Library
8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast FLITE 442
9:00-9:10 Overview of the Morning FLITE 438
9:10-10:45 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Using Blackboard 9.1, our New Course Management System FLITE 108
Using FerrisConnect, our Course Management System FLITE 110
10:45-10:00 Break FLITE 110
11:00-12:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Using a Classroom Response System (known also as “Clickers”) FLITE 112
Using our Smart Classroom Technologies FLITE 110
Using Tegrity, our Class Capture Recording Software FLITE 108
12:00-1:00 Lunch and Evaluation of New Faculty Orientation Week FLITE 442
1:00-3:00 Tying up Loose Ends and Seeking Answers to Questions FLITE 438
