Spring 09

Student Writing: Getting What We Want

Presenter:  Trish Jenkins - English

We know writing is a great learning tool for students and a necessary skill in life. This session will cover ideas for helping students learn to write within each of our classes. Aspects of writing covered may include designing writing assignments, grading assignments, and providing feedback to students.

Reading Across the Disciplines

Presenter:  Trish Grega - College Preparatory & Developmental Studies

This session is intended for faculty in all disciplines.  The purpose is to introduce reading strategies you can integrate into your courses that encourage students to read and understand course materials.

Peer Coaching

Presenter:  Kate O'Dell - Secondary Education

This seminar will introduce a professional development model that provides a safe structured framework for a faculty member to observe a fellow faculty member and provide feedback in five easy steps.  Peer coaching helps both participants by:

• improving the quality of instruction for all students,
• allowing faculty to try out new ideas in a non-threatening environment,
• helping faculty to identify areas of concern and thus leading to other

• professional development, and
• increasing the chances for transfer of learning beyond the single
• coaching session.

Research has established that with peer coaching students learn, faculty members learn, AND administrators learn.

Teaching Undergraduates about Research and Integrating Your Teaching and Research

Presenter:  Gwen Lupfer-Johnson-Psychology

1. Using a seminar rather than lecture-based format where students help teach each other methodological concepts, and share their experiences in conducting research.
2. Making group research projects a successful experience for students and professor.
3. Making the most of library resources and faculty (e.g., arranging special instructional sessions where library faculty teach students about conducting literature searches tailored to their needs).
4. Providing opportunities for students to present their research in professional settings.
5. Teaching students about the process of submitting research for publication and presentation at conferences.
6. Navigating Institutional Review Board  and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Requirements.
7. Conducting research projects with your students as part of class requirements.
8. Supervising research assistants and tasks, and setting and meeting deadlines.
9. Incorporating your own research into classroom discussions.

Presenter: Bruno Kappes - Psychology

Friday
Apr. 3
2:30-4PM

Encouraging Academic Honesty and Integrity

Presenter:  Jackie Cason - Communication

Believe it or not, the Center for Academic Integrity at Duke University estimates that 80% of undergraduates will engage in some sort of academic dishonesty at some point in their academic careers.  In fact, researchers there believe that between 10 and 20% of those students could be categorized as "habitual cheaters."  This session will help you better understand the problem of academic dishonesty on today's college campuses, some of the underlying causes of the problem, as well as both preemptive and reactive ways to address this kind of situation in your classroom, including UAA-specific tools and resources that are at your disposal.  Faculty members who have had problems with academic dishonesty are invited to come and share ideas that have worked for them!  Hopefully your classroom is one where academic integrity is the order of the day, but if you want to be prepared for when something does happen, don't miss this session!