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the Center for Teaching Excellence

Save the Dates for CTE Faculty Workshops in 2012-2013!

The CSU Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) offers a variety of workshops and discussions intended to help faculty at all levels of experience improve their instructional practices. A list of workshops for the coming academic year appears below; more information will be provided prior to each session. This year we have coordinated our scheduling with a number of other units on campus (e.g. Michael Schwartz Library and the Office of eLearning) in order to reduce the number of conflicts on the professional development schedule.

In addition to the regularly scheduled topics and dates, special workshops can often be provided to interested groups of faculty upon request. If you would like to explore this option, please contact Dr. Wm. Beasley at 216.687.5583.

"Freshman Culture Shock" Discussions

# Date Workshop Name Time Location
1 9/20/12 Classroom strategies for addressing freshman culture shock Noon MC 103
2 10/16/12 Resources for addressing freshman culture shock Noon MC 103
3 12/4/12 Freshman attendance & homework policies Noon MC 103

"Improving Classroom Instruction" Workshopss

# Date Workshop Name Time Location
1 9/27/12 The Flipped Classroom (new) Noon MC 103
2 10/11/12 Creating Learner-Centered Classes Noon MC 103
3 10/25/12 Questioning Strategies Noon MC 103
4 10/30/12 Teaching Large Classes Noon MC 103
5 11/29/12 Classroom Discipline & the Student Code of Conduct Noon MC 103
6 1/29/13 How to Encourage Success for Lower-Division Students Noon MC 103
7 3/19/13 Engaging Students Through Active Learning & Multimedia (new) Noon MC 103
8 4/2/13 How Experts and Novices Think About New Content (new) Noon MC 103
9 4/11/13 Teaching Students How to Learn Noon MC 103
10 4/18/13 The "Art" of Teaching Honors Classes Noon MC 103

eLearning workshops (in partnership with the Center for eLearning)

# Date Workshop Name Time Location
1 10/2/12 Promote Teaching Excellence Through Use of Blackboard Surveys Noon MC 103
2 10/18/12 Introducing Tegrity: Lecture Capture Software Noon MC 103
3 11/5/12 Use Grade Center to Enhance Productivity & Promote Learning Noon MC 103
4 2/19/13 Using Other Content in a Blackboard Course Noon MC 103
5 3/21/13 Faculty Best eLearning Practices Showcase #1 Noon MC 103
6 4/16/13 Faculty Best eLearning Practices Showcase #2 Noon MC 103

Faculty Book Discussions

# Date Workshop Name Time Location
1 2/14/13 How College Works (Chambliss, 2012) Noon MC 103
2 2/19/13 How College Works (Chambliss, 2012) 4pm MC 103

21st Century Information Literacy (in partnership with the Michael Schwartz Library)

# Date Workshop Name Time Location
1 11/1/12 21st Century Copyright Issues: Intro to Copyright Noon MC 103
2 11/6/12 Refworks: Getting Citations into the Refworks Account 4PM MC 103
3 11/8/12 21st Century Copyright Issues: Copyright & Multimedia Noon MC 103
4 11/13/12 Refworks: Using Write-N-Cite to Format Paper & Bibliography 4PM MC 103
5 11/15/12 21st Century Copyright Issues: Copyright & Your Online Course Noon MC 103
6 2/12/13 Impact Factors & Citation Analysis Noon MC 103
7 2/26/13 Refworks: Getting Citations into the Refworks Account 4PM MC 103
8 2/28/13 21st Century Copyright Issues: Creative Commons Licensing Noon MC 103
9 3/5/13 Refworks: Using Write-N-Cite to Format Paper & Bibliography 4PM MC 103

Academic career skills workshops

# Date Workshop Name Time Location
1 10/4/12 Writing for Professional Publication Noon FT 102
2 2/7/13 Preparing to Seek Promotion & Tenure Noon MC 103

Please note that many of our workshops from earlier semesters are available online in recorded form via Mediasite at http://mediasite.ulib.csuohio.edu/mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=db95274b-8969-4677-9230-a52c625639bf .

Topics include:

  • Preparing to teach a college course
  • Constructing a syllabus
  • Meeting a class for the first time
  • Understanding yourself as a teacher/understanding your students
  • Defining your aims and outcomes
  • Planning appropriate learning activities
  • Evaluating and grading
  • Creating and using rubrics

You may RSVP for any of these sessions by contacting the CTE: cte@csuohio.edu , or 216-687-5502 (email is strongly preferred). While we provide box lunches for some of our noon workshops, please note that we will only order lunches for those faculty members who RSVP by two working days prior to any given workshop (i.e. by Friday for Tuesday workshops, or Tuesday for Thursday workshops).

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Mailing Address
Cleveland State University
Center for Teaching Excellence
Main Classroom Building Room 212
2121 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214
Campus Location
Main Classroom Building
Room MC 212
216.687.5583
Web Contact
William Beasley
w.beasley@csuohio.edu
216.687.5583
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