These are local events, organized by the MSU Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. They take place on campus and are free to all MSU faculty.
To register for a workshop, contact the CETL office at 389-1098 or cetl@mnsu.edu.
There are no workshop scheduled at this time
Date:May 17, 2005, Tuesday
Time:11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Purpose: To provide faculty from across the university with education, support, and time to review and revise curriculum in order to enhance their teaching of diversity and to improve student knowledge about diversity.
Description: Workshop facilitators provided educational sessions to: facilitate class projects and other curricular and co-curricular activities related to increasing inclusion of diversity in the curriculum
offer information on a variety of teaching and learning innovations relevant to diversity-related projects
support participants with recommendations and consultation for implementation.
Date: March 30, 2005, Wednesday
Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Location: CSU 285
Facilitator: Steven P. Gilbert, Ph.D., ABPP, LP, from MSU's Counseling Center
Description:
Freud said that adult adjustment entails "finding a work to love and a love to work at." The college years are when this search begins in earnest. This presentation will review some of the core developmental tasks and unique characteristics of emerging adulthood which set it apart as a distinct developmental period of semi-autonomy, focusing on the seminal but still relevant work of Arthur Chickering and the newer contributions of psychologist Jeffrey Arnett. In addition to a review of the core psychological tasks and psychosocial transitions of the college years, other issues addressed will include: Is adolescence truly a time of "storm and stress?" Do high school or college students engage in more high risk behavior? What exactly is an "adult?" How are college students different than persons just a few years younger or older? Is college really more stressful now than it used to be? This presentation may serve as a review and reminder for some, and an introduction for others.
Date: March 28, 2005, Monday
Time: 10-11 a.m. and repeated from 2-3 p.m.
Location: CSU 201
Description:
The Office of the Chancellor's Minnesota Online is participating in the MERLOT Freshman Year Program 2004 through 2005. MERLOT is an organization with resources that will facilitate building a shared repository of learning objects in our system. Come find out about MERLOT and how it might be of use to you in your teaching, and if you already use this resource you are invited to come join in a discussion on:
Facilitator: Deborah W. Proctor, Ph.D., e-Curriculum Director for Minnesota Online. A recent graduate of a Ph.D. program in Education Technology from Walden University, Deborah joined the Office of the Chancellor in March of 2004 in a role that allows her to connect her interests in online technology, curriculum, and faculty development. She enjoys communicating about the opportunities in the system to expand online programming and providing information on the array of academic services that are provided by Minnesota Online. Prior to work as e-Curriculum Director for Minnesota Online, Proctor was a 14 year faculty member and CTL Campus Leader at Pine Technical College.
Date: March 10, 2005, Thursday
Time: 10-11 a.m. and repeated from 1-2 p.m.
Location: CSU 202 (Cooper Room)
Description: As students and faculty in creative fields have always known, portfolios (collections of work products) are effective vehicles for demonstrating scholarly and professional accomplishments. In recent years, portfolios have been increasingly used across the disciplines to share with students, colleagues, and evaluators examples of finished products as well as works-in-progress. Used as an illustrated scholarly argument (Chism, 1998; Mues and Sorcinelli, 2000 (PDF)) the portfolio provides educators and their students a new opportunity for rich analysis and assessment of their own work and that of others.
The electronic portfolio allows for incorporation of work in many textual and audio-visual formats, and publication to a variety of audiences.
In this session, we will explore the uses of electronic portfolios for student learning and for faculty professional development. You'll also get to review several portfolios that use the eFolioMinnesota tool. We'll discuss portfolio types by purpose (Showcase, Development, Assessment, and Diagnostic) and discuss the evaluation of efolios using a rubric.
Facilitator: Lynda Milne is System Director for Faculty Development in the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities System. She is also director of the system's Center for Teaching & Learning. Ms. Milne chaired the faculty workgroup that designed the eFolioMinnesota faculty template, and has presented workshops on efolio throughout the state.
At Wayne State University in Detroit, Milne founded and directed a teaching, learning, and technology center supporting 2,700 faculty. WSU was then one of the first research universities to include portfolios in the promotion and tenure process. Ms. Milne completed her Ph.D. studies in higher education at the University of Michigan; her bachelor's degree in English is from the University of California, Berkeley.
Date: Monday, November 8th
Description:
Facilitated by Ann Swartz (Program Coordinator, Student Leadership Development and Service-Learning) and David Engen (Faculty Coordinator of Community-Based Learning), this session takes a brief look at academic service-learning. Participants will discuss service-learning as a teaching tool and explore several service-learning projects currentlyor previously usedat MSU. Participants will receive a detailed list of local agencies willing to partner with MSU faculty. Participants will also be given the opportunity to explore ways their courses might utilize service-learning to help students learn course material. If you have no experience with service-learning, please consider attending to learn about thispowerful teaching method. If you do have experience with service-learning, please consider attending toshare your insights and help other faculty connect community and campus.
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Description:
With the numerous demands placed on faculty, there can be a particularly high risk for developing burnout over time. As the costs of burnout are high, it is important to intervene early before burnout can take its toll on faculty's professional and personal success. This workshop will help participants to recognize the signs of and risk factors for developing burnout, to learn strategies for preventing burnout, and to discuss with colleagues their shared concerns about balancing the demands of the work they do.
Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2004
Date: September 15, 2004
Description:
It is fairly common for students to face depression at some point in their college careers. Additionally, many students will contemplate suicide, which may or may not be linked with a depressive episode. These issues can impair students' academic, emotional, mental, physical, and overall well-being. It can be difficult, as faculty, to witness the struggles of students and to wonder if depression and suicidality may be a factor. In this workshop, you will learn about the signs of depression and suicidality that students may exhibit as well as strategies to consider for assisting students in getting appropriate help. The session will be discussion-oriented.
