IDS programs include the presentation of campus-wide workshops, a series of workshop on teaching and learning specifically designed for Early Career Faculty, the on-going Tech Talk discussions of teaching-relevant technology, and Learning It Forward, the new Midcareer and Teaching and Learning in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programs.
Workshops
Typically IDS offers between 7-10 workshops per semester. The workshops are attended by faculty, teaching assistants, staff, and administrators, depending upon their areas of interest. We look forward to seeing you at upcoming IDS workshops and seminars. You will learn, enjoy, and network with colleagues from across campus!
Many of our Presentations are initiated by request. If you would like to offer an idea for a workshop and or your talents as presenter or facilitator please contact LeAne Rutherford at lrutherf@d.umn.edu or (218) 726-6207 or Shelley Smith at ssmith3@d.umn.edu or (218) 726-7715.
IDS Workshop Schedule, Spring 2013
Workshop Title |
Presenter(s) |
Date and Time |
Location |
| Linking with Limited Interaction Learners | IDS | M 1/28 12-1:00 pm |
KSC 268 |
| Peer Review of Teaching | IDS |
Th 2/28 12-1:00 pm |
KSC 268 |
| Flipping Classrooms | IDS | F 3/29 12-1:30 pm |
KSC 268 |
| Writing and Publishing about Civic Engagement | OCE | Th 4/18 12-1:30 pm |
KSC 268 |
| Transformative Higher Education | Dan Glicszinski | M 5/6 12-1:30 pm |
KSC 268 |
Early Career Faculty Series on Teaching and Learning
This workshop series is designed to help faculty, adjuncts, and TAs who are the "instructors of record" for their courses become more confident and reflective teachers by expanding their knowledge and skills regarding teaching and learning. The facilitators will model a variety of active learning strategies and we will be discussing and reflecting upon educational theory and practice. By combining action and analysis, participants have a chance to explore and develop teaching skills that promote learning within a diverse student body across a variety of settings. Throughout this process, we will discuss the ways in which teaching choices grow out of beliefs and experiences (culturally and individually held) and how those choices influence students' learning.
Early Career Faculty Series Schedule, Spring 2013
Workshop |
Date and Time |
Location |
Early Career #1 : Starting Out on the Right Foot |
Thursday, 2/7 |
KSC 333 |
Early Career #2 : Managing Classroom Dynamics |
Thursday, 2/21 |
KSC 333 |
Early Career #3 : Backward Course Design: Using Goals to Guide Curriculum |
Thursday, 3/14 |
KSC 333 |
Early Career #4 : Student Assessment |
Thursday, 3/28 |
KSC 333 |
Early Career #5 : Using Active Learning Strategies |
Thursday, 4/11 |
KSC 333 |
Early Career #6 : Teaching Assessment & Evaluation |
Thursday 4/25 |
KSC 333 |
Early Career #7 : Finding Balance & Wrap Up |
Thursday, 5/9 |
KSC 333 |
Tech Talk Plus (in collaboration with ITSS)
Tech Talk + meetings, held 4 or 5 times each semester over lunch, are a fine way to keep in touch with what is happening in the interface between teaching, learning, and technology. These meetings are a place to exchange ideas, gain inspiration, view demonstrations, evaluate effectiveness, mull things over, and ask all the questions you have regarding learning vis a vis technology, both in and out of the classroom.
- How can you use YouTube for motivation?
- What new technological options are available here at UMD?
- iPads, laptops, iPhones, ...From a rich stew of devices, which will you select for optimal learning in your classes?
- What direction is online education taking at UMD?
- Where is that "cloud"?
- Are social media changing how students relate to others?
- Does technology:
- Let you do more in less time?
- Increase your workload?
- Help you communicate with others faster, better, and clearer?
- Transform what you do and how you do it?
- What does the literature say?
"This is a great opportunity to see what is happening outside our own little worlds. It offers the chance to make contacts with others who have the expertise or connections that each of us may need."
If you are not already on the group alias and receiving updates, please contact Jason Ellis (218) 726-6355 (jellis2@d.umn.edu) or LeAne Rutherford (218) 726-6207 (lrutherf@d.umn.edu).
Tech Talk Schedule, Spring 2013
|
Dates |
Time |
Location |
Tech Talk #1 |
Th 2/1 |
12:00-1:00 pm |
KSC 268 |
Tech Talk #2 |
F 3/7 |
12:00-1:00 pm |
KSC 268 |
Tech Talk #3 |
F 4/5 |
12:00-1:00 pm |
KSC 268 |
Tech Talk #4 |
F 5/3 |
12:00-1:00 pm |
KSC 268 |
Teaching & Learning in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
This series of workshops is coordinated by our new faculty fellow, Brian Gute fromChemistry. It is designed to specifically address teaching and Learning in the STEM with presenters, examples and models from a variety of STEM fields.
Stem Schedule, Spring 2013
Session |
Date |
Time |
Location |
| STEM #1: Teaching Large Classes | T 2/12 | 3-4:30 pm | KSC 333 |
| STEM #2: Using Active Learning | T 3/5 | 3-4:30 pm | KSC 268 |
| STEM #3: Inquiry-Based Learning and Critical Thinking | T 3/26 | 3-4:30 pm | KSC 268 |
| STEM #4: Teaching Online | T 4/16 | 3-4:30 pm | KSC 268 |
| STEM #5: Working with International Students and Faculty | T 5/7 | 3-4:30 pm | KSC 268 |
Learning it Forward
This "Sustainable Community of Scholars" is designed to help faculty successfully embed issues of sustainability into their coursework. The group will have continued conversations about "creating a Curriculum of consequence."
Learning It Forward Schedule, Spring 2013
Session |
Date |
Time |
Location |
| LIF #1: | W 1/30 | 12-1:30 pm | KSC 333 |
| LIF #2: | W 2/20 | 12-1:30 pm | KSC 333 |
| LIF #3: | W 3/13 | 12-1:30 pm | KSC 333 |
| LIF #4: | W 4/3 | 12-1:30 pm | KSC 333 |
| LIF #5: | W 4/24 | 12-1:30 pm | KSC 333 |
MidCareer Workshop
This faculty learning community facilitated by Faculty Fellow Dr. Cindy Spillersfrom CSDand is designed to help midcareer faculty to refresh and refocus their teaching, research and career goals.
MidCareer Schedule, Spring 2013
Session |
Date |
Time |
Location |
| MC #1 | T 1/29 | 1:30-3:00 pm | KSC 323 |
| MC #2 | T 2/19 | 1:30-3:00 pm | KSC 323 |
| MC #3 | T 3/12 | 1:30-3:00 pm | KSC 323 |
| MC #4 | T 4/2 | 1:30-3:00 pm | KSC 323 |
| MC #5 | T 4/23 | 1:30-3:00 pm | KSC 323 |
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