Registration Open for Spring Events

Posted by Rhett Mcdaniel on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 in Events, News.

The CFT kicks off the Spring 2011 term with an exciting Spring Event lineup that includes Teaching Workshops and Conversations on Teaching on a variety of interesting topics. These include events on Interactive Lecturing, Plagiarism, Service Learning, and Teaching Outside the Classroom. In addition to these topics, two events facilitated by the CFT will be conversations around Managing Student Expectations. These events invite students, faculty, and staff to have an exploratory conversation regarding issues and challenges involved with expectations in the classroom.

What are people saying about CFT events?

Attending a CFT workshop was most valuable because… “[I heard] about the strategies and steps other professors had taken to improve their teaching. It was also helpful just to devote an hour and a half to discussing teaching with my colleagues.”
–Fall 2010 Event Participant

The Conversation on Teaching was… “on a good topic, and [led to a] practical discussion. We did not waste time with a lengthy abstract introduction, we launched pretty quickly into a concrete discussion of a current problem in undergraduate teaching.”
–Fall 2010 Event Participant

Registration is open for these events:

Negotiating Student Expectations about Grades and Goals

Time & Date: 4:10-5:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 26

Interactive Lectures

Time & Date: 4:10—5:30 p.m., Wednesday, February 16

Leveraging Diversity: The Wisdom of Crowds in University Teaching

Time & Date: 4:10-5:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 22

Co-Sponsored by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, & Learning (CIRTL)

Beyond the Quotation Marks: Preventing Plagiarism and Teaching about Academic Discourse

Time & Date: 4:10—5:30 p.m., Monday, February 28

Co-Sponsored by the A&S Undergraduate Writing Program

Negotiating Student Expectations about Freedom and Responsibility