Workshops

Spring 2013

All Duquesne faculty, staff and teaching assistants are welcome to attend!

Please register for workshops to help us plan for handouts and refreshments. Register online, call 412-396-5177, or email cte@duq.edu to register for a workshop.

Lecture Strategies that Increase Comprehension

Facilitator: Steven Hansen (Center for Teaching Excellence and Office of Service Learning)
Tuesday, January 15, 1:45 - 3:00
109 Union

One does not need to be a dynamic speaker to be an effective educational lecturer. The current consensus is that increasing student comprehension and retention of lecture materials is more about your lecture strategies than your eloquence. Workshop participants will view video clips of various classroom lectures and analyze what practices increase comprehension and retention. Participants will also receive handouts and resources that emphasize effective strategies for lecturing to promote student learning.

Why Use Bb Collaborate Web Conferencing? To Enhance Teaching and Scholarship Productivity

Presenters: Nola Coulson & Linda Kincel (Educational Technology), Misook Heo (Education), Eric Ruggieri (Math & Computer Science) and Rick Zoucha (Nursing)
Wednesday, February 6, 12 noon-1:30
715 Fisher - Limited Seating

Blackboard Collaborate web conferencing is a Duquesne supported software with the potential to enhance both teaching and scholarship. In this session, we will focus on ways that faculty can use the various functions of Collaborate to support their own success and that of their students. Misook Heo and Rick Zoucha will provide examples of how they are using Collaborate.

Collaborate enables people to interact with one another online in various kinds of groups, such as faculty and students, student to student, course guest speakers, service-learning partners, and off-campus research partners. It combines real-time chat with the sharing of materials, a common whiteboard, and the ability to work problems or co-edit documents through application sharing. The sessions can be recorded for later viewing.

Available now, it will replace Wimba by the end of August, 2013. Note, this is not a how-to session. To learn how to use Bb Collaborate Web Conferencing, sign up for a self-guided tutorial by emailing bbsupport@duq.edu or see the workshops available through Educational Technology Training. This workshop will be recorded and available online.
Cosponsored by Educational Technology

Conducting Research on Student Learning at Duquesne: IRB How To's

Presenters: Joseph Kush (Education and IRB) & Laurel Willingham-McLain (CTE)
Wednesday, February 13, 12 noon - 1:30
Fisher Hall 328 - Limited Seating

More and more faculty at Duquesne are conducting scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), and they are presenting and publishing their results in peer-reviewed venues. After a brief introduction to SoTL practices and sample projects, we will focus on the practical steps of obtaining Duquesne institutional review board (IRB) approval for conducting this research. Topics include:

Knowing whether or not you need to get IRB approval.
Distinguishing your roles as teacher/grader and researcher. Separating the course grading process from your research.
Keeping the focus on learners and learning.
Knowing when you need to start the IRB process and how to go about it.
Protecting students from coercion through the use of an informed consent form.
Protecting the confidentiality of students.
Obtaining and completing the necessary documents, and getting approval.
Involving undergraduate and graduate student researchers at Duquesne.
Collaborating with research partners at different institutions.

Participants will receive a copy of a recent, exemplary IRB approval packet.

Plagiarism Resistant Assignments and Tools for Promoting Academic Integrity

Presenters: James Purdy (Writing Center and English) and Dana Oliver (Educational Technology)
Wednesday, February 20, 12:00 - 1:30
301 Canevin - New Room Location

In the copy and paste culture of today's students, plagiarism is a recurring problem for higher education. However, faculty can minimize the occurrence of plagiarism through the design of their assignments and the strategic use of SafeAssign to help students monitor their use of sources. In this workshop, faculty will learn strategies to create research and writing assignments that are resistant to plagiarism. They will also learn about Blackboard's SafeAssign tool as a way to encourage academic integrity among their students.
Cosponsored by the Writing Center and Educational Technology

Mindfulness: A Practice that Deepens Learning

Presenters: Anne Marie Hansen (Occupational Therapy), Steven Hansen (CTE), Jelena Janjic (Pharmacy)
Friday, February 22, 12:00 - 1:30
608 Union

Mindfulness occurs when "focused attention is supplemented by meta-awareness, which includes knowing the state of the mind at a given moment, including the quality of one's attention, and insight, or clear seeing into the nature of the phenomenon that are given attention" (Shapiro, et al, Toward the Integration of Meditation into Higher Education, 2011). In this workshop, we will consider how mindfulness can help educators and students be more attuned to themselves, to each other, and to what's being studied. For our multi-tasking students, it can help to deepen their learning. Participants will practice using several mindfulness techniques that can be used in their courses.

Students with Disabilities and Faculty Responsibilities

Presenters: Sean Weaver and Anne Gyuirsin (Freshman Development and Special Student Services), Dessa Mrvos (University Health Services), Linda Drago and Madelyn Reilly (Legal Affairs), and Ian Edwards (University Counseling)
Wednesday, February 27, 12:00 -1:30
613 Union - Lunch will be served

According to a 2011 HERI Research Brief, "the percentage of students beginning college with a learning disability has steadily increased since we introduced the disability status question in 1983." In this workshop, you will learn how Duquesne compares to the national trends. We will also explore faculty roles relevant to accommodating our students with disabilities and learn about the resources available through the Office of Special Student Services.
Cosponsored by Special Student Services

eBook eVolution: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions for Teaching and Learning

Presenters: Rob Behary and David Nolfi (Gumberg Library)
Friday, March 1, 11-12:30
Location: Gumberg Library 408
RSVP to Lisa Sciulli, sciullie@duq.edu

Gumberg Library currently provides access to more than 85,000 electronic books. This list continues to grow, as more and more publishers choose to publish eBooks. The goal of this workshop is to provide an overview of the current eBook environment, showcase the Gumberg Library's eBook collections, and demonstrate how you can use eBooks in your courses.

Participants will have hands-on opportunities to search the Gumberg Library's eBook collections as well as learn how to download eBooks. This workshop is open to all faculty, teaching assistants, and individuals who handle departmental technology support.
Cosponsored by Gumberg Library

RSVP to Lisa Sciulli, sciullie@duq.edu.

The Teacher-Scholar Nexus

Facilitators: Laurel Willingham-McLain (CTE) and Jason Margolis (Education)
Faculty panelists: Randy Tomko (Pharmacy), Antony Davies (Economics), Rachel Whitcomb (Music Education), Anna Scheid (Theology), Elisabeth Vasko (Theology), and Yvonne Weideman (Nursing)
Tuesday, March 12, 12:00 - 1:30
613 Union

Duquesne promotes a teacher-scholar model for faculty. This workshop features the work-in-progress of faculty who are bringing aspects of their teaching and scholarship together. Faculty panelists will briefly describe how they integrate teaching into research, and research into teaching. They will show examples of the teacher-scholar nexus, including such artifacts as student assignments, student work, data summaries, conference proposals, and publications. Some panelists will share strategies for collecting evidence of student learning within a scholarship of teaching framework.

Participants will be invited to examine the synergy of the teacher-scholar model as lived out by Duquesne faculty, and to explore its potential in their own work. Target audience: faculty as well as graduate students preparing to be faculty.

Publishing Articles in Academic Journals

Presenter: Joan Such Lockhart (Nursing)
Wednesday, March 13, 3:00 - 4:30
108 Canevin

Publishing has become increasingly valued in recent years and can clearly give both individuals and institutions an edge, but people often feel overwhelmed by barriers such as unfamiliarity with the publishing process and difficulty generating and focusing ideas. Joan Such Lockhart has mentored both graduate students and faculty colleagues in addressing these concerns by focusing on the following aspects of publishing in journals:

Identification of rewards for publishing
Development of a step-wise approach to writing
Practice critiquing writing using the criteria of targeted publications

Although Dr. Lockhart's experience lies primarily in health care, all who are interested in publishing academic articles can learn from the process she recommends. [Repeated from Spring 2012]

Teaching and Learning with iPads Roundtable

Facilitator: Marsha McFalls (Pharmacy)
Tuesday, March 19, 10:45 - 12:00
608 Union

A recent Educause Brief (April, 2012) describes the benefits of using iPads for teaching and learning: "Today's students learn best when they have the opportunity to work directly with data, can harness the power of representations, make connections of all kinds, and collaborate with each other and the instructor-and the iPad encourages that across-the-board connected¬ness."

In this roundtable conversation, faculty will explore the use of iPads for teaching. Questions to be explored will include:

How are instructors at Duquesne using iPads to enhance learning in their courses?
What are helpful educational apps?
How could iPads increase students' time on task with content?
What are some challenges to using iPads in teaching?

Bring your iPad and join the conversation.
Cosponsored by Educational Technology

Having It All! The Struggle for Work-Life Balance

Facilitators: Dr. Laura Engel (English, Center for Women's and Gender Studies) and Erin Rentschler (CTE)
Panelists: Alison Colbert (Nursing), Norman Conti (Sociology), Ashley Kunsa (English), Sarah Miller (Classics), Michael Seaman (Biology)
Wednesday, March 27, 10:45-12:00
613 Union

Mama, Papa, PhD: Professing, Parenting, Publishing...is it possible to have it all in academia? This session will explore the challenges of achieving work/life balance, examine real and perceived notions of academic flexibility, and offer strategies, support, and resources. A panel of faculty and graduate students will share insights regarding issues such as time management, maternity/paternity leave, publishing and parenting, dissertation time tables, parenting and tenure, and pregnancy and the job market.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Women's and Gender Studies

Integrating Critical Reflection to Generate, Deepen and Document Learning in Service Learning

Invited Guest Presenter: Dr. Patti Clayton (PHC Ventures & Senior Scholar, CSL, IUPUI)
Thursday, April 4, 12:00 - 2:00, Lunch will be provided.
613 Union

About the Workshop:

As the part of the process that generates, deepens, and documents learning, critical reflection is key to all forms of experiential education, including service-learning. It is also a counter-normative way for many of us to teach and to learn, so it is both challenging to implement and potentially transformative. In this interactive session we will consider the meaning and role of critical reflection in service-learning and examine a research-grounded model for designing critical reflection in light of learning goals: the DEAL Model. Participants will be provided with an advance article on Patti's work on critical reflection and will apply to their own courses tools for integrating critical reflection and assessment. We will leave the session with examples of critical reflection activities and assessment rubrics and with a conceptual framework for service-learning and critical reflection that can be used to introduce students to the pedagogy and to guide our own instructional design. Lunch will be provided during the workshop.

About the Presenter:

Dr. Patti Clayton has over twelve years of experience as a practitioner-scholar in community-engaged teaching and learning, including teaching with service-learning in a variety of courses, consulting with over 100 campuses, and co-authoring 40 publications. Patti and her student and faculty colleagues created the DEAL Model and produced Learning through Critical Reflection: A Tutorial for Students in Service-Learning and an accompanying Instructor Version; she is also co-editor with Bringle and Hatcher of the recently released 2-volume set Research on Service Learning: Conceptual Frameworks and Assessment (Stylus, 2013).

Cosponsored by the Office of Service-Learning

Planning a Writing Intensive Course

James Purdy (Writing Center and English)
Thursday, April 11, 12:15 - 1:30
613 Union

One of the biggest challenges of teaching a writing-intensive course is incorporating the writing assignments/projects into the syllabus. When should due dates fall? How can the syllabus reflect the scaffolding of activities the lead to a writing project? How can writing activities fit in with all the content to be covered? This hands-on workshop will guide participants in planning the syllabus for a Fall 2013 writing-intensive course. Faculty and graduate students will leave with an outline of the schedule of writing projects and tasks.
Cosponsored by the Writing Center

Preparing an Effective Case for Third-Year Review, Promotion and Tenure

Presenters: Ralph Pearson (Provost and Academic Vice President) & Laura Crothers (Education & Member of the University Promotion & Tenure Committee)
Wednesday, April 17, 2:30-4:00 pm
324 Fisher Hall

Provost Ralph Pearson and Dr. Crothers will provide suggestions for preparing a strong application packet for third-year review, and for promotion and tenure. Brief presentations will be followed by ample time for questions and answers. Sample personal statements and vitae will be distributed. This session is designed primarily for those who will be applying for third-year review, or promotion and tenure in the future. It is equally useful for department chairs and faculty who mentor junior faculty and vote on promotion decisions. Guidelines are available in the Faculty Handbook. [Repeated each spring]

Documenting the Impact of Your Scholarship

Presenters:
David A. Nolfi, MLS, AHIP, Health Sciences Librarian & Library Assessment Coordinator
Allison B. Brungard, MLIS, Reference and Instruction Librarian
Thursday, May 2, 11-12:45.
Location: Gumberg Library 408
RSVP to Lisa Sciulli, sciullie@duq.edu

The workshop's goal is to help faculty members applying for promotion and tenure to make the case for excellence in scholarship by using tools such as citation analysis, journal metrics, and other methods. Newer faculty who are just starting to publish can also benefit by using these tools to develop effective publishing strategies.

Following the presentation, participants will have hands-on opportunities to use the tools and begin documenting the impact of their own scholarship. The workshop will conclude with a faculty-led discussion about using scholarship data in the promotion and tenure process.
Cosponsored by Gumberg Library

RSVP to Lisa Sciulli, sciullie@duq.edu