2012 Spring Faculty
Teaching & Research Forum

Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Bradley Hall / Neumiller Hall
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

The Annual Spring Forum, sponsored by the Office for Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development, offers discussions of a variety of topics for faculty that are designed to provide useful tools and strategies to enhance teaching and student learning.  This year’s program will discuss engaging students in General Education courses and using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) to inform teaching.  Plans call for morning discussions, a luncheon, and a choice of two afternoon breakout sessions to attend on a variety of topics.

2012 Spring Forum AGENDA (click here)

PROGRAM EVALUATION link: http://bradley.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_41I88cbVXUeu1Io

MORNING ACTIVITIES

Focused Discussions on Bradley’s General Education Program:  what works, what doesn’t work, what’s missing, and what should be missing?
Peter Dusenbery, Department of English
General Education Subcommittee

Download Bradley University General Education Handout

Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) to Inform Teaching                                    
Heljä Antola Crowe, Department of Teacher Education
Bob Wolffe, Department of Teacher Education

Download SOTL Discussion Notes (transcription of completed forms)

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

The Importance of Analyzing Student Assessments:  What are we Assessing, and What are Students Learning?, 250 Bradley Hall
Derek Behmke, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Writing an effective assessment is a daunting task, to say nothing of analyzing the information available from the assessment.  This discussion will focus on ways to determine what items we are in fact measuring with our assessments, and what student responses to our assessments tell us about student learning and curriculum design.

Writing Recommendation Letters, 210 Bradley Hall
Melinda Maris, Director, Pre-Professional Health Advisory Center
Attend this workshop to learn about new trends in recommendations for graduate and professional school and to learn tips for presenting Bradley's applicants in the best light possible.

Campus Copyright Issues Discussion, 222 Bradley Hall
Nial Johnson, Executive Director, Instructional Technology and Media Services
Sandra Helms, Executive Director, Computing Services
Skip Burhans, Access Services/Education Librarian
Jessica Bastian, Access Services Librarian
Attend this session to discuss various copyright issues at Bradley. Discussion will cover what is allowed, Bradley’s policy on copyright, and other important matters.

Teaching with Twitter & Related Social Media Tools, 235 Bradley Hall
Sara Netzley, Department of Communications
Michele Jones, Department of Communications
Twitter can be a powerful tool in every discipline. This session will teach you how to introduce your students to Twitter and related social media tools, and it will suggest ways to use them in an educational setting.

Using Twitter in the Classroom Workshop Handout

Tenure and Promotion Panel Discussion, 225 Bradley Hall
Mike McAsey, Department of Mathematics
Jannett Highfill, Department of Economics
Molly Cluskey, Department of Nursing
Tim Koeltzow, Department of Psychology
Scott Post, Department of Mechanial Engineering
Margaret Young, Department of Communications
A panel of tenured associate and full professors from across the university will discuss strategies related to attaining Tenure and Promotion. 

Advising Students, 220 Bradley Hall
Joyce Shotick, Executive Director, Student Development and Health Services
David Trillizio, Director, Orientation and Advisement
In this presentation, the speakers will describe the unique challenges in advising freshman.  They will share information about students' responsibilities, as well as the faculty advisors' responsibilities.  Resources available to students will be discussed and how faculty can refer students to those services.

SCHEDULE
8:00AM:                      Morning Refreshments / Faculty Mixer
8:30AM:                      Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:45AM:                      Special Remarks by Provost Glassman
9:00AM:                      Focused Discussions on Bradley's General Education Program
10:30AM :                   Break
10:45AM:                    Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) to Inform Teaching
12:00PM:                    Lunch (Student Center Alumni Dining Room)
1:30PM:                      Breakout Session 1
2:15PM:                      Breakout Session 2
3:00PM:                      Program Concludes

R.S.V.P. by Friday, January 13th to Kim Willis at kswillis@bradley.edu and specify whether you will be attending the luncheon.

 Questions?  Contact the OTEFD office at 677-4118 or email kswillis@bradley.edu.

Sponsored by
The Office for Teaching Excellence & Faculty Development

Click here to view the 2011 Spring Forum Archive

Click here to view the 2010 Fall Forum Archive